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This is my week - July 25th!



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I've been lurking for a few weeks and finally joined just now. So, hello! :)

I'm being banded on Thursday! My surgeon requires a 10-day liquid diet prior to surgery. It's been so hard, but I'm doing it. I've already lost 14 lbs during this liquid diet phase. My clothes are already getting loose and it's very encouraging. I haven't told many people IRL about choosing this path for myself. I'm really not ready to talk about it and don't know I'll ever be. Only my immediate family and my BFF know. I'll be turning here to talk with others going through the same thing. I look forward to getting to know you!

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Hi i will be band on the 30th..Everyone knows about my journey. The reason why i told everyone that's close to me because i wanted to know how each and every one of them felt about the process...If they said something neg. those are the ones i want to stay far away from..I only need positive people by my side along this journey.....

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I agree about the positive surroundings. I'm just not ready to tell people yet. I know my extended family will be supportive as my aunt had bypass 2 years ago and they were great with her. I think the hard thing will be when I go back to work and the people I interact with on a daily basis start to notice a weight loss.

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i look at it this way. i can be a example/inspiration to someone that is in the same shoes I'm in but don't have the courage to go forward like i have....i explain to everyone that i have been given a chance to correct some unhealth choices health wise that i have made in the pass...i was bless to be able to gain a tool (lapband) to help me correct the problem..regardless if i fail at this chance i can say i took the initiative to try and correct it...people is going to talk regardless if i do good or fail or if i tell them or not. but at the end of the day i can say I'm proud of my choice. i got a new lease on life and I'm going to use it to the best of my ability.

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      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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