Well folks this is it i guess. Lat night of eating, gorging etc before my cottage cheese and yogurt....yech! actually I did not gorge as much aI was planning. I was completly embarrassed tonight when I went out togeta scale as the one I have doesn't go that far. He went on it 6times saying nothing was wrong with it, and yet I said it doesn't work and then finally had to say look I am obviously fatter than what the scale goes to, and I was soo humiliated. We were going to go to the manadrin tonight but we have been fighting all day and I am exhausted. I jsut can't deal with this relationship and this lap band thing too. How do I gather up the strength to do it? I mean you guys are or hve done it and I am scared crapless. I wil try to do the cottage cheese thing , but can I, if I have never stuck with anything in my life?

So tomorrow I will get weighed, take my measurements, throw up after what i see I guess...and hopefully get on and get through it.

Please don;t leave me folks I am going to need you for a bit. thanks

YOU CAN DO IT! YOU CAN DO IT! YOU CAN DO IT!

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Kim, honestly you can do this!!!! It just may be not as hard as you think. It's only two weeks! If you go back now and quit, where will you be in a few months. Collect some strength, from yourself, from us, from wherever and do this. In two weeks it gets alot easier with the surgery behind you. You can do this! P.S. I had to lose about 20 lbs before my scale worked, so I know what you mean about humiliating. But.........................YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!:tea:

You'll get through it....do this for you and never ever let that thought out of your mind. You CAN do it. Good luck to you and don't worry, we're here for you :tea:

I know things seem hopeless right now (God knows we've ALL been there), but I promise you that you'll feel a sense of peace after your surgery, just knowing you have REAL help with your weight loss efforts makes a world of difference. It's really hard for me to describe how it feels for me, it's almost like it gives me the strength to keep going and try and stay away from all the garbage I love to eat. I feel restriction now after my second fill, it's so weird to eat so little and feel so full. It's like a miracle, literally. I had my surgery at the TLBC and went through the cottage cheese/yogurt diet as well. The first couple of days were hard but you'll get used to it and you'll make it. You're worth it, you can do it..once your weight loss begins you'll feel SO much better, I promise. GO FOR IT!!!

I just recently got a number weight for the first time in a long time. It is so nice to know that I no longer weigh Error. I haven't had my band yet, and have been doing this HORRIBLE liquid diet that I hate. But I am losing weight, and I know that the surgery has much less complications if you shrink your liver.

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!! If I can, you can. Keep your head up!

I was just banded yeterday.. IT IS SO WORTH THE TWO WEEKS!! I am so excited.... You can do THIS!! don't think if it as two weeks of this think of it as 1 day of cottage cheese that you have to do 14 times... Take it one day at a time.... It will be over before you know it.. Good luck and if you feel weak let us know and we will all (((SLAP)))) you back.. LOL

You can do it!

I echo what everyone else has said. You have it in you Kim.

That is what my advice has been several times....do not think of it as two weeks of yog./cott. ch. It will kill you. Just get through each meal. Think of each meal ONLY....eventually 2 weeks will have passed.

GOODLUCK....the positive thing is that your journey has started!!!

Girl,

You can do this and in a couple of weeks you will be like, that was soooo easy. I had no idea how quick the time would fly by and look at all the weight I've lost. You'll be passing us all by and giving us advice.

Good luck and we will all be here for you in whatever you need.

Wow you guys are amazing and sooooooo supportive, Ya know what ? i ate last night, the night before my cottage cheese /yogurt smorgasborg begins and I planned to eat boatloads, but I couldnt. I mean, I ate as much perhaps as two people but what the hey, it was good for me. Okay so I took your advice. I bought another csale. it didn't read TILT this time. So here goes I am 5'9 " and I now eigh 320 lbs...THERE I SAID IT and ya knwo what I have NEVER told anyone that. no one, I even refuse to get weighed by the skinny little nurse at the docs office. Just being able to tel someone that is huge for me.

I took my measuremnts,,and the frigging tape wasn;t big enough for my hips...lol but aren't I in proportion when my hips are 12 inches more than

my bust? Problem is my wast is only two inches smaller than my boobs.

So here it begins i guess , now this is a stupid question but I was never told by the TBLC folks gow much cottage cheesesand yogurt I am supposed to eat??????? I mean a 1/3 cup is 130 calories , isn't that stupid? i could eat a small chocolate for that amount:heh: . ( I won't) So I bought loads of crystal light too and it begin. I am stil brain dead re thre ticker thing and a very nice person sent me the instructions and everything, sooountil I fugure it out, I will just write it.

So thankyou, Wow normally best froends take forever to get to know etc,,but you guys have been such a safe place for me and I am grateful. Luv ya...lol and we haven't even had sex!!! Joking, I like men too much.

WTG Kim! Good Attitude! Hey I was only 5'5" and was 347 lbs:omg: . Keep up the good attitude. Be a good girl and eat up that cottage cheese....................................................hey, I like cottage cheese:confused: (but then again, I had Dr. Cobourn so I didn't have to do 2 weeks of it). Go Kim, Go Kim, Go Kim!!!!!!

GREAT start Kim!!!

I pretty much ate as much yogurt as I wanted to (remember, I don't like cot. cheese so I didn't even touch it!). You'll be surprised....you won't eat as much as you think before you feel full. I could never really eat more than a cup at a sitting.

Yup...and drink drink drink....cyrstal light is great; my fave is rasp/cranberry

well cran berry/rasperrry crystal light. I only so far like the lime, maybe I can be adventurous lol like I have now gone from sushi, etc to crystal light flavours yaa haw you guys are hilarious, who needs t.v?Cloe you are roughly my weight so I am now feeling not so alone thankyou for telling me and your overwhelming support is so important to me. can you guys tel lI could never be a secretary my typing sucks!

Kim, I don't want to freak you out, but don't be surprised if you get a headache either tommorow or the next day. It only lasts a day, just take tylenol and go to bed if you can, it won't last long. And if your lucky, it won't happen at all:)

Kimmason-

Don't feel bad, I am 5'9 and just got down from 350! So I know how you feel!

Kim, I don't want to freak you out, but don't be surprised if you get a headache either tommorow or the next day. It only lasts a day, just take tylenol and go to bed if you can, it won't last long. And if your lucky, it won't happen at all:)

I've been having headaches every day for a week now! I can't tell what its from - I do get migranes, but not daily - maybe 1-2 times a month. Ever since Atkins this last week I have a headaches all day. Anyone else? I was told no tylenol or ibuprophen before surgery so I hope it stops!

okay sbmorgaine are we being banded at the same time,,august 10th or so?? Are you having it attheTBLC or in Mississauga?

I just ate the large conatiner of yogurt, went down like BUDDER...lol. So how are you guys losing weight before surgery when I am hungry, am I supposed to eat like little yogurts? I didn't get an amount.

Thaks also for the headache info,..lol I look forward toit...NOT. maybe I am eating so much yogurt, it won't happen.

So, heres one, does everyone have to eat different special diets before surgery?