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Hello fellow January Bandsters! My surgery is scheduled for Jan. 5th!!! I have been on a liquid diet through Christmas and New years and now that the holidays are over hopefully it will be smooth sailing from here. I've lost 14 lbs that I will never see again. The liquid diet started out hard then got easy and now it's gotten hard again but I have been strong. I agree with one of the previous postings that it is the smell of food that gets to me even if I am not hungry. I also have to leave the room to avoid the smells. I have been drinking a lot of Muscle Milk Light and great tasting shakes from GNC called Lean shake. They have 170 calories and 25 grams of Protein. Once a day I also have a low fat strained Soup or some chicken broth and plenty of SF popsicles. Good luck everyone!!

I bought some already cooked chicken and added a tiny bit of fat free sour cream, and ff mayo to make it moist plus seasonings

Whew...thanks guys..i feel more at ease now.

My surgeon requires a 14 day liquid diet that includes the same items as the others listed. My surgery is on 1/9 and I have been on a liquid diet for 7 days.....it's not easy but I have lost 12 lbs, so it's defiantly worth it.

I am on day 17 of my pre op liquid diet..surgery set for Jan 5th. I have not cheated cause I've gone this long and I think it will be harder to get back on track if I cheat. It was hard to watch every eat on Christmas but I keep reminding myself the food will be there post op....it's not going anywhere. I wish I could have done this a long time ago and maybe I wouldn't be so overweight. I didn't get the shakes recommended by my doctor..drinking Muscle Milk Light. It is pretty good...i think that helps..they have lots of different flavors.

Hey! Good Luck with your surgery! I'm 3 days post op and I'm trying to document everything on my blog. I hope this helps!
http://happilyafterlapband.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-to-do-to-prepare-for-lap-band.html