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I am thinking about Lap Band surgery. One day I know it is right for me and the next day I wonder if I can do it. A liquid diet for 2 weeks! I'm not a planner and planning meals ahead of time is a little strange for me. I am 100 lbs overweight and know I need to lose but this is pretty drastic. I did try one of the Unjury Protein Shakes. Their pretty good. Any advise?

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Hi Sue :wave: Yep, this is a big decision! It's normal to go back and forth regarding the changes that must be made, should you choose surgery. What I'd advise first is to really research this procedure. Have you been to a seminar yet? I've read a lot of posts on here where a person is very close to their surgery date or even post op and they just don't understand the lapband "rules". I don't know if their surgeon's office was lax in preparing them or if they just weren't pro-active enough in understanding this tool. But, I really advise being pro-active. Do internet searches, read books, articles, find out the do's and don'ts of the band.

After all the research...make a list or pro's and con's. Read and re-read your list and take some time to decide if you're mentally, emotionally, and physically ready to make these changes.

No change comes without some kind of sacrifice. Only you can decide what you're willing to sacrifice in order to get healthy.

Best wishes in whatever you decide :confused:

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Welcome, Sue. I know what you mean. I lurked on this site for many months before making my decision. I actually went through a period of mourning anticipating my changed relationship with food!

I have no regrets.

All the best with your journey.

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Welcome to LBT! I was the same as you at first, and thought I would have to give up everything I loved to eat. I eat just about anything I want, just in smaller amounts.

I sat down and started reading all the threads on LBT, and learned so much from just doing that. I started to understand more about the band and what I could and couldn't do. That is how I made my final decision to be banded. I would suggest you take some time and start reading and see what you think.

Good Luck!

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Hi Sue, and welcome to LBT! I was not too thrilled when I heard about the liquid diet either. But, you know what, it really wasn't that bad. The first 3 days were tough, but once I got past them I was fine. Normally I have a rule that I only allow myself to get on the scale once a week. But, during the liquid diet, I got on the scale every day. It was a huge motivator seeing the pounds literally drop off every day while on the liquid diet. Plus, knowing my reward would be the band also really helped.

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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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