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Surgery Scheduled for March

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nicole1974    40

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I just joined today but have been hanging out on the site looking at success stories and the types of bumps in the road that people are encountering. My surgery is scheduled for March 1st and I will start my pre op diet next Monday. You ladies are doing so well with the pro op diet alone....I hope to do so as well. :-)

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sharon2013    17

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Welcome Nicole! Are any of you on MyFitnessPal? I could use some friends on there... My name is sharon_geneve

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nicole1974    40

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Sharon, where is the MyFitnessPal? Is it on this site? And thank you.

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sharon2013    17

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Nicole, myfitnesspal.com is a great website where you can track your calories/protein/etc and exercise minutes/calories. I like it better than sparkpeople because it's more of a clean interface with fewer distracting ads. In the past one of the keys for weight loss for me has been recording everything I eat, and I want to make sure I keep doing that. I think it will be helpful as we have to get in a lot of Protein after getting banded and it can be tracked on the site.

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SeaSounders♥    225

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Happy Valentines Day all... I have a tentative date of March 4th whoo hoo.. How do you join this social group? I am following this forum but how do you actually join it??

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jen*c10    46

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I'm scheduled for March 1 and super excited about it. Scared at the same time but sooo ready to get it over with and move on to my new life & new journey. I start my pre op diet TOMORROW..eeekkk. On the bright side we all got approved & that's huge so CoNgRaTs on that! New life here we come!!! :)

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jen*c10    46

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I just joined today but have been hanging out on the site looking at success stories and the types of bumps in the road that people are encountering. My surgery is scheduled for March 1st and I will start my pre op diet next Monday. You ladies are doing so well with the pro op diet alone....I hope to do so as well. :-)

We are banding sisters! March 1 is gonna be our new Bday. Cant wait!!

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nicole1974    40

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Hi Jen, I do not start my liquids until next Tuesday and have very mixed feelings...excited because I know whats to come and glad I get a chance at a dry run before the actual surgery. But also worried...obviously i like food :) Good luck tomorrow, you will have to keep me posted. I hope you are having a nice Valentines dinner tonight. And I love your quote about nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. I don't know but I am looking forward to it..

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SeaSounders♥    225

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Does anyone not have a pre-op diet besides me? I'm worried that I won't lose that much weight if I don't do one or maybe I should do a really intense workout regimen for the next 2 1/2 weeks??

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parisshel    1,892

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I don't have a pre-op diet but that is normal for the protocol of my surgeon.

I don't think the goal of the pre-op is to lose weight (so doing an intense workout regimen isn't necessary for the LB) my understanding is it is to defat the liver to make entry/exit into the area smoother for the surgeon. Your liver gets "moved" if you will during the intervention, and if it is really fatty, that can make things slippery for the instruments.

From reading these boards, it looks like most US surgeons require a pre-op diet, but for some reaons mine here in Europe doesn't.

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Robin524    5

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Just writing to introduce myself. I am scheduled for March 5th and got my insurance approval letter on Thursday. I'm looking forward to my great new life and sharing my journey with all of you.

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emiliawhit3dogs    2

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Hi everyone , my surgery was for February and now is for march 6 at 6:30 a.m. I did start my liquids diet, 4 boost a day, 1 boost in the morning with a fruit, 1 at lunch, 1 with a fruit and one once of cheese in the afternoons and 1 for souper. I did start on this Friday and I have to do it for 3 weeks until march 8. Im not nervous , but today after my last boost I was hungry and my husband made me a cafe and calm me. I now I will do this, its behind a year that I'm waiting for the surgery and reading all about it . I now it only a tool to help to loose weight . So anyone on the march 8. Good luck to all of you.

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SnapIGotThis    44

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So my liquid starts Wed morning and yesterday I went out a had a steak dinner & today had my favorite mexican dish. Got it all out of my system. :) Anybody else plan to have any favorites prior to being banded?

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d9leigh    31

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Yes! I start my preop diet in a little over a week. I am making tacos this week...

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