Just Started The Journey - Am Really Excited

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I got banded on August 16th 2012. Its been just over a week since I got banded and I am looking forward to loosing the weight.

Pre-surgery

I will tell you that the first 3 days of the pre-surgery diet were hard and I was cranky as hell. Had to tell my wife to just let me be as the diet was really hard to get used to

If the pre-surgery diet was hard, the day before surgery with Zero calorie liquids was torture but I bore through it.

Over all though the pre-surgery diet was very good for me, I lost 18 lbs on it and it has got me motivated and was the perfect platform for me. My surgeon Dr. Braverman did tell me that my liver was not much larger than normal at time of surgery and looked good overall. It was very large when they did the ultrasound about 6 weeks before surgery.

Post-Surgery

I have been slowly adjusting to liquids and a little bit of soft foods. I did have a couple of cases where I tried soft foods too early and that did not sit well at all. I have lost another 2 pounds in the last 10 days and hope to start loosing more as I can get into predictable foods as well as exercising.