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Started my pre op diet on Sunday 2/19 and weighed myself the night before 2/18. The first couple of days were hard but I have made it so far. My Dr has me on a pretty good diet kinda like an Atkins diet. I just wanted to share that As if today I have lost 11lbs so far! My band date is 3/8 and super excited and nervous!!

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Good luck with your lap band! My surgery is also in the next couple of weeks however I'm having trouble sticking to my pre op diet:( do you have any suggestions on how you are staying on track and how you are able to get in the Protein needed for your diet?

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Good luck to you both! I start mine on Feb 5th, can't wait! Everytime you get tempted to eat something you shouldn't yet think of how wonderful you're going to feel and look in 3-6 months! Make up your mind you're going to defeat the control food has over you! You can do it, make sure you're getting enough Protein too. Bless you and your journey!

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To be honest if it had not been for my husband it would have been harder! I'm believer in a support team! From day one he has been on the same diet with me and that has made it a lot easy for me. The first couple of days were hard but now I have very little hunger pains. Oh another thing for me is sweets so now when I get a sweet tooth I pop a tic tac! Lol! I know that's cheating but it's really hard to quite cold turkey! I only had 1 day notice before I started my pre op diet! I did however quite my cokes back in April and this coming April will be a year for me! :D Good luck with your diet I know you can do it! Let me know how your post op goes!

~Steph

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