AmandakRangel

Feeling better today. I am swallowing better today, so I am doing clears today. I have slight gas discomfort in my stomach but nothing too bad. I took some Gas x which seems to help. I able to burp without a problem. No shoulder pains, so I am happy about that. Have a little pain around my incision especially the incision around my bellybutton. But overall I feel pretty good. I' m glad to hear from the other two that had surgery, glad you guys are doing well. Just waiting to hear from Soco who had her surgery as well yesterday. I'm also looking forward to hearing from the guys who are having surgery as well today, can't wait to hear how that goes. Good luck all!:thumbup:

I feel great guys! The only problem I have is I can only do ice chips today because of the swelling. Dr. Snow said I should be able to handle clears tomorrow. I hope so because I don't want to get dehydrated. I am not hungry at all, which is a good thing because I haven't eaten anything or drunk anything except ice chips. My doctor did a new thing where my port is right by my belly button and I have one other incision in my belly button, plus one more in the upper abdomen right under my left breast. So i will probably have only one semi visible incision which is cool as well. Well hope everyone else had an awesome day.:thumbup:

Just a quick post to let you know that I am home and doing well. Will let you guys know the details when I am not as tired from anesthesia. Hope everyone else did good. LUVS.:frown:

I just wanted to check in with everyone real quickly. I am getting a little nervous but can't wait for tomorrow. Everyone that is having surgery tomorrow good luck, I will be thinking of you all tomorrow. Well I will try to post tomorrow, just depends on how I feel. Wish me luck and keep me in your prayers.:biggrin:

Don't beat yourself up about it, so have I and I still have lost weight.

I will try my best to post the day of but if not I will post the day after. Good luck to everyone else.

Well I made it to 250. I am so happy, but I have a terrible headache today, so I will keep this to a minimum. I wonder if I could lose 5 more by Tuesday, I doubt it but you never know. LOL:biggrin:

Hope your Dad gets better. Hang in there. PE's can be very scary.

or September Sexy Bandsters!:wub:

September Super Estrellas!:wub:

That's great that you guys will be doing it together. Good Luck!:wub:

How about September allstars? or September estrellas which is stars in Spanish? OK I cheated today and went to Applebee's but I was a very good girl and had a WW meal at Applebees.I had the Tilapia and substituted the rice for mashed potatoes. I ate the Tilapia and the broccolli and only had about half of the potatoes. But you know I was only suppose to have liquids for 5 days pre-op and I did a week and a half of all liquids and then I had a small salad on my birthday and then a meal today and other than that I have stuck to my pre-op diet.I figured that I have already lost 20 lbs and some of y'all are allowed one sensible meal a day, so it was not going to hurt me. I also did something today that I haven't done since May 2008 and that was I got in a bathingsuit and went to the pool and I didn't really feel as self consciuos about it as I did last May. Last may I wore a cover up the whole time I was at the pool, but not this time. That is big for me. I can't wait til next year and maybe I can venture:cool: out in a bikini. LOL. Wish everyone the best.

Off to the gym but I wanted to let you all know that I lost another 2 lbs for a total of four pounds this week. So that is great news, because I couldn't expect to lose 12 pounds every week. Three days to go and hoping to lose 2 more pounds before Tuesday. If not twenty pounds is very good in one month, I think. I can't remember who was having their surgery on the August 31rst, but I want to wish you all the luck in the world and we will all be thinking about you on Monday, let us know how it goes.

I am not a diabetic but being a nurse I think that the best person to ask that question would be your doctor. I mean it could be the stress of the new diet, I know that sometimes I have patient's that their sugar's go all out of whack, just from stress of being in the hospital. The best bet would be to ask your surgeon or the nutritionist. Best of luck!:w00t:

Well four more days to go! I had the wierdest dream last night about going having go to Mexico for Dr. Snow to do my surgery and I woke up a little disoriented thinking that I was hungry and could only have clear liquids being right out of surgery, but quickly I realized wait I haven't had surgery yet so I can have a protein shake, Wohoo! Crazy, I know. Well I worked out again today for an hour today. I have only lost 2 lbs this week which is ok but at first I was disappointed because I had lost so much last week, but I realized that my body would finally balance out and not let me lose so much at a time. So as long as I keep up the two pounds a week, I'll be happy. So four days to go! I found out this morning that I have to be at the surgery center at 0830 Tuesday morning. So I will post a message when I get home that day to let you know how it goes. Talk to you all soon and keep up the great work. Bye.

That is harsh. I am only required a 5 day liquid diet, anything liquid as long as it has no chunks in it. But you will survive just try to keep yourself busy. We only have 4 days left. We can do it. :w00t:

Well the scale finally moved this morning. I am down another 2 lbs. I also did an hour of cardio at Gold's gym. That was a great workout but I can't wait til I am able to lift strength train as well a few weeks after surgery. I have only had protein drinks today and so far so good, before I was doing shakes and soups but I thought I would try the protein shakes only today. Well Happy Thursday to everyone and thank you for all the birthday wishes. I am starting out my thirties with a new and healthier me. Yeah! 5 more days!:blushing:

Thanks alot!

That's great! Good luck with your surgery. Well I only have 6 days to go. I had been doing full liquids since the 16th and had not cheated, losing 16 lbs, until today. My birthday is today and so I wanted to celebrate, so I had a Fajita salad which is still not bad being that I didn't eat all of it as well, just ate til I was satisfied. So I am not going to beat myself up about that. I haven't lost any more weight since last Saturday but that's ok because I lost 12 lbs last week. So I will be ok if I don't lose anymore before surgery. I also joined the gym today because I want to use a personal trainer this time instead of relying on myself to build my exercise routine. I just wish I could have Jillian Michaels live my house, you know. So i am very excited. Tomorrow I start again on a very strict all liquid diet because that is what my doctor recommended a five day liquid diet, I know I will be fine.

Hurst is in between Ft. Worth and Dallas.

Hello everyone. It's great to see all the new people on here. Well today I have been on the liquid diet for one whole week and I have lost 12 lbs. Yeah! I had lost 4 lbs more before from just not drinking sodas. So that's a grand total of 16 lbs and I am so happy. I am tying to lose 10% of my weight by September 1rst and I only have 11 lbs to go and 10 days left, so we will see. I am glad to say that I haven't cheated even when I went with my mom to TGIF. I had a small bowl of Broccoli and cheese soup. It was yummy. It's been hard but I think that I can do another 10 days since I've already done 8 days. So good luck to all.

There is a Diagnostic center downstairs from Dr. Snow's office that does all the fills.

Welcome BooCakes!

I am day 4 of my pre-op diet. The doctor only required 5 days but I saw how many others have had success with two weeks that I decided to give it a go. I have lost a total of 9 lbs since I started 4 days ago and haven't cheated. I have tried to be "creative" with my liquids, so I don't get bored. I cut sodas out on 8/1/09 and lost 4 lbs by doing that for a grand total of 13 lbs and I can already feel the difference. Twnkl2os, don't beat yourself up though, Just try to stay on the diet for the rest of the time and you will do fine. Good luck to all.

Yes I've been stocking up for a while.