zeniada

Hello everyone... i just need to vent a little...I am a slave to the scale....and i haven't even been banded yet! i have started my pre-op diet and was expecting this miraculous weight loss (even though the diet is to shrink my liver not lose weight) and i am so bummed out that i don't see the scale moving. It is making me second guess getting surgery cuz if i cant lose wight on my own how will i be able to with the band..some one please tell me that weight loss is possible with the band (even though i know it is i have read and seen results from others) i guess i just need encouragement Thanks, Zen

Hello all who are getting banded on Aug 26th... i hope we can all come here to lend support and encouragement i know i will be needing it especially going through the pre-op diet hope to talk to more 26'ers soon...

Wow more and more people are gonna get banded on the 26th...we need to start a support group in fact i think i'll start a thread now....

i was advised to take a chewable vitamin... i just found some gummies at target for adults so i'm gonna start taking them.

Scared now my surgery is on the 26th i sure hope this doesnt happen to me...Good luck hope you feel better....

i take Cymbalta i'm just afraid it will be too big of a capsule to take after my band...please let me know if it doesnt give you a problem....thanks

Isopure makes a clear Protein Drink you should try it out very yummy you can get them at GNC...Good Luck (no i dont work for Isopure i just think they are yummy )

Cool i luv it too.....

i dont know i have it bad on legs.... hope it goes away...

Hi Coco...La Mesa is fine with me my church is out there i would luv to do coffee sometime...anyone else???

the movies....

i am on a low carb/high protein pre-op and was wondering if i could have popcorn..(my kids are eating some and it smells soooo good) it's only like 2 carbs per serving of 5 cups (not that i'll eat that much) what do the rest of you think???

I'm going to TJ on Aug 26th and am getting banded by Dr. Jose Rodriguez at the INT hospital... Good luck to the others who are going down south...And good luck to everyone else for that matter.

i use the isopure powder and the ready to drink kind.... isopure helps with the not so milk shake like feeling however the cookies and cream is very sweet and i need to water it down...

so sorry u have to do a liquid diet my 1st week is done as well but i lucked out with a low carb diet...good luck i'd recomend more protein shakes??

Who would have thunk that something as simple as taking a shower would be so much work!!! i so cant wait for my lap band and help with losing weight so something like a shower wont tucker me out!!! I only heard about people getting tired easy by walking, talking, bathing i never thought i would be that person..Thank God for the invention of the lap band because i just cant do it on my own....

I hope that once i get my band I will Struggle with wanting to eat! all i do is eat.... and that's why i'm fat! Good job and good luck

i just use Isopure it's really good they have powder and the ready to drink kind you can get them at GNC

That's ok to vent that's what were here for. I need to vent as well we should make this the venting thread ha ha.... I too have 2 kids a dear hubby and take care of 2 ladies with developmental disabilities... so needless to say my house isn't spotless, however i had my annual unannounced visit from the licensing people and they were non to kind.... I hate that! they always come when it's messy looking not DIRTY but messy... now i have to CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN and WAIT WAIT WAIT for them to come back "when ever" they feel like it. And during all this keep up with my pre-op diet, study take a quiz and a final come tuesday.... So Good luck to all of us pre bandsters who have to actually work, clean and go to school...

cool here i thought you would have to get unfilled or something like that....

Yes make your tracker the way you want it then go to "user CP" at the top left of the screen and go to edit signature and follow the directions have fun!!

omg i thought i was the only one with this problem!!! Thanks for posting this thank you thank you thank you!!!!

Hello ladies and gents.... i'm Zen from Chula Vista CA and want to start a So Cal support group, anyone is welcome not just So Cal'ers.... I am 35 270lbs and will be getting banded on Aug 26th and need emotional support... Good luck to all of us!!

Is maintenance different?? do you have to do things differnly???