Sharilo

You are not alone! I had a really tough time with the liquid pre-op diet as well. And the weekends were harder than during the week. My cravings and hallucinations about food didn't come until about a day after my banding. Almost every day since then I have been craving/smelling sausage pizza. Every commercial is for some form of fried chicken. Like popcorn chicken, popeye's chicken, long john silver's chicken. OMG, it's driving me crazy! I don't see my dog as a hamburger, but I dream about french fries!! I know this too will pass. Keep the strength and good luck to you!!

I was banded on the 7th and I don't have a rash on my stomach, but I do have one on my face!! It's red, raised, and itchy! Yikes!! My stomach is itchy at the incision sites but I'm sure that's due to healing. This crud on my face though, is horrid!!

I was banded on Wednesday and today moved on to creamy liquids. Yay!! However, I can't seem to get my mind off sausage pizza and chicken nuggets. I'm not even a big pizza eater, but for some reason I am craving it like crazy today. And it seems like every commercial on tv is for chicken nuggets. I dreamed about french fries last night. I'm constantly thinking about food and it really seems like I'm hungry but a few sips of water kinda takes that feeling away. Does anyone else have/or had crazy cravings like this right after being banded??

I agree 100%! Would love a "LIKE" button!

I'm hoping tomorrow is better and that I have no food dreams tonight. I ended up watching a movie this afternoon so I wouldn't see so many food commercials. LOL, I'm gonna have to learn how to deal with cravings better.

Nine pounds?! Yay!!! How awesome that people are noticing weight loss already. Isn't that a great feeling? I lost 20 pounds on my 2 week liquid pre-op diet and the only one who said anything about noticing it was my hubby. It still felt good to hear it.

Chili sounds fantastic! May have to try that tomorrow. Thanks for the idea!!

I am terribly hungry. I really wish I wasn't because the clear liquids just aren't cutting it for me. Even the Isopure isn't satisfying the hunger. Tomorrow I will be able to have the protein shakes along with creamy soup, pudding, and applesauce. I am really looking forward to it!! I'm feeling pretty good today, but I only got about an hour of sleep last night. The gas pains are horrid. And I can't squeeze out a fart or burp to save my life!!

I'm so happy to say I got banded today! I'm not feeling too much pain. Just a little discomfort. Everything went great but I wish I could have something more substantial than clear liquids. Hopefully it's not just the pain meds and I will continue to feel ok. Hahaha, how ironic I'm wanting a protein shake to help with the hunger when just yesterday I was hating them!

If not a taxi, could hiring a driver be a possibility? Start your new life in a limo?? LOL, that would be awesome. Any possibility of a neighbor helping out? Or a college kid? I wish you the best of luck! I just got my band today and feel great. I hope it's not just the pain meds...

I used to work for Goodwill and around here they have a certain day of every week that is called "quarter day". Certain clothing items are just .25. It's something to look into during this period.

I could only have 3 Protein shakes a day and then everything else clear. I could also have sugar free popsicles and sugar free Jello, so that helped a little tiny bit. All the sugary tasting stuff was driving me crazy though, so thank goodness for low sodium beef broth because that satisfies without the sugar taste. TOMORROW IS MY DAY!!! Yahoo!!

Oh you ARE lucky! All I can have is 3 protein shakes, sugar free jello/popsicles, and clear chicken or beef broth. And of course a bunch of water. I'd love to be able to add some meat, green veggies, and yogurt. Isn't it funny how different doctors have such different pre diets?

I'm also on my 9th day of the all liquid pre-op diet and I am having a tough time with it. The first few days were easy but I am really sick and tired of protein shakes, sugar free popsicles, and sugar free jello. I was also drinking beef broth and it was actually helping with the salt cravings but since I started sipping it a couple of times a day my weight has creeped up a couple of pounds. This after losing 15 from taking in only liquids. Soooo, I'm frustrated because I still have 5 days to go and now I'm afraid to drink the one thing that actually made the diet tolerable....

I had to give up all carbonated beverages and all caffeinated drinks. If I could only have a diet pepsi I'm sure I would be so much happier.

I found some vanilla caramel swirl protein powder today at my local grocery store(HyVee). I got it home and tried it and YUM, YUM!!! I just mixed it with slim milk and it tasted so good! I'm on day 4 of my liquid diet and have lost 9 pounds. I"m happy with that. It's a good start.

My dietitian recommended Ensure High Protein. They are new and in a bigger bottle than the regular Ensure and only come in chocolate and homemade vanilla. I've tried the chocolate and like it a lot. It is a bit sweet, but actually quite yummy. They have 25 grams of protein and not too many calories.

I had all my pre-op testing and started my liquid diet Wednesday the 24th. The liquid diet isn't going as bad as I thought it would. I am very grateful that I can have sugar free popsicles because they are sooo good and are helping get me through this! I do really miss my daily diet pepsi though. I didn't think it was going to be this hard to give that up. I too, am concerned about saggy skin when all is done and over...

I wish mine only took an hour. It took me THREE hours! Before I went in for it they told me the average was 3 - 5 hours. The same questions were asked over and over again just in different variations. THEN, when I went back for the results it took another hour to tell me I've got an unhealthy relationship with food. LOL, ya think?? Why else would I weigh 260 pounds? 'Cause I have a very loving relationship with french fries!

@stateofzen, you look AWESOME! Congrats on your fantastic success. My new goal is to post pics next September showing a successful weight loss like yours. Way to go!