T-minus 22 hrs and counting

Holy moly. Am I doing the right thing? Will it work for me? How did I let it get to this stage? Why can't I stick to a "normal" diet? What if I fart so much that my band slips?

 Just thought I'd share some of the thoughts going through my mind right now.

Day 12 Optifast

Blues and Roots was terrific. Eskimo Joe played a few songs accoustically and with a six piece string accompanying them - they rocked! Jools Holland and his rhythm and blues band was sensational! Watched a few songs from John Fogerty but he seemed lost on stage and changing guitars about 4 times before a song and so we lost interest and left.

Optifast schmoptifast. My eye is on Wednesday now and it's becomming even harder to stick to optifast.

Getting nervous and scared now. Today I went out and bought peppermint tea, soluable panadol, berocca but couldn't get the chewable degas tablets. Decided to buy some nice new white cotton undies in the hopes that they wont make me wear those awful paper undies to surgery! Fingers crossed hey! Also started stressing about what we are allowed to eat for the first 2 weeks. The nurse told us only clear fluids but then i've read sites (and lapband books) that say basically anything that will go through a straw is ok like flavoured milk and soups etc. So confused a bit on that one.

2 sleeps to go!

Day 10 Optifast

Hey ho,

So I broke the optifast diet yesterday. We had a few friends over to celebrate my graduation and I had a couple glasses of champagne and a sausage sizzle for dinner. Oh well!

The pre admission appointment went well yesterday. The nurse had problems finding my blood pressure (a common issue with me for some reason) but it was all normal in the end! We had to give a pee sample and I was happy to find out I have "keytones" (not sure on that spelling) in my urine but GB didn't. When I asked what that meant she said it meant I was starving but the boy wasn't. I could have told her that! I think GB was slightly offended by that! haha

So we're all set to go then! 4 sleeps to go!

Going to the West Coast Blues & Roots festival tomorrow which will be fun. GB has gone today too whilst I'm here saving WA from bushfires and lost tourists!

Em :)

Day 8 Optifast

Hey ho,

So I've taken advice of my readers and stayed off the scales this morning! The boy has hidden the lollies so haven't had any for 2 days. I haven't had chocolate in over a week (a miracle!). I've been drinking at least 2 litres of water per day and sticking to 3 optifast products per day (shakes & bar). I haven't been having the 2 cups of vegies as I'm not a fan!

I think it's ironic that Doc Watson told us it was up to us if we even wanted to do Optifast as our BMI's weren't as high but I wanted to give it my best shot so I'm doing 3 meals and GB is doing 2 optifast meals per day. And here I am struggling and the boy is losing kilo after kilo! Damn!

Oh well - enough whinging from me - I'm sure it's doing the desired job on my liver!

We've got our pre-admission appointment tomorrow afternoon. GB called the doctor's rooms the other day to make sure they've got all the documentation and paid for it all so we're all good to go! Apparently I'm going in at 12 and GB in at 1pm. So we have to fast from 5 and 6am respectively. Which I guess that mean's I'll have to get up at 4am to have something to eat so I don't STARVE TO DEATH!!!

This time next week, it'll be all over and we should be home!

That's it, have a good one!

 Em :)

Day 7 Optifast

AARRRGGGHHHH What do I have to do? 100g! I was soo good yesterday, nothing but 3 optifast meals all day and 2 litres of water! I know I'm sure it's doing the desired job on my liver but it's so discouraging seeing people lose 5-10kgs in 2 weeks on optifast and in a week I've only lost 1.3kg! I've lost more than that on a WW diet and I got to eat proper food! OK Vent over.

Graduation was nice last night. My mum, sisters and GB came to watch. Got my degrees, the boy bought me a bear, I looked like Harry Potter. Good times. Will load pics on flickr. Ironically, I'm interviewing kids for a Business Graduate position at work today. Was interviewing 7 but now down to 4 as 3 have pulled out. 1 of whom was due to interview this morning at 9.30am and just didn't rock up - no call or anything. Bloody kids today!

Anyway, better take this opportunity to do some work!

 Em:)

Day 6 Optifast

Ok. Have told GB to get rid of the lollies. Only did a small walk yesterday coz I wanted to be back in time for The Biggest Loser. (Geez that Michael guy cries a lot!)

