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I am on day 10 of my liquid diet, most 15lbs as of Friday. My surgery is May 2nd. I agree with you if I stay busy I find it keeps my mind off being hungry.

@@tmposton, ask your nutritionist if you can puree Soups in the blender. Your options are wide open then, as you can buy regular soups and add some exra veggies, etc., as long as you liquefy them. My full liquids stage was six weeks, and that saved me.

I'm excited for all of us and I hope everyone keeps posting their experiences. It helps so much to know others feel like I do and to get an idea of the little details about the whole thing. Sometimes I can't wrap my mind around the idea that it's going to actually happen because it's such a drastic change!

Sitting at the hospital as we speak getting ready to do my pre-op. One week from today I will move into the land of the band! I'm getting nervous but am mostly excited. I'm ready to get it over with. My pre-op diet is going ok. I'm struggling with the fact that I want something salty SOOOOO bad! I have a Carnation Breakfast Essentials shake with 1/2 scoop Protein Powder 4 times a day and 1 Healthy Choice meal for supper. I just want this next week to go by quickly. However, I still have a few things I need to get done beforehand. Best of luck to us ALL!!!

I think the pre-op diet is a really good indicator of how ready we actually are for the surgery. I know cheating isn't an option, just as I know that after getting banded, some things I'm putting restrictions on like white, starchy carbs and too much added sugar.
Go into with this positive attitude and I think that will make all the difference. I've been positive during mine, and I only suffered with some head hunger on day 2. Now, if I think I'm starting to get hungry, I'll drink 20 oz of Water or go for a walk.
Head hunger isn't going to go away once we're banded, so we need to make positive changes in our habits.
Stay positive! The moment you think "this pre-op diet SUCKS" or "theres NO WAY I can do this without cheating" you've let your old, overweight self win.

I'm glad so many of you enjoyed my message!! It's quite the process trying to retrain ourselves to eat after being banded, but it helps to have the support of others who are going through it as well

BlissfullyBanded this was a really great message...and I'm "DONE" with it too!!! Last night for the first time (was banded in Jan) did I feel that I was just DONE with eating anymore...left food on my plate...most of the time I merely just put a little food on my plate...I actually just decided nope I DON'T want anymore!!! That was even before I read this message...so that confirmed it for me-when I did read your message!!! Let us ALL BE DONE WITH IT!!! Happy Band Day's to Us All!!!

i hate feeling full.i can't wait to find out what done feels like. surgery on may20th.

No you are not nuts at all

Mine is may 6th too! Im going to stock up on Soup broths and shakes.

It is going pretty well i think. Tomorrow will be one week. The first 2 days were harder mainly because i would forget and "almost" eat something but then remember. I havent cheated

My dietitian said that the full liquid diet after surgery is to let your digestive tract heal. The band is foreign to your body, so if you did eat normal food it would really mess up your insides and get stuck places and you would get really sick.
I'm 5 days post op and still on Clear Liquids, will move to full liquids on Wednesday! Can not wait!

Thanks boo. I really appreciate you responding. Now that I've lost so much weight, I am really concerned about the maintaining. It's not the first time I've lost alot of weight but I sure as hell want it to be the last time. I understand how life and circumstances can throw you for a loop and get you off track. I also hear from folks that they don't feel well and start messing around with their fills. I have no Fluid in my band. I got really really lucky and had restriction with an open band but I still worry about upsetting things somehow and losing the feeling of restriction. Please keep me posted and let me know how you are doing.

6 days down, 7 to go. Almost half way!

6 days down, 7 to go. Almost half way!

So far..so good.

My pre-op was five days of Clear Liquids. I drank Isopure every morning and it was quite unpleasant, but I got into the mindset of "I can do anything for a short period of time." And I did. That same attitude helped me get through six weeks of post-op full liquids. If you do it without cheating, it actually gets easier as the days go by. That said, I hope I never have to do clear liquids again for a long time.

Wow! Congrats!!

So far..so good.

So far..so good.

Congrats!!!!