My Pre-Op Uniform

The last little bit I've found myself basically wearing variations of the same outfit.

Black leggings/ black yoga pants/ black workout pants

Some form of cream/white shirt

(sometimes with a little neon or color_

and my new Nikes

Unkept/ Airdried hair.

Every.

Freaking.

Day. 

#sorrynotsorry

 

My current favorites are:

 these black work out pants from Old Navy.

(Ok what the freak? They are on sale for $20?!?!? I'm totally getting a second pair because I LOVE these)

My new Nikes,

and you can find the top here. 

Friz hair is unique, one of a kind and can not be bought. Sorry ladies.

This honestly hits a little too close to home:

All Liquid Diet-Day 9

Day 9 and we are hitting the home stretch.
It was a BEAUTIFUL spring day today.
This morning almost right when I woke up I need to take something to the mail,
because our community mailbox is just a bit down the road,
I decided to put on my tennis shoes and take my dog for a little walk around the neighborhood.
It was so nice out, and we were enjoying ourselves so much,
that we ended up walking for 2 miles
just enjoying the sunshine and the breeze.
Could there be a better way to start off your morning?

My dog Lucy- never ever willing to look at the camera. 

Stinker. 

I also came across this HYSTERICAL quarter life poem:

Picked up some more vitamins at Costco today
I'm a child and buy the gummy's
and also a new box of the Premier Protein.
Decided to try the vanilla
"jus' fo' fun".
(if you didn't read that in Nacho's accent you are doing it wrong)
It's good! I like it.
I still feel like chocolate is my favorite flavor of protein shakes.

Hardest part of the day:
Pizza and work today smelled SO good.
What the heck is the deal? Since when am I surrounded by pizza
ALL THE TIME.
I swear I wasn't around it this much before now.
Schmmmurg.
It's gotta be challenging though, right?

You know what I'm really missing right now?
Some quality meat.
Like turkey, steak, or chicken.
Anything that I can chew and just feel the protein.
But it's going to be a while until.
And until I can actually have meat,
I'll just keep on swiggin' these protein shakes and soup broth.

Fitbit stats:
Steps: 9.421
Water Intake: 66.3
Calorie Intake: 839

All Liquid Diet- Day 8

What a good day!

I started off the day excited 

because when I weighed myself I realized that I am down 10 pounds!

Well, I guess it makes all of the frustrating/ hard moments worth it. 

I had my last Dr. appointment with my surgeon
before the big day.
It was supposed to be the "scare you out of surgery" appointment,
so I was totally bracing myself.
But it didn't scare me-not even a little bit.

One thing he mentioned is that my Vitamin-D is low,
so he suggested that I start taking 5000 unit capsules
10/day until surgery
and then a regular dosage after.
I bought this brand from Costco:

Luckily they are small so it shouldn't be as bad as I thought

when he told me that I would need 

10 A DAY!

Talking to my surgeon and chatting with my nurse

got me so excited! 

I can't believe it's so close! 

I found this Tedx talk that I love:

Hardest part of the day:
My brother brought home 2 pizzas for dinner for the family.
......

the aroma was pure torture
but I stayed strong!

All Liquid Diet- Day 6&7

These last two days have been harder. 

I am so glad I haven't given in and just gobbled everything in sight,

but I would be lying if I said I wasn't tempted sometimes. 

Fav of the day:
Going to Olive garden for lunch

"Unlimited Soup without the Salad"

=$5

#winning

Avoiding unlimited breadsticks

= The hardest thing ever.

Ok. Not ever. But close. 

All liquid Diet- Day 5

Started the day off with Kirklad Weight Loss shake.

Found this and loved it:

It was a pretty boring day.
I was moving
so.... not a lot of fun things to report.
I am getting really sick and tired of the texture of the "powder protein" shakes
So I have spent most of the day drinking Kirkland and Premier Protein.
This was short, but not a lot to report.

All Liquid Diet- Day 4

Today was a "chill" day, because I needed to rest my ankle.

I mostly just let it heal, icing it 

and trying to pack up my things when I felt like I needed to get up.

My friend Claudia wanted to take me to lunch for my birthday,

and after the revelation from yesterday,I agreed

and we found a place to eat that would have soup.

Tomato and Basil. Pretty good. 

Although all I wanted to do was dip my fresh white roll in it.

I'm worried that I've become a little too relaxed when it comes to counting my calories and proteins.

So far I haven't ever gone over my calorie count, 

and with the help of Premium Protein

I haven't had an issue getting the 70 g of protein in either.

My water intake has also decreased 

because when all you do is drink your food, 

you just dont get as thirsty. ll do better though. 

Must get water in!

Must track calories religiously!

Must also track proteins.

Funny experience:

I also went out to eat with a friend for dinner,

again I ordered a soup.

I decided to get the big bowl because I hadn't felt satisfied since starting the all liquid diet,

and normally this bowl of soup would have been devoured without a second thought.

But today, I was so full at the end that it hurt my stomach!

I guess this means my stomach is shrinking! 

I can believe it though. 

I hardly even get hunger pains,

and when I do, I quick protein shake takes care of the job. 

To me, I feel like considering it's only day 4,

that's pretty good!
I'm feeling more empowered. 

I am going to make it 14 whole days! 

All Liquid Diet- Day3

Today is was my birthday! 

Last week when we set my surgery date,

and I found out that I could have my surgery as early as May 4th,

I was excited at the idea to get it done A.S.A.P.

The only thing that made me hesitant was that
I was going to have to do the "all liquid thing" on my birthday.

But I decided that it wouldn't be worth delaying my surgery 

a whole week later just for one day.

I'm not going to lie. It wasn't fun.

I guess I just didn't realize how much of your birthday revolves around food!

My neighbors brought me over my favorite candies,

everyone wanted to take me out to lunch,

some of my favorite guys brought me a HUGE cupcake,

and I just wanted to celebrate because I had nothing else exciting going on.

Luckily I had spent a wonderful weekend before celebrating.

I just kept telling myself that "last weekend was the celebration" .

Like I said, it was a bummer.

To top everything off,

I sprained my ankle.

I have to move out of my apartment this week, 

and so I was carrying some boxes 

and I couldn't see the uneven sidewalk in front of me,

so I totally biffed it.

It hurt real bad to walk,

and I had to work a couple of hours later!

I had already asked everyone I could think of to cover my shift 

(because of my birthday)

so I knew that no one could cover for me.

So I hobbeled to work, 

where everyone wanted to buy me dinner. 

Luckily almost everyone knew that I was officially "all liquid". 

My manager ended up buying me and the girl working with me dinner.

I just ordered a really yummy tortilla soup

that can a very flavourous broth 

and I just had to take out all the chunks.

But I was still a happy camper with my soup.

And then I realized, 

I could still eat out with my friends

I would just need to order non chunky, soups!

This realization broadened my horizons in so many ways.

I suddenly didn't feel as depressed as before.

So here are the lessons from the day:

- Learn to how to celebrate without food

-You can still each out with friends. Just order soup

and lastly: