Hi!! Is anyone getting banded in August? I'm getting banded August 1st. Maybe we can share our stories & successes and be there for each other if needed. Thanks!! Good luck to all!!

I'm trying to start the same diet your on! I'm really having a hard time with it! Truth be told I haven't made threw one day yet which scares me! I just told my family I'm only having liquid's for dinner and for the rest of the night.

I've been reading that beside's the fact doctor's usually want you to lose weight because it shrink's the liver but, it's also a test to see if the band going to work for you or not....people you can lose weight before the band are much more sucessful then those who don't. And I so badly want to be one of the one's to suceed!!!!

Edited July 15, 200818 yr by cutiew/booty

Vegas when did you start your diet? My surgery is in 3 weeks and I need to lose 8 more lbs.

Well done Vegasgirl44! Hearing that you're doing so well gives me that shot of motivation I need! You're doing great!

Posted the same time as you cutiew. I agree I keep telling myself that if I can do this, life after the band will be a breeze surely! I cheated too yesterday and had a handful of potato crisps that my son was eating. Felt awful about it after so won't be doing that again. Esp when it didn't make me feel any less hungry!

Edited July 15, 200818 yr by lellow

I actually started yesterday. I can't believe I lost 4 lbs in ONE day! And day before, I only had a steak dinner. I've been weighing the same for weeks and it only took 1 day. If I had known this, maybe I would have tried it sooner. I haven't really gotten hungry yet. What I'm scared of is if I get bored. But I was home all day yesterday and was determined. Today I was at work and busy and drank water all day. For lunch, I just took a Slimfast low carb shake with 20 proteins. I think it's definitely the high protein that keeps me full. But I saw a commercial for some wheat bread, and then I kept dreaming of toasted wheat bread with lots of butter on it. LOL!:crying::smile2: Then I just think about why I'm doing this and I think, dang it!, I'm gonna do it, and so can you guys!:confused_smile:

Your too funny! Well congrats making it threw day two, to me that's a really big deal!

Lellow I know what you mean about the junk food, I also fill worse after I eat it.....Why do we do that to ourselves? I don't get it!

I know. I feel like a complete loser for giving in and having some :tt1:. But I also know that the hunger worked against me, which is why I can't wait to get my band. Hunger has always been my enemy, and I'm hoping the band will be the weapon against my enemy.

If I could do this by managing my hunger then I wouldn't need the band. The hunger is terrible to live with long term. You might be able to for a while, but very few people have the kind of willpower to live with it forever. So if there is something that will help with the hunger, why not arm yourself with that weapon?

My dad, when I told him about the surgery, said you don't need surgery, just eat less, as though if it were that easy, I wouldn't have done it by now. :tongue_smilie:

Wow - what a powerful group of great people! So proud to be a part of it... I can see a whole lot of new friendships coming out of this - not to mention a whole world of support!

AND I have tried my hand at adding a sparklie... let's see how I made out! LOVE our name...

:tongue_smilie:

Oooooooo - it's real pretty!!!

Edited July 15, 200818 yr by Sask Patient

The hunger is what gets me too. I hate the feeling of it!

Well, I'm proud to say that I made it from about 1:30 this afternoon to now 12:30am on just liquids, plus I went for a bike ride! A small stepping stone(: I can't wait to have my band....Can you believe I was supposed to have gotten mine July 21st which would have been next Monday! But, I waited because were going on Vacation the last week of July. Well, I'm off to bed.

Ok a couple of you have stars in your banner. How did you do it? It's really cute!

Great work cutie! I had my one solid meal of the day at 12 noon and this time yesterday (almost 4pm) was wanting to gnaw my arm off with hunger, but today am doing okay drinking lots of water and keeping distracted.

We can do it!

Sask, love your sparkly banner! I've been playing with mine on and off all day trying to find the perfect one.

My dad, when I told him about the surgery, said you don't need surgery, just eat less, as though if it were that easy, I wouldn't have done it by now. :tongue_smilie:

My dad said the same thing! Frustrating isn't it?

LOL at the rocking back and forth in the corner also. :tt1:

Cutie - When I make my Smoothies I use the protein powder the surgeon gave me (strawberry), a 1/2 container of flavored fat free yogurt (Strawberry Cheesecake) , 1/2 a banana and 8 oz. skim milk and ice. I got a little smoothie mixer at Walmart that is great! It is yummy!

Have any of you tried the Swanson canned chicken? It is yummy! Pure protein also. That is what I eat for lunch everyday. I've heard it comes in handy after banding also.

Cutie, Sask, and all!

I noticed in another posting somewhere that someone had used the same banner site and gotten STARS with the words! And I was like, how did they do that. So, I started playing around with the fonts and realized that only certain fonts allow asterisks and at least one of them puts them as real STARS. I forget which one, but if you are willing to change your font, put an asterisk before and after the name, you get real stars. And I used a - mark, but I think it came up as a star instead. Weird, but cool. Sask, welcome to the group. We've only been chatting a few days, but we are already tight and we don't even know each other's real names. LOL!

Figpuddin, that is exactly the way I made my protein smoothie last night, except I used Boston Cream Pie ff yogurt with Chocolate mix. Hey! it's the only kind I had in the fridge. Wasn't too bad. LOL! Later!

That's funny - I had boston cream pie w/ chocolate this morning! Genius minds.....:tongue_smilie:

Ok guys... woke up really scared in fact went to sleep the same way... What if I can't do it...all of you are on the pre-surgery diet and I don't have to do one... only the day before surgery... Maybe I am making the wrong decision... I love food... let me rephrase that I LOVE FOOD!so scared please help:eek:

Hi! It is totally natural to be scared. I am scared to death. I love food and associate it with all the fun things in life. Just remember why you are doing this and also you can still have good food down the road - just smaller quantities of it. Be scared all you want - you are allowed. :tongue_smilie: