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the best me
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Hello and Welcome! You have a great band date are in in very good company here! Help yourself to all the great resources in all the old threads, there is much to read here!

There are also quite a few other Aussie's on the board here. I'm sure they will show up here to say hello to you. Thanks for the intro, and keep us posted on your bad experiences!! Again, welcome! :)

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one too many    1

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Hello there Sandraann..Iam from Perth and was banded last Wednesday .I felt pretty crap when I came around but every day 100% better than the day befor.5kgs gone since already in 5 days.Try the Velish Soups they are wonderful and go down just right.All the best.You have made a great choice.

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I haven't had a problem at all with those Soups they seem to go down really well.I haven't been a guts and have only had about 4 table spoons at any one time.They are tasty and any little bits that are a little thick I have just really quash in my mouth.Ski yogurts are good too.low fat .I tried Asain Soup sweet corn and chicken but that I thought isn't quiet right as the corn is still whole and a little tough.So give it a wide birth in your first week.Campbells is the brand I think fro the Asain soups very tasty most likely good for a couple of weeks time.

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sandraann    0

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i bought some velish today and the ski liquid yoghurt, havnt tried that one but think it is quite thin,5kg is great cant wait till monday

sandra...........

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you know in the next few weeks have what you like as by the time I was banded I had had just about every takeaway and was so over food it has done me some good.My girlfriend cried straight after having her band as you will find every 2nd advert is for take away and every3rd for some sort of diet.By the time you have have this done you will be so over all that crap and onto a new style of life.One which you know one day you will be

slimmer and more confident of yourself.

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Janette    0

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Hi - good luck with your band. I had mine put in on Tuesday morning and have the most dreadful wind. I'm sure I drank my Soup too quick. Otherwise, the stay in hospital was great and got to compare war wounds with the lady in the next bed, who had her's in just before me.

I'm getting sick of jelly, but at least I can get my teeth into it!!

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Hi - good luck with your band. I had mine put in on Tuesday morning and have the most dreadful wind. I'm sure I drank my Soup too quick. Otherwise, the stay in hospital was great and got to compare war wounds with the lady in the next bed, who had her's in just before me.

I'm getting sick of jelly, but at least I can get my teeth into 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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        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.

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        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.

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