I am so excited to join the Outrageous Octobers!! My surgery is scheduled for the 11th and I am very excited! I am on day 9 of pre-op diet, which seems to be a little different for me, my surgeon had me eating 1000 calories a day and only clear liquid diet the day before surgery. This hasn't been unbearable, but I have only lost 2lbs so far. I am dissapointed since so many others have lost a lot more than that on the pre-op liquid diet. I just hope I am not missing out on something important by not doing the liquid diet. Hope to see many successful updates soon :thumbdown: