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Well I'm sure as hell glad to know I'm not ready for the band. My DOCTOR had told me I was, but it seems the grammar teacher knows best. I didn't see the MD after her name either. I wonder destiny, if she never ever cheated...(Uh oh, did I speel dat rite?)

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I get the Kids Dannon Danimals yogurt smoothies. They have LESS sugar than the adult version and more Calcium. Plus, they have LESS calories. They do the trick for me. My doc also let me have sugar free sherbet that helped a bunch. I could have cream Soups, so I went to Panera and got broccoli Soup. I brought it home, pureed it and added a little milk to make it thinner. I also LOVE SF strawberry-kiwi Jello. My doc let me have SF pudding (dulce de leche is awesome!) and SF apple sauce (I buy organic, SF). And, if you are truly desperate, try taking chicken noodle soup, take out about 1/2 of the noodles and add either FF milk or a little Water and puree it. I can only have 2 oz of any calorie-rich foods at a time. I also got Simply juice in Orange and Grape and take 2 oz shots of those when I get hungry. It helps TREMENDOUSLY! Good luck!

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Hey UG,

How are you going, your question seems to have got lost in the discussion. How are you coping? Are you still hungry or have you found a solution? We are all different and what works for one person doesn't always work for another. Let us know how you are doing.

Danna

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I am doing well. Today was my first post-op appointment. My Doctor is advancing me to the pureed phase 1 week early!

What I used to get by was New-whey Protein shots (taste like a Jello shot), cream of mushroom Soup (with extra non-fat milk to make it thin), and SF Jello. I also found a Protein shake from Naked juice with 38g of Protein.< /p>

-UG

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I am doing well. Today was my first post-op appointment. My Doctor is advancing me to the pureed phase 1 week early!

What I used to get by was New-Whey Protein shots (taste like a Jello shot), cream of mushroom Soup (with extra non-fat milk to make it thin), and SF Jello. I also found a Protein shake from Naked juice with 38g of protein.

-UG

Great news about the mushies - so much more to choose from and so much more taste. Stick with it - not long now till you're back onto real food.

Danna

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I was banded 12/17/07 and am on liquids for a month. I have been doing 50grams of Protein in my shakes.... I got the Isopure at GNC it's wonderful. I have had some reg food here and there, boiled egg and so on. I have added in babyfood. It is easier for me than to puree stuff. I eat half of a 2.5 ounce container and it has no additives. I started adding that because I am tired of liquid mashed tatoes and Soups. broth works well! You can do it!

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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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      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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