I noticed a lot of people are struggling during their pre-op diets. Since I just found out my liver is enlarged, I will need to be extra strict on my pre-op diet to make it shrink as much as possible. So I thought of a way to avoid cheating during the pre-op diet.

My idea is to plan a huge last dinner party - with whichever family and friends who know you're doing the lap band and who support this decision (no naysayers!). Make it a big bash, you're celebrating your new journey, your new life. This will truly be your last huge meal ever (unless you get the band removed). Either have it in your favorite restaurant, or get take-out of your favorite foods from several restaurants and have a party at home. But the main ingredient is your support network! :teeth_smile:

I think that if my last pre-op meal were memorialized with a family celebration, I'd be less likely to then taint my pre-op liquid fast with any food. I'd truly want that meal to truly be my last pre-op food, so I could savor the memory of the love and support from my family who gathered together to support me, and who truly want me to regain my health. :wub:

In my case, I'm planning to have my mom, my husband, my kids, and whichever of my brothers could make it, and we'd go out to a restaurant. I'd get a hamburger deluxe with fries and onion rings, and a real coke. (nothing fancy - but my absolute fave.) And some dessert of course. :thumbup: I might even ask for bets or pledges on the amount of weight I lose in a certain time frame, and definitely we'd take pictures. Hopefully I would then want to burn those pictures a year later after losing 100 pounds!

If you think it's a good idea...

A.) Who would you invite?

B.) Where would you have it?

C.) What would you eat?

Edited July 28, 200817 yr by snapplegirl
Added the poll...

I had a nice quiet dinner with my husband the night before, and couldn't hardly eat anything due to nerves :0).

I suffered from last meal-itis before banding. I must have had thousands of last meals before the latest and greatest diet plans beginning the following . . . day, week, whatever. I am happy to be through with that. In fact, I have never been happier to say I am not having any more last meals :0).

I do think it is a good idea to Celebrate with your family before you take the plunge. It is a great way to rally support, and a good support system really helps to gear you up for success.

What a wonderful idea - I wish I had done that but I haven't told many people and those that I have shared with are too far away.

I would have to invite:

Ronald McDonald, Aunt Jemima, Col. Saunders, Mary Brown's, Captian Highliner and Long John Silver

I think that's a great idea! What a positive way to approach it, and your emphasis really seems to be on the love and support of your family, which is wonderful.

I never did get my last meal before surgery..... once I saw the surgeon it all happened so much faster than I anticipated, I had a surgery date for 2 weeks later and he wanted me to lose 10 pounds and I was scared I couldn't do it, so I just blew off the last meal. But.... like Heather said, I had so many "last meals" over the years before my next big diet, I can't even count them.

And truthfully, I've had a few pretty good meals since my surgery, but I didn't seem to enjoy them as much as I did before surgery. How could I not be drooling over my prime rib at Outback? I don't know.... but for the first time in my life, I just wasn't.

I only just got restriction last week and even now I probably could eat a pretty good meal if I really wanted to, but the band helps me not want to.

Good luck to you, you're going into it with a great attitude!