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My Journey Starting With Pre Op Diet

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Tawnya777    106

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Hello everyone. I thought I would share my experience from the start with everyone. Today is my first day on my liquid diet, and so far so good. I will be banded on May 1st. I woke up hungry, but quickly made my Protein Shake and was satisfied. I picked out two really good flavors; banana and orange cream. Can't really say I miss food yet. I was going to take my son for a walk, but it is raining so I plan on using the treadmill. My starting weight is 270.

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CaGottaBand    498

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Best of luck to you!

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mama angela    22

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How exciting!!! Good luck!! I meet my surgeons tomorrow afternoon! I've done the 6 month dr supervised diet, psych eval and stuff...so after tomorrow...it is my understanding that it could be up to 60 days for insurance to approve. I'm hoping for with in 30!!

I went ahead and ordered my shakes - strawberry/kiwi, vanilla and a fuzzy navel!

Hang in there!!!

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Tawnya777    106

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How exciting!!! Good luck!! I meet my surgeons tomorrow afternoon! I've done the 6 month dr supervised diet' date=' psych eval and stuff...so after tomorrow...it is my understanding that it could be up to 60 days for insurance to approve. I'm hoping for with in 30!!

I went ahead and ordered my shakes - strawberry/kiwi, vanilla and a fuzzy navel!

Hang in there!!![/quote']

Thank you so much. I'm very excited and look forward to dropping this weight. I do have anxiety and panic attacks so I am worried about the surgery, but I know in the end it will be worth it. I really hope your insurance approves you ASAP. I couldn't even see my doctor until my insurance approved my surgery, but as soon as they did things moved really fast. They offered me a surgery date of April 10th originally, but I had a ball to go to on the 11th so I got the next date which is May 1st. Your shakes that you ordered sound so good. Best of luck to you and let me know how everything is going.

Best wishes!

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Thanks. I will check those out. I am scheduled to have surgery May 15th. Nervous I know it will be hard at first but I am determined.

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mama angela    22

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I use Syntrax Nectar whey Protein Shakes - they come in a lot of flavors...

and I use Natural Factory Whey Factors Natural Vanilla and Double Chocolate...

I get mine online through vitacost.com

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Tawnya777    106

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Thanks. I will check those out. I am scheduled to have surgery May 15th. Nervous I know it will be hard at first but I am determined.

Your welcome. I know how you feel I'm nervous to, but at the same time just want to get this weight loss going.

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Tawnya777    106

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Well it's the end of the day and I made it through my first day on the liquid diet. I was feeling a little hungry earlier, but I took a nap and that helped. The worst part was at dinner time. Smelling all the food cooking and not eating at the table with my family was the hardest part. I must admit that I really just wanted to take one bite, but I stayed strong and did not cheat at all. I had 3 shakes, 2 cans of beef broth, 1 sugar free Jello, 1 sugar free Popsicle, and lots of Water. Will see how tomorrow goes.

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I.can.do.it    5

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I know that I could put this in another page I just wanted to share before you banding. I have a girlfriend that was banded a year ago and she said to be careful blending the Protein Shakes in a blender because it adds air to it and we need to learn to burp. She says she uses the pre-mixed shake. Just want to save you all a thing ache.

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Tawnya777    106

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I know that I could put this in another page I just wanted to share before you banding. I have a girlfriend that was banded a year ago and she said to be careful blending the Protein shakes in a blender because it adds air to it and we need to learn to burp. She says she uses the pre-mixed shake. Just want to save you all a thing ache.

Thanks so much for the info. I mix my shakes in a shaker, I hope that doesn't cause air.

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Tawnya777    106

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So today is my 2nd day on my liquid diet. I must admit last night was hard. I had hunger pains all night and could not sleep. I'm down to 267 according to my scale, but I seen the dietician today and her scale said 265. I can only take 3 Protein Shakes a day, because they make me feel nauseous. My dietician gave me a 4oz apple juice due to my sugars being low, and that made my stomach hurt. Since I am only taking 3 shakes the dietician said I can have 1/4 of egg whites a day, I'm so excited I get to get something. I will save the egg whites for dinner since I'm more hungry at night. Besides the hunger pains I woke up with a headache and felt light headed, but I think that is from my low blood sugar. I'm feeling better now and we shall see how the rest of the day goes.

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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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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

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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.

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        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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