Posted in Gastric Banding on April 9, 2009
Wow- what a difference a few days can make. I’m actually not starving and the drinks are becoming palatable. I gave up the bars… Just can’t even swallow them any more. Really, I’m not lying- they aren’t that bad. Okay they suck! But I can do this. Positive note- I have lost over 20 pounds [...]
Posted in Gastric Banding on April 5, 2009
Oh my God… I’m thinking about eating my hand! I’m frickin starving. I can’t do this awful stuff any more. I need some real food. If I eat one more of these OptiFast bars I am going to puke. That’s it- no more bars, I’m going all liquids. Why am I craving a salad?
Posted in Gastric Banding on April 2, 2009
I have been wondering how the upper GI would go since I found out I had to do it. I’m not the best when it comes to swallowing weird or nasty drinks. I only did a quick Google lookup to find out what the test involved. I didn’t want to know too much. I knew [...]
Posted in Gastric Banding on April 1, 2009
Yummmm… NOT… It’s OptiFast time. Two weeks of this shit! Are you kidding me? Please God give me the strength; this is going to be rough.
Posted in Gastric Banding on March 31, 2009
I went to the hospital today for my mandatory nutrition class. There were about twenty others in the class and one dietician. The dietician spoke on what we would need to do before, during and after surgery. Most of the attendees like myself were already on the OptiFast two-week diet. We learned that for several [...]
