julie.ann

Congrats Penny! Thanks for the great information and the advice about the protien. On my pre-op diet I am getting about 120-130 grams of protein a day. I'm really not hungry with 1100-1200 calories a day. Of course with the band the portions will be MUCH smaller.

Here's a new question for all of you. Especially those that are alread banded and those of us that aren't. How often are you weighing in? Are you weighing at home? Decided to wait until you fill appts? What is your plan. I know I am going to want to weigh, but I don't want to get discouraged before my first fill.

Good luck tomorrow! Let us know how all of you are doing.

That's awesome! Good for you!!! You are only a few days behind me!:biggrin:

Under the October 2008 group there are all of the threads that our group has started (including this one). There you can find the other threads that I was talking about. Congrats on your 10 weight loss! That's Awesome!!!!!:smile:

Welcome Sweepy! We are glad you are here! I am still waiting to get banded. I will join all of you next Wednesday. I can't wait. There are some great people here that have been banded for weeks already. It's great to see where they are already! Good luck!

Welcome to the pumpkin patch. I'm glad you have found us! There is a poll to record which band you choose and a thread for surgery stories. This is our main thread that gets the most activity. Everyone is great here. We are lucky to have found each other! I hope everything is going well for you. I can't wait to join the band!:Dancing_biggrin:

That's awesome. Good for you!

I think a very nice, "I'm not even really that sore, but my doctor said that since this has been a chronic problem that my knee should continue to improve over the next year." There you go. Truth....and no one else had to know anything you are not ready to tell. I have already set the stage for leaving town for my surgery next week. (OMG IT'S NEXT WEEK!!!!! That's the first time I really thought that!) My DH and I are taking a few days off to spend some one on one time and visit some friends while out of town. When I come back I plan to lie to my friends and family. Now usually I will find someway to tell the truth without telling the secret. I hate to lie. I can't keep the stories straight. But with this I will be sore and unable to do somethings around the house. I plan to tell my kids I fell down some stairs at the hotel while we were out of town. My liquid diet will be chalked up to some major GI problems that started on our trip. (Related to the fall if the girls at work think I'm not getting around well) I know you shouldn't lie, but that is a path I have choosen for this. This is deeply personal to me. I need to do this and keep this secret for me....at least for now. There have been times I have been tempted to tell my best friend, but something is holding me back. I have learned to trust that little voice inside my head.

I am so sorry. I think a very polite email is called for. Just to let those three know that this was a private matter and you are disappointed that everyone had found out. Nothing mean or not what you exactly want to say. Just enough to make them feel like crap. I understand. I haven't told anyone!

Thanks for the links! I drink advantEDGE carb control now. That would be a full liquid, but I really like the chocolate. I am going to start looking for other choices. They are about $1.25 a drink at walmart. Maybe I can find them cheaper somewhere else.

YEP! Diet Coke. But I would rather be wearing smaller than a size 16. That would be SO much better than a diet coke!

you so funny :smile2::thumbup::thumbup:

You know I am starting to think that will be the hardest part for me.... No liquids with meals. That is going to get tough. That and no more soda. I guess in the great scheme of things I will survive. (Fade out to Gloria Gaynor) At first I was afraid, I was petrified.........

Welcome to the pumpkin patch, GratefulHeart. Would you like to smash a few pumkins? You'll be joining the band soon! :smile2:

Here is my "Ah-ha" moment. ( a bit lengthy) I have just realized that eating is not supposed to be fun. No...I know what you are thinking. Well I know if it was me two weeks ago I would be thinking that it may not be fun, but I enjoy it. I always saw eating as fun. Entertainment. I used it as a reward for myself or a consolation. I would put the kiddos to bed when they were little and then sit down with my favortie show and a plate of garlic bread and enjoy. If work REALLY sucked I would come home and sit down and eat ice cream or pick up McDonalds on the way home because I "deserved" it. Eating is not supposed to be fun. I thought going out with friends and having fun equalled eating. I started my pre-op diet on Monday. I started it earlier than I needed to and I have lost 8 lbs since last Friday. Wow I felt great...but I had that nawing desire for a last supper. Come on surely some of you can relate. That last...I can't eat this for months......can I ever eat this with the band......last supper. As of tomorrow no bread, Pasta, rice or potatoes. I ate great all day. I went grocery shopping and did it. Guess what. IT SUCKED!!!!!! I had garlic bread and frozen pizza. (my staple) Not only was the garlic bread not satisfying, but the pizza tasted...well, flat. That is the only way I can describe it. Flat! It tasted worse than ever before. My taste buds would be much happier if I had eaten veggies and chicken breast. I wish I could puke. I hope I remember this feeling forever! So not worth it! I know that I will want crappy food again. But I feel like I am a step ahead of where I was before. Now listen to this. Are you ready? Eating is for survival. It is to get enough nutrition to live. That is it's main focus. I know this sounds simple, but I have been oblivious to the obvious. (Try saying that three times fast.) It is not a reward. It does not console us. It doesn't take away bordem It doesn't listen to our problems. It is a fair weather friend....actually not even a friend at all. It is that bi*chy girl in jr. high that we thought liked us, but only pretends to until she can stab us in the back. I am ready now. I am ready to start the rest of my life. I am ready to try to forget this "last supper". Actually I guess I want to remember it forever.

I record mine on www.sparkpeople.com I really like it. It has food to choose from or you can add your own. You can list your favorites to choose from and even put in a recipe and it will tell you how much nutritional value per serving. It is completely free and has great articles that you can have emailed to you.

I think it is interesting that right now it is 50/50. I am looking forward to see what the final tally is.

Great! I am a 29th birthday girl too. I can't wait to join the band!:smile: Welcome to the patch!

I know JUST how you feel! My office mate had RNY surgery and she needed it for her health and she said it was the best thing she ever did. She is the one that finally made me get decide to just take the leap and make the call to take the first step. She said "I don't know why I didn't do it earlier." I thought that I didn't want to screw around for another 10 or 15 years and then say that I wish I would have done it when I was in my thirties. I haven't told her or anyone except my husband and my husband told a friend that lives far away and never comes close to anyone else I know. (It took me a while to stop being mad at him about it.) I don't want people to say "Oh she needed to do it for her health." or "It was a last resort" or "She took the easy way out." I don't want pity. I don't want gossip. I know that to loose weight is still going to be work and I want credit for it, damn it! I don't want people to see me loose weight and think that it was easy.

I don't have to do a liquid diet before surgery. Anyone else out there? I am on a low carb/high protien diet. 10 days before surgery cuts out all bread, pasta, rice and potates. (I have started this already.) NPO after midnight the day of surgery. That's it. I have been trying to eat like a bandster, but I have found that meals without liquids is HARD! Wow! I wouldn't have thought it was that hard.

Yep! There a few. If you go the October Odessey thread they are all listed there. Add your name to the bunch. Welcome to the pumkin patch. Time to do some smashing!

My surgery is 2 weeks away the nerves haven't hit me yet, not really. But I know they will, especially the day before when we leave for Denver. I hope you feel more comfortable as the day draws closer. Ask yourself what you would do if you were told that you couldn't have surgery. I would be mad then diappointed. I am tired of living my life like I have been. That might help you to know you are make the right choice for you. Good luck! :regular_smile: (group hug!)

Welcome to the pumkin patch. Let's smash a few shall we???? :regular_smile: