I started my liquid diet today. Let's just say it is 2am and i am sitting here on my computer. i am a little anxious. I went out to dinner last night for my last good meal and to say good bye to my old eating habits. I realized last night that i bite into my food chew it maybe 3-4 times and than swallow and follow up with another spoonful of food. I seriously over eat and am a fast eater i never slow down to enjoy my food. The lap-band is going to force me to slow my role as my Dr. has informed me that if i try to over eat or eat too fast i will be throwing up. but yet i am looking forward to this/ LOL. For now i'll make the best of the Optifast shakes.

Good luck to you!!! Pre-op diet is a rough time and honestly when I found out I could only have liquids for 2 full weeks I would have nver thought I could do it but I did and I didnt die:) Hang in there it is all soooooooooo worth it.

Hey Dark_Lovely,

I was a fast eater too...I'm 6 months out from being banded (banded on Nov 17) and while I haven't lost as much as I'd like, I'm still 37 pounds lighter than I would have been without the band. I didn't like the liquid diet either, but it's worth it! Hang in there - you can do this!