AlyGurl

Im not sure what day it is in the US, I can't remember if you guys are before or after us Aussies... Either way my thoughts are with all our pending banders!

FINALLY slept for the first time in two days and pain has really decreased!

Is gas pain getting to anyone else?

Waiting for my dad to pick me up from my aunty's. They're eating pasta. Its killing me!

Sounds like my experience. I only got about 3 hours sleep because of gas. Heat packs work a treat!

Lol! Luckily the hospital has wireless and they let me use my iPhone! It kept me sane last night when I was too uncomfortable to sleep!!!

Ugh! Can't sleep, gas pain.

My pre op diet left me a mess! But my op went off without a hitch! You need to listen to yourself and not those who want to bring you down!

I had my op today, and I COMPLETELY stuffed up my diet! All was fine! You need to be kind to yourself, trust me.

All done! Sore but safe! Glad I'm staying overnight though because I am in quite a lot of pain!

En route to the hospital now! Yay!!!

I had my final appointment today and an VD deficient too! They just gave me tablets.

Go in at 11:30am tomorrow. I can't wait. Did/will you guys say anything to significant others in the off chance something goes array?

Just had my final appointment. My thyroid and vitamin d levels are off but still going ahead with the surgery! I can't believe it's finally happening!!! Less than 24 hours to go!

Got my pre-op appointment tomorrow! Ugh SOOOOOOOO many questions!!! I'm making a list of things to ask so I don't forget anything!

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Thank you for your kind words. It's just much harder than I expected it to be. I weighed in today and was NOT happy with the measly 300g loss since Wednesday... But all it's really done is reminded me why I'm getting banded! I work SO hard to lose weight and never see results... I cannot WAIT to have my body back on side!

Blogwise: I started out with blogspot but moved to tumblr because of the amazing weight loss community!

My name's Aly and I'm 18. I'm getting banded on July 5th! What's your date?

I can DEFINATELY relate to this. I'm on day 5 of my 7 day pre-op and its just really got me down. I can't stick to my plan for EVEN a day! I either snack on things I'm not allowed to or can't stomach more protein bars/shakes. Weighing in for the first time since day two tomorrow morning and I'm terrified that I won't have lost (or even gained!) even though I'm exercising my butt off and still only eating about 600 calories. I can only have three shakes a day (and no fruit and veggies) for tomorrow and Monday and I KNOW that I'm going to struggle... Driving to Sydney (3 hours away, where my surgery is) tomorrow afternoon and have my pre-op appointment on Monday before Tuesday's surgery. It's so close but it feels SO FAR AWAY!!! Ugh! I'm sorry for all my recent negativity... I just don't deal well with this restrictive sort of diet! I'm SO proud of all of you for being strong enough to do this. People DON'T understand how hard this journey is, all they see is the before and after picture. ♥Aly

All the best to those who are going/have gone in for surgery too by the way!!! I'm keeping you all in my thoughts!

You and me both Tammy! I'm also on day four of pre-op and it was HORRIBLE!!! I went ice skating with a bunch of friends this morning and had a great time and burnt like a ZILLION calories! BUT then they all went to McDonalds on the way home and I was so protein starved I swapped my lunchtime protein bar for a seared Caesar salad with the same number of kilojoules - not bad.... BUT then my boyfriend didn't want the rest of his fries and EVEN THOUGH I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE AND I DIDN'T NEED TO AND IT WAS STUPID I ate like 500 calories worth!!!! Ugh! I don't think I've ever felt guiltier for eating ANYTHING!!! But - I felt SO bad I forced myself to go to gym (even though I was still sore from ice skating) and work off 500 calories... So by the time I got home I felt okay... THEN in yet ANOTHER moment of weakness, I caved to my boyfriend's teasing offer of ice cream (And SOMEHOW justified it to myself) and now I am miserable AND feel sick due to my occasional dairy intolerance... Bleh. Today was a major failure.

Mines 6 weeks too!!!

Yeah, I tried to call my nutritionist today to ask about it bit I couldn't get through. :/ I'm trying to keep it balanced but I'm just not hungry!

Yeah, I tried to call my nutritionist today to ask about it bit I couldn't get through. :/ I'm trying to keep it balanced but I'm just not hungry!