Day 1 - preop diet

Today was Day 1 of my Pre-op diet. Here is what I can have:

16 oz of protein shakes (divided up into 4 oz portion)
Up to 16 oz of Gatorade, juice, or 1%/skim milk
Unlimited broth
Unlimited sugar-free (SF) jello
Unlimited SF popsicles
Decaf coffee or decaf tea
Water

So, today hasn't been as bad as I thought. This means no normal food, no soda, no regular coffee. I did ok with the soda today, but tomorrow will be a challenge. I drank my limit of Gatorade, dramk my limit of protein shakes, had some decaf coffee (it wasn't good, so tomorrow I am going to mix about 4 oz of my milk amount and some sugar-free vanilla syrup to make it better hopefully), 3 bowls of broth, probably 5 SF popsicles, and lots of water. I didn't realize how many commercials are about food, WOW!

Tomorrow is a work day and I have to be at a work training event, so it's gonna be rough. I think I am just going to say I'm on a "medically supervised" diet and not explain anymore than that. Obviously people will wonder and ask why I am not eating normal food and why I'm doing what I'm doing.

I will share more in an upcoming blog about my journey to get where I am. I wanted to save more of that on a day when I didn't have much else to talk about. I will also include video diaries along the way.