Pre-op, Day 5

I woke up today feeling pretty darn good! YaY! Food was not at the top of my mind and I wasn't starving. AND I wasn't feeling sorry for myself anymore! I've read that when you're doing this type of diet that it is torture right at the beginning but then you become less hungry and just get "okay" with it. I didn't believe it until now. I'm hungry but I'm not a slave to it anymore. I feel happy! I feel like I have energy! I'm thinking clearer...hummmm....did all the sugar before cloud my mind? Probably! Did all the sugar and over indulgence make me irritable and cranky all the time...most certainly! I had already figured that part out along time ago. I knew that if I ate too much sugar or certain types of sugars (like high fructose in a McDonald's large coke) it would affect me for the rest of the day. I would be in grouch city! Ha! I had thought for along time that I was diabetic and the doctors were just missing something because I'd never reacted to sugar the way I have been the last couple of years.....although, I've suffered from depression for years (probably related to the sugar). Every time I'd get away from it for a little while, I'd feel happy and looking forward to my day. Just a note too...I just got the results back from all but one in depth blood study for diabetes. Well, all is good! No signs of trouble there...what a relief!

Yesterday, I talked about gaining 2 pounds back of the 6 I had just lost. Well, it must have been water or something because I got on the scale this morning and I was down 10 since I started this diet. So that is a grand total of 15 (5, I'd lost prior to the preop diet). I WILL BREAK IT DOWN: I was 280 when I had my first appointment with my surgeon on May 11, 2011. Dropped 5 lbs. between 5/11/11 and 5/31/11. Started my preop on 5/31/11 and lost another 10 lbs. by today, 6/4/11. That is just unbelievable!