momab50

Welcome Renee glad to have you with us.

Thanks You too.

I do home health, Take care of a 59 yr old man with MS, Not to hard

Thanks Swadley, that will help. The Dr, told me i Could go back to work the next day if i wanted to. Think i will take a week off.

Just needing something chewy

The EAS is good but all i can get at Wal-Mart is vanilla and chocolate

Hip Hip Hurray

Thanks Glove Good info

Hi Swadley, glad to have you aboard, So glad to hear that surgery went well. Most of us here are doing our pre-op diet and it is tuff. but you have already been through that so maybe you could give us a few pointers and what to do to hell make it a little easier.

dhales, i think that is the feer all of us have. we have started and failed at so many weight loss diets that we have been conditiones to failing. This is differant its the one tool that we have been laking in all the other atemps. If we go at this with a positive attatude with our eyes open knowing that it is still going to take work on our part. Working with our Dr, and our support people WE WILL WIN.

Finally got a surgery date, tenativley set for April 5th. Have to do a support group meeting on the 22 and the the insurance will make a final determination on the 27. Keep your fingers crossed.

dhales, i think you hit the nail on the head (a diet that we CAN'T start on monday and QUIT by Thursday is defenetly the goal here(its what i am needing for sure)

I did 2 months of last suppers. went to a siminar in Oct. made up my mind then that i was ready to make the move to do WLS but new that i would have to go on a 2 week liquid diet before surgery. didnt want to do that over the holidays pluse i was borderline being able to qualfy with my bmi. Needless to say the first of January when i called to make my first apptment, i didnt have to worry about my BMI because i had gained 19bls. As soon as my dr appt. was over and they submitted my papperwork i started back dietting.

I'm one of those that you tell me i can't have something and thats just what i start craving.

Hi girl79, i start my liquid diet monday the 19 but i have been doing a modified liqud (2 meal protien shakes and 1 meal ) startted that march 2.

Who is the 3rd person? Want to get them on my calender.

Sounds like fun Glove but need to budget for somethink like that . Maybe next year.

I am trying the pure protien shakes, not to bad. i was looking for a protien powder that was unflvored so that you could ad it to like yogurt to boost the protien. Anyone have any have any they have tryed? Let us know what you think Glove ,

Smmrsue , Mine will be in Tulsa, Oklahoma and yours?

Ok guys i am not very good a sharring but i have been reading all your post and making some comments on others. Made up my mind it was time to share. Here goes and please forgive the spelling erorrs. My name is Cheryl and i am 53, have been married for 34 years to my high school sweetheart and we have 2 grown children 29 and 23. I have been dietting all my life it seems but i guess its only been since junior high (i would love to be that weight again) have done every program you can name over the years, weight watchers , diet drs, pluse every fad diet that came around. Oh i can lose the weight just never quit make my target befor i start putting it back on again. So very tired of working so hard to lose it to just turn around and put it back on pluse some. I was a respiratory tech for 19 years in a hospital here in Broken Arrow. Oklahoma and had seen people that had gastic bypass and knew that wasnt for me. a coupel years ago at Thanksgiving my husbands cousins told me that they had had lap banding done and they loved it. so i went to a seminar. NO NOT READY i can do this on my own. So again i got determinded i can lose this weight with the help of a Diet Dr. and i did lose 20 -30 lbs then the next thin i new i was putting it back on. so went to a dirfrent dr that did the HGC and lost a few lbs and than again put it back on. Then in Oct. i was doing a diebetic walk and the lap band center of Ok was there and talked with them an found out my bmi would qualify me for the surgery so sind up for another seminar and thats when this jurney began. OK i know i am now rambling but i just want to say my fear is that i am a stress eatter and that the band wont really help me so i am hopeing and praying it is the TOOL that will make it finally work. Thanks for this group and for listing to my rambles

:wub: Thanks Scorpio, got it

I would really like your list too. momab50@windstream.net

My Dr requires a 2 week liquid diet before surgery. 1000 cal 80 gr protein daily if i dont lose before my pre-op apptment he will cancel surgery. I started on my diet as soon as he told me that but just not total liquid have been doing protien shakes for 2 of the 3 meals and have lost 8lbs so far starting the liqud diet only on the 19.

i would like to but cant seem to figure out how. cant even get the weight loss ticker on.

Glove, you already know the answer to that question. its not that we can't lose the weight its that we begin to slip after awhile and before we know it we have put it all back on and more. With the band we will not be able to do that when we slip and fall back into our old habits the band will help, go get a fill and start over. it will work FOR GOOD