As of today, I have 10 days left in which I can eat 'normally'. Meaning, like I always have eaten.
As of Nov 30, I am on a liquid, high-protein diet. With raw veggies as my only solids.
This will continue for two weeks, when I check into the hospital for my gastric bypass surgery.
Following surgery, I will be ingesting only ice chips for two days, followed by clear liquids for a week (including soluble protein powder, 70g a day), followed by thicker liquids for another week or two. Then I get to eat pureed foods only, 1/4 cup each meal (if I can handle that much, which most people don't) for a few more weeks, following which I can have soft foods in the same amounts for about a month. After that, I can start working in foods that require a little bit of chewing, but the 1/4 cup quantities will be all that I will be able to fit into my stomach for the better part of a year.
The upshot of this is that by the time I work up to eating semi-normal foods in 1/2 cup sized meals, I should have lost approximately 120 pounds of excess weight.
Thanksgiving dinner will be, almost literally, my last supper.
I consider this to be a fitting end to a lifetime of unhealthy habits and the beginning of a new lifetime of new rules.
Say goodbye to the fat guy while he's here, everyone!
Friday, November 21, 2008
Nearing the beginning
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6 comments:
But what if I want my fat guy back??!!
It's a big change no doubt. I imagine that next Thanksgiving you're old eating habits will be a foreign thing to you.
I saw the same thing in my dad after he had angioplasty several years ago. It scared him and he made a complete 180 on a lifetime of bad habits. Now he wonders how he ever managed to eat what he did.
In all honesty, I'm terrified. So I can't imagine how you guys are feeling. I'm sure you can do it though. Truly.
Jason we are with you all the way and we know you can do it.
I think what you are doing is awesome, and brave and we will cheer and support you through it all!!!! Enjoy your 'last supper'.
Good luck with the surgery. I had a gastric bypass 2 years ago. The liquid diet is the worst part, but the changes you experience post-op will erase all that misery. Best decision of my life. Hope yours goes like textbook.
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