Today begins my pre-op diet

[dianna]

Well, today I start my pre-op diet . Which includes the following: Shake for breakfast, one for lunch and then a South Beach dinner. All the salad I want, with using the wishbone spray, sugar free jello, and sugar free popsicles. YIKES...I started early on the whole dieting thing, so I am down 8 of the 12 pounds Dr. Miranda wants. I'm just going to need a lot of support during the next two weeks. I hate the fact that my diet will be so limited . But I will stick to it ( !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will just need help and encouragement...which you all are so good at. And any suggestions that might make this easier for me, I would love it!

THANKS~

Dianna

[Kittycat]

Hi Dianna,

It's tough, but you can do it...everyday gets a bit easier...and the weight loss is your reward!!

You are doing amazing, keep up the good work!

Cathy =D>

[nothereanymore]

Dianna,

You are doing great - and look at your beautiful family! I wish I'd done this when my boys were younger so I would have had more energy to play with them and keep up!

Perfect timing - you're going to succeed and even beat your goal I bet - you're doing awesome!

Best,

Lisa

[Kim2BSlim]

Dianna~

Keep your mind focused on the goal. If you are anything like me, you know by now that you 100% want to make this lap band work. Never let that stray far from your mind. I was consumed with it. Your pre-op diet and your post-op diet are gonna be hard, but I really believe they put you in a frame of mind that you don't have to eat everything in the house to survive. You will be surprised that you will start feeling like a new person. I had something to look forward to. It is still what keeps me going daily is to see those scales move. I had a few days pre-op that I panicked and wanted to eat my fave foods once more, and I did! You started early, like I did so you are already more than halfway there.

Remember, focus on the goal. Start tracking your meals, on paper or online. Make it part of your daily routine. It really shocks you when you start realizing how many calories/fat some foods have in them that you never knew were so bad! I thought a grilled rib-eye was great for you until I tracked it on my spark page and realized 8ozs has almost 1500 calories and 45 grams of fat! I almsot passed out! LOL

You are gonna do great! I am rooting for you all the way!

[dianna]

oops, sugar free popsicles are for afterward....I just got carried away!

[Kittycat]

oops, sugar free popsicles are for afterward....I just got carried away!

I had some popcicles during my pre-op and did just fine...consider it a treat to get you through!

Cathy

[trulytangledgrl]

Dianna - keep up the marvelous work, girl! What I did was just took it one meal at a time. I told myself 'okay, for breakfast, I am sticking 100% to my diet.' I would get through that meal, and then the same thing for lunch, and just continue the whole way throughout the day and for me that made it so much easier than thinking about an entire day. Sometimes that can be overwhelming, but if you take it a meal at a time, not so overwhelming then. Just a suggestion You are doing fabulolus so far though, keep it up and you will be golden! =D> Congrats!