Day One.

Today was the beginning of my 2 week pre-op liquid protein diet. I was nervous this morning a little bit. Everything started out pretty well. I made my first protein shake in my handy dandy Blender Bottle and hit the ground running!

Surprisingly it wasn't bad! I had a chocolate shake (Muscle Milk Light) with light soy milk. Everything went well, I had another shake later (Click Espresso) with 1/2 water 1/2 almond milk and YUM-O that was amazing. Definitely a go do shake. About 2hrs later around when I was supposed to have another shake I got really nauseated. I tried to just struggle through it and sip some water but it got so bad I thought I might vomit so I took some medicine (Meclizine). It definitely calmed my stomach down and I feel better but I am not going to be able to make my daily requirement of 5 shakes per day. I'm sipping on some Crystal Light w/ unflavored protein powder (Syntrax Nectar Medical) so I can at least get 3 shakes in. If I can finish this shake I will have had 60gms of protein & about 70oz of fluids. Tomorrow my goal is to get in my 5 full shakes. If for some reason the nausea continues I am going to call the Dr. and see what, if anything, I can do to help it. 

Overall, the nausea aside, today wasn't as hard as I thought. I did get pretty hungry about 2pm and that's when I had my 2nd shake and I felt better. Tomorrow is a new day and a new chance to do better, that's exactly what I'm going to do!