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I'm another Feb 4... Pre-op appoint on Monday as well as start a liquid diet for the week. Nervous and excited!!

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Gotcha added Darcy! Welcome!!!

somaiswhat-February 4

mzpicoza-February 4

erin0929-February 4

Misscelia-February 4

DarcyA66-February 4

Rose333-February 6

Kat77-February 6

Spunkielor-February 6

Misty1976-February 6

Debbiebydesign-February 7

Br3n143-February 11

SoccerMomma73-February 11

rocky-February 11

Kellyk2511-Febrary 11

DreamInColor-February 12

lisaarellano-February 13

ArmyWife&Mom-February 14

karioke2012-February 14

Padlrd-February 14

Sleevemeup-February 14

Montage-February 15

feruzie-February 20

one day at a time-February 22

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 251, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 251

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I have my surgery scheduled for February 22. Little nervous but excited to start this chapter in my life.

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I got my previous op labs done today. I see my surgeon this Thursday and preregister for the hospital Friday the first. Then I will find out my surgery time for the 6th. I am so hungry. I can't wait to be over the surgery part and feel satisfied. Went to a really nice restaurant with the family and ordered fajitas, but just ate about 4 oz of chicken breast and about 1/2 cup of the grilled peppers and onions. I had to stare at the tortillas, rice, Beans, sour creme and guacamole. It sounded so good, but I have to get to 268 by Thursday and that is with clothes on at one in the afternoon. I am at 269.4 naked in the am....so I figure I need to loose 3 more lbs to get there. Just 12 and 1/2 days till surgery.....oh boy.....nervous.

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Welcome Luna!!!!

somaiswhat-February 4

mzpicoza-February 4

erin0929-February 4

Misscelia-February 4

DarcyA66-February 4

Rose333-February 6

Kat77-February 6

Spunkielor-February 6

Misty1976-February 6

Debbiebydesign-February 7

Br3n143-February 11

SoccerMomma73-February 11

rocky-February 11

Kellyk2511-Febrary 11

DreamInColor-February 12

lisaarellano-February 13

ArmyWife&Mom-February 14

karioke2012-February 14

Padlrd-February 14

Sleevemeup-February 14

Montage-February 15

feruzie-February 20

one day at a time-February 22

Lovely Luna-February 22

Love'n that are list is getting so long, love'n even more that we are getting so close!!!!!

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 251, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 251

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I have my surgery scheduled for February 22. Little nervous but excited to start this chapter in my life.

Finally! Someone with my date! Do excited and nervous! Wanna share info and guidance?

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Feb is almost here! I'm thinking we are all starving and dreaming of being healthy... Nervous, scared, and excited. Can't wait to hear from everyone and the adventures.

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I seem to be the lucky one..I have been able to eat whatever I want on the lean and green diet as long as I Iost the weight I needed to in order to schedule my date. I will do Clear Liquids the day before surgery and regular liquids with puddings etc. for 2 days before that...sounds like everyone else has a much more structured plan...not looking forward to the bottle of lemon magnesium citrate....ughhhh

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Me too! I can't wait to get the surgery out of the way and start recovering and getting on my way to a healthier me....hopefully with less pain in my life.....I hope this helps...it is the main purpose for me. I can't wait....just about a week and a half away....

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I seem to be the lucky one..I have been able to eat whatever I want on the lean and green diet as long as I Iost the weight I needed to in order to schedule my date. I will do clear liquids the day before surgery and regular liquids with puddings etc. for 2 days before that...sounds like everyone else has a much more structured plan...not looking forward to the bottle of lemon magnesium citrate....ughhhh

I have 2 weeks of shakes and zero calorie liquids (water, Jello, crystal light) then 1 day of clear liquids....the next 2 weeks I will be an irritable beast. That said, I don't have to do the bowel prep!!!!!! Woohoo!!!!!! (Although the shakes give me horrendous diarrhea, I probably wouldn't need a bowel prep :/

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 251, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 251

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I got my date of February 13. I'm so nervous to tell my hubby! He is still in denial.

I'm scheduled same day;) I'm so excited n def nervous!

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I'm scheduled same day;) I'm so excited n def nervous!

I told mine he is the same way he asked me today was I still doing it! Huh? Lol. Yes I am! It pissed me off when he said he thinks I should do it the regular way which is diet n exercise.

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Has anyone else hit a stand still with the prep op diet? I list 15lbs from day 1-5 and have stayed the same day 6 and 7. I hope this is normal? ? I'm on the Optifast Protein shakes only.

Typically. What you lose the Irish 3-4 days is mostly Fluid so that's why it's so dramatic at first, you're peeing all the extra your body is holding off. It does slo down after a couple days but stay the course and it will pick back up some, it likely won't be 15 pounds in 5 days though! Good luck! Ou or this!!!!

HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 251, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 251

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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
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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!

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

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