Got a call from the surgical scheduler this morning, and my date is set for July 11th! I was hoping it might be sooner, but not surprised it worked out this way. Means I will be starting my liquid diet while I'm traveling for work - so that will be interesting. I'm also wrestling with not having our annual 4th of July BBQ at my house (which is in a prime location for watching fireworks) - maybe I'll just have ppl over for fireworks but avoid smelling burgers on the grill all day.

Anyone else have a July date set? Wanna support each other through the next weeks?

Going to sleep thinking today was easier than yesterday. Praying I don't dream of food/have nightmares of failing again tonight. This is such a mind game! Lol.

Pre-op diet day 3: here we go.

I finished day 9 of my 10 day pre-op diet. Tomorrow is the last day before my surgery!!! I'm so excited and yet it seams unreal. This has been a 7 month journey for me and the surgery always seems so far in the future. Even with it being a little over 1 day away it seems so far. Tomorrow I am going to finish laundry, pack my hospital overnight bag, make sure the house is 100% in shape and get ready for the big day!

Hi Everyone! I am scheduled for July 10! I am self paying, so this process is going super fast for me.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you!

My surgery date is July 11th too. I see a few have posted about pre-op liquid diet. My doctor put me on a 1200 calorie diet. Why the difference?

My surgery date is July 11th too. I see a few have posted about pre-op liquid diet. My doctor put me on a 1200 calorie diet. Why the difference?

Liquid diet is mainly protein shakes and some add in fresh veggies. I am on something similar to you. I can eat up to 1100 calories on a high protein/low carb diet. Each surgeon is different so follow what yours recommends.

Going to sleep thinking today was easier than yesterday. Praying I don't dream of food/have nightmares of failing again tonight. This is such a mind game! Lol.

Pre-op diet day 3: here we go.

Im on day two. This is pretty tough. But I know we can do it. I was dreaming about eating a cheeseburger that had pineapple in it. Yuck!! Lol. I don't even like pineapple. No idea where that came from. Good luck:)

It is 12:05am so it is offically the day of my banding! Thank you all for letting me crash your July Forum lol:) I'll try to post after surgery tomorrow to let you all know how I'm doing.

It is 12:05am so it is offically the day of my banding! Thank you all for letting me crash your July Forum lol:) I'll try to post after surgery tomorrow to let you all know how I'm doing.

You are going to be great & do Great! Look forward to hearing about your procedure & Progress! Thanks for all your Encouragement!

Thanks Deb!

Good luck!

Can anyone recommend a good apple app for food tracking. I'm starting my 2 week diet today. I think I'll need some help.

I use the my fitness pal app on my iPhone. It's great!

I like spark people, I can find everything

lose it is wonderful also

Hello,

I just scheduled my surgery for July 22nd!!!

Ahh I'm so nervous but I know this will be an amazing journey for me.

All my life I have been overweight/unhealthy and now I am

Given the opportunity to changes my life for the better and I took this without a second thought.

I am looking through all the blogs and I really getting nervous about all of the lap band after affects.

Any advice is the post op really bad.

Hi Apples! I see you're surgeon is Dr. Choi... I just had mines done with him 5/30/13... He was great, my little incisions have healed beautifully... I'm actually surprised at how small most incisions were. The port one is about an inch and a half, but it's healing nicely as well.

Let me know how it goes for you!

Aimee