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I'm April 8th!

Nevara

By Nevara, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Nevara    26

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My date is April 8. I'm looking for some April bandsters to be friends with as we go through this process.

Becky/26yrsold/Idaho. Band Date Nov. 5. 248/goal 165.

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soanl1412    71

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I am April 11th woo hoo :)

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jessicawinston    58

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April 5th here 10 days on day 6 of the pre op diet :) so ready to be on the other side

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soanl1412    71

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Me too! I start liquids tomorrow! So I have 15 days of liquids!!

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jessicawinston    58

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The only problem I found is at about 3 am I wake up starving which means I'm not sleeping well. The first 3 days are the hardest!! I am almost done with day 6

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soanl1412    71

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good to know jessica thanks for the heads up! Are you drinking a Protein shake before you go to bed? maybe that would help

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jessicawinston    58

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For years I have eaten late. One reason I am so heavy. I am trying to get out of the habit. But I also worry if I fill up before bed and go to sleep and not burn those calories (not that I exercise anyway.) I won't loose weight. So I don't eat before bed. Maybe I should for now! I haven't really slept since day one of the preop diet.

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soanl1412    71

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well you are on a liquid diet its not really eating... and the shakes my doctor put me on are only 160 cal. Listen to your body, maybe drink a lot of Water right before bed and that will help if you are really worried about the calories from the Protein Shake

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Awesome ideas. I have actually been up since 311am yeah I'm so tired I'm going to bed now its only 7pm. But I think I will have a shake before bed. Dr says I can have 3-4 aday I usually only drink 3 so tonight I will load up on the Water and drink one before bed. Hope it helps!!

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Nevara    26

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Yay! Nice to meet you all!

I think it'll be nice to have other people going through the same things at the same time.

Are you a salty or sweet craver?

Becky/26yrsold/Idaho. Band Date April 8, 2013 265/goal 165.

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pinx    18

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It is nice to meet you, Becky!

My date is April 3... 1 week! :D

I saw your question about salty or sweets... I usually crave sweets. If I'm craving salty stuff, it is usually a salty sweet combo, popcorn, or toritilla chips with homemade salsa.

Anyway, the time flies by if you stay busy.

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Nevara    26

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I'm both! I crave both at different times of the month.

Thanks for responding!!!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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