Ok, so today was SUPPOSED to be my first day of pre-op diet.......I had my two shakes, the second one at around 1 and had to wait until 6 to eat(that's when I feed the kids). I sat them down and sat with them (we always eat as a family, together...that will never change, it is too important to both my husband and I) I was doing fine.....fine.......fine........then, the smell of the BBQ chicken just grabbed me! The kids finished, and left some on their plates. I took their plates to the kitchen...I'm still doing fine......and I before I knew it, the scraps were in my stomach! For the love of all that is Holy! What is wrong with me! I can't make one day!~:wink:

Frustrated,

Amy

Amy - I can so understand what happened as it has happened to all of us even prior to banding. We snack without even realizing it. I am not banded yet - on the 25th - and my doc does not require a liquid diet prior to surgery. I have thought about what I will do after surgery when I have been on liquids and feel the need for something to chew on and have decided to keep gum in my mouth during times that might be tempting. If I am going to be tempted to eat something, it will require that I remove the gum from my mouth and this may give me that second or two to stop myself. Don't worry. You will get through this. Saleel22 gave me some great advice. "Read every thing on here as it does help." You can do this! Good luck. When is your surgery?

Karen

Heard -- read on these boards that gum is a NO NO after the band.

Makes sense as if you accidently swallow it it would cause you to be stuck.

Ask your doc about gum.

I still chew gum,but I am very careful.

yes - be careful with gum after the band! I still chew some a little bit but only half a piece and only until the flavor is gone. I carry breath mints now :wink:

But before the band it is very effective to stop snacking! Especially when you are cooking or cleaning up the kitchen - pop a piece of gum in. Whatever you are wanting won't taste good with a fresh minty mouth :tongue:

Amy - I can so understand what happened as it has happened to all of us even prior to banding. We snack without even realizing it. I am not banded yet - on the 25th - and my doc does not require a liquid diet prior to surgery. I have thought about what I will do after surgery when I have been on liquids and feel the need for something to chew on and have decided to keep gum in my mouth during times that might be tempting. If I am going to be tempted to eat something, it will require that I remove the gum from my mouth and this may give me that second or two to stop myself. Don't worry. You will get through this. Saleel22 gave me some great advice. "Read every thing on here as it does help." You can do this! Good luck. When is your surgery?

Karen

My surgery is actually the same day as yours! Yea

Here is my dirty little secret. Here it was saturday, surgery in two days. For my last meal I had a big, juicy, steak. Seriously though, try your best to loose before the surgery. Im down 18lbs and my surgery was a week from Monday 12/31/07. But it's always been my feeling that you should never NEVER feel deprived. We didn't want to go insane, we wanted to get healthier. If you crave something, eat it, but just a sample goes a long way. Then again, I am new here.