13 lbs Gone in 11 Days!

So I had a nice boost this morning when I saw that I'm down 13 pounds in 11 days!

I'm really getting a hang of this pre-op diet. I definitely would've given up on it had it not been for the surgery however. The best thing is that I have a pretty even energy level throughout the day if I eat on schedule.

I had gone mostly without solid food (ie: vegetables) this week given all the meetings, but today I was lucky enough to get a salad for both lunch and dinner. Below is today's food journal...

Breakfast
Shake & Coffee
250 calories

Lunch
Shake
Soup
Salad & carrots
Diet Dr. Pepper
345 calories

Dinner
Shake
Salad
Diet Dr. Pepper
300 calories

895 Calories

What I ate today...

In case anyone out there is curious about the realities of the pre-op diet, here's a breakdown of what I ate today...

8:00 a.m.
1/2 Chocolate Ensure Shake
100 calories

9:00 a.m.
Coffee with creamer, a splash of skim milk, and Splenda
25 calories

10:30 a.m.
1 Chocolate Ensure Shake
200 calories

12:30 p.m.
1 Chocolate Ensure Shake
1 packet Lipton vegetable broth
245 calories

2:30 p.m.
1 Chocolate Ensure Shake
1 packet Lipton vegetable broth
245 calories

4:30 p.m.
1 Chocolate Ensure Shake
1 packet Lipton soup
245 calories

7:00 p.m.
1/2 chocolate Ensure shake
Steamed green beans and grilled veggies
(mushrooms, red pepper, zucchini)
175 calories

TOTAL
1235 calories

I wouldn't usually have to have as much soup broth (3 servings), but because I didn't have any vegetables at lunch, I was pretty starving most of the day.

Fridge Purge

After being inspired by this previous post about completely clearing out the fridge, I decided to do just that tonight before I start my liquid diet. It really is symbolic of clearing all the crap out of my diet and life.

Since Alex won't be on a liquid diet, I did leave him his eggs and a few other things! And for guests, I've left some alcohol and sodas we never drink anyway. As for the condiments, for now they stay. We'll see what happens to them.

However, once all of my protein shakes from amazon arrive and once I go vegetable shopping, it'll be a lot less bare. For now, I'll get to keep trying some of the new protein shakes we got at GNC and at the neighborhood drug stores. Supposedly the myoplex is terrible according to Alex. I haven't tried it myself yet. But there are lots of other brands here too, just to provide some variety.

I'm quite happy that I don't have to ditch my morning coffee either.