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I have to laugh at the picture cropping thing. My sister uses markers to change her pictures and make herself look thinner. Sometimes she changes what she is wearing to black with the marker so she can blend in with the shadows. LOL! So here is to never having to crop a picture, put your kids infront of you, or stand in the back to hide your body!!!<br /> <br /> Make sure all of you get your digital cameras out and take a before picture so you can see how far you will go. You can print out the picture, hide it in your underwear drawer and destroy the negative by erasing them off the camera. I love to look at the before and after pics on this website . . truly inspirational!<br /> <br /> Anyone come up with a good May gang name yet?

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I am getting really excited! My date is the 17th in Dallas. I have a bit longer to wait than the rest of you. Can someone tell me how to set up my ticker. It keeps telling me it has failed..........I start my pre-op diet of no sugar or bread on the 2nd. Nothing tastes as good as thin feels, right?

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I'm getting a band on May 14th. I'm excited but nervous at the same time. I would appreciate any suggestions or advice on what I should be doing to prepare for my band.

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Nothing tastes as good as thin feels, right?

 

That's right honey!!!

 

Can someone tell me how to set up my ticker. It keeps telling me it has failed
Did you go to tickerfactory.com and pick out your ticker things and get all the way to the end where it gives you the html? If so, copy that into your signature on LBT (go to User CP at the top). If this is too vague, say so and I'll elaborate!

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(April Bandster peeking in) I felt the same way.. relief and a light at the end of the tunnel!!!! OH and I too have to be at the hospital by 5:30 a.m. :biggrin1: The upside to this is getting released early on Friday.

 

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

 

Hey Tracy, I am a Tracey too-with an 'e'. Cool that we have the same banding date! I am 40 bmi and hope to lose about 100lbs. (mommalee)

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HI everyone-just been reading all the great posts. May is just around the corner.....wow! I dont have any more meetings or appts until my surgery on the 3rd. I am getting ready to go on the pre-op liquid diet in few days. I found a vanilla protien drink at costco thats pretty tasty, UNLIKE the caramel and strawberry stuff I tasted at the pre-op seminar!

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It keeps telling me invalid file????????

 

You need to paste it into where it says 'your signature'. It's the big blank box that looks like a little text editor. Not into where it asks for a file or for a link. Then you go to the very bottom and click on the preview signature and you should be able to see how it'll look.

 

Let us know.

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Got it! I'm a little slow..............Thanks!

 

I am so excited about this journey. I have learned so much from this site already.

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I have learned so much from this site already.

 

yeah...like how to do a ticker!!! :biggrin1:

 

Got it! I'm a little slow
actually, i had to fiddle w/ it some before i figured it out too, so you're not alone. glad i could help.

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I start my pre-op diet on Monday in prep for my surgery on the 7th! Still have my pre-op class, pre-op testing & hospital registration, and pre-op doctor appointment to go. Add in a business trip to Vegas and it's gonna be a busy two weeks!

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I start my pre-op diet on Monday in prep for my surgery on the 7th! Still have my pre-op class, pre-op testing & hospital registration, and pre-op doctor appointment to go. Add in a business trip to Vegas and it's gonna be a busy two weeks!

NV Girl,

I'm the one who has Dr. Watson from the same center as yours. I enjoyed the pre-op class they gave. You'll get good, useful information and prescriptions for nausea and pain. I also liked the web site they gave us to use. I'm scheduling my lab work needed for the surgery on Monday for next week sometime and my surgery is on the 2nd! I'm excited too. :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: It makes the liquid diet all worth it.

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Hi there Uniqueone!

I've got the class on Tuesday. Originally scheduled for the 1st, but my boss informed me I have to be in Vegas, so Michelle was good enough to squeeze me into this weeks class.

Have you been using the protien shake stuff that they recommended? I've yet to try it yet.. how is it?

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NV GIRL!

Well, I've heard a lot of bad stuff about it, but, I like it!!! I mean it's just as good if not better than other stuff I've had like Slimfast, Medifast, etc. If you get the vanilla you can put cinnamon and butter buds in it and it tastes like cinnamon rolls..almost. I also put instant coffee in the chocolate sometimes.

All of those people at that center are wonderful. I can't believe anyplace could be any better. Not only are they really, really nice people but they all know what they're doing. We are LUCKY women!!!

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    • Alisa_S

      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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    • Alisa_S

      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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