Mr. Yoda

Oh my good Gravy!!! I had my first day of ten, pre-op diet and it is going to be SO hard! I litterally had to tell myself every minute or so that I cannot have everything! And of course everything was much more appealing with the whole forbidden fruit aspect... But I will persevere with all the will power I can muster... After all I am not a JEDI master by chance.

It is a salem occation today as it is the final day of people food for me ! I must start the Pre op diet as of tomorrow. I have had pretty much all the foods I like in the last 3 days. I had a lunch at eastside marios, I had fish and chips at a local Joeys, H&D rocky road ice cream, m&ms, and a nice peanut butter sandwich. Tomorrow I feast on Yogurt and Cottage cheese (bacteria filled milk and it's by-products) for the next ten days! It will be tough (since I will have daily access to some yummy food (pasta, sauces, Brocettes, chicken kiev, steak, stew, Clubs, Burritos, fries, various other potato dishes, vegy galore, pastry, sweets, ) SIGH! This also means that in 10 days I will be turned to the banded side. I may have to change my name to something like "Darth Bandito" or "Chewawacca" or "Luke soothimaker" or how about "Band Solo" Knaw... I'll just stick with Mr. Yoda... Oh well, it is for the greater good... I will just enjoy what I can have, miss what I can't, eat slow, eat often and muddle my way through... Viva the resistance! Today is my last day of people food!

It is a salem occation today as it is the final day of people food for me ! I must start the Pre op diet as of tomorrow. I have had pretty much all the foods I like in the last 3 days. I had a lunch at eastside marios, I had fish and chips at a local Joeys, H&D rocky road ice cream, m&ms, and a nice peanut butter sandwich. Tomorrow I feast on Yogurt and Cottage cheese (bacteria filled milk and it's by-products) for the next ten days! It will be tough (since I will have daily access to some yummy food (pasta, sauces, Brocettes, chicken kiev, steak, stew, Clubs, Burritos, fries, various other potato dishes, vegy galore, pastry, sweets, ) SIGH! This also means that in 10 days I will be turned to the banded side. I may have to change my name to something like "Darth Bandito" or "Chewawacca" or "Luke soothimaker" or how about "Band Solo" Knaw... I'll just stick with Mr. Yoda... Oh well, it is for the greater good... I will just enjoy what I can have, miss what I can't, eat slow, eat often and muddle my way through... Viva the resistance! Today is my last day of people food!

2 more sleeps counting tonight...

Oh my good Gravy!!! I had my first day of ten, pre-op diet and it is going to be SO hard! :faint: I litterally had to tell myself every minute or so that I cannot have everything! And of course everything was much more appealing with the whole forbidden fruit aspect... But I will persevere with all the will power I can muster... After all I am not a JEDI master by chance.

Mrs. Yoda and I are sorry for your Loss too. It may not be much but I've always liked this saying: "If you love someone, put their name in a circle, instead of a heart, because hearts can break, but circles go on forever." it wonlt fill the hole left by your friends passing, but it may dull the ache a little bit... Again we are sorry...

It is a salem occation today as it is the final day of people food for me ! I must start the Pre op diet as of tomorrow.:violin: I have had pretty much all the foods I like in the last 3 days. I had a lunch at eastside marios, I had fish and chips at a local Joeys, H&D rocky road ice cream, m&ms, and a nice peanut butter sandwich. :high5: Tomorrow I feast on Yogurt and Cottage cheese (bacteria filled milk and it's by-products) for the next ten days!:faint: This also means that in 10 days I will be turned to the banded side. I may have to change my name to something like "Darth Bandito" :bandit or "Chewawacca" :hungry: or "Luke soothimaker" or how about "Band Solo" Knaw... I'll just stick with Mr. Yoda... 3 more sleeps till the M rs :clap2: is back!!!

hi all Today is my last day of people food! I am going to enjoy myself for tomorrow I begin a regime of bacteria laced milk and their by products (Yogurt and Cottage cheese):heh: It will be tough :faint: (since I will have daily access to some yummy food (pasta, sauces, Brocettes, chicken kiev, steak, stew, Clubs, Burritos, fries, various other potato dishes, vegy galore, pastry, sweets, :blah: ) SIGH!:decision: Oh well, it is for the greater good... I will just enjoy what I can have, miss what I can't, eat slow, eat often and muddle my way through...:pray: Viva the resistance! ps. Olny 3 more sleeps to my sweetheart comes back :high5: (don't tell the mrs!:pound: )

