so did anyone cheat on the diet before surgery and what did you have?

i lost 12# pre surgery diet. my son who was banded the same day managed to eat a double bacon cheese burger seems like everyday. he had an easier time than me by far. someone else i know who was just banded was liquid only the last week. she had the easiest time ive heard of yet. lessons learned? probably diet reasonably for several weeks, then switch to liquid only the last few days.

Thanks kero so how are you doing? how long have you been on optifast? want to go out for dinner lol

good luck

Hey there - not so good I'm afraid. I am panicking and I cheated today. We don't have to do optifast, we are just told to put protein powder in milk or yogurt or water. I cheated today with a piece of pizza. It's depressing, tomorrow is a new day though and hopefully I'll behave myself. I did stop at one piece though, which is better than the usual 'whole' pizza. I hope my fatty liver doesn't get in the way!!

a piece of pizza. im jealous. i wouldnt beat ur self up. like u said, u stopped at one. once ur banded, pizza will be in one of ur many, i wish i could....lists. banding is not prison, but it definetly takes some getting used to. if thats all the cheating ur doing, sounds like ur doing great. like ive said, i got banded with my son the same day and his preband meals consisted of bacon double cheeseburgers. he did fine. i lost more weight staying pretty good, so i am happy and he is happy. now that he is banmded he is doing well also. kind of makes me wonder about prediet, but im happy i lost the extra weight and so will u. hang in there.