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I stumbled upon this forum this morning looking for information on the Pre-Op liquid diet. I have been researching the lap band and attended a webinar. I am also type 2 diabetic (fairly controlled with just metformin). BP is a little on the high side but not horrible. (take a low dose of lisinopril - 10 mg) and have some knee pain due to thin cartilidge. I am hoping to find some support, suggestions and also to check out my potential surgeon and look for others who may be on the board that he performed the surgery on. Also, I'm thinking that I would like to try the liquid diet out on my own to see if I can lose a good bit extra on my own and who knows, if I am successfull, I may not need to have the surgery. Thanks for the suggestions and support. Pat PS.......love, love, love ALL the cool little smiley creatures.:wink2:

SBeth...thanks for the offer. :thumbup: I also tend to eat when I am upset or stressed out opposed to those people that don't eat at all when they are feeling stressed or depressed. My mom likes to control other things too and at 79 she is very set in her ways. That is why we live 1000 miles apart. I love them very much but sometimes I just can't handle the controlling - even at my age.

gingerjane....not sure what all you are allowed to eat but I was watching Barefoot Contessa the other day (cooking show on food network) and Ina (hostess) made some zucchini pancakes. I was thinking that you could add the shredded zucchini to the pancake batter along with the little bit of chopped red onion and then use a cooking spray in a non-stick pan to cook them. (Of course, you would need to like zucchini and was even thinking you could mix it half and half with a yellow squash or just sub the yellow squash.) Here's the link to her recipe. Zucchini pancakes

May I ask what kind of protein powder/liquid do they have you on?

Angie, keep us posted on what you discover. I haven't done a lot of research yet on the protein powders but I would like to find a place online where one could order a sampling of several different kinds - say 1 or 2 choc and vanilla of like a half dozen different brands in single serve packets. I like "milk" chocolate and a "chocolate malt" flavors best.

SBeth - thanks for the info. To be able to try out the liquid diet before hand would be good in my eyes. I need to be able to myself that I have the willpower to do it. I was an adopted child and always on the chubby/heavy side with the exception of a few years in my early 20's and my teens as I was pretty active when I was young and road my bike a lot and also was in marching band. My parents are very slim. My mother had me on diets to control my weight as far back as 7 or 8 yrs old that I can remember. It kinda messed me up (mentally) in some ways. Anyway, I was thinking that if I could make myself do the liquid thing for at least a week or 2 coupled with the soft diet and alternate and stick in one day a week with a nice balanced meat-veggie-small starch, that I might see enough progress to give me the willpower to keep going and get 50-60 lbs or so off by myself and then I would be able to start walking on my treadmill. (bad knees prohibit extensive walking at the moment as I don't have much cartilidge in them).

Food Expert, putting the pending/possible billing issues aside, how would you rate Dr. Pinnar and the clinic for the surgery? I live in Leesburg, VA and my primary doctor referred me to him. I have yet to visit/schedule an appointment but did sign up and attend a webinar last fall. It seemed to be impressive. Just looking for other opinions. TIA :wink2: