Pre-Op Diet Day One

No I'm not really going to post fourteen days of drinking my drinks, lol.  But I did want to say I've made it through almost all of today without chewing on the doorknobs or biting Pauls head off, 1 day down 13 to go!

For the next two weeks I need to drink things like Aikins or Slim Fast which total up to around 60 grams of protein a day and between 900-1200 calories.  That's it!

I can't complain when a relative had the surgery five years ago she could only drink milk for two weeks, I'm not sure I could have done that, I really hate milk and have never ever drank it.  In second grade when I'd buy lunch I'd give my milk to the pets we had in the room, funny the things you remember. 

And........ on an even worse note, the surgeon told me the other day that when they first discovered the fatty liver problems they used to put people on this diet for a month before surgery so I'm not complaining about two weeks.  They found through studies over the years that there wasn't a significant difference in four weeks versus two.  Thanks goodness.  Four weeks of this and I'm sure Paul would be staying at a motel to get away from me.

I opted for a combo of Atkins, Costco and Premier Protein drink. I think on Monday when we're out doing errands I'm going to pick up some Slim Fast, I've had that before and it's not bad.  I really don't have enough calories with four drinks a day so I may have to add another.  Four, let me tell you, is more than enough, especially for someone who isn't a milk or chocolate milk drinker.  I opted to poor my drinks over ice and drink them with a straw.  Thank goodness I can have coffee, that helps.  I'm trying to drink my water, that's never been a problem, but for some reason now that I know I have to drink 60 plus ounces a day it seems like a lot.

I've tried to stay at my desk and craft today, keeping my mind off food.  I did notice a couple of interesting things.  When talking on the phone with my girlfriend I found myself wanting to get up and get something to eat while chatting.  I think I have done this a lot without really realizing it.  Also, when the evening news came on I instantly thought, hmm dinnertime, and then the next second reality kicked in and I realized nope not tonight.  Another automatic trigger.  Evening will be the worst, it may be early bedtime for the next couple of weeks since I tended to be an evening grazer, not hungry but just grazing.  Interesting how many things I've done by rote instead of by hunger.  I'm sure as time goes by I'll find there's a lot more of those habits lurking just under the surface.  They say 21 days to change a habit and what 6 months to make it stick.  Things will be a changin' that's for sure.

So I'll leave you on a photo note, I thought I'd start adding some photos of me through the years so I could share some years where pretty plump and some years almost normal, those were far and few between though I think.

These are all pre-school photos.  as you can see when I was  a little tyke I wasn't overly heavy.  I only weighed 6 pounds 6 ounces when I was born, you'd think that would stick wouldn't you?

I wonder if because my brother Billy and cousin Johnny still thought I was fun to play with at this age I ran and played more and stayed fit.  Next time I'll share early school years.