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Lunasa Good morning - or evening. LOL My neighbor/best friend is from Ireland and goes home all the time. I have a banding buddy, how exciting. There are so many thoughts and fears but I think it will all be good. My biggest fear is not that I will fail, but I can't remember the last time I was thin and I won't even know myself. I have been going to therapy weekly to work on my self confidence issues, food issues and trying to mentally change my life so I will be prepared. Best of luck!

WOW 18 days and 10 of them I will be gone. I am getting so excited. I still get a little nervous that I won't wake up and my kids will be alone but I know I will be fine, but still, there is always a risk. I hope that by my daughters birthday in July I will be more comfortable going to Six Flags with her and going on some rides.

Good Morning all Welcome everyone Heather, I am so sorry and understand about your grandfather, We got a call about my gram on xmas eve - same type of situation- and you will never guess... she is still ticking. Very very sad thing. I am sorry you have to reschedule and lost your deposit, but think about it this way, things happen for a reason and June will be here before you know it. Best of Luck

**************** Jenn, Yes, please post for me if you find it. What about all the supplements? Aren't there bars and drinks you have to have? What is the jumpstart phase? Maybe I could start on that. It makes me laugh that you said "they require you to eat a ton of food, and we can't eat that with the band" <---- I can not wait for that day:clap2: ! When I went to Metabolic I thought I would starve to death at first:angry ! Jumpstart Unliimited fresh green veggies unlimited bonesless/skinnless chicken 3 small oranges 8-8oz glasses of water you are not suppose to use any fats, dips or dressings but I use balsamic on my salads I gained 7lbs and lost it all in 2 days doing this. I'll do the regular diet later, I need to get the sheet

Hey everyone thanks for the useful info on the protien - now to start shopping. Jennifer That is Amazing - I don't know if I could stay on it, but I guess that is why i'm going on vac before. Only kidding, I have food prepared, frozen and ready to be packed for my trip

Bandedme CONGRATS! I don't have a pre-op diet either, but do have to do liquids only, but can be shakes and such- day before and nothing after midnight, lets hope surgery is in the am Tracy Yikes I hope you like them too. I love those crazy little "to go" packets you can add to plain bottled water, I hope I can find something like that. March is almost over!

the jumpstart phase works, as I've already lost 28lbs, but it did not work after I had my son. I hve the diet guiedlines somewhere, I'll grab them and post it if you would like. I would not pay the money, they require you to eat a ton of food - healthy food - but a lot, so i don't think you could do it after the band. But a good guideline I guess.

That is FANTASTIC! I just bought a similar book Before and After: Living and Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery" Susan Maria Leach; Hardcover; it is similar, book and cook book combined and I'm very excited about reading it, hope it gets here in time to take to the beach with me! I am so excited, and have to return to school a couple days after surgery so I hope I recover as well as you! I did have a C-Section so I hope that helps Good luck

I am just starting to look into the powders - so any useful info would be a great help.

Good Morning everyone Another Day down, I survived my first day of very strict diet for me, which was sooooooo hard as my daughter decided yesterday she wanted a bowl of my Favorite Ice Cream that I can buy in the store. This is not going to be so easy with my very thin, can eat anything in the world daughter. I might have to get some benefiber and need to get one of those tasteless protein powders too. I have to get off the tea I told you all about, I've b ecome addicted. LOL Have a great day all!

I'll try to get a pic of the 2 on my back and post it this weekend.

hey everyone so we are getting closer and I am having my next panic attack. I know there are several list of things to get together to bring to hospital and have at home but I am so unorganized and don't even know what end is up. LOL I guess I am lucky that my neighbor is going to cook for my children while i am on full clear liquids for 2 weeks, so I don't have to smell food. I have lots of broth, jello, popcicles, propel and crystal light to go packs to add to my water. What else is there on full liquids? I have some generic things dr's have given me along the way but I won't get my official diet until I am in the hospital. Anyone have any other suggestions to have on hand? I'm sure I'll be sick of that real quick!

yes, can you break that down detailed? and how long did it take you to lose 11lbs? details... details....LOL

How exciting, our group is growing by the minute! does that cottage cheese thing work? I could do that. I am back on my LA Weighloss, fresh green veggies, oranges and chicken diet. I gained 5lbs over the weekend - all salt Was it Tracy who said she was swelling like a pregnant girl... LOL I am so right there too. Counting down, I feel kind of helpless at this point and can't wait to go on vacation next week! Of course can't leave home without my laptop!