It is sad that the spiteful nature of the human race far out weighs (no pun here) the understanding of the select few that either know what a banded person has gone through to get here, and sympathize with their plight. I know of both sides of the coin; my wife and I have said nothing (she has been banded a year and I will be in a few days) and everyone is amazed and proud of her effort and results. And we know of another bandster that has told everyone about getting it and they are happy for her losses to her face and as soon as she has turned away they are venomous and mean towards her losses believing it is the Band and not her efforts that are doing it. They also watch her every move to see if she will fail, and I think they secretly hope she does so they have more to talk about. It is truly up to the individual to tell or not. There is no shame in getting the band; it is just a tool to help with the weight loss. Are people ashamed of using Nicorette gum or the patch when they are quitting smoking? The band is the same, as we are trying to curb our eating and change our habits. The only difference is that Obesity is not a socially accepted problem. Where other addictions and illnesses are conceived a communal responsibility, being fat is no ones fault but that of the fat person, for people that are lazy and/or gluttons. Some people realise that it can come from other sources the vast majority only see the tunnel view of ‘it is our own fault.’ That is why it is an individual’s personal choice to tell or not. If the person is strong enough to endure the eyes and tongues of people around them, by all means tell! Or does the person believe the journey will be hard enough without the people watching every move, then silence is golden. All this to say, it’s really up to you…

:whoo:HAPPY 1 YEAR TO MRS. YODA:whoo: Today is exactly one year since she got her band... As Samuel Johnson said "Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings." Mrs. Yada must have self-confidence to spare because her great undertaking has not only changed her life, but mine as well. That is one of the many reasons I love her so. :love:

I am booked for that date... however it is looking like I cannot change my shift at work... I will try again tomorrow but it is looking grim... On a brighter side... there is not much I can learn there as Mrs. Yoda had the surgery one year ago and I have lived (Vicariously) with the band all that time... You can take my spot maybe and let me copy your notes... (God... I'm back in high school...

I just realized that I have only 3 more days of people food left... I guess I should be off looking for the nirvana of my pre-band existance so I can have the perfect meal (for me) before I am bannished to the land of Pre-OP feasting! But what can the Nirvana meal be...? Ribs... (too much work for too little gain) Chinese food... (But I will want more in a couple hours) Burgers... (McD's, Harveys, BK, licks... too many choices) Tofu... ( :laugh I can't even say that with a straight face :pound: ) Pizza...( :pizza: MMMMMmmMmm Piiizzzzzzzzaaaaa! )<droool!> French Fries... (Sadly ... my favourite place changed their menuand the fries are gone) I can't try them all.... (not enough time left) I shall have to sus this out myself... since Mrs Yoda will not return in time (5 sleeps to go)

SS... You can always go to the 23 seminar... I'm sure they will let you in... (after all those seminar givers LOVE an audience!) :0)

A little off topic... But Another good way of 'jumpstarting' your self is to see what you ARE eating... to do this write down EVERYTHING... and I do mean EVERYTHING that passes those lips. From the regular meals to the single green bean you tasted to see if they were ready to serve, it is surprising what you can gloss over or dismiss whan you aren't paying attention. I have even heard of wearing one of those white surgical masks while making supper (for instance) to see if you absently nibble as you cook... it is kinda scary the habits we have running without our knowledge... 5 more sleeps till Yoda's return... 13 days till I am turned to the banded side!!! 3 more days of real food! (now that is scary!!!)

in a different time zone maybe... 6 more sleeps :pout: till she comes home....

I thought of a couple more... - I too would like to be on top and not worry that Mrs. Yoda will be flattened like she was run over by a cartoon steamroller... - I'd like to be able to lay on a beach without Greanpeace running up and trying to push me back into the Water... - I'd like to go on a plane without asking for the seatbelt extender so I can do it up... - I'd like to get into shape... other than a pear with an elastic around the middle... -I want to be able to get out of a hot tub and not have the water level drop significantly... 6 more sleeps :pout: till my Sweetheart returns

She arrived safe and sound... only 7 more sleeps till she is home...

Sorry... I was trying to show our LOVE... Bad example I guess... She is away for a week now and I am going it alone... EEP! Hope I can last that long with out her...:hurt

I haven't seen too many (or any) guys chime in so here I go... - I'd like to not have my belly make slappy noises when I run up a flight of stairs... - I'd like to not worry what other think when they see me in a speedo...:nervous - I'd like to hug Mrs. Yoda and have her hands touch behind me... - I'd like to hug Mrs. Yoda and have her to be able to grab my bum as she does... (she would need gorilla arms right now) - I'd like to play my guitar holding it properly without my belly in the way... - I'd like to see friends I've not seen in awhile and have them not recognise me because I am smaller... and finaly... - I'd like to see my penis again... it's been so long since I have seen it that I could legally have it declared dead... and I'd like to know if it has grown since I was 12 YOA! :eyebrows:

Yoda, Yoda, wherefore art thou, Yoda? :drama:

