My surgery is Nov 21st and I have been using a sugar scrub for a few weeks.

What's a sugar scrub?

I'm trying to learn to eat slower. It's not easy. Figured I'd better start now.

Mine is going to be Nov 18! I have been trying to eat slower as well, constrict portion size, sip water every 5-10 minutes. Trust me these are all not easy to do but it'll help to get into the routine for after surgery. I start my liquid diet Nov 1 so that'll help with getting in the zone right before surgery

I weaned off caffeine.

I get the feeling that eating and drinking slow will be much easier once we're healing from surgery and feeling very cautious. I've never been a great water drinker, but I'm going to have to get used to sipping slowly all day to get my fluids and protein via supplemental shakes.

I quit caffine and sugar before surgery, i still miss caffine. I wish .i had started exercising before surgery. I'm 3 1/2 mos post op and still havn't started. Luckily I've lost 70 pounds anyway!

* Cut way back on coffee

* Cut out all sodas

* Chewed much more and waited longer between bites

* Drank 64 ounces of Water daily

* Started moving more

* Reduced food to 1,200 - 1,400 calories (lost 11 pounds before the doc's pre-op diet)

It was all super-worth it. So glad I started "living like a WLS patient" before I was one.