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If you could give 1 piece of Pre-op advice, what would it be?

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Research all you can about the band and ask all the questions you need to before getting surgery. Remember this is a journey and there will be ups and downs.

Dont expect to lose weight until your band is properly adjusted, which could take a couple months.

It seems the most common theme I see among newly banded people is that they expected to lose weight from the start and that they did not know enough about the post-op phase diet and tend to make mistakes.

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    If you're on a preop diet, make believe you are already banded. It helps when you feel like you want to eat. I used to tell myself "I can't eat that, it could get stuck". I know it sounds crazy, but it really kept me on track. Lol! Also, really start paying attention now to when you are no longer hungry, it's amazing how little you really need to eat to get there.

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