Hey guys its been a while but super excited that insurance approved me and I am scheudled for surgery on Jan 23rd!!!! Any advice is much needed!! Also 3 weeks after surgery I have a planned trip to costa rica; ideas and thoughts on this? I may cancel depending on how I am feeling and what the doc tells me...

I haven't weighed myself yet im on day 4, i said i will weigh myself on monday and see how i did. Im on all liquids only for two weeks.

Anali - 3 pounds is awesome! I've lost 1 pound so far. Today was much easier. I'm still not eating the bars and my doctor's office didn't call me back, but I'm okay for now with what I did today. I'm glad your day was better too. We're in this together

Ladybabie - is it getting any easier on Day 4? How's your level of energy? I live in NYC and by the time I get home after all that walking with so little "fuel" in my body, I'm totally drained.

Anali - 3 pounds is awesome! I've lost 1 pound so far. Today was much easier. I'm still not eating the bars and my doctor's office didn't call me back' date=' but I'm okay for now with what I did today. I'm glad your day was better too. We're in this together

Ladybabie - is it getting any easier on Day 4? How's your level of energy? I live in NYC and by the time I get home after all that walking with so little "fuel" in my body, I'm totally drained.[/quote']

Mimi, where are you having lap band? Im from NYC as well...i am having it at NYU

Columbia Presbyterian...we definitely have to stay in touch! What part of NYC do you live in?

Columbia Presbyterian...we definitely have to stay in touch! What part of NYC do you live in?

Grew up in Queens, but in Long Island now...just moved here like 2 yrs ago

I'm from Brooklyn, but I live in Washington Heights now.

How's Day 3 going?

I talked to my doctor. He said I can try another brand of Protein bar, just be careful of the nutritional value especially the fat content. I'm looking into maybe the Kashi bars....

Congrats on your upcoming surgery. I am scheduled for band w/plication on Jan. 21. I am on day 6 of the pre-op diet. I am doing better than I expected but today has been harder since it's the weekend (too much free time!)

Hi! Congrats on your date! Today was tough for me too. I cheated (a little) and had a Healthy Choice chicken noodle soup. Being home has messed up my routine a little, but I'll be back on track tomorrow. (6 lbs down )

Hi! Congrats on your date! Today was tough for me too. I cheated (a little) and had a Healthy Choice chicken noodle soup. Being home has messed up my routine a little' date=' but I'll be back on track tomorrow. (6 lbs down )[/quote']

Hows it going? This wknd was a little bit of a struggle, but no cheating unless you consider replacing a shake with extra steamed veggies? I dont consider that cheating but who knows, highly doubful. But I must say the wknd was harder, but I survived as predicted lol...how is everyone holding up?!

Good morning girls! For some reason I couldn't get on the site yesterday to reply to everybodys comments. Anali, you are right about the weekend being harder and I am jealous that you can have steamed veggies. I did pretty good but think I ate to much soup last night. I was hungry yesterday and couldn't wait until dinner so that I could have something other than a shake. Since last Wednesday I have lost 8 pounds so I think that is pretty good. I am hoping to be down another 8 this week. We will see. I am so excited that Anali put her post on a couple of weeks ago regarding the date of her surgery and now we are all in it together. We can do this and it is so awesome to have such good support!

Hi ladies. The weekend was hard wasn't it? I'm 8 lbs down also since Wednesday (go us!), but I got some bad news today. I'm diabetic. My new blood work shows 7.1 hemoglobin a1c. I made the decision to get banded to try to avoid this outcome because all 4 of my grandparents are diabetic and so is my mother. Now I have to call my surgeon to see how that affects the pre-op diet.

Mimi, sorry to hear your news. I will say a prayer for you. Hopefully this news doesn't change anything as far as the surgery is concerned. Let us know when you can.

Thanks for the support Chrissy!

Thanks for the support Chrissy!

Aw Mimi keep us informed!!

Hi ladies - I saw my GP today and I'm definitely diabetic, but he's not going to start me on meds yet since I'm on the pre-op diet. Since I can't have sugar or carbs on this diet, he says I should be fine. I just have to check my levels every morning especially the morning of my surgery.

Today has been so hard. I want food soooooo bad. It feels like day 1 all over again. Is anyone else experiencing this today?