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Hi there! hope everything goes well for you, Ive been learning so much from everyone here and it really makes a huge difference, I only have a small support system available to me offline because of where I live now, so I tend to completely embrace and appreciate whatever I can benefit from in cyberspace!

Ive been experimenting with blending soups and some taste pretty good with the chunks smoothed out.. cream of mushroom.. lentil soup.. I even blended up a chinese take out's sweet corn chicken soup, added some extra lemon and black pepper and it was great! I think if you have a basic vegetable or chicken broth, it would make it less boring adding different flavors to it each time you have it, like one day add lime juice and a little soy sauce for an asian touch.. next day add oregano/thyme and garlic/onion powder for an italian mood.. hhmmmm a little curry powder and dried chilli flakes for an indian feel.. stuff like that you could probably find recipes online for healthy soups that have good blend potential, hmmm i wonder how much experimenting members have done with their blenders hehe

Hmmm I was planning to rely on the same GNC whey powder myself so Im nervous now hehe I havent actually tried it yet.. But I cant help thinking about how baby milk powder has the tendency to clump when its mixed with cool water.. and I remember that I solved that issue by adding just a tiny bit of water first to make a "paste" texture first, then gradually adding more water.. I have no idea if that would work with WHEY powder but its worth a shot?

I can relate to your sulking emoticon.. I really sobbed when I had to delay my appointment.. but then I realized (and hope you find comfort in this thought too) that a few weeks delay is nothing compared to years of being held back by extra weight. Everything happens for a reason, maybe you will get a bit of extra time now to make final preperations too. All the best to you

Hi everyone, I have been so excited about my Feb 1st date and was so hyper going back to the drs office and being told that all my tests came back with great results, I wasnt required to go on a pre-op so Ive been drinking soups and protein shakes to practice.. got my overnight surgery bag all cosied up with a soft pj, socks, lipbalm, moisterizer, etc.. and suddenly I felt a calm.. everything was perfect.........(pause for suspense).......! and then a week ago I got a call from a close relative, a close relative who has been a very painful aspect of my life because after they caused me so much pain they simply walked away, and because Im such an advocate for reconciliation (or kept taking the role of a doormat?) I kept trying to reconnect, only to be rejected, for years. Anyway. This relative called to tell me they just had a hysterectomy, and needed my help. So I literally dropped everything and rushed off to be by her side. She wasnt on my SUPPORT list of ppl to tell about my surgery.. so I realized Id have to delay my appointment until she was better so that I could disappear and get banded without her deciding that I've plotted something against her with my disappearance. I cried and cried after I told the Docs office I had to delay my surgery, because it took so much strength and mental preperation to get to this decision, and I was so afraid that I'd hit a wall and that I would never get to the surgery room for whatever strange circumstances... the fearful little child inside of me. But after a few days of sulking and biting my fingernails and rushing around with errands to help close relative, I realized that the good part of the story is that I DONT feel hesitant at all! which is so unlike me! I only feel more confident that I want this! and I called the docs office and asked for a reschedule ASAP! (I didnt say that, but you get the picture lol). And now Im waiting for a confirmation for an appointment between 18-28 of February.. So hopefully Im still a February bandster with all you FAB FEB people! ) I just needed to vent and have been too shy to do it until now.. So thank you

I wonder if the pre-op diet depends on our bloodwork test results as well as our BMIs? I was wondering about that too, I'm getting banded Feb 1st and since they havent put me on one, starting today Ive decided to try and get some of those liver-shrinking benefits myself! But Im going in for a pre-op meeting with the surgeon today and the take-you-to-lala-land specialist for final Q&A and mental prepping lol.

I dont know what time my surgery will be yet (will be told on monday), but Im actually worried about it being in the morning!!! :0 Butterfly tummy before 9AM always turns into headspinning nausea! And I stress out about being late ( cuz I usually am ), and I imagine that waking up from surgery with only a few hours til bedtime would help day 1 go by quicker then waking up to a whole day ahead of you to deal with.. I dont know, 1PM looks just about perfect to me! Good luck

Thank you all for sharing your journeys, and thanks Rockin for starting this thread.. what an inspiration you all are!

EEEK is right! hehee reminds me of the excited nerves/fear of a baby on the way, except this time we're delivering our own rebirth so to speak yes there is fear of the unknown but no second thoughts and as soon as those negative doubts poke my brain I shake it off! Im working on my list of things to prepare for the event, im getting those papaya chewables too.. and I have to go in next week to get instructions on my pre-op diet! Wish you all the best, here we go!

Oops double post.

My husband knows that I have serious insecurities that I have struggled to overcome for years. In general it has given him the impression that I lean on him for inner strength and self esteem which has had its cons of course. I have been teaching myself to become more emotionally independant to stop that negative cycle, a journey that also affected my decision to get banded. Soon after I told him i was pretty shocked to hear him ask me if I was going to get slim and all hard to get and turn my back on him!! This is coming from a man who has tons of ego, rarely expresses his vulnerability. Since i can relate to being vulnerable, so I have openly and repeatedly offered words of reassurance on how the band is an improvement for OUR life because I will be happier and healthier WITH HIM.. Even though he seems to be back to his normal, big headed self

I wonder if you gained because of the working out? And the stress of a weigh in might be causing you to hold water in? Stress definitely does that to me. But its your journey and your efforts and if she is mean again she might need a reminder that you are a person not just her job. One thing I remember reading is that if you drink three whole glasses of water as sooon as you wake up it will totally and immediately flush your whole system out, if you know what I mean, and that might give you a good jump start! Good luck!

Oh sorry, i thought you said you WERE big on fruity water!! Well another thing that comes to mind is vegetable juices, i used to cringe at the thought but i got a juice recipe book and some turned out pretty amazing. Good luck!