Similar Stats?? Looking for a buddy...or two...or ten!!!

[Nean4488 1]

I love Dr. Watkins. He is awesome and very humble. Nean do you have to do the 2 weeks liquid diet? What shakes are you thinking of going with?

Ya I start Monday. Melody said I could go with Optifast but I def opt out of that! lol

I am not a fan of pre-made shakes at all! Id rather make my own and make them the way I like them, esp if i am going to be living on them for 2 weeks!

I love the Protein powder called platinum hydrowhey. It is on the expensive side, but its the best stuff I have tasted, tastes like a milkshake, if you use it with milk to me! You can pick if up at any xsport or order it online.

[agiudice 0]

I'm in ! I'm 31 5' tall, weigh 220 and am getting banded June 7! So excited.....

[Nean4488 1]

I'm in ! I'm 31 5' tall, weigh 220 and am getting banded June 7! So excited.....

Good Luck!:redface:

[CurvyCat 0]

Hi there!

I'm 36, in Texas, and scheduled for surgery June 15th.

My starting weight was 268, but I think I'm down to somewhere between 230-235 now (started this in January). My goal is 150, and I'm 5'6".

I have my pre-op stuff done on May 21, the morning after I get back from a week-long vacation at Disney World, and a few days before I head out for a week-long camping trip, so we'll see how *that* goes. :redface:

I have the option to do either a mostly-liquid diet or a low-carb, low-fat, high-Protein diet pre-op. I will probably take the mostly liquid option, as I've been following a slightly modified version of the other one for several weeks already.

For the liquid, I'll be using the Optimum Nutrition 100% whey Protein Powder in vanilla Ice Cream flavor. I like it best mixed with Soy Slender soymilk in vanilla or Chocolare, but it's decent with unsweetened soymilk too. Post-op, I'll just be mixing it with just Water for the first two weeks, but it's not bad that way either.

I just found out that one of my best girlfriends is getting banded with the same doctor on the same day, so I definitely will have a local buddy, but I could always use more! I have a lot of friends that have done other bariatric surgeries, but no one else I know well has gotten the lap-band.