Hello,

I'm Courtney from the middle Georgia area. I weight 306 pounds and I am 5 feet 6. I will be banded 7/11/13!!!! I am starting the Sugar Busters Diet tomorrow as prescribed by my surgeon Dr. Bagnato in Macon, Ga. I only need 2 weeks of it but since I have gained 7 pounds eating everything I have ever wanted as a "good bye" to food fest I am starting early. I will be taking a month off work afterwards and am having a hiatal hernia repaired. I'm nervous oh and my port is going up by my left underarm not my belly. My surgeon does this for everyone. I got approved for insurance by showing 5 years of morbid obesity and that was it!!! I know God had this for me the whole time!!! Now my out of pocket is kind of high the hospital will charge me $2500 and the doctor $600 AFTER my deductible of $2500 is met!!!! I worked out a payment plan for the hospital. I have 2 kids, 17 and 4. I want to be AWESOME when my son graduates next year in 2014 and enjoy his cruise he picked out. I have a wedding to attend the end of August. Any suggestions on what I will be able to eat? Please, I don't want to throw up at the dinner table!!! Oh, and good bye to Diet Pepsi will be very hard for me!!! My goal is to weight 190 to 175. I'm not trying to be a super model and I'm ok with 190! Look forward to hearing from anyone as I will need some help!!! Thank you and God bless!

First off you really don't need a good bye food fest because you will be eating food again. You'll most likely be on clear liquids after surgery, then full liquids, then mushy stage and then solids. You will be eating food only less, a lot less. A cupful of food per meal is the standard. If you read through these threads you'll see Mis73 (Missy), she has lost 200 lbs and counts calories and measure her food. Check her out because your doctor is your best advisor but Missy is amazing and I've learned a lot from her posts.

Best of luck to you!

Thank you! Yes, Mis73 is like the lap band guru!!!! I enjoy her posts!