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i was drinking water throughout the day - today i am doing it again but i added a little more food - if i "wean" myself down to just shakes and liquids i think i will be ok

I totally get that. But how do I deal when I'm just so hungry it was painful?? I was at work and literally starving. I understand alot of the time it is in your head but what about when u are truly hungry and can't eat real food because of preop? What do u do then?

I was so hungry I binged when I got home. I was so hungry. I don't know if I could do it for preop.... :/

my Protein shake has 30 grams and is 160 calories - i had to use a different one - the ones i usually drink are 120 calories 23 grams of protein. so, this morning i had 1 shake and a banana , lunch was a shake and an apple, snakc was a square of very dark chocolate (starving by this point), at like 3:00 i grabbed a bag of trail mix from the vending machine 260 calories and i was still hungry so i ended up having that damn donut - still hungry but dealing with it i know im going to binge when i get home ugh this is rough

I actually found my Pure Protein shakes at same club so I'm going to start having them for breakfast and lunch...this weekend is just weird and boring and all I can do is sit around hating myself... Because really I have. Nothing else to do.LOL

Hey everyone, I'm just feeling really bad right now. My boyfriend went away for the weekend and because of the fact that I gained so much weight and hate myself so much right now, I can't bring myself to go out an do anything with my friends. So I'm sitting here feeling sorry for myself. I ate two bowls of Cheerios and a weight watcher dessert and I wasn't even hungry and I knew it...I was just bored...I'm so fed up with myself and my bad habits. I can't wait to make this change....I'm just having a rough night and tomorrow I'll be bored and probably wanna eat and eat and eat ugh I just hate it...I want this surgery and life change now!! I'm sorry I just needed someone to talk to and the past few weeks you guys have been so great, you were who I thought of first LOL Thanks for listening....

How long do you have to be on it? What do you eat and is it all liquid? How many calories is it?

Hey everyone, I'm just feeling really bad right now. My boyfriend went away for the weekend and because of the fact that I gained so much weight and hate myself so much right now, I can't bring myself to go out an do anything with my friends. So I'm sitting here feeling sorry for myself. I ate two bowls of Cheerios and a weight watcher dessert and I wasn't even hungry and I knew it...I was just bored...I'm so fed up with myself and my bad habits. I can't wait to make this change....I'm just having a rough night and tomorrow I'll be bored and probably wanna eat and eat and eat ugh I just hate it...I want this surgery and life change now!! I'm sorry I just needed someone to talk to and the past few weeks you guys have been so great, you were who I thought of first LOL Thanks for listening....

I know once I start losing I will have the motivation to control the head hunger. Right now though..... It's just.....yeesh Thanks for your replies

Ok so I need some advice. Im having trouble deciding when to have this surgery (depending if i get approved of course) My company shuts down between christmas and new years so I wanted to have the surgery Dec 26th so I can go back to work the first week in January. I am so amped to have this. I am truly READY However, I am trying to keep this quiet as only a handful of people know about it and i dont want the holidays to be a problem with my preop diet and all with so many parties going on and stuff (im not so concerned with will power as i am about people making comments and maybe will power a little bit ) I was thinking of doing it January that way i can start my preop after new years...(i know, so cliche) But i have off that week in December I dont want to make my bosses angry. i mean if its surgery they cant do anything about it but i still feel so irresponsible. and i dont want to hear my coworkers make comments about another "vacation" i also am so AMPED for this i dont know if i can wait any longer...even if it is a couple of weeks so my question is, What would YOU do? im having a rough time with this and its weighing on me.... and I know alot of you will say "do whats best for you" but with this particular situation, i dont know what would be best because the end result will still be the same...WEIGHT LOSS!!!

thanks. ugh this is so difficult lol

I know he will be there for December 26th surgery and entire rest of the week after surgery but the week of new years he will be on vacation. i was planning for a january 16th that way i could do preop diet the first 2 weeks of january then have surgery.....i just feel like if i wait then its like "i wanna get my big holiday foods in" which is not the case

What happens during this appointment? I have mine tonight! I also have a cardiology appointment but i already have my EKG results so hopefully they wont need anything else from me.. im doing my psych and nutrition consults over the phone which are costing me a fortune by the way! what happens during all these "clearance" appointments? what do they do?

*Walking on the beach in a bathing suit and not hiding my body with a tee shirt *My boyfriend can put his arms around my waist with room to spare *Getting on a roller coaster and not feeling like my guts are being squeezed out by the harness *Being able to go clothes shopping and actually enjoy it *Being a thin and beautiful bride if my boyfriend ever gets me the damn ring *Looking down and seeing my feet *Loving myself *Lingerie shopping and actually liking how i look in it *Gaining the confidence to sing in front of people again *Getting off this roller coaster of emotions *Caring about myself and my appearance *Not being afraid of going out with my girlfriends and just being comfortable in public in general so much more...

Congratulations!! Its people like you that really motivate me! I cant wait until i can be as excited as you are right now. Great Job you look great!

you can buy them individually at 7-11 for like 2 bucks a can or something but i got a 4 pack at target....you can also get them in bulk packs of 12 from amazon for like 25 dollars or something...i wish i could get them at costco or another wholesale store - it would be so much easier. let m eknow what you think

thank you for this! I am going to think of this the next time I dont FEEL like working out!

well, since you can have protein shakes, i highly recommend Pure Protein. The chocolate ones are very good and filling..i have one for lunch everyday. keeps me full for about 3 hours. very satisfying. and only 120 calories, 1 g of sugar, 23 g of protein and 6g carbohydrate...love these things....

Im still getting all my clearances but i am planning for december/January for the surgery depending on insurance issues. I was just wondering because everyone keeps saying about how they loose so much weight preop and i thought it odd that it was only 2 weeks. i thought it was maybe a month or something.... alot of weight in such a short time...just wondering what the diet consisted of.

im not telling my job - i want to keep this quiet. however, i obviously did tell my office manager i needed to have a minor surgery taken care of so im going to be needing a week off as well as a day here and there for appointments and what not...its no ones business...but, i am lucky because i am a girl and if anyone asks me i can just say "im having some female things taken care of" LOL

Pendulum i am so happy things are looking up for you - this is going to be great! all of us pre banders! LOL Skinny - have you tried drinking seltzer with or without lemon? it might help ease you off the soda...whenever i go out to dinner i order it instead of soda - p.s. im thinking of moving my surgery to january - i will have new insurance and i have so much going on in december i dont think that a week out of commision will work for me....ugh so confused!

The reason I ask is, I am from Long Island and my Surgeon is almost near Manahattan and I live out east. Its a pain to go all the way out there - is it possible to find a closer place to get a fill or do i have to go to MY surgeon? Also, do any insurance companies cover a fill? Can you give me some examples of how much fills cost if they dont cover it? thanks!!!

OMG if i could get my fills in Port Jeff that would be a dreeeeam!!...not going to get my hopes up though....with the way things have been going lately LOL

She is making me do a two week diet program before she will give me clearance - regardless of the fact that i had my 6 month supervised program with my PCP. And she saw it too!!! I have to just keep waiting and waiting and waiting...i just want to get these appointments over with and im sick of these diets i have to go on - i just want my surgery...and if she doesnt clear me im going to go to another dietician. UGH makes me so maaaaaad!!

LOL the thnigs we go through for health and beauty!!!