I Have surgery on10/31 i can hardly stomach the protein shakes... I am so scared i will do all of this and loose hardley any weight... I dont wanna wait 6 months for restriction... Any words of advise or thoughts would be helpful i am on pre op protein shakes 2 weeks before & after...

I Have surgery on10/31 i can hardly stomach the Protein shakes... I am so scared i will do all of this and loose hardley any weight... I dont wanna wait 6 months for restriction... Any words of advise or thoughts would be helpful i am on pre op protein shakes 2 weeks before & after...

I have been where you. I have sabotaged every diet attempt I ever made. Here is where it really stands though, all of my fears about being banded was just me trying to give myself a way out. What if's and I cant's allowed me to stay in my comfort zone. I want to stay in my fat suit so no one will see me. I want to say in my fat suit so no one will hurt me. I want to stay in my fat suit because what others say about me is true; a fat girl deserves no better. However, here is the real deal, I'm killing myself. I'm abusing myself. I'm hurting me more than anyone else ever did. I just want to give myself a break and allow myself to be worthy. I've had my lifelong supply already of pizza, Pasta, mashed potatoes and big ole fat steaks! A little deprivation isn't going to kill me BUT IT MAY....JUST MAY...MAKE ME TRUELY HAPPY.

I was banded 10/5 and I am learning that I can and I will..it's amazing.

Hi Krystle,

I too just started my pre-op diet today and I can say it was really hard but I reminded myself that it will be all worth it in the end. I'm sure a lot of people have had your same fears......I have them but I know that I will give this my all. I've spent so much money on get skinny quick diets to only gain more back that I said this has to work. I'm not sure if your spiritual or not but, I prayed today and asked God for his strength because I know for a fact that I can't do this on my strength alone. You have to be optimistic that what your doing will work or it honestly won't. I was told once that you can't pray & worry at the same time. For one it defeats the purpose of the prayer & for two God is probley standing back saying is she crazy or just stupid (lol). You have to have faith not only in you but what you’re about to do, if your already thinking it’s not going to work why should it? I don't know you personally but you've come so far you can do this we both can....hell I know I owe it to myself to try as hard as I can & you do too. You’re going to be fine, you’re going to do great I know you are because you’re scared to fail so you’re going to try hard to follow your plan. I will keep you & your journey in my prayers. This too shall pass......a month from now you’re going to look back on this day and smile. Wishing you the best of luck on your journey. Blessings!

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Best Wishes on your journey!

If you aren't ready to make the sacrifices needed pre op and post op you will not be successfull. That is a fact.

However you made the decision so my advice would be to take the next step and have a chat with yourself and decide if you are ready willing and able to do whatever you need to do to get the weight off.

The first 4 days of liquid stink, but by the end of the first week you will start to see the loss and if you stick with it you could be like me who lost 22 lbs on the preop liquid.

You will learn during this time that you don't need to live to eat you just need to get enough nutrition to live.

Good luck

I have my surgery on 10/26 and am very scared as well. My process has gone very fast because it's all out of pocket, so I just found out a week ago that my surgery was scheduled so soon. I just keep hearing stories about how it doesn't work for some people and maybe it's just all the past diet failures, but I can't help but worry that I'll be one of the people it doesn't work for. My pre-op diet is the Adkins diet, which is kinda nice- no protein shakes- yay! I also will only have a week of liquids after, so even then, the protein shakes won't last long. The only thing that keeps me going is- in the past, when i gave into the urges to stop a diet, or overeat or the endless amount of sabotage that I've done to myself- it's been easy. I think that this tool we're getting will prevent/force us to keep up with the diets and light eating- we can't escape it. It WILL work this time. Good luck to us

I have my surgery on 10/26 and am very scared as well. My process has gone very fast because it's all out of pocket' date=' so I just found out a week ago that my surgery was scheduled so soon. I just keep hearing stories about how it doesn't work for some people and maybe it's just all the past diet failures, but I can't help but worry that I'll be one of the people it doesn't work for. My pre-op diet is the Adkins diet, which is kinda nice- no Protein shakes- yay! I also will only have a week of liquids after, so even then, the protein shakes won't last long. The only thing that keeps me going is- in the past, when i gave into the urges to stop a diet, or overeat or the endless amount of sabotage that I've done to myself- it's been easy. I think that this tool we're getting will prevent/force us to keep up with the diets and light eating- we can't escape it. It WILL work this time. Good luck to us <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote']

Shelly,

You re right to be nervous. I thought the same thing. You just have to remember to think of the band as your new friend. As in any relationship you have to get to know it. The band does not work for those who consume their daily calories in chips and ice cream. The band will teach you to slow down and eat slowly and eat for nutritional value not to sooth yourself.

Mind you I'm not an expert, my journey is only one week old today but I'm convinced that w can do it. The doctor fixed my stomach. Is up to me to fix my mind

I am excited for my band i am not looking fir a way out. I just was having a hard time with the shakes i have lactose issues and the shakes are thick. I dont have start my diet till 10/17 but i am trying to loose as much as possible i wanna be a success so im winging myself into preop diet now at least 1 shake a day... I have found the issue is the containers. If i pour it in a cup i dont get that bad smell.