supermom223

Sounds like we are on the same time line. I went to the seminar June 12th, had my consult with surgeon June 18th and am getting sleeved august 8th. Everything went fast but I also got all my preop testing done asap..Good luck to you!!!

Just finished day 2 of pre-op liquid diet.As of this morning I was down 2.4 lbs. Not bad for 1 day! I am not finding it that difficult because I have been trying to keep myself busy as possible during the day. The only time of day when I find it hard is when I am cooking for my family and cant even taste with I am making (am a damn good cook too lolol) Just keep reminding myself that my life has already changed and will never be the same...!! Got kinda sick of the constant food funerals!! gained 7lbs just during the few weeks doing preop testing.. Good luck to everyone!!

Completed Day 1 of Pre-op Down from 228.4 to 226 this morning..Yeah Scales finally moving in the right direction!!

Day 1 Pre-op diet 228.4lbs I saw MY NUT yesterday who is not afflifiated with my surgeons office, She thougt It was CRAZY that they reccomended Glucerna (As did I) seeing as the 6 shakes they want me to drink have 120 carbs and 36 grams of sugar. She gave me a much better meal plan consisting of eas advantage shakes (which I like) and yogurts and broth. She also said that at my weight 1200 calories was a bit too much as they recommend that amount of calories to a person 500lbs. I was very confident with my NUT as she has worked with thousands of bariatric patients from a near by hospital who are even more conservative after surgery than my hospital requiring 3 months of full liquids. So I will go with her reccomendations as the lady at my surgeons office was very vague and couldnt answer any questions that werent written on the paper. I hope to be down to 215 on the day of surgery. How much does everyone typically lose on Pre-op??

AND Each shake has 20+ grams of carbs Am I crazy for not wanting 140 Carbs Per day on a DIET??? I dont get it..

Glucerna, bariatric advance, met rx, gnc total lean meal replacement, eas myoplex light..Thy want me drinking 6 shakes per day to get in 1200 calories..Im gonna call them because thats expensive!!!!

Opps I was wrong...was told today I am on all liquids for 2 weeks..and all the shakes I bought are no acceptable...they gave me a strict list of 5 different shakes to try..they want me drinking like 6 shakes a day...Sounds crazy 2 me. But I have to have 1200 cals a day...and I was looking forward to my grilled chicken dinners. Ohh well..

Do you remember which day of the week dr barkan did your sleeve? They scheduled me for august 8th only to find out that they had mistakingly scheduled me for the lap band. nd that he doesnt typically do sleeves on thrusdays because his sleeve assistant isnt in that day. So I figured iD ask you...

Just wanted to add that I had told them many many times that this is the ONLY week that will work for me as the following week is my husband and daughetrs bday and bday party and my daughter starts her first day of preschool in september, so I wanted to be well enough to drive her there and pick her up... Sorry just needed to rant

I'm so annoyed right now. I got approved and scheduled for surgery for August 6th. My hubby took off work to stay with my kids and am having a cousin who took off work help me with kids the following week. The surgeons office said that surgeon wont even be in that day..ugh..Why would they give me that day..so I got August 8th..rearranged everything for august 8th including drs appointments.. Then I get my packet in email saying Im approved for the lapband which i had inquired about initially but when i submitted my packet everything stated the sleeve. Ah so now scheduler tells me he doesnt do the sleeve on the 8th because his "sleeve" assistant isnt in that day. so now im waiting around till tomorrow so that I can rearrange my husband and mothers schedule as well as all my drs appointment..Little bumps in the road but still annoyed!!

JUST Got my Insuarnce approval. I am being sleeved August 6th!! Now to takle this 2 week liquid diet. I can do 2 liquid meals and one protein and salad for dinner.

Hahah. I just bought a beach chair the other day for the first time in a while from cvs...my a$$ barely fit in it....bring on the sleeve..lolol

I am having surgery with Dr Barkan. DId you use him? any complications?

I am also going to Dr Barkan. Did you like him,,,Any complications??

ME THREE For August 6th!!

My surgery date is August 6th as long as insurance approval goes through. I start my two week liquid diet Juky 23rd, I will be having a light and fit dannon greek vanill ayogurt for breakfast, a eas protein shake for lunch and am allowed a lean meat and small salad for dinner. Only thing that sucks about having surgery early August is NO SWIMMING,,with2 small children this might be difficult..but a small price to pay for health..I too have a busy August but this was the only date that would work for me. Hopefully we can all keep eachother posted on our after surgery progress. Oh and my pcp called today after some blood work and told me I have High Triglyerides.. Surgery couldnt have come at a better time! Bring it on!

You should have seen a nutritionist, and they should have outlined for you an exact meal plan to help you!

Sometimes it takes things like this to learn and grow. Now you know that is important to plan ahead and I do believe that your "Mistake" has prapred you Better for surgery.

Iam so happy I made this decision. Just got a call for my PCP this morning saying that my Trigylerides are HIGH... Im falling apart as we speak. This surgery couldnt be coming at abetter time!!

I'm 5 '2 1/2 and flucuate between 223lbs and 227lbs based on the scale Im using..I know for me to be out of the over weight category I have to weigh 131lbs. Which I weighed my senior year in high school. I remember thinking how fat I was at my prom at 135lbs..lolol Only to look back now and see a slim beautiful girl in the pictures! I have 2 little girls 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 and hope that this surgery will help me to pass on a good body image to them. My mom was very overweight and always dieting so I guess that bad body image was passed on to me. I also have PCOS so I am anticipating a SLOW weight loss, but as long as it comes off, I am in no rush. I was happy with myself at 170lbs so hopefully I will be feeling "normal" again soon!! Still waiting on Insurance approval hopefully by tomorrow!!!

Hey, I am scheduled for Aug 6th Surgery. I called my insurance compnay this morning and they said they requested clinical notes I think regarding my weight loss attempts..?? I submitted my 6 month diet forms. Anyone know what that means??? Im so nervous that they wont approve me..

Telling NOONE except my husband and my mother. I told my mom to tell my dad but that I didnt want to talk about it. She said he was very upset and wanted her to convince me not to do it. Which is the reason I dont want to tell anyone. I dont want to hear bad stories of someones sisters cousins step brother who had it done and blah blah blah. I feel that it is my decision that I thought long and hard about and noone elses. I do however feel like I am being deceptive. With all the pre-op appointments people were noticing something was going on. I just dont want to have the conversation about it with anyone, And I certainly dont want people to know that I weigh enough to qualify for weight loss surgery...: ) Maybe after I lose most of the weight I will share with others, but for now its my business..

Where do you get the samples from?

Great!! I tried Isopure...red one I think fruit punch. It tasted good actually...no after taste just made my mouth very dry...Anyone have any opinions on other flavors. At 5.99 a bottle at my local GNC i dont have the funds to try em all...

After doing research it seems that Syntrax nectar powder protein gets excellent reviews. Does anyone have any experience using this and is it good...bad??