missyb10

Please elaborate. You have a specific amount of weight you have to lose prior to surgery? I'm just curious. I am a self pay so this all literally happened within a month and half!!! And my doctor told me to do whatever works for me to stay at 1000 calories a day. And so far it's been a protein bar for breakfast, Lean cuisine, or smart ones for lunch and dinner. Sugar free Popsicles for snack. Baby carrots and radishes. Maybe a hard boiled egg! I've just been playing around. I've managed to keep it right though! Where are you from? Please share your journey so far with me!

Hi! I'm actually doing fairly well! I'm sticking to my diet. I'm being very creative with recipes and that helps! That's just it, I didn't have a ore-op diet! Ugh!

Ok so today is 3rd day post op! I'm on my 1000 calorie diet and I expected this part to be easier due to the surgery! But since my band isn't closed my appetite is still roaring! But I've done great and will continue to do so until I get this band closed!!!! The gas is so bad though! When will the gas ease up?

That's exactly the attitude I have! I keep saying, three weeks isn't anything when you think about the span of life! I am disappointed but really I'm ok! I'm glad he made the decision to stop instead doing it blind! That's for sure!!!! He explained it to my mom and myself just like this: he didn't explain well enough or at all for that matter that I needed to watch what I ate for the previous two weeks. And of course, I love good. So I ate any and everything I could get my hands on kinda like a goodbye yummy food, fast food, etc..... And with me being self pay I didn't have a scope to see everything. But I know this is God's plan and I will be obedient to the doctor and to The Lord! Thanks for the encouragement.

Didn't go as planned. I have my band and port in but my liver was too large to fasten the band. So I'm on a diet for 3 weeks and then back in to fasten the band. Prayers please.

Thanks for the advice! I will def update after tomorrow.

Amazing! Such a great story!

Thanks so much everyone!!! I am so excited and am so blessed to be able to have this done!!

Thanks so much! I'm overwhelmed reading all the posts and threads in this forum! The support is amazing! And it's so comforting knowing there are so many people going or who have gone through the exact same thing I am!!!! I will update as I go from tomorrow!

I'm new one this site and I actually posted in the wrong forum! Sorry!!