Lap Band Surgery tomorrow... feeling GUILTY

[Coco's Mum 1]

I like what Aly said - be kind to yourself ! Good luck with the surgery ... come to the board often ... it's a great support system !

[Lorelei 0]

You did very well loosing 11+ lbs! Just remember you may "mess up" when you have the band too, it's normal, it's human nature. What counts is how you deal with it afterwards and what you learn from it. I'll be in surgery tomorrow at 9 AM and I'll be thinking of all my other 7/5 buddies! We're going to be great!

XOXO

Lorelei

[blackmajyk 7]

You have absolutely no reason to feel guilty at all...just like others I was not put on a diet at all..Had my preop today and the anastesiologist(spelling) told me to go home and have a good meal and he will see me in the morning...I was like..wth! I can eat! really..he started laughinhg and said yeah..I just knew I would be put on a liquid diet for the day before surgery, so my big dinner was freaking burger king lol..we traveled 2 1/2 hrs so dont know the area and that was the only thing across from the hotel ..lol. I am so nervous and excited at same time. They did tell me that I was being registered as an inpatient. So I may not get to go home tomorrow..but thats ok..a full night of the IV drugs and being pampered lol. I wish you luck and I am so stoked for you.

Ann

Tomorrow is my surgery date, finally! I completed my 2 week preop liquid only diet. Some days I had some lettuce and peppers though just to chew. I was doing great, down 11.2 lbs. I am assuming I haven't lost more because I have my monthly "visitor" and am very bloated.

Summer is my favorite season. If any of you are from the Northeast, I'm sure you'll agree. BBQs are also my favorite. And, the weekend before my surgery, I had THREE OF THEM.

The first BBQ I had my Protein shakes and I was fine. The second BBQ was at my house. I had only 1 Protein shake (as opposed to 4) and had a piece of cake and a cookie. The third BBQ, which was yesterday, was a nightmare. I had 2 Protein Shakes (out of 4), about a 1/3c of baked Beans, a 1/4c potato salad and a piece of cake. I feel absolutely terrible to the point that I could cry. I was doing so well. Does this mean I can't do the Lapband and stick with the rules? Am I going to fail?

Just about all of my confidence has dropped. I came into the preop diet feeling so good and not messing up, and 12 days later I cheated. And to top it all off, I told my aunt yesterday that I was having surgery Wednesday. She gave me a look (not a nice one) and said really? You're having surgery???? And said "well, you can't eat what you ate today." I wanted to crawl into a HOLE. Granted, I did not eat as much as I normally would have, but still, I ate when I shouldn't have. I didn't want to tell her about the surgery but my mom told me I should because she thought my aunt would be upset if she found out afterwards. I should've never said anything. The only thing worse than cheating on my preop diet is hearing people say, in lesser words, that they don't think I can do it or it's not a good idea.

I guess you could consider this a confession or me just venting. I hate that I'm gonna go into surgery feeling so badly. I want this, and I don't want to mess it up. I have eaten nothing today because it is my clear liquid day before surgery... and I won't mess that up because of anesthesia, etc. I really hope my spirits lift a little before surgery tomorrow.

Sorry to bring you guys down! Please don't read this as a "poor me" type thing!

[Kimiky 5]

I'm having my surgery tomorrow too and you have done MUCH better than me! Give yourself a break, get a good nights rest and let's rock this surgery tomorrow

Good luck and God bless!

[Kimiky 5]

I'm having my surgery tomorrow too and you have done MUCH better than me! Give yourself a break, get a good nights rest and let's rock this surgery tomorrow

Good luck and God bless!

[dejastar 1]

Tomorrow is my surgery date, finally! I completed my 2 week preop liquid only diet. Some days I had some lettuce and peppers though just to chew. I was doing great, down 11.2 lbs. I am assuming I haven't lost more because I have my monthly "visitor" and am very bloated.

Summer is my favorite season. If any of you are from the Northeast, I'm sure you'll agree. BBQs are also my favorite. And, the weekend before my surgery, I had THREE OF THEM.

The first BBQ I had my Protein shakes and I was fine. The second BBQ was at my house. I had only 1 Protein shake (as opposed to 4) and had a piece of cake and a cookie. The third BBQ, which was yesterday, was a nightmare. I had 2 Protein Shakes (out of 4), about a 1/3c of baked Beans, a 1/4c potato salad and a piece of cake. I feel absolutely terrible to the point that I could cry. I was doing so well. Does this mean I can't do the Lapband and stick with the rules? Am I going to fail?

Just about all of my confidence has dropped. I came into the preop diet feeling so good and not messing up, and 12 days later I cheated. And to top it all off, I told my aunt yesterday that I was having surgery Wednesday. She gave me a look (not a nice one) and said really? You're having surgery???? And said "well, you can't eat what you ate today." I wanted to crawl into a HOLE. Granted, I did not eat as much as I normally would have, but still, I ate when I shouldn't have. I didn't want to tell her about the surgery but my mom told me I should because she thought my aunt would be upset if she found out afterwards. I should've never said anything. The only thing worse than cheating on my preop diet is hearing people say, in lesser words, that they don't think I can do it or it's not a good idea.

I guess you could consider this a confession or me just venting. I hate that I'm gonna go into surgery feeling so badly. I want this, and I don't want to mess it up. I have eaten nothing today because it is my clear liquid day before surgery... and I won't mess that up because of anesthesia, etc. I really hope my spirits lift a little before surgery tomorrow.

Sorry to bring you guys down! Please don't read this as a "poor me" type thing!

Good Luck Crash. I barely lost any weight on the liquid only diet, but my liver was small according to the doctor. Right now I am having a hard time eating, I was banded on June 29th. It is a learning process, you will make mistakes; but you will learn.

[xavier 153]

Take care of yourself, Crash, you are fine! Everyone cheats and if youre lucky one day you wont be able to eat more than a couple of bites of BBQ so you wont feel bad about it...start your journey by being nice to yourself!