Mouth tastes like a sewer today - and I couldn't be more excited - does this mean that elusive ketosis has appeared??? Headache has been on and off again - poo - thought I was rid of it! Tried the chocolate opti bar yesterday... it was weird but I didn't hate it. But it did take me nearly 2 hours to eat. It's a funny texture.

I'm finally graduating tonight after 7 years of uni! Have been studying part time and working full time during that period and it has been tough. I picked up my regalia yesterday and was super disappointed to find I don't get a cap to throw in the air! :( So sad. Apparently Bachelor graduands don't get them. Anyhoo, it will be good to get my two pieces of paper (Bachelor of Commerce - Professional Accounting and a Bachelor of Arts - Media Analysis).

 Anyhoo, better do some work

Em :)

Day 5 Optifast

Those lollies are going to be the death of me! I thought I would have lost more by now but oh well. Managed to keep my hand out of the lollie jar yesterday but I did have one of mum's home made pumpkin scones which she made especially for me not knowing the circumstances. GB has told his folks and they are being very supportive, even offering to take us to the hospital and pick us up and look after Westie. I told my mum yesterday and she was really good about it too, asking lots of questions and when I showed her Dr Watson's webpage she said "that's the Doctor who fixed my hernia a few years ago!" hahaha Small world!

We're trying to get our butts moving literally. We used to be regular gym attendees but have slacked off. Saturday night we went for a walk with Westie (about 3kms) - not any great length or speed but at least it's something. Yesterday morning we went down to the river at Burswood to walk the bridges (about 7kms) but it was warmer there than expected, and poor little Westie was panting after about a km!! We ended up just walking up to the Wyndam bridge and back to Burswood. Took about 50mins all up so not that bad.

BTW - the headache finally went away on Sunday as everyone told me it would which is great!

 Thanks for all your comments, I love to read them - keep em coming!

Em :)

Day 3 Optifast

Hey Ho,

 To recap on yesterday - still had the headache all day (must be detoxing). Ended up having the bar for lunch (GB picked it up) and ate it on the way to the funeral. Had the choc shake for dinner. I also had a handful of lollies (WHOOPS!) ... bugger!

GB has also given me permission to share the fact that he is also going to be lapbanded with me. We're getting done on the same day even. So we will be super supportive of each other because we will be going through the same thing. We weren't going to tell anyone at all about being banded but then my sister and her boyfriend were going to be living with us at the time of the surgery so we told them because it would be pretty hard to hide it from people living with you - and they can look after the pooch! Now, they've moved out because they've found another place to stay but they're still going to stay overnight while we're in hospital. GB also decided this morning to tell his folks. Main reason being that his GP told his mum yesterday that his blood test results were in - RUDE - what happened to patient/doctor confidentiality? Needless to say she wanted to know what was up. I'm glad he's telling them as it will make it a WHOLE lot easier as they invite us over a lot and would have thought us very rude not to eat a whole plate of dinner! I think I'll probably tell my mum and my other sister too for the same reasons. We won't be telling our friends though which will be interesting as we're a very social bunch. We're just going to say we're on a diet. We'll see how it goes.

I'm at work today and bored... lucky there's no food around!

Later,

Em :)

Day 2 Optifast

Well yesterday I started the Optifast and luckily I don't hate it! I had the coffee shake for brekkie which I talked myself into believing it was just like Iced Coffee and then the choc shake for lunch. Had the cappucino bar for dinner which wasn't as nice as I thought it would be, it was really difficult to eat those last couple of bites. Hunger wasn't too bad. I started getting hungry for lunch about 11am which is pretty normal! Started getting hungry for dinner about 3.30pm! That's usually the time I grab a chocolate at work but managed to stay away from the choc fridge! After dinner I was ok. I did have a pretty shocking headache from about 5pm. I reminded "GB" (Gorgeous Boy) that by all accounts I will be all grumpy on optifast and that to add injury to insult it was also TTOTM so I suspect it will be a pretty awful week!

 This morning had the coffee shake again - all good. We have a funeral at lunch time and I forgot to throw one of the bars in my bag so will have to swing home on the way or past the chemist.

Thanks for your comments, I love to read them!

That's it for now.... Em x

Hello and Welcome

Hiya,

 Welcome to my blog. I will be banded in 2 weeks and have just begun the Optifast stage. Please come back and I'll post more soon!