Finally An Update!

Well it has been a while, but life has been very stressful lately.

Today I have had some great news and need to share it with the world. The surgeons office rang me today and asked if I would like to move my surgery forward one week. Needless to say I screamed YES OF COURSE back at them. That means one week less of dieing (sorry I mean dieting, optifast) ! Now we just have to make sure that everything goes through with APRA and the super is transferred in time. I am staying very positive everything has gone so well.

Now an update how I am going on the optifast diet.

I certainly have my ups and downs. A few tantrums along the way, one night I absolutely refused to eat my 1/2 cup of vegies because I was sick of them and wanted tuna and potatoe pie instead, I stormed off to the room crying! Yes I know it is soo childish. But you try starving yourself and watching everyone around you eat yummy food, it is very hard.
I have had plenty of time to think and came to the conclusion that the optifast diet sets you up for the lapband in a couple of ways
1 to cleanse your liver
2 to eat smaller amounts
3 to get used to never feeling full.
With the lapband if you feel full you have eaten too much and will probably bring the food back up, optifast with only the shakes and 1/2 cup of salad I never feel full. Unfortunately full used to be a friend of mine and I found comfort in it. So it has been a big change to have lost a friend but I just have to replace it with a healthier friend. I also came to the conclusion instead of counting down I should be taking it one day at a time. So instead of needing to get through a month of optifast I only need to get through today. Why I didn't think of this earlier in the process I don't know, it has been heaps easier if I feel tempted I tell myself that I just need to get through today.

Well weighed in today: 10.2kg down, never to be seen again.