9 Days away from surgery!!!!!!

I'm still waiting for something to stop this whole thing. A call from insurance or the Bariatric Center with some problem or another telling me they have to cancel the surgery or something. I certainly hope that doesn't happen but that is always in the back on my head haunting me, until I am actually being wheeled into the OR.

So, I've been on the liquid diet (LD) for about a week now. I've been tracking my calories on TheDailyPlate.com The LD kit food only has around 700 calories in it. Some of the extra foods I am allowed to add bring me up to around 800-1000 calories depending on what I choose for the day. Still I've had a couple days where I was below 650 cals for the whole day because I didn't get in all of the LDK foods. I'm trying to get batter at making sure I get all of the LDK foods in, but it's tough some times. I guess this diet is shrinking my stomach some since just a cup of soup and 20oz of Crystal Light water leaves me feeling "stuffed".

I lost nearly 14lbs now, until Monday when I got less than 600 cals in, I think my body shut down a little and I gained .4oz so I made sure to bring my calorie intake up more on Tuesday. I worry though, if a cup of soup and a 20oz water bottle makes me feel stuffed NOW, and I am not getting a lot of calories in now, then how am I supposed to lose if I know I'll barely be able to get in half of what I am eating now?

I know bodies go into starvation mode and stop losing for a while. So, I'm anticipating I'll start this VSG surgery off with a STALL!!
Yikes! I just don't know how long it will last, but I am hoping it won't be for too long.

The upside, is that around our house I can't remember the last time we bought a CASE of pop/soda. I started Crystal Light a while back and finally got my Dh hooked. He normally had a Pepsi in his hand and now he has a water bottle filled with Crystal Light, LOL. Even the kids are into it and it's so much cheaper too. Granted we barely let the kids have pop/soda so the flavored water for them is a"fun treat". Granted Dh still gets himself a 20oz Pepsi from time to time, but he's not drinking 3-4 cans a day anymore.

At one point I tried getting him on water, but he only like "flavored" water. usually pre-flavored and the problem with that was most of those are still sugar laden. I then found us some great sparkling waters that were flavorful and carbonated. Dh really gets into those too. Those have no sugar or calories and he liked the flavor enough he stopped getting the cases of pop.

I like that this change has taken place in our house already. The kids and mom & dad are all making healthier drinking choices.

So with only 9 days away, I see the days are going to FLY by super fast now. I still go back and forth from super excited to super scared and nervous. Although I'm more excited than scared most days, but I am sure as the days move closer to "The Date" I'll become a little more anxious. I just can't believe I am in the single digits, away from my surgery date.

I've already gotten just about everything I'll need for the hospital together, based on what others have taken with them in posts here and there.

Eeeeeeeeeeee!!!! I hope I am ready.