So, I'm trying to do my pre pre op diet (six month diet) and have to lose 30 pounds in six weeks. The past two days I've tried to do a liquid diet and it's been harder than I anticipated. I was trying to do yard work yesterday and I was so crabby and light headed that I was yelling at my kids and it made me feel really bad. They were being pretty rambunctious but I made a totall @ss of myself to my sweet neighbors. Things like: "STOP THAT! KNOCK IT OFF! GROW A BRAIN!" :eek: I hate that out of control crabby feeling! I have never in my life talked to my kids like that let alone shout at them. They didn't seem to notice which is good but it still made me feel bad and I started to worry about life after the band :sad:

When you have the band and have good restriction do you still feel light headed and grumpy bear? Or do you just not feel hungry and go about your day like normal?

I do feel defeated because I totally cheated today and had fish sticks and my left over birthday cake. Needless to say I'm a pretty happy momma right now but I'm spinning my wheels if I don't get back on track.

Thanks for listening

I had that problem because I'm hypoglycemic and when my sugar is low I am EVIL. It was much better after I was banded because I had no appetite for the first 2-3 weeks. It gets better!

I feel for ya, i am a miserable SOB when i am overly hungry. But the good news is that it does get better. Try spacing your liquids or food out so that you can have something that you are permitted every two hours. That way you will not be ravenous and therefore tempted to grab something thats not so good for ya.

It will get easier as time goes on. My pre op diet was not as long as yours (just two weeks) but I had moments of irritability as well.

After you start gettign fills. It should get better. I have also started tracking my progress on youtube. I found a great support group there and it keeps me on track. If you get the chance feel free to visit. My channel is 2livesmart. I wish you all the best in your journey. Hang in there!

Lynell

Kelin- You know, that is probably my problem, waiting too long to eat and then wanting to eat a deep fried shetland pony! LOL

Lynell I would love to come and see your you tube, thanks!

A deep fried shetland pony... LOL... that is funny!!! I was a mess during my pre-op diet. It was "only" for 4 weeks, but I was either crying or screaming the whole time. I'm sure I was a little bit lonely because everyone was hiding from me :purplebananna:... not too fun to be around. Trying to get used to not having my best friend (food) around was scary and sad, and having to deal with my emotions without turning to food was hard. I remember posting and asking if anyone else was an emotional mess during their pre-op diet and it seemed to be very common. For me it has been MUCH better since my surgery. I am happier, feel so much better, and have learned that there are ways to deal with lifes ups and downs without always turning to food. Good luck to you..... it will get better. Take care. Becky

I am in week 3 of my preop diet and I can so relate, I am being banded next week. It does get easier, after a few days your body seems to get used to the new reality and does not complain as loudly. I am curious does your doctor require a liquid diet for 6 week or are you just doing it because of the amount of weight you need to lose first? I am doing 1200 calories a day and having good steady weight loss so I hope my doctor is pleased with that on surgery day. The last 3 days before surgery are full liquids.

Before my insurance will approve me I have to go on a six month doctor supervised diet and lose 10% of my body weight. I just found out that they will let me use my doctors appointment in February as the starting point but I gained 10 pounds in March because of stress so I have lost that but I still need to be down 10% of what I was in his office. The soonest I can submit my papers in July 3rd which is exciting but that also means that I can't mess around, I have to lose an average of five pounds a week to hit that goal.

No one really understands what I am going through right now. I keep hearing the "you'll never lose that much" and "its just not safe." I know more about all of that than anyone but in the long run it will help me out so I'm willing to try it.

Right now I'm doing the Master Cleanse for three days. Its only the afternoon of the first day and I'm already starving for Cheerios but Ihave to keep reminding myself that it's not going to be a picnic on the liquid diet either and at least I'm priming myself for what is up ahead.

I just pray that I don't have another melt down like I did a few days ago LOL.:redface:

Good luck, I know how hard it is to try and lose under the gun like that. Insurance sometimes does not make a lot of sense, but you are committed and that is half the battle. We will be sending positive thoughts your way.

I'm definitely one of those people who gets really grumpy when I'm very hungry (I call that point "the Danger Zone"). It hasn't really been a problem with the band, since I plan regular meals and the band does a lot to minimize hunger.

The only hard thing for me was that -- pretty shortly after I got my band, I was out of town for Christmas (staying at a hotel w/my mom, near my brother's house). My mom and I planned a day for just the two of us, and we both took a long time getting up & out of the hotel. What I SHOULD have done was to eat a bite of something while we were getting ready. Instead, I had to just keep quiet because I was in a FOUL mood until we finally got to the restaurant.

What I find with the band is that, when I'm hungry, I'm REALLY hungry (though not quite in the Danger Zone) because I'm totally empty! However, I've had to learn not to say how hungry I am when I sit down to meals with people who don't know about the band, since I get totally full after just a few bites!

Hang in there! It's so much better once you're banded!

Catherine

I too was a mess pre-band. My poor family. :redface: I would have these huge mood swings. One minute I would be so angry I would swear my head was spinning around and the next I was sobbing. It was awful! But you know what? We all lived through it and I'm so glad I did. My family survived and so will yours. I would apologize and tell them I wasn't myself. I'm so much happier now than I have ever been. Once you're body adjusts to the change in nutrition, it will get better. And I don't remember ever having that problem once banded.

Also keep in mind that fat cells store hormones and if you're loosing weight those hormones are probably being released. I would get horrible migraine headaches during that time as well that I usually only get occassionally during TOM. Your body doesn't know what's going on. Try to keep your blood sugar up and not wait too long between eating or drinking your shakes. I was wondering if the liquid diet was suggested by your doc or are you just trying to get a jump on things? If permitted by your doc, try eating a healthy meal at dinner time high in Protein and veggies. That will help. Good luck!!

Sounds to me like Carb Withdrawls....for me when I go to a low carb way of eating there is about a 2wk period where it's like satan has moved in. Once my body adjust to the change in my eating habits everything tends to settle down, but I really haven't noticed it since being banded, but what I have noticed is that I get very irritable if I wait until I'm starving to eat.

Good luck to you on your pre-op, I wish you the best!!

~Monica

OMG i have been going crazy for days. Feels like everything in the universe is pissing me off!