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Which liquid pre-op are you doing Shelli16415?

Thanks leedorr... I will remember that. I have been through counseling before and I am not oppossed to it at all I just have to make the time. But I am just going to keep my head up, I am trying to find a diet that works for me, I know they will all be hard but I need to do something to get this 25 lbs or so off. I called my best friend today and asked her to start walking with me a couple of days a week as a start.

Hello all... I feel like a FOOL....I just don't know if I can do this, I have messed up 3 days in a row!!! I have had WAY TOO MUCH candy, and I don't even like candy! I had pizza tonight and I don't even like that that much. I am so stressed out and I messed up again. This is exactly why I have had to wait for 4 months to have the surgery because everytime I get on my way to losing the weight my Doctor wants me to lose in order to schedule the surgery I mess it up. I have another 29 lbs to go. I have lost almost 25 but it has taken me 6 months to do it. I need some HELP and good advice, because everyone else around me just loves to mess me up. I think they want to screw up my diet on purpose so I can't have the surgery. I don't know what else to do? Any HELP???

I am not sure how all this works...so what is Barrium and what does it do? Do you have to drink it everytime you go in for a checkup/fill?

I am noticing that! Have a great evening JC, and try to get some rest tonight...

Hey JC - I am newer to this site and have been doing a little bit of reading up on things posted by everyone on here and I came across your situation. I just wanted to let you know that you have another person to add to your list of people that are hoping all goes well for you. I will say a little prayer for you and I know that no matter what happens, you sound like a strong willed person and I know you will make it through triumphantly in the end. ~April~

It is alot but I do have to say there is only ONE good thing about it all and that is I do not have to pay for anything other than my $10 co-pay for the Doctor visits... It is all covered under my insurance, I don't even have a co-pay or deductible for the surgery itself. But other than that if I had the money I would have just paid for it on my own somewhere else and could of had it done 7 months ago!

Is there anyone else on here that has to go through alot of hoops when it comes to the surgery? I am just curius because of all that I have had to go through. It was a whole program designed by my hospital insurance. I had to talk to my PCP first so he could send a referral to the Bariatric Dept. Then I had to meet "one on one" with a Psycologist, Nutritionist, The Head of the Bariatric Dept., and also my surgeon, all of which were seperate appointments. Then I had to take 4 "Lifestyle Classes" as well as one Maintenance Class each month until I have the surgery. Not to mention I have to lose 56 lbs before surgery (that is total from my starting weight in November 2006), then before I have the surgery I will have to take a pre-op class as well. Some of these classes and all of the appointments I have had to drive almost 2 hours away. Whew!!! I guess this will all be worth it in the end, but for now I feel like I am running around in circles.

Thanks Kebsa - I think you are right. To be honest in the beginning I was not 100% in tune with myself and ready for the surgery mentally. I have noticed that about 2 weeks ago I made the decision that it was time to really start concentrating on my daily diet. I am going to take a look at my WLS binder that they gave me when I started this program and start doing the nutrition again this week and see if it is better now... I do know that is very low in starchy carbs, pretty much you get one serv of fruit at two of your meals each day, 2 serv of veggies at all of the meals each day, 2-3 serv of protein at each of the 3 meals, 1 fat at 2-3 of the meals and 1 bread at, I think, 2 of the meals. It is all laid at as to the quantities and they also gave me papers on what consists of a serv in each category....such as how many oz of meat for a serv, how many cups of what veggies at each meal and so on. It's not too too bad but I did miss all the bread, rice and pasta. I really appreciate the advice from you and all the support I am getting on this site, it wasn't until I found this site 2 weeks ago that I realized I wasn't alone. You see the hospital where I am having my Lap Band surgery has been doing the Roux-n-Y Gastric Bypass surgery for years now and all the material was based on that surgery when I joined the program. 2 months after I joined they started doing Lap Bands too. I was feeling like it wasn't geared towards the very few of us that decided to do the band and I felt lost in it all. Now I have gained so much more insight, it has been wonderful to chat with all the different people on here.

They do have a nutritionist...they have a whole team of people that I have been working with that we all (everyone that does the program through my hospital insurance) have to work with prior to surgery. They do have a plan that they would like us to do of foods we can and cannot eat and when/when not to eat but I have a hugh problem with this particular plan. It seems healthy and harmless but I didn't have too much success with being able to stay on it more than 2 days?!? I wish it was a little easier.

This is a sample meal for one day for me.... Morning - Kirkland Weight Loss Shake (Same as slimfast) 230 cal Early afternoon - 8 oz V8 Juice (sometimes 12 oz) 50 -75 cal American Clear Strawberry Flavored water - Zero cal Bottle of Water Diet Arizona Green Tea (made w/ Splenda) Zero cal Campbell's Soup at Hand (Cream of Chicken or Broccoli) 130 - 150 cal Bottle of Water More Arizona 6 oz of lean Ground Meat (or Chicken Breast or Steak) 150 - 270 cal with 2 - 3 cups of either: fresh Salad w/2 tbsp of Low cal Dressing - 75 - 95 cal or Cooked Zuccinni w/ Diced canned Tomatoes 70 - 100 cal Then more water at the end of the day... For a total of 705 - 920 Calories per day...... There are some days where I have cheated a little and added MAYBE an additional 250 calories at the most that day but this is still drastically less then what I was taking in before. I have done calorie counting for the last 2 months on a website that I keep track of everything, and in the prior months my average day was 2200 - 2400 call a day and I still lost 8 lbs last month. Now I am doing an average of 1450 over the last week and a half and according to the scale have gained 5 lbs in the last week????? I don't know what to do?

