Last week was my 5th appointment of my insurance required 6 month supervised diet! It went by really fast after having all the required testing! I was required to have an upper GI, pelvic ultrasound, chest xray, echocardiogram, ekg, nuclear stress test, home and lab sleep study, pulmonary function test, abdominal ultrasound, two nutrition consults, 2 psychiatry visits, pulmonary consult and a cardiology consult! Wow! It made the time fly by and now I am just waiting for my July 2nd pre-op visit and my surgery is scheduled for August 1st! My pre op diet starts July 18th and I will be on the Optifast program. It will consist of shakes, bars and soups, 6 times a day. My birthday is August 17th so I will probably just be starting mushies but this will be the best gift I can give myself! I can't wait to be banded! Is anyone else scheduled for August?

Good to find someone out there with my same date! What kind of diet exactly did they put you on?

breakfast ~250 calories: protein shake & 1 C fruit

lunch~250 C: protein shake & 1C raw or 1/2 C cooked veggies

snack~150 C: 1 non fat dairy serving & 1 C fruit

Dinner ~350 C: 3 oz lean meat; 1C raw or 1/2 C cooked veggies; 1 serving of grain(1 pc of bread)

800-1200 C total aiming for 60+ gm protein

I'm having my surgery inherent 16th of August. Finally ....I'm so happy and nervous. I am on my 3rd day of a self imposed diet and this weekend has been tough going.

I start my self imposed fast diet with protein shakes 3 meals eac day until Aug 5. My band date is Aug 6 at 1:30pm. My surgeon didn't impose any thing on me except clear liquids on Aug 5 and no food after Aug 5 midnight. I just want to come into band date as light as possible.

breakfast ~250 calories: protein shake & 1 C fruit

lunch~250 C: protein shake & 1C raw or 1/2 C cooked veggies

snack~150 C: 1 non fat dairy serving & 1 C fruit

Dinner ~350 C: 3 oz lean meat; 1C raw or 1/2 C cooked veggies; 1 serving of grain(1 pc of bread)

800-1200 C total aiming for 60+ gm protein

That's very specific, I'm surprised they let you have bread. Wish I could have bread!! I get two 140 cal shakes a day and one very small meal at dinner. I'm on day 5 now and granted it's early, but I'm feeling a lot better than I was yesterday

My surgery is scheduled for Aug 9, time sure is going slow. Cant wait!!!

August 3rd!

I feel so tired now. Four days into my self imposed diet of one protein shakes and two smaller meals a day. I guess that caffeine had been driving more than I thought. I don't drink soda, coffee or tea. Any suggestions?

I'm scheduled for August the 1st. Been on the high protein/low carbohydrates diet and its rough. I drink two Premier Nutrition protein shakes (160 calories each). Only tried vanilla so far and its not bad; muscle milk did not taste good to me. When I get home, I have a small meal (meat and either a salad or vegetables). At night, I have a protein heavy snack if needed. I'm on day 5 so its not as bad but its still sucks.

I started my self impost pre-pre-op diet (I am pretty sure I'm going to have to start the 2 week preop on August 3rd, but I won't know til my appointment.) So far it's lean proteins, really low carbs, and lots of water! I know it'll take me a few days to get into the groove of things - I started last night - so while I had broccoli and fajita meat for dinner last night, my husband made himself pancakes. I almost died, lol. I'm craving carbs like a sonofagun right now, too. All I have to remind myself is "This too, shall pass."

It's funny how my body seems to not really care about/crave something until I decide to mentally cut it from my diet. Head hunger be damned, I tell ya!

I've noticed that watching TV is hard. Commercials and TV characters eating in a show...it kills me.

I've noticed that watching TV is hard. Commercials and TV characters eating in a show...it kills me.

Ugggh... yes. My mouth will literally start watering when I'm watching someone eat something delicious and forbidden to me, whether on TV or in real life. Drives me nuts and makes me feel like a huge weirdo.

I've noticed that watching TV is hard. Commercials and TV characters eating in a show...it kills me.

My surgery is August 1st and I'm on day 7 of my pre op diet but I'm using Optifast, so the only things I can have outside of that are sf popsicles and jello. I never realized how many food commercials there are and the amount of emails I get about food! Ugh!

^{Hang in there everybody1}

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I work In a call center and it seems that everyone around me is eating yummy fattening foods and it makes me so hungry....and candy is everywhere. Just have to focus on the long term goal.

My surgery is august 14!