I guess I belong here too, as My banding date is May 4th at TLBC Toronto. My wife ( :sleep Mrs. Yoda :hug: ) will have her band one year as of Saturday coming, so I have in effect live with the band for a year. I don't have many concerns about getting it, it's the afterwards that I am focusing on. I am also a Chef and have availability to copious amounts of food that is BAD for me:decision:. But with her help and a little (OK... A LOT) of will power I will be Fine. PreOP yoplay diet comencing on the 24 of April... not that makes me nervous!!!!:faint:

:bump2: Quiet day

:funnypost: :eyebrows: I wish!!!! :eyebrows: But sadly :cry ... It really means Ice cream... :tired

I have an older Doctor and I figured that at my normal 3-month visit with him I would tell him about going in for the Lap band. :ballchain:I anticipated his responses of “What is it? How does it work? What is expected after the operation?” stuff like that. However when I mention that I am going for it, he already knows all about it and blah blah blah! :blah: I was shock that he knew what it was and most of what it entailed.:faint: He did have a couple points mixed up, but hopefully the pamphlet I left for him will clear it up. He even mentioned that he should be paying me for consulting him with this as he wanted more info and here I was giving it to him.:suspicious: But he was VERY supportive and was actually encouraging about the surgery, mostly because he sees it as a solution to my other health problem.:clap2: He is hopeful that the subsequent weight loss will diminish the adverse effects of my hypertension, which in turn will help control and possibly eliminate my Type 2 Diabetes, which in turn will reduce the dosage and number of Meds I currently take. So generally improving my state of wellness and health. Then as I mention that I need a letter of proof (for my PCHP) that I am morbidly obese thus making me eligible for the pittance of a reimbursement for them :phanvan (barely 6% of the total procedure cost). However the FORCE was with me as he asked me on the scales. You see I am around 275 currently, with my height of 5’10” my BMI is hovering about 39. That is bad enough but to be clinically M.O. you need a BMI of 40! And unfortunately we all know that that one point will be the reason for denying the claim. :heh: So as I stepped onto his scale it read 276, and as he came around to have a look, I shifted ever so slightly almost willing the scale to read more and presto change-o, it did! It actually moved to read 280, enough to put me solidly (or flabbidly) into the BMI 40 category. So clinically I was the size I needed to be. :whoo: (Never thought you would read someone cheering to be Morbidly Obese, did ya?) Then in the next breath, he says, “That will be $60.00!” :money: for the letter to get 6% back, he too has to reach into my pocket for money (Sigh), :noidea: I guess everyone has to have his or her share as well. (Maybe I should have charged a consult fee earlier?) Anyway, it is nice that we are on the same page with all this… (Maybe not the same book tho…)

I have an older Doctor and I figured that at my normal 3-month visit with him I would tell him about going in for the Lap band. :ballchain:I anticipated his responses of “What is it? How does it work? What is expected after the operation?” stuff like that. However when I mention that I am going for it, he already knows all about it and blah blah blah! :blah: I was shock that he knew what it was and most of what it entailed.:faint: He did have a couple points mixed up, but hopefully the pamphlet I left for him will clear it up. He even mentioned that he should be paying me for consulting him with this as he wanted more info and here I was giving it to him.:suspicious: But he was VERY supportive and was actually encouraging about the surgery, mostly because he sees it as a solution to my other health problem.:clap2: He is hopeful that the subsequent weight loss will diminish the adverse effects of my hypertension, which in turn will help control and possibly eliminate my Type 2 Diabetes, which in turn will reduce the dosage and number of Meds I currently take. So generally improving my state of wellness and health. Then as I mention that I need a letter of proof (for my PCHP) that I am morbidly obese thus making me eligible for the pittance of a reimbursement for them :phanvan (barely 6% of the total procedure cost). However the FORCE was with me as he asked me on the scales. You see I am around 275 currently, with my height of 5’10” my BMI is hovering about 39. That is bad enough but to be clinically M.O. you need a BMI of 40! And unfortunately we all know that that one point will be the reason for denying the claim. :heh: So as I stepped onto his scale it read 276, and as he came around to have a look, I shifted ever so slightly almost willing the scale to read more and presto change-o, it did! It actually moved to read 280, enough to put me solidly (or flabbidly) into the BMI 40 category. So clinically I was the size I needed to be. :whoo: (Never thought you would read someone cheering to be Morbidly Obese, did ya?) Then in the next breath, he says, “That will be $60.00!” :money: for the letter to get 6% back, he too has to reach into my pocket for money (Sigh), :noidea: I guess everyone has to have his or her share as well. (Maybe I should have charged a consult fee earlier?) Anyway, it is nice that we are on the same page with all this… (Maybe not the same book tho…)