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I didn't get to ride my bike today....yet. I might try to get it in after hubby goes to bed. I still don't like exercising in front of him. It was a pretty good day. I'm pretty used to not eating much now. In some ways I can see how being on this pre-op diet can be beneficial. Not just because of the weight loss but that when I am banded I'm already used to not eating hardly anything. Here's what I had today: (typical of everyday) whey protein shake 2scoops in 8oz slim milk 2 slimfast shakes (I'm allowed 3 a day but lately have only been drinking 2) 1 1/2 cups broccoli 1 cup butternut squash soup (90 cals) 1 1/2 cups stir fry veggies 1 diet Dr. Pepper That's around 1200 cals. And I'm really not hungry. The first few days of this pre-op diet I ate like three times as many veggies but not anymore. I'm actually not supposed to have soup but I've been eating progresso's hearty tomato and tried this organic squash soup. The squash soup is pretty nasty. I like squash. I've eaten a lot of it the past two weeks but the soup just wasn't right. It smelled like pumpkin pie and tasted like onion, garlic squash. It messed with my senses. I am so ready for my surgery date. Not much longer. I am on the downhill side now at least. Well, Goodnight. Hope everyone is doing good on their journeys!

I didn't get to ride my bike today....yet. I might try to get it in after hubby goes to bed. I still don't like exercising in front of him. It was a pretty good day. I'm pretty used to not eating much now. In some ways I can see how being on this pre-op diet can be beneficial. Not just because of the weight loss but that when I am banded I'm already used to not eating hardly anything. Here's what I had today: (typical of everyday) whey protein shake 2scoops in 8oz slim milk 2 slimfast shakes (I'm allowed 3 a day but lately have only been drinking 2) 1 1/2 cups broccoli 1 cup butternut squash soup (90 cals) 1 1/2 cups stir fry veggies 1 diet Dr. Pepper That's around 1200 cals. And I'm really not hungry. The first few days of this pre-op diet I ate like three times as many veggies but not anymore. I'm actually not supposed to have soup but I've been eating progresso's hearty tomato and tried this organic squash soup. The squash soup is pretty nasty. I like squash. I've eaten a lot of it the past two weeks but the soup just wasn't right. It smelled like pumpkin pie and tasted like onion, garlic squash. It messed with my senses. I am so ready for my surgery date. Not much longer. I am on the downhill side now at least. Well, Goodnight. Hope everyone is doing good on their journeys!

Dreamchaser~ I also worry about being labeled as "the one who had that weight loss surgery". I live in a pretty small town and I know it's gonna happen. I have been coming to terms with it. The ones who might say that in a negative tone I guess I just don't really care about anyway. And if people look at me and say "that's the girl that has the lapband", well I hope it's cuz my butt is small and they are amazed. My biggest fear in all of this is failure and that along with people's comments would just be awful. But we've got to put ourselves in the mindset of success. That we will do what it takes! We are doing this for ourselves and no one else. I personally only told a handful of people and haven't decided if or when to tell others. Foxytri~ I don't think it's selfish at all to focus on yourself right now- Your doing a great thing for yourself. Sawdust~ Congrats on getting banded!! Take Care All!!

Dan~ Congrats on being banded. Sounds like you are doing great!Marcy~ Good luck tomorrow! Good thoughts and prayers to all!Take care~Tina

Today was good. Not much to say. I rode my bike my 30 minutes and ate 1200 cals. I'm excited and happy for all the other tenacioustens out there who are starting to get banded. Take care all!

Today was good. Not much to say. I rode my bike my 30 minutes and ate 1200 cals. I'm excited and happy for all the other tenacioustens out there who are starting to get banded. Take care all!

Just found your thread. I'm very excited for you. I hope to be in your shoes a year or so from now!! How exciting. Good luck!!

JJSmiles~ You express a wonderful sentiment. Very inspiring, thanks. It sounds like you are in the perfect place in your life for this. I have only told a couple of family members and my two dearest friends. I will most likely tell others in my life as it comes up. I have a solid core of support at this point. My grandmother (who raised me) was a little judgemental but I she is being supportive in her own way. Which makes me have to say to Lauren0728~ OMG I'm so sorry about your grandparents asking you about your weight in front of the whole family. Sounds like they have about as much kooth (use phonics I don't know how that's spelled:phanvan) as my grandparents. I think some people just don't have the proper filters of what is appropriate or not. And some people as they get older feel entitled to say whatever comes to their mind without really thinking about the effects. I might be the same way when I'm a grandma someday but I don't think so. Good luck to everyone on your journeys!

