Celery, cucumber and green pepper oh my!

After April 14th I am never eat these vegetables again. I didn’t really like them before however they have become the mainstay of my daily diet. I eat a few stalks of celery, half a cucumber and half a green pepper most days and wish they had some taste. I wouldn’t mind the celery stuffed with peanut butter, the cucumber made into tzaziki and the green peppers stuffed with beef and tomato sauce. But I will be done with them in 2 week and moving on to new and different.

I have a few books that talk about the things that I can expect after surgery when it comes to meals. I cant imagine devoting 1/2 an hour to my meal. For most of my life I have eaten on the run or at my desk as I work. The thought of sitting and devoting time to a meal seems so strange to me

Optifast is the devil

I cant believe how quickly times has gone by. We started this last year and I had every intention of writing on a regular basis but it just didn’t happen. I have a surgery date that is just over 2 weeks away so I figured now is a great time to get back at it.
I went to see the surgeon and he gave me a date of April 15, 2013 and told me that I would need to do 3 weeks of Optifast leading up to the big day. They say that the idea is to shrink your liver of fat and I think that is true but I also think that its a test. A test to see if you are willing to change your whole life and your relationship with food before you go through with it.
I started Optifast on March 25. The plan is to do 4 shakes a day, up to 2 cups of green vegetables, 2 litres of water/clear fluids.
Can I tell you that its a shock to they system? One of the things that made me fat was my love of sugar, chocolate, sweets and cakes. I have done Slimfast before and its not great but compared to this its like a milkshake. Optifast tastes like sweet chemicals. I couldn’t do the 4 a day and I was having vegetables but when I sat down and figured out what I was having, it was about 500 calories. I went from a few thousand to a daily calorie count equal to my usual coffee and muffin breakfast. So I have gotten a grip and I am making sure to do the 4 a day. I have added sugar free jello and salt free broth. I started making a vegetable soup; salt free broth, broccoli, green pepper and celery. Add in some pepper and garlic and it feels like you are having a real meal for limited calories.
I know that I am having more then 2 cups of veggies a day, I would guess that I am having 3 or so cups. I figure all things considered it could be worse.
I bought an immersion blender today cause I was using a frother and found it was still chunky. The blender makes a world of difference. It gives it the consistency of the premade shakes and it was easier to get it down.
I have not “cheated” or given in. I have stuck to the Optifast and fluids. I have been offered donuts, cookies and pizza. I look out my kitchen window and I see McDonalds, Subway, Popeyes, Pizza Pizza and Wild Wing. Fat me has been to all of them. Optifast me just dreams about it.

So I have 1 left for today and 15 days of shakes to go.