Ed N.

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One week has gone by.  That means one week until surgery!!  It has not been as bad as I thought, BUT...there have been moments.  The Medifast diet has been easy to do.  While it is mostly liquids, a bit of spice for the soups, and they are pretty good.  So I got on the scale this morning, and I am 12 lbs down since starting the diet...yeah!!  I could not be happier.  I suspect that week two will not show as much weight loss...but what a great start.  So, I've been stocking up on things in advance so I have everything I need here after surgery, and I think I have it all.  At this point I can't really believe that I'm just over a week away.  It has been about 2 1/2 years since I decided that this was the thing for me...and now here we are, at the doorstep.  I'm not nervous at the moment, but at peace knowing it is the right decision (I bet the nervous part will change later this week). 

Hope everyone has had a great weekend, and have a great week.  Onto week 2 of pre-op diet!!

Day one of the pre-op diet went well.  The only issue was heartburn.  I don't usually have problems with this, but after the soups yesterday...whew...it was harsh.  Today was much better as far as heartburn goes.  I felt a lot hungrier today.  I wonder if the excitement of getting started took the edge off??  The food is not bad...when you add some spice.  I took the nutritionists advice and added some Molly McButter to the eggs.  I also added some cracked pepper, Mr. Dash and my special ingredient...just a pinch of Old Bay. Growing up on the east coast, I was weened on this stuff...but only a pinch, it tends to be high in sodium.  So, so far so good.  I hope the next 12 days go as well.