Hi. My ball is rolling and I'm hoping to band in December. I'm so nervous and getting lots of mixed feed back. How did you prepare for your surgery !?!?! Did you diet or enjoy eating while you still could LOL

How long is your preop phase (waiting for insurance).?

Also, you dont want to just go all out. The waiting period is meant to retrain your mind and body in preparation for the band. Even if a coupe days out of the week you eat like you are banded, that helps.

Exercise regimen is a great way to past the time and habit forming for after surgery

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If BMI is 50 or greater, there's no waiting period. I was thinking about trying shakes and finding what I like/don't like. And learning to chew more. I am super nervous about being put to sleep.

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Uugghh!!!! I soooo envy you!! Congrats though. I have aetna and they have thousands of hoops for me to jump through. But im cool with it. At least they cover it!

I am right there with you on the sleep thing. I think it just un nerves me. Ive never had surgery before and would really like to wake up... but if you are religious keep on praying. If not religious hold on to the statistics. :-)

Which Protein shakes have you tried?

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We do have great insurance. I've had Special K shakes and I like them. My doctor wants us to drink the EAS shakes during the 2 week diet. They make me go potty!! LOL

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I too am hoping to be banded in Dec. Buuuuut, I havent even gotten approved yet, so that may be a pipe dream.

I am not looking forward to being out, but Ive been out before, cosmetic . I Didnt have any problems either time, so I dont know why its bothering me so much now.

Im not looking forward to the liquid diet either. Its all the tuff ya hear on this forum and others. People hate it, can barely make themselves do it, it seems.Tho I will say Im good at that sort of thing. Just tell myself "THIS IS THE WAY ITS GONNA BE, THERE ARE NO OTHER OPTIONS", and it works. I lost 100 plus pounds once before that way.

Losing it too fast is bad, as you get sagging, drooping, nasty skin. Ive got good skin, and didnt really have that problem. I exercised my way down too, so that might have helped. My stomach was a little saggy, but continued exercise helped a lot. same thing arms.

What bothers me is that I became ill, and put on most of this weight. So, Im not in the condition to exercise like I was then, too weak, out of shape. So, my advice to anyone doing this is slow and as much exercise as ya can.

You'll end up with the body of your memory, instead of a saggy mess.

Theres nothin saying that the exercise cant be done after the fact(Im going to HAVE TO THIS TIME ROUND!), but and tho I havent done it, Ive a hunch its easier to do it BEFORE and during. Jist sayin, this is JMO.

Any weight loss is good unless from illness, imo. Sent from my Toshiba Satellite laptop! (my second one!)LOL!

Sandy

Wow 100 pounds that's awesome. The liquid diet is something else I'm worried about. I think I'll start doing one day per week of liquid just to start preparing myself. I want a emotional head start!!!

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Dont go into the liquids with the mindset you are gonna hate the shakes.. word of wisdom.. tweak your shakes to mimic what it is you want to eat. If you are craving pizza try getting creative with some Soup and add unflavored Protein powder to satiate you. I like sweet potatoes for example. I then made a sweet potato shake!.. i hope all works out for the best for you! Good luck.

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Thanks yall. compliment and good advice. Those are great posts, i dont care what anybody else says. Thanks, bottom of the heart! Woo hoo! Sandy