9 days Pre-Op

I would like to say I am not nervous about my surgery, I would like to say that. But honestly I am very nervous. It is a mixture of excitement and fear. I am changing my life, in a drastic way. Granted the LapBand is not as invasive as gastric bypass or the sleeve, but it is still a drastic measure to take to lose weight. But I keep reminding myself I made the right choice for me.

Being on Optifast the for the last 5 days has also been a boost. The hardest day was day 3...Thanksgiving. Yeah I nibbled, and I had two glasses of wine. But it was enough. After not having much for the two days prior I really didn't want anything but a taste.  Apparently my little nibbles didn't hurt me much. If I am to believe my scale, I have lost 14  pounds already.  Not even a week on it, wow.

Ok so I do have a little headache, but not sure if that is from the Optifast or from the aspartame in the sugar-free Jell-O that is allowed.

So at least I will lose some weight pre-surgery and hopefully I wont get discouraged if I don't lose a great amount of weight my first few weeks. Since I am doing the LapBand I know my weight loss rate is significantly lower then the other weight loss surgeries. But my recovery time is as well.

Its down to the wire with only two appointments left. One on Dec 1st and my EGD on Dec 2nd. I will have the weekend to get really really nervous. Hopefully time will pass quickly and Dec 6th will come and go with no major problems.

Let the fun begin.....