aimeenichole

In a newbie here, but have been surfing the posts for a long time. I am 24 years old and I have been morbidly obese since I was 8. I have tried so many diets over the years and lost tons of weight only to gain twice as much back. I had finally given up on dieting and stayed the same weight without gaining for a few years. My insurance started covering lap band in January, so I have been working on getting my surgery approved since then, now it's finally here:smile: I have lost 11lbs so far on my pre-op diet and another 9 before that. I can't believe I'm already 20lbs closer to my goal and I haven't even had the surgery yet. I'm so excited. I can't wait to start having more energy to chase around my 34 month old son.

Thanks everyone for your support! I am 8 days out from surgery now and feeling great. I made it to the 30 lb mark. I am so proud of myself for sticking to it.

I found these drinks from all bran Cereal brand that are iced tea flavored and you put them in your Water like crystal lite. They only have 20 cal. and they have 10g of fiber! (metamucil and benafiber only have 3gms fiber). The taste is pretty good too. Also there is crystal lite live active that has 3 g of Fiber and 100% Vitamin C. Hope this helps!

I almost feel like just going back to all liquids at least I was losing weight. It is so much easier to know what to eat also. I don't have to worry about what I'm going to puree, and I make sure to get all my liquids in. Maybe your guys doctors were right to leave you on liquids for 2 weeks instead of 1. Thanks for the replies.

They just asked me when I got there if I was on my period. I was lucky I ended up starting it right after surgery.

I went a week before my first BM after surgery and I was freaking out. I would not use a stool softener yet if your still on the liquid diet it slows everything down.