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I'm sorry you're having to go through all this. Just keep your eyes on the light at the end of the tunnel. You will get straightenend out and you will lose weight. :smile:

Yay, I'm hoping this is the magic fill for you! Hang in there, you'll be melting before our eyes soon. :cursing:

Well, I'm halfway through my pre-op diet. I was doing great...til this afternoon. I went to a graduation party and they had lemon pepper chicken wings, so I ate two of those. Then there was the cookie cake...had a few bites of that. Now I also ate raw veggies, if that counts for anything. So the rest of this evening I've been feeling super guilty for cheating. I know it wasn't much, but why can't I have willpower to just say no. I'm hoping the band will help me with that.

I've made a promise to myself, no more cheating!! I can do this, I have to do this, for me. I want to be healthy and at a normal weight more than I want anything else. Way more than I want cookies, cakes or O'Charley's rolls.

I leave for Denver in 4 days. I can't believe my surgery is this week! I'm so ready to get the surgery behind me and begin the journey to the new me. I keep trying to imagine myself next May, what will I look like? More importantly, what will I feel like? Will I be able to sit by my swimming pool without being mortified when someone shows up at the house? I really can't wait for my self confidence to return. That will be fantastic.

I've been shopping. I've got my groceries for when I get home. Tomato soup, V-8, sugar free pudding, applesauce...yummy. I also bought an immersible blender so I don't have to wash out my blender every time I make a protein shake. I think I'm ready!

Tomorrow is a big day for me, I start the much anticipated pre-op diet. I totally pigged out today, knowing it would be my last day to do that. I enjoyed prime rib pasta at O'Charley's and of course, 4 rolls! Then I topped it off with a slice of key lime pie tonight. Okay, I'm ready!

I'm feeling lucky that I don't have to do the full liquid diet like most of the other pre-op folks. It seems they are struggling with that. I'll be on a high protein / low carb diet with no white stuff allowed. I am allowed one fruit and one yogurt per day.

Two things I'll miss the most. 1) My cereal in the morning 2) My beloved diet coke. It's kinda like quitting smoking with the diet coke addiction. It'll be hard at first but then I'll get used to it and not even think about it anymore. I'm thinking positive over here!

My first step in the process of becoming the new me ... the skinny chick.

I can't believe my band date is creeping up so fast. I'm excited and nervous at the same time, I'm pretty sure that's normal. I've been walking a mile a few times a week, I know I should do more. I'm proud of myself for holding my own in PE class. I did 20 push ups and 43 crunches in 1 minute. Better than some of those youngsters in my class! Just wait til I'm in "Onederland", they won't be able to stop me then!

I've got my plane reservations, my rental car and my hotel reservations for Denver. Still need to make my shopping lists for pre-op and post-op. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 3 weeks til pre-op diet!!!:rolleyes2:

Yep, I'm back in PE class two nights a week. This course will satisfy the PE requirement for graduation. I'm going to be power walking 2 nights a week with the class and then I have to log when I exercise out of class. We're also gonna do a physical fitness "assessment", haha, to tell me how out of shape I'm in. I wonder if they'll let me take it again one year post lapband? I'm actually glad I took this class right before surgery because it's gonna kick my butt into starting my exercise program again. Now I'll be a little in shape before surgery.

I'm new to this "blogging" thing, but I'm gonna give it my best shot. I'm on a mission to get healthy, and beautiful along the way would be so nice. I'm a 43 y.o. mom of 4 young men. One of which is making me a grandma in August. Another reason to get healthy.

I've been researching the lapband procedure for over a year and have scheduled my surgery for May 14, 2009. I have to wait that long because I'm in nursing school and that will be the end of the semester. I will be flying from Atlanta to Denver to see Dr. Kirschenbaum. (total $9950) It's a savings of around $3500 overall and being self pay every little bit helps.

My BMI is currently 36 and I have about 90 pounds to lose. I have plantar fascitis, arthritis pain in my hips and knees and I suffer with depression. I'm hoping all these things will resolve with weight loss.

I'm planning to start a high protein, low carb diet two weeks prior to surgery. The hardest thing for me is going to be giving up those dang diet cokes! :wink_smile:

I'm planning on using Atlanta Bariatrics for my follow up and fills. Problem is they won't even make me an appointment until after they see my operative report. Then they'll decide if they'll take me on as a patient. So, hopefully no complications!