waynooo

Hello All,

I am booked in for a gastric band operation at the Runnymede Hospital, Surrey on 2nd February.

I have been given a pre op diet to follow, however I have noticed that many people drink Protein shakes before they have the surgery, what is the best diet to follow?

Any advice and help would be much appreciated.

Thanks....

The best diet to follow is the one your Doctor recommended.

OUCH!!!:eek::crying::eek:

I am sorry to hear this. I recently went under the knife as well. Problem gone. Good luck and go to your doctors, they are used to it.

food is no longer your friend! I cant wait to cut the strings and have food laughing at me.

I have BCBS of Az administered by AmeriBen. Once they got the paper work it was in a day or two. Not long at all. The biggest wait was the Surgeons office. Good luck!

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I dont know about drinking it to help keep you full. But I sure in the heck drink it to help keep me regular! I didnt post op for the first 5 months and paid for it with a very painful surgery to the back side. OUCH!!!!!!!!!! Make Fiber a part of your daily diet.

Doing well, 62lbs total. I have stalled out pretty good. I understand why and am working on it. Been hitting the gym pretty regular and pretty hard. I enjoy being me! My wife asked last night what happened to her husband. I told her, he got fat, I am giving you back the guy you married! Good to hear from you all and look forward to hearing from the rest. Rock On, Waynooo

I have BCBS administered by Ameriben in Arizona. They were really good and fast. Have you had your sleep study, blood work done, and all the other tests to check for Co-Morbidities? BCBS requires two with BMI of 35 to 40. Other than that, next time you weigh in drink ALOT of Water before you go.

Great post! I tend to not even go in the threads with negative topics. Keeps me on the positive side.

You need to make Metamucil or such a part of your daily diet. I did not do this and am now paying for it dearly. Due to the Constipation and straining I got a grade 4 hemroid. I had it operated on last thursday and am still in pain. YOUCH!!!!!! Do your self a favor start now, you will be surprised at how regular you will become.

Another on board. Benn banded since April 2010, going good. Weight loss is what you put in to it, if you work hard and exercise regularly the pounds will come off. The thing that I hate the most is when I cook a nice meal for the family and get 3 bites down and get stuck! Ughh, that sucks, I have learned to just push the plate away and be done with it. Good luck guys, it's a piece of cake.

I had the same thing! Talked with the doc about it. They said it would go way. It did, no worries now.

R.I.P. Dawn

Congratulations. I should do something like this as its been 2.5 yrs now for me and -140 lbs and with another 60 lbs to go, I tend to pick at my flaws and lack of fast progress now as compared to remembering the original me picture!

Do it, we would all love to see!

Thank you guys for the kind words. :thumbup:

it was just a simple question. And it was taken to another level.

Jersey, we're just having fun wit ya! Point taken on the once in a while. Every day inhaling charcoal would kill ya! Thats what kills the coal minors, black lung, yuk! Have a toke and relax.......

I'm sorry. I am cracking up right now... of all the posts on this forum this one came out of left field big time!!!

We used to enjoy a wonderful hookah in college... made out of an ocean spray cran-grape bottle with 4 hoses for all of us to share... and we weren't smoking flavored tobacco!!! In fact, my college hookah probably led to munchies that caused at least a 50 lb weight gain! LOL

Oh, memories!!! lol

:blushing::couch2::smile2::cursing::smile:

We had a different word for it, I think it was a BONG. A Hookah was some one who stood on the corner tryin to make a dolla.

:smile::smile::smile::tt1::smile:

I was in need of some encouragement this morning so I found a pic I had taken several years ago that I actually thought looked. Then I had my wife take a pic this A.M. at about the same angle. Man did I get the encouragement I was looking for! What I journey it has been so far. I am half way there! Take a look at what I saw this morning!

The first pic is the one I thought looked good, followed by this mornings picture.

I have to laugh at the old me. Or maybe its the newish me that makes me giddy. Not sure but what the heck I am loving it!:cursing::blushing::smile::couch2::smile::smile2:

Pretzel, its time to get back to basics. Go in for a fill, Protein first, then veggies. Put it in a measuring cup, drink lots of Water and get lots of protein in. You can do it, pull up those boot straps and step back in the game!

Congrats and welcome to LBT. Their is so much information on this site, it is mind boggling! Good luck on your journey, Waynooo

Yes, that is exactly right.

I am opposite, my pants are starting to drag the ground. The only thing I can figure is that my legs a bahookey aren't as big.

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MsSmith, if you go in to the mens room their is already a thread on this subject. You would be suprised just how many there are. I am not a police officer, I work for Department of Corections. But it has really helped me in many ways already! The self esteam that i have now is great!

I'm a terrible slimer... It's rare that i eat a meal where i don't start sliming and have to get rid of something. For me PB'ing is basically spitting the slime and i just like Btreiger, kind of push from my abs and squeeze my throat and up comes more slime and often some of what i just ate. My band isn't that full, although I don't know how full it is, i've only had 2 fills. But i think i take too big of bites and i'm tired of living in uncomfort because of it, so i have to get better and stop this bad behavior. If i just keep spitting slime and not swallowing it helps relieve the fullness. :cursing:

Thats what I have been doing. Just slime no food. Maybe I am doing it right.

Thanks for all the advice! I had a pretty good stuck over the weekend. I tried but was unable to get rid of it. I know it is moving cause i feel relief for a few minutes but then it hits again. OUCH!! I really need to remember the needs of my budy!