Well put! :pound:

Good Morning all I did my pre op testing last week, ekg, chest xray, ultrasound on legs and gall bladder. My dr. said he does this stuff the week before but since the week before I am going to be gone they did it when I was on Vac last week. Well, I was a scale whore myself, but last summer my friends beat me up and made me only get on every few days so I'm reformed now. LOL Pat- I was in the hopsital the day she had surgery and looked great but she is having some pain and discomfort and yesterday had a meltdown about liquid diet. lilnena74 i think is her name here and she posted in the March Banders group.

Dave - Only kidding :bolt: (I am kind of silly tonight) Pat - this is a great support - Until the morning of surgery I think my nerve party is over - total meltdown last week. LOL My friend was banded last week and I think I was feeding off her emotions because Monday before I was freaking about if I would wake up and what if this and that, but once I saw she was fine, so was I.

Welcome Gina! Misty - I always weigh myself in the am unclothed and when I go to any appts, I try to make them in the am and I always wear the same thing and always take my shoes off! LOL sometimes I get a little nuts and do a mid afternoon weigh in fully dressed and get horribly depressed. LOL Have a good night all! One more day down!

Hi and welcome Another April 07 Bander here. Congrats on your date...it will be here before you know it!

Welcome! I want to be much less than what I set my goal at (175) but I was trying to be realistic about the situation. My surgeon said stats say I should only lose 50% of my excess weight so I should be down to about 200 when I'm done, but I think that is on the conservative side. Looking at what great things everyone here has accomplished is amazing. But I don't want to disappoint myself, when I get to 175 I will make new goals. I know, blah blah blah, but i hope it helped

Jennifer that is a great way to think about it, and next year will be fantastic, just no pics this vacation. LOL Margi Thank goodness. LOL now I have a banding buddy on the same day Bandedme I have a 3 year old mama's boy but a 13 year old to help and a 10 month old shepard/hound mix who weighs 60 lbs and likes to jump and play. so I got the newspaper out since the knee up to his chest doesn't work anymore since he is so huge. I'm glad he loves to play outside! March is almost over everyone. Another day closer!

Hey thanks Terry I didn't realize that it was updating there and not moving to the end of the thread. You are so WONDERFUL. I Hope everyone is having a great day. I am going to have nacho's for dinner tonight, and tomorrow... no outside the line. I love nacho's - they have all my favorite foods in them.

It seems there are quite a few new April Banders the last few days - Tracy - were you keeping track? Maybe we can post a list and dates out there. I saw they did that in the March group, and might be a way for us to know who is doing what

hello all yes, trying to break some pre-surgery stress with lighter topics. LOL I have a few tattoos, I have a vine around my ankle, my first one, then I added a butterfly to that and more color, then I got a dragonfly on my back and in August I got the biggest best one of all, it is a vine with lilly's on it, so it looks like the dragonfly is going in for a landing. It is huge and took 3hrs to do, I was climbing the walls but so worth it, IT is my favorite. So how bout this, as I've said I am going on vacation next week, and since I've lost some weight wanted to get a bathingsuit that at least fit. YUCK I will be back to very strict diet starting tomorrow. I already blew it today, but I am now cutting up celery and cucumbers and going to get my oranges this afternoon. It takes something like that to completely gross me out. I can't wait til this time next year! Even if I am not at my goal by then I will look better than I do now. How depressing

Pamela I can not even imagine, I do not have to do a pre diet other than what i'm doing. YOU CAN DO IT!!!!! Darla thanks for the chair advice, i might try that with my step stool and maybe i'll be good