I am also being banded on the june 22 I to have to start a liquid diet on june 8th but for some reason the day i got the call I decided it was time to start trying to lose weight in the last 3 weeks I have lost 12 pounds and I hope to have lost 30 pounds before june 22 the problem I am having is that now I am starting to wonder if I should still go threw with it I seem to be doing well on my own??