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Awesome, 100 pounds with no fill you are totally a Rockstar! Keep up the good work!

Good luck to all the August Bandsters this time next month we'll all be on the other side! Wishing everyone a speedy recovery!

I had a planned c-section and besides a little discomfort I don't remember anything bad about it. I didn't even take the strong pain medicine because I wanted to have a sound mind with my baby. If the lap band is easier than my c-section then I'll have no problems at all! Although I did get a beautiful baby girl to concentrate on after surgery and 7 years of no success, I may have just been deliriously happy

I'll need you guys to talk me off the ledge after surgery just trolling the internet will make you crazy! LOL Reading up on all the possible side effects is driving me mad!

August 23rd.

I wonder if you can take diet pills after surgery to help with the hunger. I'm definitely using Phentermine afterwards, I tried to go 4 hours with just my Protein shake and I was starving to death. My pre-op diet is one shake for Breakfast, lunch and a low-fat evening meal. I know I get two 100 calorie Snacks. I don't know how I'm doing this without appetite suppressants, you can't take them 2 weeks before surgery. A lot of Water, exercise and prayer. I've never hungry after I work out.

Please, please, please ignore these people and do what is best for you. It's not always about damn will power. I myself managed to lose 68 lbs and gained 40 of it back. I worked out and ran every single day to get 68 lbs off. I'm sorry it's just not very realistic to think you can work out every single day to keep weight off. Sometimes you need a little assistance, you still have to do the work but the band is a tool that is effective at helping you get the weight off and keeping it off. I myself have not shared my surgery plans with anyone but my soon to be ex-husband and only because he's my ride on the surgery date. It's nobody's business but your own.

I'm lovin the Unjury as well. Mixed the vanilla powder with unsweetened frozen fruit, this stuff is tasty!

You should do fine the pre-op diet is to shrink the liver, sounds like your liver will be suffiently shrunk! LOL Good luck on Monday, here's wishing you a speedy recovery!

I won't start my pre-op diet until August 13th but I've been making Unjury Vanilla protein shakes for breakfast with a few strawberries blended in. It's very tasty! After surgery I won't be able to have milk or the added fruit for a while but I will be able to have the unjury with just water. I haven't tried it with water just yet. I started with the vanilla and unflavored and I'll order the chocolate and starter kit this week.

Quinoa is actually really tasty, I prepare it in a rice cooker with chicken stock, onions, garlic and butter. Yum even my 12 year likes it!

Yea, we're surgery mates. I'll have my surgery on August 23rd as well. Good luck on your new journey!!

I'm on a 14 day antibiotic treatment for H-pylori in my stomach. It's caused me to have 3 peptic ulcers. Although the antibiotics should kill the bacteria it could come back and I would have to be treated again. It can be treated if my stomach is banded but if I get the sleeve than H-pylori can't be treated. Since H-pylori leads to ulcers and stomach cancer it's best that I stick to the band.

I have a reward I'm working on, a gorgeous business suit that I hope I'll be able to get in by late Ocotober! LOL

Awesome job, 20 lbs in one month without a fill! Keep up the good work!

Great advice, when I went in for my EDG they were super busy. Some people were there to be banded, some follow-ups and some were there for fills. The waiting room was completely filled. I knew then that all appointments will have to be in the afternoons and I won't expect to be able to go back to work. I'm excited, I can't wait until August 23rd to get here.

I'm being banded at this same location August 23rd, My doctor is Chris Reilly.

I find myself doing the exact same thing but I work extremely hard not to judge, whatever someone is eating is right for them but not right for me and my daughter. My daughter and I are both working hard to be active every day for at least 1 hour, I love to run/jog and she loves to bike. Even if I have to get my run in, come in all sweaty load the bikes up and head to the park (she's picky, prefers the park because of all the fun hills). I also work 10 hours a day so it definitely is a struggle but I'm working hard to fit it in. I was thin until I hit my 20's so I didn't have problems in school regarding weight but I know how ugly kids are so I want my daughter to be healthy and active as well. Americans have a larger struggle because food is marketed to the public with a vengence! I used to love going out to eat but lately I've tried my best to make it a once in a while treat and do more healthy cooking at home.

Couch to 5K! Awesome program, I started it in 2009, and I was able to teach myself to run, although slow I run! I've completed two Half Marathons and 4 10K's! Hoping to lose weight when I'm banded to eventually get faster. My average pace is about a 14 minute mile!

One of my main reasons for me getting this done is stop all the assumptions! Why do people think because you are heavy that you're eating 2 and 3 plates of food at a time! Pisses me off, my daughter is heavy and I'm heavy and I had a waitress at Cracker Barrel ask if we wanted diet Maple syrup, saying "no offense". I refuse to let my child be subjected to the crap the world doles out to overweight people. I'm bound and determined to address both of our weight issues. I know some people are just plain ignorant but it still gets to me.

Duly noted, I'm being banded at the same time as having a hiatal hernia repaired and I've heard the recovery is not fun!

I can't wait to hear folks say I'm losing too much weight! I haven't seen the 120's since I was 21 years old! LOL

My surgery is August 23rd but I'm going on a 7-day cruise August 5-12th. I'll have to start my pre-op diet as soon as I get off the boat. I ordered my unjury and got that last week. I tried the vanilla shake made with just milk and it wasn't bad at all. I ordered the Unflavored and the Vanilla. I'll order the chocolate Splendor and some vanilla packets this week. I believe I won't be able to have milk after surgery so I'll have to try the Unjury with just Water and see if I can tolerate it. I must admit, now I'm getting nervous but excited at the same time!

This is just the new you, if they are true friends they will accept you skinny or fat! Health just has to come first, the consequences of long-term obesity are just too great.

I just finally realized that I had dedicated the last 20 years of my life fighting fat, it was time for a more permanent solution. Time to move on, just like a bad marriage. The first day of the rest of my live begins August 23rd!