Prep Day

[cmk418]

My age 50 rite-of-passage event is tomorrow morning so I'm home today prepping. I thought I'd do a fun experiment and weigh myself beforehand, which I did.

And then I weighed myself at the mid-point and I've gained a pound. WTF?

Also, I'm not going to be drinking Gatorade any time soon after that.

Off to drink another glass of vile liquid. Bottoms up!

Comments

[visionofblue]

Oh, you have my sympathy, hang in there! The prep is the worst part. The actual procedure should be easy peasy, since you should be zonked out on the good shit. And the return to eating afterwards is lovely. Hope everything turns out okay!

I have not thought to weigh myself before and after. May do that next time, heh.

(I am not 50 yet, but my chronic illness is digestive system related and I have to go through this once a year for the foreseeable future. And I can't drink Gatorade or the flavoring stuff, so I have to chug the vile stuff straight. Really, I feel your pain.)

[cmk418]

Every year? That sounds awful. I'm not sure if chugging the stuff straight would have been better (probably impossible since it came in powder form) but they had me on a fairly leisurely every 30 minutes drink 8 ounces track. It might be better to drink it faster, but maybe they spread it out to not put so much stress on the system.

Lime jello, which they said was fine, makes it more of a colorful adventure though.

[visionofblue]

Yeah, by straight I meant just with water, which means I have to taste it in all its glory. (It is not pleasant. You might be tired of Gatorade for awhile, but trust me you don't want that stuff without it.) I think mine is generally paced even more leisurely.

Ha! I can't have lime jello either, so I did not know that. (I go with peach, it does nothing.)