Ok so I have my surgery date of August 18th 2014, 2 week liquid diet starts on August 4th. Being that I will be forever changed after surgery plus starting a liquid diet,then my additional phases of food after surgery. I feel the need to indulge on some great foods for the last time ...in the capacity that I'm used too. Anyone feel the same way?? Also is it weird the nurse told me to gain some more pounds before my final weigh in this coming Wednesday?

Yes, it's weird the nurse told you to gain weight, especially since (as I recall) you're not low BMI.

Why do you think she said that?

Enjoy your food funeral. I'm over that stuff. Just read to get this show on the road.

Congratulations on your surgery date! That's my date too! Yes, we'll forever be changed! Although I haven't gone on extreme "mourning" food funeral times, I have indulged a bit more this past week because of the same reasoning. Also, my nurse had told me in the beginning to lose the weight, but not too much because insurance may have not approved it. I totally understand what you're going thru MzGee! I'm getting nervous about next Monday, so this week I will try to deal with my food funeral, one day at a time. Then I will try to leave one bite to tell it good bye and flush it down the sink with the garbage disposal running and I'll salute it! LOL I'm ready for this change! I'm 47 and my pain mgmt doc said I could be in a wheel chair in 5 to 10 years due to arthritis... I'm READY FOR THIS! We've GOT THIS!

Starting my 2 week pre-op diet tomorrow, so last weekend I held my food funerals. The weird thing was, I would be sooo looking forward to eating a particular favorite and then just a few bites into it, it just didn't taste that great anymore. Maybe I'm already changing?