Night before surgery

Tomorrow's the big day!

I can't believe it's already here!

People keep asking if I'm nervous, 

but I'm not! 

Not even close!

I'm excited! 

My life is changing.

I mean, I get that this is a really big deal,

and a pretty serious surgery,

but I also feel like I've waited a long time for this.

I'm just so excited that it's finally happening. 

I know that it's going to be hard,

especially the next couple of days.

I also know that I am maybe a little bit too optimistic,

meaning that I am maybe not accepting how hard this is going to be.

But I would rather be excited than scared at this point.

My cute friend Kaylie brought over the cutest care package. 

It was filled with all sorts of "liquid diet" and post op goodies:

Nail polish, crystal light, pineapple gum, and other fun things.

In her own words: "There is no such thing as a 'yay surgery!' balloon".

I am so grateful that I have supportive people in my life. 

Almost everyone is so excited for me and knows that this is going to make my life better.

I am so grateful for that. 

Here is the official "before" photo as taken by my nurse:

excuse the gross Dr.'s office lighting and the funny way this photo is framed

See you on the other side folks! 

(get it? May 4th....) 

All Liquid Diet- Day 12

Allllll liquid. 

Allllll the time.

 Day 12. 

WOW.

Day 12! 

It's actually a crazy cool feeling to think that I have been doing this "all liquid" thing for 12 whole days.

Motivating, you know?

Like- It's okay that sometimes its still hard, because I've been strong for 

12 whole days!

I had a group meeting with my surgeons nurse and all of his wls patients for may,

only 3 out of 7 of us showed up.

Isn't that weird? 

I don't know if its just me, but I feel like I want to know everything I can before this surgery

even though most of it was a review of everything we had learned from the nutritionist, exercise therapist and psychologist, I still wanted to clarify all my questions and really just understand as much as possible. 

I found out that my arrival time for surgery isn't until noon! 

I can't consume anything (even mints or gum) the entire day before I get surgery,

and I feel like my surgery will be a little late in the day,

which is a bummer, 

but I'm pretty sure that the hospital forgot to put me on the surgery schedule so I am last...

but whatever. I'm just excited to do it. 

Only a couple more days!

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 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!