The theme of this blog is called Brand New Day, which is quite appropriate under the circumstances, I think!
Today is July 10th, 2012. I’ve been looking forward to this day for at least the last 6 years. Why? Because today is the first day of my final weight loss journey. There have been many – Weight Watchers, Atkins, South Beach, blah blah blah. Tried them all, and yet I’m still fat.
But today, I’m having a vertical sleeve gastrectomy. My wonderful surgeon is going to staple and cut my stomach, leaving me a small sleeve and removing the rest. Forever. Bye-bye stomach! Good riddance!
I started my pre-op diet 10 days ago, weighing 285 pounds. At 5′ 5.5″ tall, that gives me a BMI of 47.4. My goal weight is 150, which will give me a BMI of 25, just on the edge between normal and overweight. Anything lower than that is just frosting on the cupcake. (I love cupcakes. I will miss them.)
It’s just after 1am. My surgery is in a little over 12 hours. I am officially NPO, meaning nothing by mouth. Not even water, except for a tiny sip to take my meds. I have to be at the hospital at 11. Not sure how I’m going to get to sleep tonight – I’m so excited and nervous.
I’ll do my final pre-surgery weigh-in, pics, and measurements in the morning.