ErinMarie

Thanks rrr! I spread my Protein shake out throughout the day today and that seemed to help a bit! I plan to do the same thing tomorrow with my mushies! As for the Chat...I have never been on it!

I am bandster hell right along with you folks! My doctor's diet for me right now (I'm 5 days post op) is full liquids but only 2 oz per meal! So I eat 2 oz of Cream of Wheat or Oatmeal for bfast, then I drink 20 oz protien shake throughout the morning, 2 oz of either a creamed soup or instant mashed potatoes for lunch, then I have to try to drink 2 bottles of water for the rest of the night and 2 oz of instant mashed potatoes for dinner...and let me tell you..I AM STARVING. And not just hungry, like my hunger pains get so bad in the afternoons that it HURTS BAD. It feels like bloating but then my stomach growls! I went back to work today and it wasn't too bad but I was tired by 10 am and starving only an hour after eating lunch Im trying to get all my liquids and protein in but I am STILL HUNGRY! I am going to try to eat more Jello and broth to help but I doubt it will help as much as I need it to. I have no intention of cheating but I am completely miserable! I get to start mushies on Wednesday and I am desperately helping it will be better, but again, my meals will only be 2 oz at a time :/ and I am not seeing my doctor until June 2 (and praying for a fill then too). Wish me luck!

Yay congrats! I have a CLOSET full of clothes that I haven't been able to wear for years and I can't wait to have one of these moments! Needless to say, I will be shouting it from the rooftops!

I have asked WW about this myself and they said if I needed proof I was there I should use my bank statements. I didn't end up having to prove it but it may work!

Hey fellow May Bandsters! I had my surgery on Wednesday (May 4th)! My incisions are definitely causing me the most pain...but only when I get up or down. I am pretty bloated and that is most of the pain that I feel (along with hunger pangs, but I can't always tell them apart!). Hopefully, I'll be passing gas soon! (I never thought I would be excited about that!) Once I start doing that regularly I can start on my protein shakes so help fill me up better. Last night I had some chicken broth for dinner and today I had about 1.5 oz of Cream of Wheat. I couldn't finish it though because I was starting to feel funny and I didn't want to hurt anything! And for lunch I just had about 2.5 oz of strained potato soup and it was delicious! The burrito my hubby was eating smelled amazing but I wasn't in the mood to eat it anyway. I am too afraid to even THINK about real food. Right now I'm just more concerned about not eating too much because PBing would HURT like a mother! I hiccuped twice today and it SUCKED! If you want to read more about my surgery day you can check out my blog! Just wanted to share that I had my surgery and I am still alive!

My surgery was today by Dr. Diaz!! I am in my hosp room right now chillaxin! I was in the 4/21 pre-op class! I was up front with my mom

Hey Tia! Me too! Were you in the Pro-Op class? Are you who I talked to about coming here?

If you don't get any responses here there is a gay section on the forum too!

Alright, have you ever heard of Pure Romance parties? (aka sex toy parties?) You need to find someone doing these parties and BOOK ONE! They are a great way to learn about self-satisfaction and the ladies that do the parties are very knowledgeable and confidential! Please feel free to message me if you want to know more! If you tell me where you live I can even ask my Pure Romance consultant who the good people are in your area! Good luck!

I bet it is! good luck to you too! I thought about doing some type of plan anyway just to get my into the grove. I think working on getting all that protein in now is a great idea so you already have a handle on what you are doing!

So I wanted to tell someone this on the boards but I don't want everyone to hate me! I do not have to do a pre-op diet!!! I was so shocked! I even asked multiple people and checked and rechecked all my paperwork! Crazy!

I have Tricare RS and it took 2.5 weeks to get approved and thats because they 'misplaced' my file. I did not have to do a 6 month diet beforehand (and I'm about 95% sure Tricare does not require it anyway). If I was you, I would go to the seminar and just go through the steps. Once the doc's office submits to Tricare is when you will really find out anyway. The doctor's insurance person will know a lot more than the Tricare people (sad but true).

Most people wait until they are 30 or less pounds from their goal

This is way late, but whatev. I haven't had my surgery yet but I do have a date! (May 4!) I am going to try to workout as much as possible too, but I am pretty terrible at it now. I'm hoping getting some weight off will motivate me to do it more since right now when I work out it just hurts Anyway! Congrats on your loss so far!!!

I'm glad you are able to get WLS like you wanted! Good luck!! Even as an obese teen, I don't know if I would have had the willpower back then to get WLS, but since your mom is in the know that should help you a ton! Good luck! Congrats! Erin