Pre 2025

Tag: weight loss

  • Countdown – 19

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    Day 19 pre-op Day 9 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Fish Tacos === Rain: 4.5 Last night I ate too much. We had fish tacos for dinner. An absolute favourite inner house, and my Dietician had even been kind enough to recommend some wraps that would be suitable so that we could still have them…

  • Countdown – 20

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    Day 20 pre-op Day 8 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Warm Chicken & Prawn Salad. === Rain: 14 I have a bit of a case of cabin fever. My car is still in the mechanic shop, and the rain continues. Thank goodness we live on our Farm where I can get outside, even if I…

  • Countdown – 26

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    Day 26 pre-op Day 2 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Frittata, with a jelly and lemon mousse dessert. === “only” 8.5mm of rain since yesterday. There is something shiny in the sky today, but that’s all I’m saying about that right now!! I feel like my first day of VLCD went really well yesterday. I…

  • Countdown – 28

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    Day 28 pre-op 0 days left til pre vlcd – tomorrow it begins!! Dinner last night: Homemade Beef Stoup. === 23mm of rain. Today was the day for the trip down the hill to the airport to drop our Son off, and for me to have my CT scan and Barium Swallow. The airport can…

  • Countdown – 33

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    Day 33 pre-op 5 days pre vlcd. Dinner last night: Panko crumbed chicken with home-made air fried chip, and a mixed salad. === 68mm of rain overnight – at this point – do I even need to try and explain what a shit-show our Farm truely is?? Big high rubber boots – only boots –…

  • Countdown – 37

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    Day 37 pre-op. 9 days pre vlcd. Dinner last night: Ham, Eggs, Baked Beans and Toast. Most of the external work for the Wi-Fi extender has been done by my Wife, so this morning I did the internal bit of plugging in the hardware (which she will properly attach to the wall later) and setting…

  • Countdown – 38

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    Day 38 pre-op 10 days pre vlcd. Dinner last night: Lamb Cutlets marinated in lemon juice and pepper, with Steam-fried Rice. I was listening to an audiobook this morning – “Diary of a Fat Girl” – and in one of the chapters she was talking about her bath towel wrapping around her and how she…

  • Countdown – 45

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    Day 45 pre-op. Dinner last night: Roghan Josh (goat) and Butter Chicken with Rice. Yesterday we cracked the ham as planned – and relished in our delicious ham sandwiches for lunch. Soooo good! The Wife ended up having an unexpected Client mid-afternoon, so at least we didn’t spend all afternoon slugging in front of the…

  • Surgeon Visit 1

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    Yesterday was my appointment with my bariatric surgeon Dr E. We left home at around lunchtime as it’s an hour and a half drive to his offices. We arrived a little early in the city, so went for a drive to Bunnings first to get some plants as gifts for my Wife’s work colleagues. We…

  • I got a text!

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    Today I got a confirmation text from the office of my Surgeon-to-be! I’m excited and nervous. But I’m ready. Very ready. This part of my journey in life started a few months ago. Well, really it started many many years ago – but this particular part of my journey started a few months ago… I…