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October 3 - I'm a smashing pumpkin, baby!



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Im so excited - got my approval today. They actually wanted me in on 9/29, but I have tickets to a concert on the 30th, and sadly - the concert is THAT important to me. So October 3 it is - glad to be a smashing pumpkin!

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congrats on the date :lol: :mad: i am also a smashing pumpkin, not sure of the exact date yet but definately october, i can't wait :crying:

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Enjoy your concert!

I'm on Oct. 6---right behind ya!

:tongue2:

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Welcome Cyndi - its nice to have a date twin! :lol:

Congrats on making it this far - only a few more days til I start my official preop diet, but I have been trying to lose for a few weeks now. Do you have to do a two week preop?

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Hello Sara,

Glad to have a date twin also. You have been doing really good.:embaressed_smile: Congrats on the weight you have already lost. I start my

pre-op diet Sept. 23, after my 2 week pre-op teaching session.

This is getting so close now. It seemed to take forever to get to

this stage. But we've both made it this far. Hope to hear from you

again. Maybe we can be a support for each other since we are the

same day twins.:mellow: Good luck!!!

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Thanks for the encouragement Cyndi - I need it today. I couldnt sleep last night because I was so HUNGRY. And I havent cut back all the way to what the doc wants me to eat preop yet. I am starting to worry about if I can't do this. Its silly - I CAN do whatever I have to do - but I am having a hard time planning meals for hubby and I around what I need to eat. He will eat whatever I cook, but for me this would be much easier if I could just prepare a bunch of meals ahead of time and heat them up - no thought involved, just you get what you get. He doesnt like when I freeze foods, so.....it will be two and a half weeks of struggle, but we can BOTH do it!!!

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Sara,

Iam sorry to hear that you are so hungry. That is why it is so hard to lose weight. Are you on your liquid diet or does the doc have you on a diet before the liquid diet? Also, Your husband. Sorry to hear you have to cook for him, My husband and son will do their own cooking while I am going throught this new part of my life. He is also going to try and eat as I am to help him loose weight also. Maybe yours can just go out to eat. ( Ha Ha)! You know as we go through this every day will get a little easier. (Hopefully) I am really excited about doing this and scared about failing. I hope we can help each other get through this. We CAN DO IT!!!!!! And I know that making your husbands food will be a real struggle. Iam sorry, and if there is any thing I can do to help let me know.

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Thanks Cyndi, its just nice to be able to vent! I am lucky that my doc only puts us on a really low calorie diet (900) with strict rules for preop. I decided yesterday that its too bad for him. I am going to cook a bunch of food and freeze it and just stick it in the oven - bet he doesnt even realize I precooked it!

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:thumbup:Hello all! I will be getting banded soon and think it will be in October. Well, good luck to everyone on their journey and I am sure I will see you all around.

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