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January 2013 Bandsters!

Anyone else getting banded in January? I'm scheduled for January 23rd. It all feels so real now that a date has been set.

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If I start to feel really hungry, I snack of fruits low in sugar or non starchy veggies. It helps a lot. I hate eating anything in a bar form. Medifast ruined that for me lol cuz the bars and the puddings were the only things I liked, and I ate too many of them for too many moths last year. I feel your pain. Though when I stepped on the scale this morning, I was 2 pounds lighter then yesterday and thats WITH me starting my period. So I know I'm doing something right. Best of luck and keep up the good work!

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Thanks babykins! Unfortunately, my doc doesn't allow fruits and veggies, but I'm hoping he might after I explain the problem I have with the bars. I gag as soon as I take a bite. I'm waiting for his office to call me back.

Yay for the 2 pounds off! Keep up the good work!

Oh I hope they let you have them! And thank you very much.

Good Evening all,

Let me start off by saying I see why they tell you to drink plenty of water when doing the pre-opt diet. A self correcting error is what i call it. Any way I did good with my shakes I see as time goes by it gets better.

Anyone else getting banded in January? I'm scheduled for January 23rd. It all feels so real now that a date has been set.

I'm on the 23rd too on day 3 of my preop diet, feeling good :) add me so we can stay in touch

Mine is Jaunary 31st!!! Super Excited!

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I'm on the 23rd too on day 3 of my preop diet' date=' feeling good :) add me so we can stay in touch[/quote']

Congrats! Will definitely keep in touch :)

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Got on the scale when I woke up. I'm 8 lbs down since Wednesday. This is definitely the push I need to keep going :)

Wow Mimi! Way to go! That's fantasic!

Ahh! After working out self-pay (thank you, husband's Christmas bonus!) and getting my pre-op taken care of... my surgery is THIS Tuesday! The hardest part so far has been quitting my Coke Zero habit - I used to drink three 12 oz. bottles or more a day. I had been tapering off, but I finally just went cold turkey a week ago Thursday. Now that the headaches have passed, it's not so bad! Our surgeon's pre-op diet is just a "balanced diet" or "eating clean" - still an adjustment, but not terribly difficult. But tomorrow - liquids only! I've got a fridge full of virgin Jell-o shots waiting for me this week. :)

Wednesday cannot get here soon enough!!! 2 wks of liquids pre-op, 10 days post op.... Ugh I am tired of liquids!!! I am ready for some grits, oatmeal or soup. Something with taste. Once I am banded I hope everything goes by a little quicker.

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Thanks babykins! This is the boost I needed :)

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Ahh! After working out self-pay (thank you' date=' husband's Christmas bonus!) and getting my pre-op taken care of... my surgery is THIS Tuesday! The hardest part so far has been quitting my Coke Zero habit - I used to drink three 12 oz. bottles or more a day. I had been tapering off, but I finally just went cold turkey a week ago Thursday. Now that the headaches have passed, it's not so bad! Our surgeon's pre-op diet is just a "balanced diet" or "eating clean" - still an adjustment, but not terribly difficult. But tomorrow - liquids only! I've got a fridge full of virgin Jell-o shots waiting for me this week. :)[/quote']

Congrats!

I have my surgery this coming Tuesday the 15th... I have been on the pre-op diet for two weeks and have lost 10 lbs.. fortunately my insurance did not require a long extended diet.. If I was a successful dieter I wouldn't need a lapband.. lol I have been on every diet known to man,

I lost and re-gained hundreds of lbs. so hopefully with the help of my lapband I will be successful in not only losing but keeping it off.. good luck to all my band of sisters and brothers for January 2013...

Jnauray 25th over here!! :)

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