Those of you who have already started your liquid diets.....how do you manage to cook real food for your family while being subjected to yucky shakes? I need tips so I don't cheat, my diet starts tomorrow. Thanks and good luck!

Grey, Don't beat yourself up! It will be ok, just try your best to stay away from the food. That is why I started June Bug fishin' :smile: It kept my mind and hands busy. :thumbup: At least part if the time. Your band date is right here now!

I will keep you in good thoughts! I know yu will be fine!:thumbup:

In about a week your hunger will be a thing of the past! Mine is! I have to remind myself to drink my protein now. I was so hungry right after surgery, but that soon left and I can actually only eat half of a sf popsicle now! I have never thrown food away in my life! :crying:Even when I was very sick! :ohmy:

I am down a lot since my pre-op appointment and go for my post op on Friday!

Keep thinking about the cute little girl that will emerge! :tongue2:

Thank you so much Cathy :tongue2:

That is the truth about looking forward to the future. I want to look like my avatar since the haircut alone isn't enough.

Friday seems AGES away. On the good news from I have thinned down a bit for sure, trousers feel better. And I am sleeping better and have generally felt better all over in lots of different ways. Imagine how I will feel in 100 pounds. WATCH OUT WORLD!

I wouldn't worry too much about a few slip-ups either, I actually did cheat twice on the pre-op diet. I did well on it though, I lost thirteen pounds in the two weeks before my surgery, but on the actual day of my surgery they didn't even weigh me! All of that hard work and they didn't even check to see if I'd lost anything! I have been sticking to the post-op diet though.....I don't even want to cheat now. I'm too afraid I'll do something wrong, so I've been doing it by the book. My first post-op appointment is on the 26th, so maybe I'll really suprise them! Anyway, don't worry about it too much and good luck!