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Thanks for all the suggestions! I'm glad I'm not the only one who has had a hard time finding "the one". Peggy- I ordered the chocolate Truffle samples per Jen's advice too :smile: I hope I like them as much as you do. JT- where did you purchase your Magic Bullet? Around how much was it?

I'm having the hardest time with the Protein supplements. I've tried two different kinds, both with Water & milk. They were just awful. I'm waiting for a package with more samples from Vitalady. I pray that one of them works for me. I love Slimfast & Carnation Instant Breakfast. But those don't have nearly as much Protein. I don't want to harm my body by not having enough Protein. But I also do not want to vomit, which I came very close to doing when trying to force myself to drink those. I kept giving myself pep talks and focusing on the big picture. But I was so disappointed that I had to force myself to drink anything. I didn't expect to have such a hard time with that.

I hope I did this correctly.

Hi Everyone! Well I'm back at work. I don't know how long I'll last. I'm having a very hard time with Water as well. Hot tea, sf hot chocolate, popsicles, broth and Crystal Light go down much easier. I'm so confused if I'm suppose to Protein shakes or not. I have a call into the Doc. The gas pain is just awful. I'm burping like a 12 year old boy trying to impress his friends. It's so gross. I've walked at least 30 minutes per day. Plus a lot of pacing around the house. Does anyone know how long this is to last? My port pain is more tolerable. Though it's still hard to get out of bed.

I was banded yesterday. I'm feeling much sorer today. It;s the port part that is bothering me. I have experienced shoulder pain. My stomach is being very focal today which I'm taking as a good sign. I had two cups warm tea, 2 cups chicken broth, 1 cup carnation instant Breakfast and some Water. The water isn't going down as easily for me. I hope that changes because I really like water. I don't see how I'm going to get 64oz in. I'm trying to be a model bunny bandster but I think I might be lacking I did take two walks today, one for 20 the other 30 minutes.

Congrats!!! I got mine done yesterday as well. No problem on the 2 hr ride home. Today I'm feeling a bit worse. The port pain isn't very pleasant. But like you said nothing that I can't handle. I don't have any regrets. So glad I did this.

Congrats Abbie! I'm not feeling so hot. I'm sure it's gas. I've taken morning 20 min walk then a 30 min this afternoon. I'm not enjoying the pain around the port but I'll deal with it. So darn hard to get up & down. This too shall pass.

305 for me today. I hope it's the fluids I was given after surgery.

My surgery is scheduled for tomorrow at 7am. Today is going by soooooooooo slowly and all I can think about is food. Swedish Pancakes to be specific. I've talked myself into and out of going to get some many times today.

Yay Jukebox!!! How are you feeling today?

Yay KM! Keep on keeping on, you're on your way! :wub:

I've become a scale addict, well to be honest and even worse scale addict. I think I've weighed myself about 30 times since Saturday. I keep waiting to see if I'm in the two hundreds. I still can not believe I made it to past three hundred pounds. But that is the past, my future will be me in ONEderland!! I want tomorrow to just get here and over with. I've been waking up in the middle of the night just thinking about what's to come. I've got to change my focus and just live day to day. But it's so hard when I feel like I've been given this amazing gift and I want to know how it will all workout. KWIM? I don't know if I told you guys, but I have a sister, two cousins and an uncle who've all been banded. My sis, one cousin & uncle are going on 4-5years. My other cousin is less than 8 months out and now pregnant. So I have personal success stories in my real life. Though my sis isn't a very good example of how to eat after banded. But she has maintained weight loss, not sure how much, she is private about that.

Hey Thin! I just wanted to say thank you for telling me about the free dining at Disney. I was able to change our reservation and it's quite a good savings. So THANK YOU! I think we're going to be able to fly down now. Hopefully with Lapband,exercise and all that I'll be able to sit in an airplane seat!!

I just ordered a bunch of samples from Vitalady.com.

Thank you so much for doing this Ling! I'm so excited to see what this looks like in a few weeks, months, etc.

Wow Matt, what an accomplishment! Thank you for sharing your story.

JT & Kimber- are you feeling any better?

That's a fact Jack! I know it's easier said then done to stop, but you have to leave the scale for a bit. ((HUGS))

I just went on Vitalady and ordered a bunch of samples: Nectar Chocolate Truffle (3 pkgs) Nectar Natural Orange (3) Nectar Fruit Punch (2) Isopure Dutch Chocolate (3) ProV 60 Chocolate Ice Cream (2) Oh Yeah! RTD Protein Shake Chocolate (ready made)

Geez Louise! Jessica & DB, my head is spinning reading your insurance horror stories. I'm so glad things worked out though. Ling- Adios Lard!!!!! Welcome hot bod, hot men and every other hot thing you want :sad:.

Peggy-can you buy the Isopure at a store or online only? The amount of Protein is awesome! I'm going to have to check it out. I love love the Carnation Instant Breakfast No Sugar Added, but it's only like 10 grams. Rannah- I lost 10lbs on the pre-op too. I was worried it wasn't enough. But when I talked to the coordinator she said that losing that much means that my liver has shrunk. I'm going to do only Clear liquids tomorrow. I was going to do it today but had a killer headache so I had a Slimfast and it was gone about 1/2 hour later.

I just got off the phone with the surgical center. They moved me up from 8:30am to 7am. I'm so excited, nervous and 10 other emotions :smile:. It's really happening! I'm (we're)going to be banned on Thursday! HOLY COW!! Tell me how you're doing/feeling, pretty please.

Can I join please? Here is my info: Highest weight 319 on 1/8/09 Consult weight 312 on 3/31/09 April 10th weight 303 Today 305 :smile: Due to be banned on Thursday 16th

Hello All, I can not believe we are just a couple days away!! I totally screwed up my diet yesterday. My plan is to do a clear liquid only diet for Tuesday & Wednesday. I know by being honest about my failings I'm opening myself up to being slammed. But I feel like you guys "get" where I'm coming from since so many don't have pre-op diets. I have had any Protein shakes besides Slimfast or Carnation Instant Breakfast No Sugar Added. Both of which I really like, Carnation just a bit more than Slimfast. Peggy- how are you feeling? How about your family? I hope the colds have left the building :smile:.

Good luck to JT and all our other Friday bandsters! I hope those of you already banned are recovering well. Can't wait till the 16th!