Good idea SBee- I'm not getting banded until the 18th. I am on my 13th day of my pre-op diet. I'll be checking here to see how everyone befor me is doing! Good luck all!!!:clap2:

Jude~ I too am really looking forward to the journey. And I definately am willing to work on accepting the fact I will be attractive again. I think I even want a boob job when I reach my goal. Being they've already lost their perk I know it's downhill from here! Good luck with your surgery coming up..... mines a week+ after yours. I'm excited! Take care- Tina

Well I'm very excited, today I got approved by my insurance. :clap2: No help from the gal who was supposed to get me my 2004 medical records. The surgeons office sent in 2005-2007 hoping they would approve it and they did. If I was nice I would call the gal from my previous Dr's office to tell her not to worry about the 2004 records but I'm not. Actually I am nice and almost called her but figured it would be good to have them just in case. I just like to pretend I'm a mean vengful person once in a while. :heh: I have two pre-op appointments on the 16th. One is with the surgeon and the other is with the hospital. Fun! Fun! At times I just can't believe this is really happening. I rode my 30 minutes today (I upped the difficulty on the bike). Cals today 1330. Take care all!

Well I'm very excited, today I got approved by my insurance. :clap2: No help from the gal who was supposed to get me my 2004 medical records. The surgeons office sent in 2005-2007 hoping they would approve it and they did. If I was nice I would call the gal from my previous Dr's office to tell her not to worry about the 2004 records but I'm not. Actually I am nice and almost called her but figured it would be good to have them just in case. I just like to pretend I'm a mean vengful person once in a while. :heh: I have two pre-op appointments on the 16th. One is with the surgeon and the other is with the hospital. Fun! Fun! At times I just can't believe this is really happening. I rode my 30 minutes today (I upped the difficulty on the bike). Cals today 1330. Take care all!

Good Luck with your surgery Miriam. Hope everything goes smoothly! David: I agree with the picture thing you mentioned. I also knew what the scale says but when I was part of a friends wedding on Sept 1st I wore a floral print skirt and top. When I saw the pics I literally said out loud,"My God it looks like I'm a @#*!ing tapestry!" I looked like I could cover a wall! I figure these will make great befor pics. It's hard for me to individually say hello to everyone- accept in this generic way- "HI EVERYONE". I hope all of us October bandsters are doing great. How exciting that our month has come! Finally!! Good Luck to all of you with surgeries this week! I'm excited for you! My surgery date is set for October 18th. 17 more days- Yippee! Take care~ Tina

I talked to my Grandma today. She is going to try and come down to help with the baby and to visit when I have my surgery. She was much more supportive when I talked to her today. She even said she was proud of the choice I was making. Which was nice to hear. It's not the easiest choice. Somedays it seems like a easy answer. Other days I see it for what it is. It is a huge dramatic change to my life as I have known it. I got a little freaked out last night reading about different peoples experiences of erosion. I think that's the one thing that concerns me the most. I just worry that if I were to have it I wouldn't have symptoms until it caused some kind of bad damage. I guess everyone worries about things the closer their surgery date gets. On a good note day 12 was pretty good. I didn't ride my bike today. Kept my cals right at 1300. Goodnight and good luck with your journies~:notagree

I talked to my Grandma today. She is going to try and come down to help with the baby and to visit when I have my surgery. She was much more supportive when I talked to her today. She even said she was proud of the choice I was making. Which was nice to hear. It's not the easiest choice. Somedays it seems like a easy answer. Other days I see it for what it is. It is a huge dramatic change to my life as I have known it. I got a little freaked out last night reading about different peoples experiences of erosion. I think that's the one thing that concerns me the most. I just worry that if I were to have it I wouldn't have symptoms until it caused some kind of bad damage. I guess everyone worries about things the closer their surgery date gets. On a good note day 12 was pretty good. I didn't ride my bike today. Kept my cals right at 1300. Goodnight and good luck with your journies~:notagree

Hi- my name is Tina. I felt a lot of the exact same things you described. Once I started looking into having this procedure done it was like if my arm bent my mouth opened. I gained close to 20 pounds in a little over a month. How depressing!! I am on the pre-op diet now and find my self cheating a little here and there. I try not to beat myself up too much. I'm doing this to help change my habits and it's not gonna happen overnight. At least it hasn't yet. I think seeing a counselor or something is a great idea. I've been thinking of that myself. Also as far as being tired all the time. Have you had a sleep test done? It could be partially because of sleep apnea. For me personally although I found out I have moderate sleep apnea I know I also suffer from depression- a lot of it looming around my weight and eating habits- and that can make me so lathargic it's awful. My doctor also said the hormonal imbalances being obese causes can really mess with all of our systems. Great huh? A lot of the things we go through aren't the most pleasant things but we don't have to go through them alone. Take care of yourself and keep in touch if you'd like. Good luck! Tina

wow- now I'm a little freaked out when it comes time for getting a fill. How freaky. Hope there wasn't any damage and that it doesn't happen again!!

Hi,>I am scheduled to be banded Oct 18th but one of the most helpful informative things (besides this forum) that I've done was to go to a seminar about the band and then also go to a local support group. There you can ask people who have had the band varying lengths of time questions that you might have. Good Luck.

