Hello Everyone.... My name is Penny; 29 yrs old and will be banded on Wednesday, July 10th at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. I am currently on my 2 week Pre-op 800 calorie 2 Isopure shakes & a small meal diet. I thought it would be harder but the heartburn is all I'm feeling. The annoying thing is that it's Summer. Birthday parties here, BBQ'S there; so the food & alcohol temptation is everywhere. A nice cup of ice Water with a twist of lemon is my drink of choice. FYI, if you have the ability to work out ex. Gym, walk, jog, run, bike ride etc drink your Protein shakes post work out. The sexy buff guy at GNC explained it helps out with the muscles. But little did he know we need it to shrink our liver for surgery and drop like 10lbs. Lol. Sorry for the long 1st post. I wish everyone a safe surgery & happy painless recovery. Feel free to contact me

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Hello Everyone.... My name is Penny; 29 yrs old and will be banded on Wednesday' date=' July 10th at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. I am currently on my 2 week Pre-op 800 calorie 2 Isopure shakes & a small meal diet. I thought it would be harder but the heartburn is all I'm feeling. The annoying thing is that it's Summer. Birthday parties here, BBQ'S there; so the food & alcohol temptation is everywhere. A nice cup of ice Water with a twist of lemon is my drink of choice. FYI, if you have the ability to work out ex. Gym, walk, jog, run, bike ride etc drink your Protein shakes post work out. The sexy buff guy at GNC explained it helps out with the muscles. But little did he know we need it to shrink our liver for surgery and drop like 10lbs. Lol. Sorry for the long 1st post. I wish everyone a safe surgery & happy painless recovery. Feel free to contact me

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I'm scheduled for July 5 ! You are not alone. I'm on 2 shakes and a meal too ! Day 6 for me and 9.5 lbs down . 5 more days... Hang in there

9.5lbs, that's awesome!! Great job!!! I'll follow this diet and work out and I'll weigh myself the day of surgery. Pls keep me posted.

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I am banded on the 11th - almost band twins

There is also another thread in the pre-op section with lots of ppl being banded in July (lots of diff diets - mine is close to yours - shakes to get me to 80g Protein plus .5 cup veggies, .5 cup fruit and .5 cup starch). There is also a July Bandsters club (link is further down in the group lists). Lots of places for support!

Hello Everyone.... My name is Penny; 29 yrs old and will be banded on Wednesday, July 10th at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. I am currently on my 2 week Pre-op 800 calorie 2 Isopure shakes & a small meal diet. I thought it would be harder but the heartburn is all I'm feeling. The annoying thing is that it's Summer. Birthday parties here, BBQ'S there; so the food & alcohol temptation is everywhere. A nice cup of ice Water with a twist of lemon is my drink of choice. FYI, if you have the ability to work out ex. Gym, walk, jog, run, bike ride etc drink your Protein shakes post work out. The sexy buff guy at GNC explained it helps out with the muscles. But little did he know we need it to shrink our liver for surgery and drop like 10lbs. Lol. Sorry for the long 1st post. I wish everyone a safe surgery & happy painless recovery. Feel free to contact me

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Welcome Penny. I'm across the East River from you...in the West Village. I was banded at NYU in January and have lost 70 lbs. so far. Congrats...it sounds like you are doing great so far and being banded in the summer means that you can walk around outside and do things to keep your mind occupied by being out of the house..

Surgery is the 22nd of July for me! 12 days after you! I'm excited! Start my pre op diet next week!

BEST WISHES TO ALL THE JULY BANDERS! (and everyone else before and after)

@aviva1979, "BAND TWINS" How cute.. no one around me has even thought about to WLS. I'm glad i can share our progress.

@gowalking, talk about long walks? My dog I think is mad at me. We are walking the whole neighborhood and he is acting he ran a marathon.

@cwalband, before the actual pre-op diet, I visited my favorite restaurants and drank yummy margaritas. Knowing that this will be the last time I can chow down my whole meal.

Since 4/18 (1st Consultation) I dropped 9 lbs. hooray

Hey Penny, we're "band twins"!! I'm on the 10th too! Super excited cuz my surgery was pushed back 2 weeks from the original date (june 28) so I'm definitely ready now. Been on the pre op diet for 3 weeks and haven't weighed myself yet but I definitely feel better! I usually do drink my shakes after a workout and idk about y'all but when I walk outside and it's this hot (103 today here) I drink water when I get back but am not in the mood for any food for at least an hour. I guess that's good!

Hello Everyone.... My name is Penny; 29 yrs old and will be banded on Wednesday, July 10th at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. I am currently on my 2 week Pre-op 800 calorie 2 Isopure shakes & a small meal diet. I thought it would be harder but the heartburn is all I'm feeling. The annoying thing is that it's Summer. Birthday parties here, BBQ'S there; so the food & alcohol temptation is everywhere. A nice cup of ice Water with a twist of lemon is my drink of choice. FYI, if you have the ability to work out ex. Gym, walk, jog, run, bike ride etc drink your Protein shakes post work out. The sexy buff guy at GNC explained it helps out with the muscles. But little did he know we need it to shrink our liver for surgery and drop like 10lbs. Lol. Sorry for the long 1st post. I wish everyone a safe surgery & happy painless recovery. Feel free to contact me

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Hello BklynPenny! My name is Adrienne and I am on Staten Island. I have a surgery date for July 25 at NYU Langone Medical Center. Although I have a surgery date I am going to check this week to see if it was approved. Temptation is everywhere especially in Brooklyn! !!! Keep me posted!!!

Hello BklynPenny! My name is Adrienne and I am on Staten Island. I have a surgery date for July 25 at NYU Langone Medical Center. Although I have a surgery date I am going to check this week to see if it was approved. Temptation is everywhere especially in Brooklyn! !!! Keep me posted!!!

Good luck Adrienne. I was also banded at NYU with Dr. Ren-Fielding.

Good luck Adrienne. I was also banded at NYU with Dr. Ren-Fielding.

Thank You! So far so good!!!

Hello Everyone.... My name is Penny; 29 yrs old and will be banded on Wednesday' date=' July 10th at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn. I am currently on my 2 week Pre-op 800 calorie 2 Isopure shakes & a small meal diet. I thought it would be harder but the heartburn is all I'm feeling. The annoying thing is that it's Summer. Birthday parties here, BBQ'S there; so the food & alcohol temptation is everywhere. A nice cup of ice Water with a twist of lemon is my drink of choice. FYI, if you have the ability to work out ex. Gym, walk, jog, run, bike ride etc drink your Protein shakes post work out. The sexy buff guy at GNC explained it helps out with the muscles. But little did he know we need it to shrink our liver for surgery and drop like 10lbs. Lol. Sorry for the long 1st post. I wish everyone a safe surgery & happy painless recovery. Feel free to contact me Sent from my SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 using LapBandTalk[/quote']

Hi Penny

I'm in July 9. I've been my pre op diet for 5 days. Lost 6 lbs. but I'm so jealous I know every doctor has a different diet but all I read on here is everyone can have a small meal. I can only have Protein Shakes and water or propel. But anyways I put myself in this situation so ill deal with it and move on. Every time I get in the scale I get very excited. Best if luck to you with your surgery. Please keep us posted in your progress.

I'm July 11th. I start my pre-op diet tomorrow. My dr told me to do the no whites diet. It's like the Atkins diet. I'm 5'9 and 240 pounds I'm looking forward to the new me.