Hello all I am new to this site. I haven't been banded yet but am only a month or two away..I hope! I haeve another 29lbs to lose before my doctor will band me. I am looking for some suggestions on how to lose this pre-op weight. I have been doing partial liquid diet for the last 1 week and 1 day where i drink liquids all day but have a normal dinner...mostly meat and veggies and very little carbs. I have lost about 5 lbs but thats all. Don't know what else I can do...any help is appreciated..thanks!!!

I don't think I can do this right now (The dating thing that is). Even though I am so anxious to finally meet someone I know I am going to have to wait. I just can't wait until I get banded and start the next phase of my new life. I finally broke down and started really concentrating and accepting these new steps that I have decided to take. I am so grateful to have found such great support like this site/thread. I have really felt alone for a while but now I am starting to feel like I am not. Hope you all are having a great day and I look forward to getting to know you all a aquiring some good suggestions and advice.

I have one daughter now but have been seperated, and almost done with my divorce, with her father since 2001. I have thought about checking out the bbw sites, I did it in the past but I had an experience once where I met someone a few years ago from that type of site and he wasn't too happy to hear that I am having the wl surgery, he likes me this way, but that doesn't matter I am not happy.

I have a question for anyone who would like to answer it. When did you think of dating again? Was it before or after, and if after how long after your surgeries. I am not banded yet (probably not for another 2 months, and even though I left my personal ad active on yahoo and match.com I feel funny about going on with my life as far as meeting someone, in this current stage. Even though I feel like my biological clock is ticking away. I feel like I need to get a move on to find someone to enjoy spending time with. I would really like to have more children someday and I am definitely not getting any younger...I don't know what to do!!! Did anyone else experience any feelings like this too?

Hi all! Well I just got word today that I can't even get in to see my surgeon until around September 21st next month for a follow up for him to schedule my surgery. Which would then be another month or so after that this sucks!!! I wish I would have known that all his appointments were scheduled almost 2 months out I would have scheduled it a long time ago and just forced myself to lose the weight before I saw him. They did say I could call in and see for any cancellations though but I won;t be ready for that until about 2 more weeks when I lose the rest of this pre-op weight. By the way I started liquid dieting on Monday this week in hopes to lose the pre-op weight so I can see my doctor to schedule the sugery and I think (not quite sure because my scale is kinda weird sometimes) I lost 5 lbs already! I did adjust it al little to fit me better but it seems to be working so far?!?

Yes, but unfortuantley I am extremely stubborn and didn't want to do their pre-op diet since it will only be effective pre-op. It was only 1200 calorie a day diet but you couldn't eat ANY bread, rice, Pasta, potatoes...only a few crackers then all Protein especially fish and veggies. It would be ok but it seems way too strict for me. After surgery I won't have to eat that exact way and I will have to modify to liquids after a fill each time anyways.

Thanks for the suggesstions I will try that, I am going to get a protein shake instead of the Slim fast which has only 10g of protein in it, my mom said she has some protein powder that has 44g in it. I am going to try that and see if I like it and if it works. I have lost another 5 lbs though...yeah!!! And that was after a little cheating yesterday...My pre-teen daughter and I had a girls day out and went to 2 movies and dinner together something I don't get to do with her very often with my finances and work schedule. But I did my liquids all day like normal before going out and resumed it this morning....which a big step for me, usually when I cheat it's over I just give up all together.

Hello everyone, I am curious if anyone here has done any of the liquid type diets? I have a while until sugery but I need to lose another 15 lbs before I can get in to see my surgeon to even schedule the surgery. Then the surgery won't be for about month at which point I would have to lose another 15 lbs. So I started doing only liquids todayto try and lose the initial 15 and it has been CRAZY!!! I am so hungry, a couple of times my stomach wouldn't stop growling out loud that my roomate made me get a creamed soup at least. I was trying to hold out for another hour or so but couldn't. I have been drinking Diet Iced Green Tea, Water, No Calorie Flavored Waters, I also had one cup of OJ this morning, one cup of V8 early afternoon and have had two servings (not at the same time, about 4 hours apart) of creamed soups, I also had one Slimfast type shake today. But I am still so very hungry. ..I totaled it up ad it came to 720 calories so far today. Well there goes my stomach growling again...I don't know if I am going to make it through my first day of this! Does anyone have any suggestions?

I almost forgot I had a Slimfast type shake as well, I think one of the hardest parts is becuase I take very strong pain medicines for my back and hey have to be taken wih food and it has made me very very nauseous a couple of time today! Any suggesstions???? From anyone???

Thanks I think I figured it out why it was showing that way...I put in my goal weight to surgery, not my ending weight. I adjusted it let see how it looks...By the way I started doing only liquids today and it has been CRAZY!!! I am so hungry, a couple of times my stomach wouldn't stop growling out loud that my roomate made me get a creamed soup at least. I was trying to hold out for another hour or so but couldn't. I have been drinking Diet Iced Green Tea, Water, No Calorie Flavored Waters, I also had one cup of OJ this morning, one cup of V8 early afternoon and have had two servings (not at the same time, about 4 hours apart) of creamed soups. But I am still so very hungry. .. I added it up and I have had a total of 720 calories in liquids so far today I will be up for about 5 more hours, hope I can survive these hunger pains....there goes my stomach again growling at me!

Hi all...I am new to this site, just learning all the ins and outs and I saw this thread about single people, banders. Well I haven't had my band yet but I am single...ha! SO how is everyone doing, well I hope?

Thanks Shelli16415...you were such a big help!!!

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