And So The Journey Begins
Day 1. Today begins the experiment of doing the gastric bypass diet without actually having the surgery. I am not thrilled with the idea of letting anyone put my body through the trauma of surgery even for what is probably the biggest (no pun intended) desire of my life at the moment - to lose this weight.
I first got the idea after stumbling on http://almostgastricbypass.blogspot.com. It seemed quite radical at the time. But once the idea took hold I just couldn't shake it. So I decided to take the plunge.
I am very nervous, but also quite excited and hopeful. I look forward to really dropping a good deal of weight in the first few weeks.
Thankfully, I have been successful in keeping weight off I previously lost through other diet attempts. My highest recorded weight was 368. And I believe I am currently somewhere between 300 and 320 based on the clothes I can fit into. I don't know for sure because my scale broke. I am not buying another one until I can buy one off the shelf that only has the capacity for weighing up to 300 pounds.
I have slowly altered my eating habits over the past 6 months while contemplating whether to go on this diet. I have reduced portion sizes, cut my soda consumption down to a bare minimum and gotten sweets almost out of my life. It was a gradual process and I am glad that I did it because it makes this undertaking so much eaiser.
And so the journey begins...
1 comments:
It's a blast, you will have fun, and support is available from all of us. Remember, it's two weeks of liquids, so don't think that a carrot won't hurt. It will and it can kill you. Read the diet again, stock up and see. In two weeks, if nothing else, you will be empowered. Welcome to the party !!
And by the way, after 8 days of this, I am still hungry..
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