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Congratulations! Your post was exactly what I needed to see today. I start my liquid diet tomorrow, and I'm going to save your post and use it for inspiration. Thank you!

Add me to the list...I'm getting banded plication on September 24th. I start my liquid diet on September 10th. Right now I'm stocking up on shakes and soups!

That is so great! A reading of 118 without meds! Woo hoo!

I love using Walk It Out for Wii. You walk around an island, collecting points for every step. Then you use the points to buy buildings, tree, etc. to build up the island. It keeps walking from getting boring.

I leave Sept. 2nd. I''m going to focus on the activities and let the food take care of itself (for this one last time). I'm just worried that my blood sugar will go sky-high!

LOL!

I'm going on a cruise before I get banded also! I start my liquid diet and have my pre-op testing shortly after I get back. I'm not going to worry about food on the cruise. Not that I'm doing a "one last hurrah" pig out...I think I'll just eat normally, and just relax before what is going to be a VERY eventful September.

My insurance approval (from Empire BCBS) came yesterday! After paperwork was submitted, it took about three weeks. I think the worst part of this whole process so far has been waiting for that approval!

Yes...September 24th. It's beginning to feel real now! I' m excited, motivated, and scared all at the same time. (I'm not scared of the operation, but of this big decision I've made.)

I did the same thing. I'm 5'1", so I looked for the point on the bmi chart where I would no longer be overweight. That's somewhere in the 130-135 range. It's not the lowest I've ever been, but I think it's maintainable.

Thanks, Doodledo73...I'll go ahead and order it. Does it taste at all like Girl Scout Thin Mints?

I just got off the phone with my mother in law. She was telling me about a man in a scooter getting on a bus lift. Then she started with how all the people in wheelchairs are fat, and why don't they just stop eating. She went on like this for a couple of minutes. She would never understand why I need a lap band, and would be very judgmental. Plus, she would blab about my band to all, near and far. (I'm going to keep it private.) How did that woman raise my wonderful, thoughtful, compassionate husband? Thanks for listening. I had to vent about her to someone!

Don't be so sure about the cat...if someone offered her catnip, your secret would be out!

Thanks, everyone, for your support! When my sister became diabetic, she decided not to tell anyone outside of the immediate family. She felt that if people knew, they'd be judging her every time they watched her eat. I'm taking my lead from her. I don't need people telling me horror stories about gastric surgery, or telling me they "know" I could lose the weight without surgery. Or watching me eat and asking, "Are you sure you're allowed to eat that?" If anyone asks how I lost the weight, I'll tell them I am watching what I eat and exercising. After all, that is what we need to do to lose the weight - band or no band.

Has anyone tried Matrix Mint Cookie?

I don't have to start my pre-op diet until September 10th, but I'm taste-testing different shake brands now. I had the Unjury Chocolate Classic this morning. Not bad...I could drink it when necessary.

I'd be interested in this also. I'm not being banded until Sept. 24, but I want to become part of an accountability group or partnership. It would be really helpful!

Wow...Disney only 2 months after you're banded! You're braver than me. My next trip is April - 7 months after my surgery. Post or message me and tell how it was eating in "the world" after lap band

Are you drinking enough water? Dehydration can also cause leg cramps, and it's been pretty hot all over lately.

I'm from Nassau County too -- right near the Queens-Nassau border.

Just remember...you can't UNTELL people. I've learned over the years to restrain the impulse to say or do something that can't be undone. Give it a lot of thought - the pros and the cons, so to speak - before you say anything.

I don't have mine yet, but I'm going to call it Gilligan...because it'll be my little buddy!

I got my surgery date yesterday! I'll be joining you "banded plication" people on September 24.

My surgery date is 9-24 also! I'm getting the lapband with plication. I had an ultrasound of my gallbladder last year, when I was admitted to the hospital in severe pain. The sonogram is no big deal--totally painless. (The gallbladder, however, had to come out.)

I haven't been banded yet, but I have had my gallbladder laparoscopically removed last year. My stomach was not shaved.