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Well, I'm officially into my 2nd week post op. I'm at 184.6...that's a BMI of 33! Whohoo! I can't believe I"m not losing more...you'd think I would since I've only consuming about 500 calories a day.

Nausea has finally settled a bit...not as bad as the first few days. Just went to the doc for my lst post and I can go onto the soft food stage early! Can't wait! I went shopping for a ton on soft food items from the NUT's list. I'm seriously looking forward to eating my protein rather than drinking it. Thank god the dr. said to go ahead early onto soft foods. I can't stand the sight of another protein shake or soup. Yuck. I still have no appetite and have to force myself to eat when I get hungry at night.

okay, day 1 post op was not good for me. I woke up 2 lbs heavier and sore from not being able to sleep on my left side and stomach. I also have this horrible heaviness in my chest and I can feel my burps travel from my stomach to the esophagus and just sort of fade out before I can get it out! Ughhhh! 

What's up with all this gas too? I'm using my heating pad and gas x religiously today but it doesn't seem to be helping. I can feel my stomach rumble in hunger but I'm not hungry mentally. I was able to drink 1 protein shake but got very nauseous afterwards with that heaviness in my chest again. I wasn't feeling good after that for the rest of the day. I was only able to take in maybe 1/2 cup of chicken broth before felt like I had to vomit and everyone knows how much we should avoid that as much as possible. So I ended up taking my anti-nausea meds but that didn't help. I could only get in about 16 ozs of water yesterday as well. Maybe I was little dehyrated.

Day2-I still weigh the same!!! It better be all this swelling and extra gas from the surgery. I feel less nauseated today. I think my first shower helped too. I took my bandages off and got to see the incisions through the steri-stirps. The one incision above my belly button was the largest. I'm not sure which one is the port one. I can't feel the port.

Isn't it funny, I"m not in pain at all but I can't stand that feeling in my chest. I'll have to go to the boards to see if this a normal feeling. 

I'm having trouble with my water intake. Much better today at 32 ozs. I'm having diffuculty drinking my protein shakes and eating soup in general. Can only take it very little before my chest becomes heavy. I know I'm physically hungy because I can feel my stomach rumble in hunger but it never makes it to my brains. THat is the oddest feeling in the world.

My sister is bringing me a small Wendy's frostie---I know that's pretty high calorie but I need something to fill me up. Soups aren't doing it and I'm hoping the cold will make this vague feeling of nausea after I eat go away. I"m getting in less than 300 calories a day. It's a struggle to eat. I hope this is not going to be the rest of my life.

I weighed in at 187.4 BMI 33.this morning! Wow. I woke up hungry too!

Surgery was uneventful but recovery wasn't so smooth. I had problems with the general anethesia and ended up in recover for 3 hours. After the issue though, I felt really good on the ride home and even to the moment I went to bed. I didn't need my pain meds but took it just incase. All in all, I can't believe how easy and relatively pain free the surgery is. I just have to get used to this weird heaviness in my chest(esophagus?).

12/10/06-day six of my pre-op low carb liquid diet...I'm hungry all the time. I'm tried of the protein shakes and dying for some real food. The only good thing about this week-I have lost 7lbs since I started the diet on Monday! I hope to lose another 3 before the BIG DAY on Tuesday.

I'm hungry but sticking to it...if I can't commit now, how the heck can I survive a life time with this band? By the now, I just want to get the surgery over with. I"m a little apprehensive about the BIG DAY but I know I can get through it like thousands before me.

I hope this is it for me. I'm tired of the constant yo-yo dieting. The weight I lose this time will be forever. 

At the start of the journey, I weighed in at 201lbs at 5'3". Not very healthy. I"m currently at 189.8 as of this morning. I started off the preop week at 196. I can't wait to reach my goal weight of 130. I look forward to seeing my collar bones again! Ha..ha.  

I should be really happy that at this weight, I don't qualify for the sugery! Okay, scale gods, make me happy this week. 

God give me strength for the post op week! Please let me have the willpower and patience to stick to the liquid diet to heal me. Please don't let me fail!