Full Fluid Diet (gasp!)

Nothing instills fear into most people than the thought of going on a strict diet... actually, come to think of it I'm surprised that Alfred Hitchcock didn't think of that as a plot of A VERY SCARY MOVIE!  Move over flocks of crows and neurotic murderous sons... the full fluid diet has come to wreak havok and intstill terror into the heart of this hotty-in-training.

Actually, it doesn't seem all that bad.
(At least, buying the stuff that I need to start the diet tomorrow didn't hurt that much.)

In a weird flippity-floppity way, I didn't have any urge tonight to have my requisite "one last meal", like a convicted criminal on her way to the chamber.  In fact, I dove right into the dietician-approved sugar-free applesauce for my evening snack.  Weird.  I'm guessing I'll be cursing that choice to the heavens by day 2, and wishing I had traded the pouch of applesauce for a double big mac while I could have...

I guess I'm approaching this at a bit of a different angle than the usual Joe.  After all, I've gone without eating or drinking for 6 weeks (funny what a critical illness like pancreatitis can do to your body).  During the 6 weeks of IV fluids only (because I could not even keep water down), I had no pangs for anything - but I'm assuming that was because my stomache was so ill.  It took over 5 years for me to incorporate some food items back to my stomache (like red meat), so I know what it is like to go without something.

On this journey so far I've met a bunch of people who are also considering surgery, and one of the most common refrains that I hear is people lamenting the loss of X, Y, or Z from their daily intake.  For example, some people are addicted to a certain kind of food (like chocolate) or drink (like diet pop).  I honestly don't believe that to be the case for me personally, but I guess I'll soon find out.

Thankfully, I gave up using sugar years ago and switched to splenda (or similar products).  I also love to drink water.  And even though I used to drink enough Tim Horton's coffees to keep one of their stores open year-round, I recently gave up my daily 3 to 5 XL triple cream, triple sweetener coffees.  And I'm doing great!  Even better, I've lost the compulsion to roll up that godforsaken rim to see what I didn't win hahaha!

I'm actually looking forward to all of this, because it means that I'm at least doing something other than the usual - which obviously wasn't working all that well!
It's only another challenge, and let's face it, most "larger" people face challenges every single day.

Full fluids for 2 weeks?  Bring it on.