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Our surgery dates are close together...good luck to you on your journey!

You too. Hope yours goes well. Keep us updated on it!!

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oBAND center in Delray beach, FL! Oct 23rd.. So excited!! i hope it doesnt get pushed back.. been waiting so long already!

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My wife And i are getting the band October 4, excited and scared all at the same time, i think the idea of being put under anastisia scares the life out of me!

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Will b banded Oct 30th in Ohio:)

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October 8th in summit Wisconsin

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After 6 months of all insurance requirements, diet and exercise I have lost 54 pounds and I'm getting banded on October 17. I am just so greatful to have made this change in my life I feel great, I am able to run after my 2 year old.

Staring weight 299

Current weight 244

Goal weight 160

Good luck October banders ???º

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After 6 months of all insurance requirements' date=' diet and exercise I have lost 54 pounds and I'm getting banded on October 17. I am just so greatful to have made this change in my life I feel great, I am able to run after my 2 year old.

Staring weight 299

Current weight 244

Goal weight 160

Good luck October banders ðº[/quote']

Wow! Great for you that you have lost so much weight without even having the band!

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Awesome!

Actually decided today to move my date to Nov 5 . Conflict with kids schedule at school. Didn't want to but it will work best with getting a babysitter since I'm traveling out of state for surgery.

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Houston here as well. October 10th with Dr. Reilly!

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Please keep us posted Dr Reilly is my doctor also

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@ Fallon B- Same Doc! Best Wishes to you.

Back2Petite when is ur surgery? Are u self pay or insurance?

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Actually decided today to move my date to Nov 5 . Conflict with kids schedule at school. Didn't want to but it will work best with getting a babysitter since I'm traveling out of state for surgery.

Oh ok if it works better for ya it's great ... So excited for the both of us!!!!

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Back2Petite when is ur surgery? Are u self pay or insurance?

My surgery is Oct 19 and I have insurance.

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I am getting banded 10/8/12. I am so excited. Scared but excited. Is anyone having difficulty with the pre-op diet. This is my 3rd day. The first 2 days were hard. But, I am doing better today.

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I am getting banded 10/8/12. I am so excited. Scared but excited. Is anyone having difficulty with the pre-op diet. This is my 3rd day. The first 2 days were hard. But, I am doing better today.

Which preop are you doing? My surgeon requires 2 weeks of strictly Optifast. It's been ok but I'm really hungry right now. I've been blogging my adventures with the whole process and just uploaded a long one about my first day on the diet. http://thefatgirlthin.blogspot.com/

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I am getting banded 10/8/12. I am so excited. Scared but excited. Is anyone having difficulty with the pre-op diet. This is my 3rd day. The first 2 days were hard. But' date=' I am doing better today.[/quote']

Hey there!!! That's my band day too!!! I started the liquid diet yesterday. The day time is okay but I did go to sleep hungry last night. Good luck to you and let's keep in touch.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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