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barefoot53933    0

barefoot53933
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Hi I am a new member and this is my first thread I am doing. I have never done anything like this so I hope it is right. June 6 I start the liquid diet:D and June 20 I have the lap banding surgery:clap2: I can't wait I am so excited to get going on my new me!!! I am even excited about the liquid diet. This past weekend I spent lots of time reading and rereading the information that I received from the dietatin. Trying to plan ahead for how to get all the shakes in. I am concerned about the full feel when I am done with the liquid portion of the process. The only thing that totally freaks me out is throwing up!!!!:omg: I so don't want that to happen because I have heard and read that it is pretty violent. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

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allwright    0

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I had my band done 3/29/07. I am down 25lbs now. I had a good experience with my band surgery. I had small amount of pain(extra strength tylenol) did not fill pain script. I had and still have no vomiting. I stop when I fill full. Not 1 more bite as I too can not stand the thought of vomiting. I figure if I listen to my body it will warn me ahead of time. Now, I do understand that some people are nauseated by the medication from surgery. That is why we do not eat prior to surgery. Can't throw up what is not in there. Being careful and really listening to your body is my advise.

Hope this helped....good luck with your adventure.

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Throwing up is if you are eating too quickly and not chewing your food well enough. Be sure you chew, even when you get to your mushies to prepare yourself and chew until you get tired of chewing, then swallow. If you are a 10 minute eater like I was, you better begin to learn how to take your time and learn that also. You want to take at least 30 minutes to eat your meals.

Josephine

Good Luck to you.

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allwright    0

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You feel full!!! You just know that you should not take even one more bite. Listen to your body...it really will warn you!

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Iluvharleys    15

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Welcome to LBT and congrats on the surgery date! You'll find tons of information on here if you take the time to read it all! Good Luck!

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BadGirlinFL    0

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Congratulations on your surgery date!!

I am a new member too and looking forward to reaching the stage you are in.

Good Luck and keep us posted on your progress.

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barefoot53933    0

barefoot53933
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Well I had my first shake for breakfast!!! The vitiam is so yuck!!! Oh well ya gotta do what you gotta do. Meet the surgeon yesterday!! Great guy fast talker. Got weighed and I lost 5 pounds in about a month.

TTFN

Wendy

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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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      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

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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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