1970MaleJaxFL

Did everybody dive into the pre-op liquid diet cold turkey or did you have a pre-diet before the pre-op diet? All of the talk and thoughts on the lapband process must have soaked in because I started chewing the bajesus out of my food the other day. It kind of kicked off a pre-diet before I start my liquid diet on the 13th. All of my meals since have been about 25-50% of what I normally eat in each meal and have made me feel stuffed. Tonight I had 1 piece of pizza and some salad and was actually full whereas I used to eat around 4 in a sitting. What adjustments did you guys make prior to starting your liquid diet?

I have been reading a lot of posts on here and started to wonder what the records are for fastest weight loss with the band. Here are some of the quickest losses I've seen, anybody got these beat? 100 lbs.-6 months 161 lbs.-9 months 200 lbs.-25 months At least one biggest loser champion was a guy who started with a BMI of 45 and he lost at a pace equal to 12% of their total weight per month. They do it in weekly increments but over months he was close to this pace: Start 365 at 1 Month-321 at 2 Months-283 at 3 Months-249 at 4Months-219 (he lost 40% of his total body weight in 4 months!) Since they work those Biggest Loser people out like maniacs, I figure a realistic fastest pace for a normal schmo with a desk job and a lap band is about half as fast (6% of total body weight per month). What do you guys think? Has anybody ever dropped 40% of their starting weight in 8 months with a band?

How about an update on US - based folks. I see several self pay options in the $9K - $10k range now. Anything in the US under $9K?