susan1010

Great job!

hey rheaosun...check out the website I put up above. Today is day 3 for me & I lost 5 lbs in 2 days. I'm back on track!!

I LOVE Muscle Milk (light) It tastes like a chocolate Yoo-hoo. It is only 100 calories & a bunch, like 30% protein. It is a lifesaver. I get it at Target & Wal-Mart.I start out every day with 1/2 pot of coffee w/skim milk. 1 Muscle Milk at 11:00 and 1:00. Tomato soup at 4:00 & 6:30. I have a couple of Slenderize FUZE drinks. They are super awesome, 10 calories & some vitamins. Right now I am hungry, but I'd be hungry if I ate a full meal at 6:30!! I am super happy that I've done this for 2 days. I'm going to post tomorrow to let you know what I did for 2 days of liquids. It's CRAZY that I can not eat for 2 days, but on some days still try to way overeat.

Thanks! Her web address is kayebailey@livingafterwls.com

Try Muscle Milk. I get mine at Target. It is delicious!!! It tastes kinda like a yoo-hoo. It is 100 calories & has I forget, but about 40% protein.

Thank you so much for your responses! I am so thankful for this website and everyone who takes time to help each other!

Congratulations! I was banded 3 weeks ago & I've been doing the same thing. It feels great!

You have to try Muscle Milk!! It is awesome!! Sold at Target & Foodworld, probably lots of other places. It is 100 cal., 45% protein, not a milk product & tastes DELICIOUS!!! The unjury made me gag!!! I was so glsd I only spent money on 3 little samples.

You are exercising, U R doing better than me. I have had beginner's luck I think. As of today I have 4 weeks behind me. 10 days liquid pre-op, surgery, liquuids & now mushy stuff. I have lost 31 1/2 so far. I know it can't go on like this much longer!! Question - so you don't get that dumping syndrome when you eat cookies & ice cream??

Congratulations! I am 8 days post surgery & feel great.

I had a muscle milk on the 3rd day after my surgery...blasted it out after about an hour. Called the nutritionist on Mon. said that I couldn't have that at work when I went in Tues. She said my stomach just wasn't ready. Suggest yogurt smoothies. Still some of those issues but not so bad. I had 1/2 c skim milk with coffee, smoothie at luch. Had to GO at 2:00. But I must be healing cuz it hasn't happened since.

Congratulations! 1 week ago today was my banding. Since starting my 10 day pre-op till now I'm down 23#. I feel really good. No problems & went to work Tues with no problems. I really enjoy reading your posts! Keerp up the good work!

I had my surgery a week ago today. Maybe because both of my kids were born c-section that this wan't a big deal for me. I went to work Tues. It was slow going & I was extra spacy. Wed. morning felt so exhausted, but had 1 cup of coffee ( forget the decaf) with 1/2 cup skim milk. I perked up enough to go to work. Today I felt about 90% normal. Each day gets better. I teach 2nd grade & worked 9 hrs yesterday, 10 today. Right now I'm not tired or hungry!!! You can do it.

I was banded 1 week ago today. I have lost 23 pounds. My 10 day pre-op diet was a breeze because I found out about Muscle Milk . It is available at Target & is 45% protein. It keeps you amazingly full. My surgery went fine. I had it Thurs morning & went back to work on Tues. Everything is great. I was only on pain meds for a few days. 75% of the time, like today, I forgot I had stitches in my stomach. Since I teach 2nd grade, I have lots of distractions. Good Luck. I'm glad I did it.

I enjoyed reading about your journey. I'm day 7 pre-op & get banded on Thurs.

This is my 6th great day!! I was nervous about being able to do it, especially after reading about some people experiencing problems and reading about them crying with hunger. It has been , dare I say not bad & jinx myself?!? lol! I teach 2nd grade & was nervous about having to "go" all the time. I had a talk with my students about me drinking a lot of water & having to be out of the room a couple of times. As a rule elementary teachers train their bladder to go: 1. right before the 1st bell 2. at their PE time 3. at lunch & 4. After the last bell. If you're out of the room & something happens....liability issues not to mention your principal and parents bringing the wrath of God because John stabbed Sally with a pencil while you were ...out of the room..they don't care if you have to tinkle or not!!! Anyway that has been fine...no kids on the floor tussling when I come back. I thought I'd list what I'm drinking & when because it has been SO EASY. I had bee at 250# for about 15 years. Then about 280-290 for the last couple of years. Knowing that I was going to get banded I've not even cared one little bit about what I had been eating, or how much. I went in to get weighed on the 5th & I as 311.5# I thought I was going to faint! I started the liquid diet this past Monday. I've lost weight every day, naturally since I'm not eating!! This morning I was down 12#. But the morst important thing is that 90% of the time I have not been hungry, I have had no problems & I have been happy. Here's what I've been doing. PS Not sure if it's 100% right or "legal" but here it is:

5:30 - 6:30am 2 huge cups of coffee with a little skim milk (this is normal for me)

9:30 a bottle of water with Slim Shots appetite suppressent powder I got from Wal-Mart.

12:00 1 box prepared of sf Jello 1 container of Muscle Milk 110 calories, 35% protein..absolutely delicious

3:15 1 can of a chocolate protein 110 cal. 35% protein

6:00ish another box of prepared jello & a Muscle Milk, then a little while later a couple of sugar free fudgiscles

I hope this may help some of you getting ready to go pre-op. I can't do broths ugh & I of course love chocolate. Good luck to all of you getting ready to begin this!

Hello all! I so appreciate this website. I have learned so much. I''m wondering about Smoothie King. Today is my 3rd day on the pre-op diet. The 1st 2 days using the Unjury supplement were Ok. The 1st day I used the unflavored powder in a strawberry Fuze slenderize strawberry. It smelled like baby formula. I held may breat, drank it fast & popped a piece of sugar free gum. 2nd day I tried my strawberry Unjury powder sample in the strawberry Fuze slenderize. It was not as bad but I still held my breath. For supper I had a chocolate Muscle Milk. AWESOME!!! I love it. Today I got on the Smoothie King website. Everything had too much sugar except the Gladiator. It had 45% of protein & 1% sugar. So after a long day of teaching 2nd graders I zipped over there all giddy & happy. When I got up to the window the girl said that the different syrups had different levels of sugar. The banana had 13 or 18 grams of sugar, OMG Right now I can't remember which it was. Anyway, that's probably off limits right??? However, I did get one & if was so yummy & I have energy right now....as opposed to dozing off at 7:00 last night!! Is that too much sugar for when I get the band. I don't want to experience the dumping syndrome!!!

I'm only 1 day ahead of you. I'm finishing up day 2 Pre-op. The first day I tried my unflavored sample of Unjury unflavored in a Fuze strawberry slenderize drink. It smelled like babyfood. I held my breath while I drank it. Today I tried the Unjury Strawberry mixed with the Fuze strawberry drink. It was bad, but not horrible like yesterdays. I'm looking fo something better!

Thanks! I just added that to my shopping list. I'm getting banded on the 18th. I remember having a lot of gas with my 2nd C-section because I had my tubes tied then. The nurese said it was worse that time because they had blown up my stomach with gas & moved things around. Wish I had known about the Rolaids then!