hubmacfan

Hello, everyone! My name is Tim, and I just joined.
My wife and I are being banded on October 24. We are lucky enough to self-fund the surgeries, so we didn't have to go through a lot of insurance hoops (neither of our insurances will cover bariatric surgery). We would have loved to have the surgery earlier in October, but the surgeon said we would not be able to drive for a week after the surgery, and I have many commitments in October.
We are really looking forward to this life change!

I am sleeping more for that exact reason. I usually have cravings about 9:00 at night. A couple of melatonin, and I'm out at 8:30.

Day 5 of pre op diet. We cleaned the house today, and I am exhausted. I mean I can barely move.
The only thing I can think of is the really low amount of carbs I'm consuming.

I'm tired of shakes and it's only day one of the pre-op diet!

I'm calling it "Benny."
Seriously, it's kind of surreal to learn that a medical device that will be implanted inside you is there and waiting on you.

I'm calling it "Benny."
Seriously, it's kind of surreal to learn that a medical device that will be implanted inside you is there and waiting on you.

My sister-in-law works at the surgical clinic where my surgery is being performed. She told me (actually, my wife) that the band that will be inside me has arrived at the clinic.
I want to go say hi to it!

Honey, if you're an addict, you're married to a bigger addict (literally and figuratively)!
(OP is my wife :wub: )

I honestly don't think I am going to make it. I am so hungry. I will kill someone for a cheeseburger right now.
I really don't think my mind is in the right place. The only things I looked forward to were eating and sleeping; they were the only times I stopped thinking about how miserable I am.

[not so much a question as a vent]
I started my pre-surgery liquid diet today. While taking my daughter to school, I realized just how big of a change this is going to be to my way of thinking.
Every other billboard it seems was for fast food. Their marketing dollars were well spent, because as I saw them, I instinctively thought, "Ooh, a <insert name of burger, sandwich, chicken, etc.> sure would be good for lunch." And then I remembered I'm on liquids. And then I realized I need to be aware of these marketing messages and my conditioned responses. Only then am I going to be able to overcome the conditioning.

Yes, we have plenty of family in town. If we did not, we wouldn't have scheduled for same day.
We both feel that it will be easier with the pre and post op diets if we are on the same schedule.

Hello, everyone! My name is Tim, and I just joined.
My wife and I are being banded on October 24. We are lucky enough to self-fund the surgeries, so we didn't have to go through a lot of insurance hoops (neither of our insurances will cover bariatric surgery). We would have loved to have the surgery earlier in October, but the surgeon said we would not be able to drive for a week after the surgery, and I have many commitments in October.
We are really looking forward to this life change!

Hello, everyone! My name is Tim, and I just joined.
My wife and I are being banded on October 24. We are lucky enough to self-fund the surgeries, so we didn't have to go through a lot of insurance hoops (neither of our insurances will cover bariatric surgery). We would have loved to have the surgery earlier in October, but the surgeon said we would not be able to drive for a week after the surgery, and I have many commitments in October.
We are really looking forward to this life change!

I'm new here, but if I had to guess, I don't think you're eating enough. If you don't get enough calories, your body will hold onto fat because it assumes you're in a starvation situation.
I haven't had my surgery yet, but I believe I've read that I will need to have six small meals a day (after the post-op diet) to get enough calories.

I'm new here, but if I had to guess, I don't think you're eating enough. If you don't get enough calories, your body will hold onto fat because it assumes you're in a starvation situation.
I haven't had my surgery yet, but I believe I've read that I will need to have six small meals a day (after the post-op diet) to get enough calories.

I'm new here, but if I had to guess, I don't think you're eating enough. If you don't get enough calories, your body will hold onto fat because it assumes you're in a starvation situation.
I haven't had my surgery yet, but I believe I've read that I will need to have six small meals a day (after the post-op diet) to get enough calories.