Some THINspiration

Holy Crap, who am I?

Seriously!? I am following this diet 100%, not cheating at all! I am so proud of myself. It's getting sooo much easier. 12 days now till surgery. That is crazy! The pre-op diet is finally getting managable. I look so forward to dinner and drink sooo much water when I get starving before dinner. I'm able to wear all my size 24 pants now! That is awesome! My 26's are baggy and sloppy. I love this. I finally have hope! Thank you God for giving me hope and a plan to save my life.

Was that thunder??!!

No, that was my dang stomach growling like I'm dying. OMG, I'm hungry!!!!!!! Can I say it one more time please that Pre-op diet sucks!!! I can't wait till after surgery and have no more hunger. :D

14 days till Surgery!!!!

I have been following my pre-op diet to a tee the past two days and it is difficult!!!! I now realize I was cheating more than I thought. I am learning how drinking a diet coke or water can help so much when I am starving between meals. I am drinking a soy protein shake (blended with ice and water) for breakfast and a shake for lunch with a can of green beans or a lite salad and then a dinner that consists of 4oz of protein (lean), 2 veggies, and 2 carbs (fruit is a carb and has to be whole grain). That is NOT much food!!! I look forward to dinner so much. lol. I try to space out my lunch as late as possible because between 3 and dinner time I am ravenous!!! I have my eye on the prize though and I am determined to not cheat before surgery!! I have to do this. I have to shrink my liver and loose some lbs to make surgery safer. I owe it to myself not to cheat. :)

WTF!?

I hate my scale! I'm really hoping it's broken. I'm working my rear off (literally) on this diet and the scale doesn't seem to move any more! I'm able to wear pants that I used to couldn't zip up, yet the scale hasn't moved. It's pissing me off. I know I'm eating about half the calories or less than I used to eat. I figured I would have lost like 20lbs by now?! WTF!!!

28 days till surgery!

I cannot wait for 9/9/09/@9!!! 28 more days! The pre-op diet is still very hard. I have been having like 2 or 3 great days then I have a day where I screw up. I am proud to say that I haven't binged since I started the pre-op diet though. That is a good thing for me. :) I can also say that even when I didn't follow the pre-op precisely that it was still better choices than I would have done before. I have also switched to soy protein shakes and those are much better. They still taste like crap, but my stomach is handling them better. :)

The even more dreaded BEFORE pictures

These are hard for me to look at, but this is the truth. These are ones that I hide from others seeing, but this IS how the world sees me. :( These pictures speak the truth from 2000 to now. I will dig up some older photos later.