TOMORROW I start the 2 week pre-op diet... I am so ready to do it. It's wierd. For some reason, knowing that my surgery is getting closer, my appetite is diminishing. THIS IS A GREAT THING! It's just kind of odd. I thought I would be wanting to eat all these things I am saying "goodbye" too. But not so much... There have been a few things, like 2 donuts, that I ate knowing this may be the last time to eat them and saying "goodbye" wasn't that hard! I know what donuts taste like and I know how I feel after I eat them, like SHIT, like a COW, like a sluggish ball of lard. I hate the way I feel when I eat junk. I have NO energy. I am tired and I just generally feel like crap. If I eat healthy, believe it or not I have eaten healthy in my lifetime, I feel energized. I wake up rested. I feel comfortable and my clothes feel comfortable. I don't feel bloated and disgusting and I have less "fat days." (Girls, you know about the Fat Days...ugh). What does that tell me? Eating healthy has way more benefits than eating like shit. What do I do? Eat like shit. What does that tell me? I am a nutcase. Just kidding.
I boiled 8 eggs tonight to eat for breakfast this week. Here is a sample of what my meals will be like each day for the next 2 weeks:
Breakfast- 1 hard boiled egg, 2 oz apple slices
Mid-morning snack- 8oz nonfat milk with 1 scoop protein powder
Lunch- 1 1/2 oz baked chicken, 2 oz steamed broccoli
Afternoon snack- 8oz water or milk with 1 scoop protein powder
Dinner- 1 1/2 oz fish, 2 oz green beans, 2 oz strawberries
I can do this. 2 oz is not a very large amount, but it's not starvation (damn near, but let's be positive). It comes out to be like an 800 calorie diet. In addition to these meals, I need to also have 64-100 oz of fluid (non-carbonated, caffeine, sugar free, calorie free). I bought a 99cent app on my iPhone that tracks how much fluid I drink, to help me keep track. I also bought an app that tracks how much protein I eat. I need to make sure in addition to these meals, that I have 35-40g of protein...I should have about 60-80g of protein a day total. AND very very very little to no carbohydrates! It's like the Atkins diet, high protein, no carbs. I can so do this! I am excited to lose weight, gain health and see the new me. The last time I was skinny, was probably about 12 yrs old, which is 17 years ago. Puberty was not kind to Michelle, not a bit. So as I sip my LAST (gasp) Blue Moon in a frosty mug with an orange wedge, I think to myself, "this is it. this is the beginning." TOMORROW the rest of my life begins. Here I come!
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