One Week

   Hey, one week down and many more to come. I am feeling better now than I have in several years. I have not had an insulin shot since last Saturday and my blood sugars have been being fine. I am getting to eat small amounts of some soft foods now like scrambled or poached egg, mashed potatoes, cottage cheese. These all taste great to me. I am amazed at the new feeling of full I am having to learn. I eat a very small amount of food and it feels like, heck, I am not full and then I wait 2 or 3 minutes and wow, I am full and don't want anymore. I also am trying a couple of bites of a new item and waiting to see how my system is going to react to it. A couple of things I tried for the first time took a little getting used too so I wait now and let it have a little dose to play with before consuming more. Everything I have eaten has not been a problem but it has grumbled a couple of times at first and then said oh okay, I know this substance and it is okay. I had a poached egg this morning. Just one and as I sit here typing this, I am very full. It is a great feeling knowing that I am doing this right.
  So what are the results so far? No more diabetes, no more high blood pressure, no more sleep apnea, and my knees are a little less painful almost daily. I am walking 1 to 2.5 miles a day and am pretty active. My energy level is very good and I find my stamina is getting better and better each day. Yesterday Melody and I visited yard sales all morning, tinkered around the yard some, I visited with one of my fellow ham radio operators at the diner over coffee, walked about a mile, and then finished off the day with a trip to Walmart for a few items and some more plants for the yard. It was a very busy day and I wasn't totally trashed at the end of it. I slept really well. From my weight before I started the liquid diet until now, I have lost 37 pounds in three weeks. I feel great.
   Was it worth it? You bet and I would do it again in a heartbeat and highly recommend this to those of you that are thinking about having it done. It has really changed my life these last few weeks and I have no regrets. I stick with this phase of the diet until the end of the month and then switch to phase III and that includes a lot more foods and I go from a 1/4 cup per meal to a 1/2 cup per meal. I eat small meals several times a day and still use my Slimfast and now Muscle Milk protein drinks to get the protein I need. Still no meat in my diet but the eggs and cottage cheese sure are good.
   Have a great weekend my friends. I will probably post again on Monday or Tuesday. Take care and thanks again for all the love and support you have shown. George