drehn88

Hey May 6 banders...Are you ready for tomorrow? I'm so excited! I haven't been nervous at all, but I'm sure tomorrow morning will be a different story. Good luck and keep us posted on how you are doing post-op.

Good luck on your surgery tomorrow!

Your fears are perfectly normal. You will do just fine. My surgery is tomorrow as well, so today is a day of keeping busy getting things ready around the house so I can take it easy after that. You've worked hard to get to this point. You've got this!

Hey May 6 banders...Are you ready for tomorrow? I'm so excited! I haven't been nervous at all, but I'm sure tomorrow morning will be a different story. Good luck and keep us posted on how you are doing post-op.

I'm having surgery tomorrow too. I'm excited now and the nerves haven't kicked in yet. I'm sure I won't be able to sleep tonight and I'll be a mess tomorrow. I noticed your ticker said you've been on here for more than 50 days. That means you've done your research and considered all other possibilities. That means you are ready for this. Good luck on your journey!

I'm having surgery tomorrow too. I'm excited now and the nerves haven't kicked in yet. I'm sure I won't be able to sleep tonight and I'll be a mess tomorrow. I noticed your ticker said you've been on here for more than 50 days. That means you've done your research and considered all other possibilities. That means you are ready for this. Good luck on your journey!

Well wow. I had a tough day on preop diet yesterday but pushed through and went to bed super early! I feel fantastic today!! I stuck to the preop diet yesterday and today I made another huge decision...I just got off the phone with Sears and ordered the following:
1) Treadmill
2) Treadmill mat
3) 3 pack of kettle bells 5, 10 & 15 lbs
4) Pack of 2lb toning hand weights
I can't believe I finally pulled the trigger!! I'm so excited not to have to worry about weather. Now...to get my exercise rearranging my living room to make my new workout lifestyle fit.
I have never been this motivated in my whole life.
Surgery May 14th is coming right up!! And delivery of my new exercise equipment will be May 13th.
Here I come new me...here I come!

I'm glad it worked for you. Good luck on your journey.

Well I got a call from the surgery center today so I know have a time to be there by...630am on the 7th is go time.

I have a date! May 30th.

My surgery is May 6th, and I have lost 16 pounds on this pre-op diet. That is very encouraging and gives me hope for the future!

Have you tried Pinterest for recipes? You can search lap band recipes or low carb.

Tomorrow is the big day for me!!! I can't wait!

@lisacaron I hear you, we have a lot in common! Aren't you the one who's husband is getting a band also? If so, you are LUCKY. I bought my husband one his favorite things which is dried peas with wasabi on them. He sat their crunching the things like they were the best things EVER. 3 times I asked him to please keep his mouth closed when chewing, I could hear him in the other room. Finally, yesterday afternoon...I lost it!, I told him I was going to "slap the **** out of him if he doesn't chew those things with his mouth closed" NOW, that is totally out of character for me, so he just closed his mouth and didn't say a word. It was really rather funny.
However, my problem is the man is 5'6" and weighs 146 pounds. For all of our marriage he has been smaller than me and able to eat whatever he wants.
I hate him

food Addiction!
I have to tell you that going through this pre-op diet, I have been able to recognize that I am a total food addict! It's my salve when things are rough. I've been having major stress this last week, at home having to put my 21 year old son into rehab because he got himself mixed up with things he shouldn't have…and there is lots and lots of STRESS!!!
The biggest part of the stress was that I could not turn to my go to comfort. FOOD. I felt like I was going crazy talking to myself about it. Literally having a conversation with myself in my head!
Saturday afternoon I stopped to get him some food on the way to the Dr. and I was good in the drive through, I was great at the order window those food displays I hardly noticed them, and even at the pay window I was good! When he opened that bag and scarfed a hand full of fries, I thought OK I'm ready to hurt ya kid if you eat one more fry in front of me! I'm going to knock you out of the moving car and scarf those fries myself!
Whoa!!!! Lisa what was that?! I was shocked at the powerful affect that had on me not just in that moment but for the rest of the day. I had been doing well on this pre-op diet. Protein shakes, non-fat yogurt, a small salad here and there and maybe some low fat low sodium Soup. After the fry episode, now I was ravenous, and I couldn't satisfy the urge to EAT food any FOOD all kinds of food! I spent the afternoon fighting with myself, forcing the Protein shake down hoping to be satisfied, I tried a non-fat no sugar pudding…Jell-O (yeah right!) but none of that was not enough to satisfy this unbearable craving to eat eat eat.
I realized then that I am a total food addict. I need it when I am stressed and there is so much going on in my world I turn to it for some kind of comfort. This time I had to not just battle but conquer it cause I don't want to screw up my surgery or postpone my date.
I grabbed some carrots, and some low fat French onion dip, and chomped on those I crunched and savored those baby carrots and dip chewed them so slowly they lost their flavor after a while and my craving subsided. I got a grip on myself, and made it through the weekend.
I'm sure that was only one of many times this is going to happen to me, but I know soon I will have the band as a tool to help me overcome it…but boy oh boy was this weekend a test!!!!!
6 more days!!
Lisa Caron

Thank u all. I made it thru my birthday. I drank a lot of Water lol. Protein Shakes. But I'm sorry... my mom bought a birthday cake for my party and I did have a slice :-( I've stuck to my pre op thus far. It was my birthday. I debated and decided I would eat it. & enjoyed it. Now tomorrow I'm back to all my pre ops guidelines.

May 14 - Saskatchewan, Canada... it's coming up soon for us May bandsters !
Please also join us in the May 2013 forums!
drehn, that is awesome loss... I'm hoping for 10. I start Tuesday.

9 lbs is great! I'm down 8 since Monday. I'm hoping for 15 before surgery, but I'm not going to get down on myself if I don't reach that. They say if you can lose 5-10 lbs before surgery then your liver will be smaller. Creekwood, looks like we are ready for surgery!!

ANewMe that's funny about sleeping, someone at my nutrition class asked if they could take a Tylenol pm and go to bed early every day of the pre-op diet! Lol

Its my birthday wknd & I'm soooo depressed. I can't eat any food or have a cocktail... I'm on day 12 of this pre op & I thought it would be easier as the days progress but IT GETS harder... especially since its my birthday.

Oh creekwood...that's fantastic...well not the dogfood and chalk part...but the 7 lbs part is out of this world right?! Only today and tomorrow left of the old me. I'm busy holding a wake for the fat me. I can't wait to start eating like I'm skinny. The body I'm currently wearing is my past...time to start living!

I'm on my 5th day of my 2 week pre-op diet. It's tough, but I'm getting through it! Almost everything I'm allowed to eat tastes like dog food or chalk! Lol. But, I have lost 7 pounds in 5 days so far so it's definitely working. Looking forward to May 6th!! Hope everyone else is doing well.

Today is day 3 of pre-op diet for me, it definitely sucks! Lol But, it'll be worth it in the long run. I know all about the cravings, I literally sat and thought about Bob Evans forever yesterday! Lol. I had a headache yesterday for a little bit, and I have felt weak/tired at times. I'm drinking tons of Water and hoping that gets better! Good luck everyone!!

Hi, I just confimed my date of May 3rd too. This is so exciting! Good to see all of you.

I got my date,May 3rd! Glad to join the May group. I'm very excited and nervous as is everyone else. At least we're all in the same boat together! It's nice to have peolpe who can relate to what we're going though.