Congrats to all.
My best advise to anyone not yet banded is to stay on the pre-op diet excactly as advised by the Dr. It's only going to help him take care of what he has to do and in the long run will help you too. My doctor wanted me to lose 35 lbs prior to starting the liquid diet. I ended up losing 20. He checked me and because of the way I carry my weight "legs, hips and a$$ that he could still do it but told me to follow the preop exact. So that's what I did. Exactly. I either overcooked or undercooked some of the dinners in those 10 days but they were ok with it. I didn't even have a taste of anything. The result is that the Doc told me my liver was tiny tiny and I made it so much better for him and myself. Oh almost forgot to mention that 17 lbs were lost during the 10 day liquid diet. The first 2 days were horrible, I was so hungry but got used to it.
Thanks for reading