Kansas Pearl_VSG

Hello everyone!  Long time, no see!  I have been preparing for surgery and fighting technology, but now I am back!  So, December 13th started my two week pre op diet.  Over the course of that, I lost 14.8 pounds.  It was tough and I did have bites of some food but nothing drastic.  On the day before surgery, I had to go get Mag Citrate to clear me out.  I chose the grape flavor and I don't think the flavor would have mattered because THIS STUFF.....UGH.  It was like salty water mixed with sugar and man it was tough to get all 10oz down, but I did it.  I showed up to to the wrong entrance at the hospital and had to hurry over to the correct place; we showed up at 6:04am.  They took me back immediately to bed 2.  They took my vitals and weight, I had to give a urine sample to ensure I wasn't pregnant, and then I changed into the hospital gown.  They put feet things on me that pumped blood to help prevent blood clots as well as ga...

I am struggling with technology today so here is something fun I found reading other blogs. If there is anything you want to know that is not mentioned in these questions, just ask me below! Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? When I lived alone, always closed, but now it doesn’t matter Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?  No, they suck Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?  No sheets except that I lay on. I get too hot for that Have you ever stolen a street sign before? Lol who would admit this! Do you like to use post-it notes? If I really need to Do you cut out coupons but then never use them? I don’t even cut them out but I wish I did and knew how to use them! Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees? Whatever one I could survive! Do you have freckles?  No but I wish! Do you always smile for pictures? Yes otherwise my resting bitch face c...

Today is the day!  All liquids!  Well, except for the popsicles, jell-o, pickles, and celery.  I have to get in 4 premier proteins and then at least 48-64 oz of other liquids each day.  Other liquids include: Water Diet V-8 Splash Sugar free jello Sugar free popsicles (less than 25 calories per popsicle) Fruit 2-0 Crystal light Diet Snapple up to 2 cups of broth decaf tea and coffee Propel water Powerade zero I don't really know what some of those are and yesterday when I went to look for Diet V-8 Splash to try it out, I couldn't find it so who knows.  This morning I am having 2 vanilla premier protein shakes in a thermos with my decaf coffee.  I also have a 20oz thing of water sitting here and a 32oz grape Powerade zero.  Last night I made strawberry, lemon, and blue raspberry jello, I bought 3 different sizes of dill pickles, and then I have boxes of popsicles, all different kind of broths, all different flavors of Powerade, grape Pro...

I figured since I wouldn't be eating regular meals with my family for at least 6 weeks (probably longer), and I am the one who cooks supper almost every night, I should probably prepare some freezer meals for my husband and the girls.  I did a lot of research and spent a good chunk of money to prepare some tasty stuff for them.  I only remembered to take pictures of some of them Philly Cheesesteak casserole Pepperoni pizza casserole Baked spaghetti, Baked ziti, Adult tuna noodle casserole Taco casserole Not pictured: Turkey and swiss on Hawaiian rolls Chicken spaghetti Ham and cheese potato bake Things I am still considering making Alfredo Buffalo chicken wontons Each of these meals will AT LEAST cover 2 days but will probably do 3 or more.  I also got him frozen lasagna, hamburger helper, fish sticks, frozen pizza, and chicken patties.  I made sure there was cereal, pop tarts, romen noodles, mac and cheese, and spaghettios in the...

We are now in the month I am having my surgery!  Time is moving quick and just when I think I am all prepared then I find new items to get or more cleaning I can do OR I just start rearranging all the products I already have.  There is this term used in this weight loss community "food funeral" and I can't remember if I have mentioned it previously before or not but basically it is referring to the time frame you have before your liquid diet starts or your surgery if you aren't put on a diet prior,  where you eat all of your favorite food in probably real unhealthy portions.  I am guessing this started because of the misunderstanding that people having the surgery thought they would NEVER get to have these foods again and then they realize that is not the case.  I eventually should be able to eat any food I want, just in a small portion, but thats not my plan.  Anyways, so when I saw people talking about food funerals, and since I had done my research, I kn...