After 8 months of insurance hoops and appointments I FINALLY have my date!! I'm October 8th and my partner is October 1st. Anyone else here October bandsters? I'm getting very excited!!

Same day as you!!! Hope all goes well! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Oi!!

Yay!!!! I have the date and everything, but haven't got insurance approved yet.. Lol. Did your insurance approved yet?

Met with the surgeon and his team today! My surgery date will be Oct. 15!!! Im very excited and the two week pre-op diet will be tough seeing as I have a few birthdays and a wedding to celebrate but it will be worth it all in the end! Can't wait!! =)

October 15th for me too! Start me liquid diet on the first.

Yay!!!! I have the date and everything, but haven't got insurance approved yet.. Lol. Did your insurance approved yet?

I am not sure.. would they give the date without the insurance being approved? They also told me what my out of pocket would be.

I am not sure.. would they give the date without the insurance being approved? They also told me what my out of pocket would be.

Okay. That's great! When are you starting pre op diet?

October 8th for me! Long Island, New York. 3rd day of liquid pre-op diet & starving!

The price depends on BMI which dictates how much you buy. It's like $100-150 a week. It's only sold by health professionals. My surgeon had a little store in his office. I wrote a blog post about my honest feelings about optifast http://thefatgirlthi...-day-1.html?m=1

An overview of my optifast food is here

http://thefatgirlthi...e-date.html?m=1

Personally I like the chocolate shake mix and the chocolate bar. Most of the items are sweet so I find myself craving savory. I'm on optifast only for 2 weeks. I cheated last night and had a grilled chicken salad (sooo good). I miss eating and crave certain foods but honestly I'm not hungry like I thought I'd be. And for the most part i feel pretty good and energized.

I have a shake at 8:30 and 11:30. 1/2 bar around 1 and 1/2 around 3. Then I do shake or soup for dinner. I'm supposed to have 7 servings a day but I don't. My partner is supposed to have 6 but does 4 and has a glass of sweet tea a day. She's in the upper 200s and has lost like 11 pounds her first week on optifast.

I also use myfitnesspal to track its been great and has all the info for the optifast food.

My diet is the BariatricAdvantage. It is only $55 and is good for 35 meals...not bad tasting either. I usually have a shake for breakfast and lunch then soup for dinner and a snack of yogurt, sugar free pudding, or jello. It was tough the first 3 days, but now I am doing well. Has anyone found that they seem more hypersensitive to food smells? I went to the grocery store the other day and it is in the same parking lot as a Burger King...the smell of the fries made me crazy! Now it just seems every where I look there is a food advertisement.

I'm Oct 5th. So excited and nervous at the same time. I've lost 7lbs so far on the pre-op diet & surprisingly, once I put my mind to it; it wasn't that hard. I went thru True Results in San Antonio. I wish all of the best of luck!

Thank you so much!! Best of luck to you! Hope to hear back on how everything goes!

I plan on attending the Last Tuesday of the month group, which I think may be the only one for True Results, not too sure? After many date changes, my final, for sure date is the 12th of October at Memorial City Hospital with Dr. Reilly! I'd love to meet people from here at groups!

That is great!! I wish mine was at Memorial city- that is down the street from me! I am having it done all the way in Southeast Memorial Hermann :/

I wanted to attend this last Tuesaday but wasn't too sure if I could just show up..

October 8th for me! Long Island, New York. 3rd day of liquid pre-op diet & starving!

What hospital are you going to? I'm going to be at Mather in Port Jefferson.

Okay. That's great! When are you starting pre op diet?

They said my pre-op diet was 7 days. But I might start it earlier. Maybe10days. so maybe around the 13th? When will you be starting yours? I am excited!! are you nervous? I am that too. lol

My surgery is on the 12th and I am supposed to start my pre op diet on the 5th but I am also wanting to do it earlier to get a better jump start on losing. I have to do 3 shakes a day one made with skim milk and two made with water ugh dreading that part! So ready to start the new rest of my life!!

October 9th. Starting ten day pre-op diet on Saturday. Five days of shakes + sensible dinner (lol) and five days of all liquids.

Using Chike shakes, got orange, strawberry and chocolate to work with.

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.

. The first couple days are hard as your body is screaming for sugar and carbs etc. everyday gets easier. I'm on day 15 and honestly don't feel hunger at all. I have one more week!!!

Mine is tomorrow..September 28th..I'm in Houston.

After 8 months of insurance hoops and appointments I FINALLY have my date!! I'm October 8th and my partner is October 1st. Anyone else here October bandsters? I'm getting very excited!!

Mine is Oct 3rd. Yea!!!