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I am very boring the same thing every morning (but I like it) Quaker Oatmeal - usually the brown sugar one. I can not eat first thing in the morning. I wait until I get to work at 8am and eat it.

Also--Breakfast. I am not as hungry in the morning and am really tight. So I would skip breakfast. But now I have some hot green tea, wait a half an hour and just eat very slow and have a scrambled egg with some turkey sausage. I can't eat breakfast first thing in morning either, I fixed my kids breakfast here at home and when I get to work around 8am I fix my oatmeal and then slowly eat it - usually takes my around 35 minutes to eat. Now don't get me wrong I am hungry when I wake up but I know I can not eat without getting stuck so I don't try.

I try to stay around 1100 calories a day, sometimes it goes down to around 1000 or up to 1200 but I definitely try to not go above that.

I am using the Walk At Home DVDs by Leslie Sansome. I have only been using them for a month but boy have they made a HUGE difference. :laugh:

I would also suggest calling your doctor. I have 5 incisions and two of them still have the steri strips on them that the doctor originally put on. I was sent home with bandages on and was told to clean them (I just used a saline wash I did not rub them at all) and put new bandages on for a few more days. You really should try to get moving more too. Good luck :scared2:

Congratulations!!!!! :scared2: The day I reach onederland will be the best day ever. I am so very happy for you and I think getting something for yourself is a wonderful idea. I have not yet decided what my reward will be but I will be buying something some sort of clothing item or items :biggrin2:

Nothing but walking helped with the gas pains. The night of the surgery I was up every hour walking back and forth in my room due to the gas pains. I am now 10 days out and all gas gone. A couple incisions still sore and can only sleep on right side still but better everyday. It is still hard to believe I actually did this :biggrin:

I was banded in TJ Mexico on 7/2, arrived back on 7/4. Still sore, better everyday. Still having a hard time sleeping - just getting in a comfortable position to sleep, I can only sleep on my right side. All of my incisions are on my left side. Gas is pretty much gone. I have no appetite yet. Trying to get liquids in. Sticking to broth, jello and Popsicles. My family is being wonderful, specially my husband.

The shakes aren't sooo bad. :redface: You actually get used to them. I also made mine with water - cold water (tasted better than just cool water or room tempature water). I just bought a blender yesterday for after surgery and used it to make my shakes today (was just well shaking them up) and boy does making them in a blender make a huge difference. I have had one minor surgery (tubal) and must admit I am nervous too. To be honest the whole things has not really hit me just yet. I am leaving for Mexico tomorrow and surgery on Wed. I will be glad when I am heading home

I can not believe it is finally time. The first of us will get banded on Tuesday and Wednesday. BethO and I are going to Mexico to have our surgeries so we are leaving here - Florida - Monday and having our surgeries on Wednesday, July 2nd. I have to say it really has not completely sunk in yet that I am actually doing this. I am getting so excited. Still a mixture of nerves but more excited than scared (well until the day of Surgery ) Because we won't be here we will not be able to see the post of the people from the 1st until after our surgeries. I will post when we get home - on the 4th. I am just so excited for all of us :biggrin2:

I am also a July person - I am getting banded on July 2nd. I am currently on the liquid diet - actually drinking lunch right now :Angel_anim: I read this board everyday, it has helped so very much. My emotions are so jumbled up right now it is crazy :smile2: I think I would be nuts by now if not for this board. Good luck - you should check out the thread for people being banded in July 2008.

Too Funny. I was so very cranky last night. I was just plain hungry and family ate frozen pizza, normally I would not even care but it smelled so good :thumbup:

You better believe I am freaking, one moment I am completely excited the next moment I am a mixture of scared and nervous. :thumbup: I really just want to get the surgery over and then start the hard part but good part. :biggrin2:

Who made the list? I want to be added to the list, please. I am scheduled for July 2nd. :biggrin2:

I am also schedule for surgery on July 2nd. I am excited, nervous, and sometimes just plain scared. I know I am doing the right thing for me and for my family. I am going to Mexico for my surgery. You should check out the board for July 2008 people. Good luck and welcome to the board. :ohmy:

I said goodbye to a whole slew of different foods. I did not want to feel deprived later on. Hey I found out that some of them I do not think I will actually miss all that much afterall. I will be a different person in respect to food after and this for me is just the important process.:ohmy:

Oh my goodness there are a ton of July Butterflies. I have to say I am getting soooooo nervous and so excited, at this point I really just want to get the surgery part behind me.

I started the pre-op diet today. I am doing shakes during the day and then one low carb meal at night. Today I did two shakes - Breakfast and then lunch, one string cheese - snack, baked fish and brocolli for dinner. I am doing the pre-op for 14 days.

I am looking forward to shopping at VS. My husband is also very supportive and he is also very excited about what the future holds. I have already started thinking about what I am going to reward myself with. I am getting my surgery on July 2nd and our group is calling us the July Butterflies - I have started looking at butterfly tattoos - to be put on my shoulder :biggrin: once I have lost maybe half of my weight, hopefully around Christmas?

I am scheduled to get my surgery on July 2nd and will be staying in the Lucerna - What was it like?

My surgery date is July 2nd. I am getting it done in Mexico. We leave on June 30th and have the surgery on July 2nd.

Today is the first day of my pre-op diet. And no the the meal replacement drink isn't exactly tastey but I am soooooo excited. I am so glad to really be started. I weighed this morning and I only gained 3 lbs on my goodbye food week (well actually two weeks).

My surgery date is also July 2nd. I am also excited/nervous/scared. Finding this board has been the best thing for me.

I have a surgery date of July 2nd :smile:

You bet it makes sense. I have been saying goodbye to several different foods this week.