Hey everyone. I'm having my surgery April 27th. I see a lot of people have to do their pre-op diets for 2 weeks but mine is only for 1 week. That means I have 2 more weeks of "pre" pre-op dieting to go. I haven't really made any changes yet but I do want to start pre-paring myself for some of the behavioral changes I'm going to have to make. For those of you who have been banded already, what did ou do prior to surgery to prepare yourself for the changes to come? What do you wish you'd better prepared yourself for? I know one major thing I'm going to have to work on in the next couple of weeks is weaning myself off diet soda. Any other advice?

Congrats to you! I am new here too-

For me- not having the ability to chew for pre=op was hard- I love soup and yogurt and thank god I was able to have them.

I am not a big water drinker but love tea- so switching to that was easy during the day- I could do without soda so that isnt a problem either- There are so many wonderful flavors of crystal light out there i just imagine it is kool aide- minus all the sugar and calories.....

The other big thing for me was not drinking while eating and actually not using a straw- I now take sanitzer with me when we go out (and did it pre op to prepar) to wipe down the cups unless I have my own. I just dont trust restaurant dishwashers....:eek:

Good luck- I have found such an overwhelming amount of support from here in such a short time-

lisa

Currently on my pre-diet... Giving up soda not going to be real hard... I gave up caffeine about a year ago so at least I didn't have to do that at the same time. Biggest thing for me is I miss the chew factor. I have been chewing alot of sugarless gum to cut the chewing craving. As far as preparing I was mentally prepared for the post diet but didn't know until 3 days prior to my first pre surgery diet day that it was going to occur... So It' been kinda BANG!!! treating it like I planned post surgery... Soon know surgery is early Wed morning..Welcome aboard...

I've been wondering about the pre-op preparations too. I have a really bad diet soda habit. Will the pre-op diet help prepare me for the post-op diet or will I just feel frustrated post-op?