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That's grinding my TEETH. btw

lmao

Good thing you clarified that....'cause ya just KNOW that Argon and Cloe would have had a field day with THAT one!!!

*grinz*

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Hi..I had my surgery on July 18th as well. I find myself hungrier....well, I can eat more at a time right now. I moved myself onto tuna fish. It's a soft/mushy....and it's Protein. My body hasn't had any effects from any food. I'm not allowed any milk/sugar..so I can't do the carnation Breakfast. What other "concoctions" have you done? I'm supposed to be on a liquid diet for a month to help with the weight loss..but that gets hard and boring real quick..plus I was on a liquid diet 10 days prior to surgery. Hope everything is going well with you and you're feeling better. Are you still tender where the port is? Hope we can keep in touch! Take care!

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Am I the only one who had to spend 3 wks on opti-fast & green veggies ? Black tea or coffee , but nothing else! {Did I fall off ? YES ! } Not terribly but now that I'm into my last week the guilt is beginning to get to me ! Sure hope I haven't screwed anything up!

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Nope, you're not the only one, by FAR! (except I only had 2 weeks, but barely any veggies)

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Katiegirl, I am on day 5 of a 2-week, CLEAR liquid ONLY pre-op diet and it is for the birds! There are very few options and I am getting sick of them. I hate this taste in my mouth too, I want something to chew! I hate to complain, but around this time of the day, it starts to get on my nerves. Good luck to you!

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It's Got To Go: My heart goes out to you, but I have to admit that it feels kind of nice to know that u are going through this with me! Now when I get that urge to cheat I will think of you !

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Kattiegirl, your not the only one......I had to do opti-crap for 3 week too!!

If I can do it, so can you!!

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Cloe I meant your avtar!! I was not sitting at the computer halucinating lambies!!

Hope all your babies are well.

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I am having my lap band in 2 weeks and the doctor never put me on a liquid diet nor is he going to. I weigh 327 lbs now....does everyone go on a liquid diet before surgery?

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susoue

No No I was on the yogurt cottage cheese one . It depends on your doc. I was told also by some that up until a few years ago, they didn't have a special diet at all. The though is for those that need it, that the special diet shrinks your liver to make the laproscopic surgery easier. Your doctor has met you and you have their instructions, so not to worry. Best wishes for your surgery and a speedy recovery.

kim

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Susoue, depends on the doctor, some of us had to do Optifast for a two or three week period, some had to do yogurt and cottage cheese. Not every doctor works the same.

Where are you been banded?.

Maria:)

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      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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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      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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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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