Hello! I am scheduled for the 31st and will probably be going alone. If there is anyone else out there for around same time I'd love to chat. I am having such a hard time w/ the preop diet. keep telling myself it's still early and I will start it later... Agh!!! It's like the last supper syndrome a month early!

I am scheduled for 8/31 in upstate NY. I found out my surgery date a week ago and have wanted to eat everything in sight ever since! I had to lose 15# before I could have surgery, now I am afraid I will gain most of it back in the next month. I really need to get a grip on this!!

Hi ..........

Glad to see this thread. I'm having lap band on August 31st, too!

I'm in Springfield, Missouri.................just finished day 2 of the preop diet........and I must say, I'm really hungry!

But, we can do it, right!!!?

What kind of preop diet are you on? Once I lost the required 15# I didn' have any special diet, but am trying to be smart about what I eat.

For my preop (starting today) I'm doing Atkins. I could have done the Optisfast which is two shakes and a meal each day but that is just NOT enough for me to eat. I would rather eat all I want of low carb foods. This morning I had scrambled eggs smothered in cheese. Way better than a shake. Plus I am drinking the Atkins shakes as a snack. I know the preop is so hard especially since I am a SUGAR ADDICT!!!!! The thought of no cookies, ice cream, brownies, etc. is going to be so hard on me! What kind of diet are ya'll on?

No special diet restrictions for me, I needed to lose 15# preop, I have done that and finished all my appointments so I am on my own until surgery on 8/30. I had been doing well, had actually lost another 8#, but the last 2 days have seen me really backslide...I am trying to get my eating back under control, but the thought of 2 weeks of liquid diet postop has me wanting to eat everything in sight!

My surgery date is 8/31 also. I start a clear liquid diet Friday..did a trial run this weekend...but eat one small meal aday...I felt it was the head telling the stomach WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING!!!!!

My date is set for the 31st too, are you guys as nervous as I am???

Not feeling nervous yet, not about the surgery anyway, more about trying to plan and have the right things to drink and keep me satisfied post op!