hello everyone! i will be getting banded on 2-15-12...i'm on day 6 of my pre-op diet:)

My surgery is scheduled for March 2nd so I have a while before the pre-op diet begins. How is that going? Which diet does your Dr. have you on? I will be on phase 1 of the southbeach diet as my pre-op.

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Welcome!! I am getting banded on 2/15 also! Good luck to you!

Greetings to both of you! It took me a minute to figure out how to respond! Well, I started my pre-op diet 7 days ago and have lost 9lbs. i was losing 2 lbs a day up until yesterday when i lost only 1 pound and today when i had no loss:( for the pre-op diet i am doing something very similar to what looks like the slimfast diet.

breakfast=shake (shakes must be at least 20g of protein)

a.m. snack=small apple

lunch=steamed green beans and shake

afternoon snack=shake

dinner=lean cuisine and shake (meal must be 250 calories or less)

46-64 ounces of zero calorie beverage daily

i have found the premixed slimfast shakes to be delicious!

my husband is getting banded on March 13! let's keep in touch:)

i have found the premixed slimfast shakes to be delicious!

my husband is getting banded on March 13! let's keep in touch:)

I love the low carb slim fast shakes as well! The first few days after surgery we actually added protein powder to our slim fast shakes so we could get all of our protein in. My husband and I did this together as well. We are 7 weeks post op, I've lost 41 and he's lost close to 60. I think doing it together makes it so much easier. Good luck to both of you.

I love the low carb slim fast shakes as well! The first few days after surgery we actually added protein powder to our slim fast shakes so we could get all of our protein in. My husband and I did this together as well. We are 7 weeks post op, I've lost 41 and he's lost close to 60. I think doing it together makes it so much easier. Good luck to both of you.

this is so amazing! thank you for the well wishes. i have began to read your blog...fantastic! i am planning to start one as well. so we are able to keep drinking the slimfast shakes right after surgery?

this is so amazing! thank you for the well wishes. i have began to read your blog...fantastic! i am planning to start one as well. so we are able to keep drinking the slimfast shakes right after surgery?

Phatkatblue

That is amazing results. It's great to have a partner right there with you. Keep up the good work.

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this is so amazing! thank you for the well wishes. i have began to read your blog...fantastic! i am planning to start one as well. so we are able to keep drinking the slimfast shakes right after surgery?

Yep we had to drink protein as soon as we got home from our surgery. They told us it was the single most important thing we had to do. The day of surgery we just had to get as much as we could down in 2 oz portions and then the day after surgery we had to aim for 50-70 grams of protein. That's actually what turned us on to the slim fast shakes. They are only about 10 oz with 20 protein which is really great.