Pre-op Day 4 and National Blog Posting Month

SW ⟫ 207.7 | CW ⟫ 167 |

Ozempic: ⟫ 1 mg | Pre-op Diet:⟫ Day 4

Well it’s fair to say that I’m struggling. Yesterday was really the first day (that I can think of) where I’ve just felt/gotten cranky and pissed off. I had to stop reading a book because it consisted of meal after meal, with huge descriptions of the food they were eating and how good it was. I received pictures of people’s food that made my eyebrows hit my hairline with thoughts of ‘why would you think that was a good idea?’ and I could have quite happily shanked Gidget for a bite of her cheesecake donut.

I remember when I did the Cambridge Diet all of those years ago that day 3 was one of the breaking points – just the realisation that you haven’t eaten anything solid in three days and was facing weeks more can be quite hard to handle psychologically. I ended up having a cough sweet and felt incredibly guilty about it, which is absolutely ridiculous but there we have it. I don’t think it will have caused too much damage but I also need to make sure that it doesn’t happen again.

Stripes made me a 2 litre bottle of water mixed with water flavourings and it made me remember just why I was so obsessed with it before. Sharp taste but thirst quenching – I missed it! When I get some money, I need to order more water flavourings from theKeeDiet website so that I don’t run out.

I didn’t end up painting my nails last night – I was pretty much a vegetable last night – so I want to have a shower today and do my finger and toenails. There is so much time in the day when you’re not eating physical food – I can’t presently see me making a meal of having a shake – I drink it as I carry on doing other things rather than just concentrating on the shake. Maybe I need to rethink that? Maybe I need to make more of a production of it.

I also want to re-read the bariatric bible to see what I can have after the surgery. I keep reading about people being on a clear food plan, but I don’t know what that is. Protein shakes/VLCD shakes are easier because you mix the powder with water and that’s it – if I have to start thinking of broth and the like, things could get more difficult.

We did more research on blenders yesterday including watching a couple of YouTube videos to see what was recommended. I think I want something that will puree as well as make smoothies as that will help with the puree/soft foods portion post-op. I’m awake far too early for a Sunday but have futzed around enough. Squardle, then shower and getting ready to make it through another day. I want to do some reading (if I can cope with the food discussions) – I have less than a quarter of an arc to finish as well as two books from Kindle Unlimited so no excuses. And I’ve just discovered a thing called National Blog Posting Month which is like NaNo but for blogs and maybe that will help me every day – like a little post saying how the pre-op thing is going.

I might end up writing something else a little later – it depends on how my day goes!