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Hi,

I just joined today. I had my consult last week. Now have to meet with nutritionist and psych. I want to lose 20 lbs before surgery. My surgeon is Dr. Larson in Lake Worth, Florida. He doesn't require weight loss, but says it is easier on your lungs if you do. I will try.

I want to know if you lose your appetite, and how fast larger people lose weight.

Also does anyone prefer one band over another: Realize or lap band?

How is energy level after surgery?

Thank you,

Louisa

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Good luck on your journey. My surgery date is 4/2 but I started my prep last may. I didn't loose much weight but since my Pre op I have 14 pounds. I'm looking forward to my new life.

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Hey my band date was 3-1-12. I did a two week pre-op all liquid. I lost my appetite the first week after surgery with the swelling and gas and all that fun stuff. Just didn't feel like eating so I didn't. I did make sure to get all my Water in. I am three weeks out and have lost 26 lbs according to my dr scales. So far it hasn't been hard. I started at 298. Got my first fill yesterday so I'm not sure how that's gonna work so far except that if I eat much (yesterday was all liquid so that's just today) I feel that fullness in my chest everyone talks about so I stop right away (that's about two chicken strips). Best thing was I ate lunch at 12:30 and wasn't hungry again for four hours!

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I started at 260 and am to whatever my ticker says now over about a month. I did a low calorie diet for two weeks, then a pseudo liquid diet for two weeks prior to surgery (most days was two Protein Shakes, one Protein Bar, and two yogurts). I did have three normal meals during my pseudo liquid, but maintained a diet mentality so did not pig out like I would have in the past.

since surgery on the 20th, I have done pureed Soups, sugar free pudding, Protein shakes, and yogurts. Tonight I had some soft noodles because I flew into another state for a work conference and there weren't any soups at the buffet dinner.< /p>

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