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squale    0

squale
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aaggghhhhh!

My banding is tomorrow 9:15 am, the doc has had me on Clear liquids for two days, and everything is looking like food. Does it get better? I have tomorrow after surgery and wed, thurs to be on Clear Liquids still. I am so hungry, I never knew what hunger pains were until now. Any suggestions....

Pat

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Mrs Husker    3

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Make sure you are getting in your Protein. I found that it does keep you feeling full longer. Best of luck tomorrow and praying for your speedy recovery.

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lizrbit    0

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squale, i wholeheartedly agree. if you pick up protien shakes it will HELP WITH THE HUNGER BIGTIME. slimfast extra protien, adkins advantage, any of them. Isopure rocks but you gotta get those at a GNC. sleep if you have to to get through the worse if it just wont go away.

I found butterball chicken broth, when i closed my eyes, sorta tastes like KFC, if you have a great imagination. You will get through this, and once you do it will suprise you how easilly it was in hindsight!

get you some protien shakes and it will help seriously! (plus they will be good to have on hand if you need a day or two on them after your banding)

GOOD LUCK!!!

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momlambert    77

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Hi Pat, Protein shakes are your friend right now. Congrats on getting banded.

Yes, Protein is great but be sure you can drink it after your surgery. I was on clear liquids for a week after surgery and the only clear protein was Isopure, which I ordered on the Internet. It's delicious and I still have it every day--now with milk since I'm on full liquids.

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neveragain    9

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Maybe it's just me, but Isopure has a vile aftertaste to it. hahaha. Naturally, though, I stocked up on them pre-op, so I have quite a few left. Bottoms up! lol.

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momlambert    77

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Maybe it's just me, but Isopure has a vile aftertaste to it. hahaha. Naturally, though, I stocked up on them pre-op, so I have quite a few left. Bottoms up! lol.

Hmmm. I use the powdered Isopure Protein powder--sometimes with Water when I have to be on clear liquids (least favorite way) and other times with milk--I like it that way. Sometimes I add a banana to my Bullet or fresh strawberries or sugar free, fat free ice cream--tastes like a vanilla or chocolate malt to me. Since you said you stocked up "on them," I'm thinking you have a different Isopure product. Well, to each his own! Find something that works and stick with it. Karen

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purplemonkey    1

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Those few days before surgery was when I really had my second thoughts. I was so hungry and grumpy. It was horrible. I don't know how y'all do it when you have the pre-op diet that goes for weeks. My attitude changed right after the surgery, and I am so happy that I made the right decision!

Good Luck!

Virginia

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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

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        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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