karin joseph
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Well my big day has come and gone. Dr. Choi tried to band me and found I have too many adhesions and scar tissue so I went home unbanded. Bummed about it but lost 26# on the presurgical diet so I will keep trying to lose without the band. Really hope yours is a success but I was warned that this was a possibility for me. Upside--did I mention I lost 26#--10% of my body weight! Also I get $10000 back from the surgery center. I am not binging because I think my tummy shrunk. KJ
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Anybody tried putting real food in a vitamix? Like skinless boneless chicken--or if you must, protein powder--and vegetables and spices. Turnit on with a little chicken broth and it whips into a fine soup. I like natural food whenever possible and I like to cook.
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Strax in Broward county does it for 11K--great savings!
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Oh boy, I feel your pain! I am also a week out and nothing to dull the hunger. I feel weak and light headed and also no very fond of sweets. I sneaked in some v8 spicy juice just to get a break from those protein drinks and it was a slice of heaven. I am buying a vitamix for the post surgery food so I can liquify and drink normal food only extremely pulverized.
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Hi--I am also going to Strax,Dr. Choi on Dec. 10th. We have amazingly similar stats except of course that you are 22 and I am 54. Wish I had this available to me at a younger age. I am thinking of a vitamix machine to liquify vegetables and meats and add spices--mine are Haitian but any kind that you like can be used--and it cooks the food into a soup or smoothie. How are you doing post surgery?
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Thank You! You are my 1st online friend. I kind of got carried away and broke my diet Saturday which was my Thanksgiving because I worked 12 hour shifts the previous wed/thurs and was breaking out my kitchen for a remodel on Sunday. I felt so sick all day--like a food hangover--but now I am back to the liquid protein shakes. I am considering buying a vitamix machine so I can make liquid food that is not all sweet like the shakes. I am more a savory, not a sweet lover. I can use meat and vegatables with my Haitian spices and feel not so deprived. m How is your presurgery diet. 14 pounds gone so far and surgery is not til the 10th!
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:unsure:I am also a December 10th band candidate--I say candidate because I am afraid that if I have adhesions I won't be banded. Has this happened with anyone you know? I am very nervous because I am spending so much money out of pocket--my insurance will cover gastric bypass but not the LAP-BAND®--and feeling alittle guilty because the money could be going into my house remodeling. I feel a little selfish. I am trying to focus an the outcome. I am following Atkins induction and have to start liquids--protein kind--11/26. I am also enjoying my last month of Diet Coke:tt2:. It is amazing to me that I have lost 12# in the last 10 days!
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HI EVERYONE, I have been on the preop diet for 3 days now pending banding 12/10. Mine consists of 2 protein powders with coconut oil a day (yuck) and a meal of 6 oz lean protein and a vegetable. I think I have food withdrawal--not all that hungry but feeling really strange and foggy. I don't know why I have a month of this to do--my BMI is 38--but I am going to anyway because I am nervous about having adhesions from previous surgery and not being able to get the band. I guess it is a kind of karmic bargaining--if I follow the diet twice as long as everyone else I will have been so GOOD that I will get the band. Also I am paying for this myself so I am double nervous. I hate the shakes--I would rather ear protein only like Atkins.