Today was much better. I did eat a lot of vegi's. Had an artichoke, baked zuchinni, brocolli, cauliflower..... yum. I use the fat free, zero calorie butter spray. It's actually pretty good. I rode my bike 30 minutes on my bike. Total calories today: 1380

Today was much better. I did eat a lot of vegi's. Had an artichoke, baked zuchinni, brocolli, cauliflower..... yum. I use the fat free, zero calorie butter spray. It's actually pretty good. I rode my bike 30 minutes on my bike. Total calories today: 1380

My pre-op diet sucks. I don't feel that way every minute of every day but there is that very strong underlying feeling.:tired It's not that I'm that hungry. It's more that there are just times that I've used food and I'm not supposed to use it now during those times. When my mood gets in a negative funk I like to feed it. I had a real hard time today. It is day 10 of my 30 day pre-op diet. And today I wanted to eat everything. Once again I did cheat. I ate a chicken strip. But once again I didn't have my last slim fast to help balance it out. I wanted to eat a hell of a lot more. One good thing is we don't really have any goodie foods or foods that are real easy in our house. At least not things that I like. Tomorrow has got to go smoother! The weight records I need still havn't been faxed to the surgeon. I called and requested the others I mentioned from the Primary Health. They said it would take at least a week. At least I've covered my bases as well as I can. The surgeons office faxed the info they had to BCBS to see if they would approve me without 2004's records. I doubt it but they thought it was worth a shot. Total cals today was 1550. and I rode my bike the 30 prescribed minutes. Good luck to all!

My pre-op diet sucks. I don't feel that way every minute of every day but there is that very strong underlying feeling.:tired It's not that I'm that hungry. It's more that there are just times that I've used food and I'm not supposed to use it now during those times. When my mood gets in a negative funk I like to feed it. I had a real hard time today. It is day 10 of my 30 day pre-op diet. And today I wanted to eat everything. Once again I did cheat. I ate a chicken strip. But once again I didn't have my last slim fast to help balance it out. I wanted to eat a hell of a lot more. One good thing is we don't really have any goodie foods or foods that are real easy in our house. At least not things that I like. Tomorrow has got to go smoother! The weight records I need still havn't been faxed to the surgeon. I called and requested the others I mentioned from the Primary Health. They said it would take at least a week. At least I've covered my bases as well as I can. The surgeons office faxed the info they had to BCBS to see if they would approve me without 2004's records. I doubt it but they thought it was worth a shot. Total cals today was 1550. and I rode my bike the 30 prescribed minutes. Good luck to all!

At my pre-op appointment the surgeon said that after I'm banded that if I got the flu bug to call him immediately so he could prescribe anti-nausia medicine. He said vomitting can cause the band to slip. I'm not sure if this is forever or just until I heal after surgery. Someone out there should have some more info. Good Luck!!

Yesturday was rough. I had to go to the city (an hour a way). I ended up only having my protien shake and one slimfast from 6am until around 4pm. My system was whacked out! Finally today I feel normal, but last night no matter what vegi's I ate and the shake I had I couldn't shake that off feeling. I had to go to Boise to sign a medical release for my weight records from my old PCP from when I lived there. The gal still hasn't gotten them for me. It's been almoste a week. I just need my weights from 2004. The gal also told me they don't have any records from befor then..... Is that possible??? I started seeing this doctor in 2002. They should have all my records shouldn't they?? Anyway. I'm giving them until Friday and then after racking my brains I remebered having to go to a Primary Health center once when I was sick in 2002 or 2003. They should have my weight. I would be so pissed if this messes up my insurance approval process. I've already pre-registered for surgery and everything, This really is quite the process. It's not like with- oh I don't know- gallstones, to where you need surgery and you get it. This is a pain in the ass at times. I guess it proves if you really want it. And I do so through another hoop I will now jump. I'm gonna go call the primary health now to see how long it will take to get my weights. Until later~ :car: [/url] ickerfactory.com/weight-loss/wwNunKT/"]

Yesturday was rough. I had to go to the city (an hour a way). I ended up only having my protien shake and one slimfast from 6am until around 4pm. My system was whacked out! Finally today I feel normal, but last night no matter what vegi's I ate and the shake I had I couldn't shake that off feeling. I had to go to Boise to sign a medical release for my weight records from my old PCP from when I lived there. The gal still hasn't gotten them for me. It's been almoste a week. I just need my weights from 2004. The gal also told me they don't have any records from befor then..... Is that possible??? I started seeing this doctor in 2002. They should have all my records shouldn't they?? Anyway. I'm giving them until Friday and then after racking my brains I remebered having to go to a Primary Health center once when I was sick in 2002 or 2003. They should have my weight. I would be so pissed if this messes up my insurance approval process. I've already pre-registered for surgery and everything, This really is quite the process. It's not like with- oh I don't know- gallstones, to where you need surgery and you get it. This is a pain in the ass at times. I guess it proves if you really want it. And I do so through another hoop I will now jump. I'm gonna go call the primary health now to see how long it will take to get my weights. Until later~ :mad: [/url] ickerfactory.com/weight-loss/wwNunKT/"]