Now that I have a surgery date, I'm really trying to take steps that I know I'll have to make when I have surgery. One of them is not drinking the half an hour before or after I eat.

HOLY COW, it's hard!

What do you think will be the hardest thing for you?

That is definitely going to be my biggest challenge as well!

I agree! I plan to start not drinking while eating then add in the 30 minutes after. I feel like the before won't be as hard.

Chewing, you try chomping. and chomping the same bite repeatedly with dentures. Plus my throat etc tend to be dry so I also need extra moisture to swallow. Not as important maybe until I get back to sifts and solids.?

Not drinking while eating and remembering to eat slowly have been the biggest challenges for me. Best of luck!

The not eating and drinking is easier to overcome than you'd realize. Get yourself an 30 mins hourglass, having the physical item helps the process greatly!

Start the exercise habit now, I didn't do this when I had the band installed and it really made things exponentially harder, with my revision to bypass, I joined a gym and started going every day while I was still out of work, now it's become an easy habit to continue as I've had time to ensure it becomes part of my life and it's been one of the best things I could have done.

If you don't have a scale, get one that does body fat. Honestly, having this 1 extra measurement can save so much frustration and depression. It's almost every other day now that I either gain weight or just don't lose, *BUT* I'm dropping body fat. So even though I'm gaining *weight* I'm losing body fat, so I'm still on the right track and I know that what I'm doing is working, even if that weight number doesn't keep dropping. Inch for Inch, muscle weighs more than fat, so DO NOT obsess over 1 number!