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.

Best of luck to you!

Best of luck to you!

Thank You.

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!!!

What brand of protein shakes are you using?

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!

What brand of Protein shakes are you using?

I take GNC Total Lean 25 shakes and they taste amazing.

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.

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

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.

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

Those sound good. I will have to check those ones out.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hang in there....I've heard that the 3rd - 5th day starts getting better - in that the hunger isn't as bad.

When I start mine - I have to do 2 weeks of 800 calorie days...but they have mine being food - protein, veggies and a dairy a day...