i am excited for you. i am pre surgery but still at the stage where i am going for my doctor visits. i guess take it one day at a time and think of the light at the end of the tunnel; a healthy-thinner you. do you have to do one week or two? i have to do two. i also love food. i eat even when I am full. not sure how that is going to be controlled after the lap band. when is your surgery set for?

I can sympathise with both of you..food was my life too. Then my husband said something that made a lot of sense...we need to eat to live and not live to eat. So that is my new motto as it pertains to my best friend, the band.

I had to do the pre-op diet for 3 weeks because my MBI was so out of wack. Fortunately, my doctor said I needed to have 2 - 3 protein shakes a day and 1 or 2 healthy meals. I chose to have a shake for breakfast and one for dinner, and eat a healthy sensible lunch. I ended up losing 20 pounds by the day of surgery and since have lost another 18. I started my shakes on July 29 and had surgery Aug 19, 2011.

My advice, and I know you did not ask, is to not give up. You took the hardest step when you decided to get the band. It will work out smoothly. Keep the faith, and take one day at a time.

GOOD LUCK. AND KEEP US POSTED.

Thanks so much!! I love the 'we need to eat to live and not live to eat' thanks I so needed that!!!

i am excited for you. i am pre surgery but still at the stage where i am going for my doctor visits. i guess take it one day at a time and think of the light at the end of the tunnel; a healthy-thinner you. do you have to do one week or two? i have to do two. i also love food. i eat even when I am full. not sure how that is going to be controlled after the lap band. when is your surgery set for?

I have to do the pre-op for 2 weeks, and im not going to lie its hard but today is day 2 and hopeing every day after this it gets easier. My surgery date is Oct. 7th!! Good Luck to you too!!!