A loss of 100lbs was the original goal I set myself when I finally decided to go ahead with surgery. While 100lbs isn’t a lot for some surgery patients for me it is a substantial amount, and the perfect amount to take me from Overweight to Healthy on the BMI Scale.
I have never wanted to be “skinny”, but “slim” is a word I can only imagine someone using to describe me. Curvy is much more likely, but my definition of curvy is distorted by reading too many issues of Heat Magazine, and curvy to me now means Kelly Brook, who I believe is a very toned sized 10. Not exactly curvaceous.
My op is still 4 weeks away, and I have lost around some weight in preparation. Not by eating different foods, but my tuning into my emotions and feelings and trying not to use food as a comfort mechanism, only when I am truly hungry.
My official pre op diet starts soon and I will be limited to 1000 calories a day, no fat, and high protein, very low carbs. This should give me a decent loss before I even undergo the surgery, which should help me maintain the loss and develop a lifestyle change rather than a short cut route to success.
