hawkeye_kate
T-Minus 57hrs 30mins and 20sec...but who is counting!!
Jun 27, 2014
Wow...it is getting so close to surgery day! I am more excited then anything. Everyone keeps asking if I am nervous but I can honestly say that I am not! I think the excitement is masking the nerves right now but I know I will be feeling them on Sunday but for now I am cool as a cucumber!
Since I last posted I have been keeping up with the pre-op diet. It has been going okay I guess. The office said that on this diet I should loose a bunch of weight but I haven't really had that experience yet. The second week of the diet I really struggled. I think it was because I was stressing over gaining any weight. The last appointment that I had I did gain about 3 lbs. and the nurse wasn't happy with me. She said if I gain anymore weight when they weigh me on day of surgery that they will not do the surgery. I think that stress caused me to not lose any weight. But finally I started to drop a little. At that doctors appointment I weighed 303lbs (yes, I went back to the 300's) but today I weighed 295.5. That is a 7.5lb loss. I don't know if that is good enough but it is the best I can do short of starving myself. I have considered just doing liquids tomorrow and Sunday but we will see how I am progressing and go from there.
The physical therapist gave me an exercise "prescription". Unfortunately, the weather here has been less then favorable to go outside and walk 5 days a week like she wanted. I have been able to do a couple nights last this week. I download "Map my Walk" on my iPhone and I love it. It tracks my distance, route, and time for every workout. Definitely something I will use for a long time!
Other then that I am just trying to get last minute things done before Monday. Packing my bags, getting food prepared for when I get home, etc. I hope this weekend flies by!! (I can't believe I am saying that!)