Hello everyone! I had my surgery on 11/13/08 at Cedars Sinai. Everything went fine, I was never anxious going into surgery but right after wondered if I had done the right thing? Sunday was my hardest day, there were fires in my city and got little sleep. It was also very difficult to see my family eat. I am on clear liquids for 3 weeks with the exception of milk for my protein drinks. I must take in 75 grams of protein a day and 8 glasses of water. The social worker said it takes 21 days to break an old habit and be retrained, I wonder if that's why cedars uses a 3 week clear. Your brain is funny, I can't even say I'm hungry, but I think I miss the fact of chewing food. I'm not even craving anything bad, I do want salmon or split pea soup. For me,the epiphany came when I realized everything you put into your mouth counts. How many thin people do we know that diet? They are thin because they work at it. I plan to succeed, I plan to loose weight and live a healthier lifestyle. So on my depressing Sunday, they happen to show the 890lb 29 year old women who had gastric bypass and died 3 days later due to a heart attack. That show was a reminder of why I had surgery and why I must make healthier choices. I was 216 preop,not sure how much I currently weigh. But I feel almost all of us who are overweight got here by our choices and now the ball is back in our court.

Good luck to all you november bandsters!

Thanks for listening to my babbling.:rolleyes2:

Congrats on your surgery!

I too was watching the show about that poor girl and knew I had done the right thing at that point. I am one week post op and have been losing on a liquid diet (two weeks here). I want to be healthy and watching that show gave me that much more motivation.

I craved french fries the other night. My family was eating them. They smelled SOOOOOOOOOOO good. I quietly went into the bedroom, got a dab of Vicks and put it under my nose. Instant-Odor-Be-Gone! No more craving!

Put that one in your bag of tricks and it may help on a rough day. It's helping on mine!

Congrats again and welcome to bandster land!

I quietly went into the bedroom, got a dab of Vicks and put it under my nose. Instant-Odor-Be-Gone! No more craving!

That is GENIUS!:rolleyes2: