Optifast Days 4 & 5, April 14-15 2015

Sorry I've had to post the two days together. This is what happens when real life comes in to play. It was a struggle to get each meal in and also at the right time.

On Tuesday my niece and her two kids came over for a couple days so that kind of messed things up. Then I had my first nutrition class and that also messed things up. 

On Wednesday I had my hair colored and highlighted. First time I've done that. I really wanted to go into this new chapter in my life with a new look. I got it cut up to a little below my chin line, got it colored the same color as my natural hair to get rid of grays and then got purple highlights. It looks awesome! My natural hair color is two shades up from black and the purple is a deep purple. When I post before and afters I show what it looks like. My hair is naturally curly but the hairdresser straightened it and it actually looks good either way. My family loves it which was a good sign.

I've lost 6 lbs. since Saturday. Yay me!! It honestly has been rather hard because I'm having to deal with head hunger. I've only gotten truly hungry a couple times. After my class, I got more optifast and decided to try the chicken soup and the strawberry shake since I didn't like the chocolate. I've also heard and read great reviews on the chicken soup. Well, I tried both and really like the tomato soup the best and love the strawberry! 

Alright, on to my class. It was just going over things that I already know. It'll be nice when they get more in depth. 

Today is an empty day but tomorrow I'll have my EGD. It's also 28 days until my surgery!!

`Optifast Day 3 April 13, 2015

I never thought I'd say this but I hate eating or should I say drinking, actually both. I have to set my alarm for each meal so I don't forget to eat and I also have to get up earlier than I want to so I can get started on eating. 

I'm liking the extracts in the shakes but I used too much of the mint when I had a chocolate one today. So far my favorite is the banana. 

If you get the tomato soup make sure you don't get it too hot because it'll give it a funny texture. Still tastes good but just a weird texture.

For lunch I had some of the chicken that I did in the crock pot yesterday and it was really good! Much better than cooking it in the microwave. I also had broiled asparagus which was really good and an apple for my fruit. 

I'm down a total of 2.7 lbs. Yay me!! I can't complain about that. I have to lose about 4 lbs. a week before I have the surgery. My sister says it's doable because I'm only eating 1200 cal. a day but I'm so used to diets not working I am having a hard time believing that I'll be able to do it. 

Today I walked 2 times today for a total of 40 minutes. The second time I forgot to use my inhaler before starting and ending up having an attack. I was walking with my mother and she ended up having to walk back to the house and then drive back with the inhaler. Lesson learned!! At least I hope so, lol.

Tomorrow is my first nutrition class and I'll also get weighed. I'm also getting my hair done on Wednesday and will be getting highlights for the first time. I'm very excited about that. I figured I needed a new look for the beginning of a new me.

I'll also be having my EGD on Thursday. Kind of nervous about that but it's a simple procedure and shouldn't have any problems. A busy week! and tomorrow will be 30 days until my surgery.

Optifast Day 2 April 12, 2015

Today is day 2 of my optifast diet. I messed up and drank a shake for my noon meal instead of a real meal but I made up for it at my 3:00 meal. I'll have the optifast tomato soup at 6:00 and then the rest will be shakes.

For my real meal I had tuna with low fat mayo, green beans and a small apple. I also put some marinated chicken breasts in the crock-pot so I can do something different than the tuna. It's really hard doing the protein, veggie, fruit and a fat all at the same meal because I would love to have an apple for a snack. 

I went to walmart today and got some more SF jello and some pickles for when I need something for cravings. I also got some Watkins flavor extracts to put in the shakes because I really don't like the chocolate one! I got mint, banana, caramel and lemon. 

Honestly, it's hard fighting the head hunger! I'm so glad that I can have the sugar free jello and popsicles and pickles. 

I woke up with a stabbing headache that I know is coming from my body detoxing. Hopefully, my system will be clean in a couple days. Good news is I lost 1.4 lbs. I also walked for 20 minutes this morning and hopefully will walk it again this evening. I made sure to use my inhaler before walking which made it so much easier. 

Can't say I'm looking forward to tomorrow but at least it'll be one more day closer to surgery.

Optifast Diet Day 1 April 11, 2015

The day has finally come!! I had my packet meeting on Friday and bought my Optifast foods. I started the diet today and it's been okay. I got the shakes and soups plan and got vanilla and chocolate shakes and tomato soup. They really aren't bad at all, it's just going to be hard to be around tempting food until my body gets used to the diet. I have to use the Optifast products for 5 meals and can have a meal of a protein, veggie, fruit and a fat. It's very strict on what I can and can't have. They also have to be eaten as a meal, not added to the Optifast food. That part I don't like. To get everything in, I've ended up eating every 3 hours which is a lot for me. I have to do this for 4 weeks! I keep telling myself that it'll pass fast. 

Nothing New

Nothing really new to tell. I'm anxiously waiting for April 10th when I start my Optifast diet. I belong to a facebook gastric bypass group and from what I've read it's not a real bad diet. I was thinking the hardest part is going to be the 4 weeks but then I realized that's so stupid to say because I'll still be eating that way after the surgery and actually for a while. I know I can do it!

Finally A Date!!

I waited a few days after getting the IVC filter placed to see if I would get the call, but never received it, so I decided I would email my coordinator and see what else needed to be done. Monday afternoon I got a call from my surgeon's nurse and now I have a date!!! May 14th!! A couple months away but that's okay. I've been doing this since Sept 2014, what's a couple more months right? 

I'll go for my packet meeting on April 10. That's when I meet the nutritionist, start my optifast diet, get the EDG and some blood work and I think meet with the surgeon again. Then May 11 will be preop and finally May 14th!!! It's scary and exciting. It's hard to imagine how my eating is going to change but I'm trying to make some now. 

My niece came over today and helped me go through my closet to get out all my winter clothing that I won't be wearing again.  That's another thing that is hard to imagine. I feel so scared to get rid of them because it really hasn't hit me that I won't be this size again. It actually made me cry a bit because it was hard to get rid of some of the clothes. I really liked them! I think it was more about realizing how much my life is going to change. It's for the better though. It'll also be fun getting new clothes in smaller sizes. 

Still No Date :(

So... there is still no date for the surgery.  I got the IVC filter placed yesterday so I'm hoping that I'll get the call next week. I'll probably email my coordinator on Monday.

Getting the IVC filter wasn't bad at all. What's ironic is that I got more "feel good" medicine with that versus the heart cath. The filter goes through a vein and the heart cath goes in an artery... go figure. Anyway, I didn't feel anything and I was pretty loopy. Because they went through the groin I had to stay flat for a couple hours which was ok because I was still loopy and slept most of that time. The worst part was having to be there at 6:30 am!! Afterwards, it hurt a little bit so I took some aspirin and then slept most of the rest of the day. All-in-all, it's not a bad procedure if you have to have one. It's nice knowing that I have it and it decreases the chance of having a blood clot again.