Crystal S.
Weight Loss Tracker....
Jun 21, 2007
Less Than A Week!
Jun 20, 2007
So it's less than a week til my surgery.... my anxiety is pretty bad right now. This is going to be such a life changing experience, but I am ready. A lot of friends and family have added themselves to my page to be able to post comments and show support and I thank you all for that! Everyone's support and encouragement is so important for my long term success with this. Six days to go.... 5 days until my mom gets in town. I know my nerves will ease when mom is here... I have read a lot on the message boards and things on here, a lot of people say that they have family come stay with them to help with everything while they are recovering. Well.... guess that's all for now, have to get some laundry done and straighten up around the house.... thanks for keeping up with me!! Starting this high protein liquid diet before surgery.....
Jun 12, 2007
Oh man this is going to be a loooong two weeks. I had my first protein shake today, and it doesn't taste very good at all.
The purpose of this particular diet isn't for weight loss, it's mainly to shrink my liver so the surgery can be done laproscopically, other wise he'll have to open me up all the way to do the surgery. Thank God the diet also says I can have veggies (steamed or raw) and salads with low fat dressing, but NO cheese or meat or croutons..... pretty much nothing yummy! But by the end of this two weeks carrots will probably be my best friend. The sad thing is, even if I have my veggies, I still have to manage to get down 3 shakes a day.... I bought some frozen fruit (approved by the dietician) to add in to the vanilla protein shakes to make it like a smoothie which should be better than the nasty choccolate flavored stuff I had earlier. I guess as time goes by I will get used to these shakes, but for now I am not a happy camper. 
Well... that's all for now.... I'll update soon!
The purpose of this particular diet isn't for weight loss, it's mainly to shrink my liver so the surgery can be done laproscopically, other wise he'll have to open me up all the way to do the surgery. Thank God the diet also says I can have veggies (steamed or raw) and salads with low fat dressing, but NO cheese or meat or croutons..... pretty much nothing yummy! But by the end of this two weeks carrots will probably be my best friend. The sad thing is, even if I have my veggies, I still have to manage to get down 3 shakes a day.... I bought some frozen fruit (approved by the dietician) to add in to the vanilla protein shakes to make it like a smoothie which should be better than the nasty choccolate flavored stuff I had earlier. I guess as time goes by I will get used to these shakes, but for now I am not a happy camper. Well... that's all for now.... I'll update soon!
