Day 4 of 6 on my liquid diet!

Today is going to be a hard day for me.  One of my good friends died on August 26th and today is her birthday.  We are going to the cemetary today.  Then we are taking my son Andrew and my friends son to this place called Manuels Taco Hut in Allen Park, MI because they take their tiny little mexican restaurant and create a dark halloween atmosphere.  I don’t go there for the food really because it’s not that great, but just for the kids because it’s dark, creatures move across the ceiling and it’s just really nice.  It will be very hard today emotionally and hunger wise.  Today is my 4th day, 3rd day without cheating so far.  I’ve lived on soup and protein drinks.  But you know what, I’m not going to kill myself if I have some chicken because you know what!? I’ve lost 7lbs already, and I guarantee my liver will be shrunken by time I go into surgery.  I am sure I will lose at least 5 more pounds between now and surgery day.  Today is the last day I am able to cheat anyway if I had too because Saturday is a full liquid kind of day and Sunday is just clear liquids.  I will obey.

I have an apple juice bottle (64oz) that I am using as my guide for water.  I know that when I’m done drinking that bottle, I don’t NEED to drink any more for a day.  Of course now I can gulp it down like crazy, something I won’t be able to do post-op and i’m sure it will take all day to drink that bottle.  It helps that I leave it on the table and have to stare at it all the time so I sip when I look at it.  It has to be room temperature though… I can’t drink cold water unless i’m thirsty, but 90% of a day I’m never actually thirsty.