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So, picking up where I left off yesterday. I went to the nutritionist and she told me what I'd be eating like after surgery and told me to cut out all soda. I started on February 3rd. No soda, no bread, no pasta, no chips, no junk, no candy, no potatoes. You might be starting to wonder what I did eat. It sure seems like a very long list of NO's.

What did I eat? Low carb protein shakes for breakfast, which I wasn't to sure about to start with. I tried a few brands and found the Atkins ones to be very tasty. Caramel Cafe is probably my favorite. I love an iced caramel macchiato from Starbucks and it tastes very similar to that. I ate ALOT of salads for lunch. There's one from a restaurant close to my office that has grilled chicken, blue cheese, pecans, and craisins with a balsamic vinaigrette dressing that I loved. Dinner was mainly meat and a veggie or two. I didn't worry about portions or counting calories or counting carbs. I just ate as much as I wanted to of the low carb things and was full. Did I miss chips? Not as much as I thought I would.

April 14, 2015 290 pounds

In the end, I lost 40 pounds in the 2 months of monitored weight loss. It was completely awesome to lose so much weight so quickly and without really ever being super hungry.

January 17,2015... 330ish pounds

Why did I go so much further with it than the nutritionist said? That's a really good question. Part of me wanted to see what it was like and if I could do it. I understood that she was telling me this was a lifestyle change and that the surgery wouldn't really work for me if I couldn't make these changes. I read a lot of blogs and joined support groups. I noticed that the people who really embraced the lifestyle were more successful. I felt that if I was going to put myself through the stress of surgery and recovery and cost my insurance company a ton of money (more on that later) that I better make sure I could do it. And it turns out I could!

I had a few slip-ups here and there, but overall I did extremely well. That gave me hope that surgery was a good solution for me.