September 2009 Band Date

[incolorado 1]

Wow..you have it rough. I doubt very seriously that I could follow your strict rules. I hope you have something that will take your mind off of things...especially since we have the weekend to get through!

I am going to spend the weekend organizing my closet into sizes..>I have 24/22 all the way down to 14/12 in there..I figure if I do things that make me remember why I am not chewing all weekend it will go by faster.

I already detoxed myself on the caffeine, so I feel your pain about that one too...I don't think I could manage it all at the same time without killing someone.

Good luck......September is almost here!

It is going to be tough doing food and caffeine withdrawal all at once! It does help to think that people do these fasts all the time (you know, people that are not overweight, doing it for spiritual or "cleansing" purposes). It is not going to kill me.

But I must come up with things to do to make the time pass quickly! Organizing the closet is a good idea, but that is about #2 on my list of top 10 things I hate to do. I need to think of things I like to do! I have a pretty full day tomorrow with my boys' 2 football games and a meeting at church, but not much else planned...

I am trying to think of it as a vacation from food. Free from thinking about it, planning meals, shopping, deciding what to eat, all of it. A positive thing, right? :w00t:

[incolorado 1]

Hey Cortney, where is your blog? Would love to check it out.

[topspinner 0]

Just got approved and schedule for Sept. 17th. I am so pumped up and excited!!! Good luck to all the other September Bandsters!

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[SmilinShel 0]

I am in the West Palm Beach area. I am having surgery at JFK medical in Lake Worth with Dr. Larson!! I am so excited and can't wait myself!!

I am going to do the pre op diet even though not required!

So glad we have this group to keep track of each other!!

Michelle - Where are you in Florida?

I am in Gainesville. Pretty North of both of you guys!

I have 4 days to go. I had to come in to work today..and then I will head to the gym. I am trying to stay busy. I think it is nerves, but I have had a headache off and on since yesterday. I don't think it is diet related since I was already pretty much on a liquid, no caffeine diet for the last month...oh well...maybe exercise will help it. I hope!

How goes it today?

[AmandakRangel 0]

Off to the gym but I wanted to let you all know that I lost another 2 lbs for a total of four pounds this week. So that is great news, because I couldn't expect to lose 12 pounds every week. Three days to go and hoping to lose 2 more pounds before Tuesday. If not twenty pounds is very good in one month, I think. I can't remember who was having their surgery on the August 31rst, but I want to wish you all the luck in the world and we will all be thinking about you on Monday, let us know how it goes.

[jmtmb 0]

Hi September bandsters !!! I had my last visit with the surgeon yesterday before surgery. I am scheduled for Sept. 4th. Started Clear Liquids only with 30 grams of Protein Powder per day. I was down 15 pounds since Aug. 21st. woohoo !!!:w00t: They took my picture yesterday for my file. Can't wait to see what I look like a year from now! Had a pretty rough night last night dreaming of all the foods I could be eating if not on clear liquids. Tried not to focus on it, but was VERY hard, but I have not cheated at all !! Need to apologize to my DH today for being so cranky last night. :frown: Anyway WE CAN DO THIS !! Hoping this next week flies by.

JoLynne

[Megan9463 0]

Hi, everyone!! Sorry I've been MIA, I had visitors in town so I didn't have time to post! How is everyone doing?

I can't believe that I'm having surgery in 5 days!! How many other Sept 2nd people are here now?

My first day of the pre-op (8/19) was AWFUL! I drank the EAS shakes and basically had to chug them down (I guess some things learned in college really do help in real life!). I've gotten into a rhythm with my shakes and food and am feeling really good about everything!

My mom's coming into town on Tuesday night to help out with my hubby and then my in-laws and brother-in-law are coming from Ireland 4 days post op for 2 weeks...can you say full house?! Thankfully I love my in-laws so I think the visit will be good!

Anyway, I'll be much better about posting and checking in with everybody! Hope everyone's doing OK!!

PS...do we Sept Bandsters have a nick-name? I think it's cute that other groups do! Suggestions??:frown:

[Ready4a2ndChance 0]

Hi, everyone!! Sorry I've been MIA, I had visitors in town so I didn't have time to post! How is everyone doing?

I can't believe that I'm having surgery in 5 days!! How many other Sept 2nd people are here now?

My first day of the pre-op (8/19) was AWFUL! I drank the EAS shakes and basically had to chug them down (I guess some things learned in college really do help in real life!). I've gotten into a rhythm with my shakes and food and am feeling really good about everything!

My mom's coming into town on Tuesday night to help out with my hubby and then my in-laws and brother-in-law are coming from Ireland 4 days post op for 2 weeks...can you say full house?! Thankfully I love my in-laws so I think the visit will be good!

Anyway, I'll be much better about posting and checking in with everybody! Hope everyone's doing OK!!

PS...do we Sept Bandsters have a nick-name? I think it's cute that other groups do! Suggestions??:frown:

I am getting more and more anxious about my surgery, thankgod i'm already on Lexapro (hubby is deployed to afghanistan and I have a 16 month old and a just turned 4yr old so thats taking it's toll being with them 24/7 alone, I love them but whew!) anyway thankgod for that or else who knows how the anxiety would be affecting me, lol........September 9th here i come!!!!!! anyway.......i was actually trying to come up with some names for our little september group my sugguestions so far which i don;t know if they are corny or what but all i could come up with was

September Superstars or September BandStars I don't get the whole star thing not sure why that was on my mind???? MMMM if anyone has any other suggestions it'd be great to hear them, in the meantime everyone take care I hope we can all faithfully stick to our pre ops, lol.........i'm just LOVING my chicken Water, thats what my 4yr old calls it. Does anyone else think that it has a strange aftertaste????? OH and 60 carbs is ok but it's alot less than I thought it'd be.

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[TicTac 0]

6 days to go for me. Doc put me on Optifast/1 light meal for a week. Been doing it for the past week (down 7lbs) to get a head start. Supposed to lose 10lbs total by surgery (9/3). I have done the full Optifast program in the past so this isn't very hard but now the weight is coming off more slowly. Hope I get these last few lbs off by Thurs! Also, having a last supper with my carbonated drinks (diet coke, perrier, green tea cascade ice). Saying goodbye very slowly :frown: I will really miss my diet coke! I am trying not to think about the actual surgery (never had any!) but it is definitely time to say goodbye to the excess fat and the 85 different diets I have tried in the past!

[Megan9463 0]

I am getting more and more anxious about my surgery, thankgod i'm already on Lexapro (hubby is deployed to afghanistan and I have a 16 month old and a just turned 4yr old so thats taking it's toll being with them 24/7 alone, I love them but whew!) anyway thankgod for that or else who knows how the anxiety would be affecting me, lol........September 9th here i come!!!!!! anyway.......i was actually trying to come up with some names for our little september group my sugguestions so far which i don;t know if they are corny or what but all i could come up with was

September Superstars or September BandStars I don't get the whole star thing not sure why that was on my mind???? MMMM if anyone has any other suggestions it'd be great to hear them, in the meantime everyone take care I hope we can all faithfully stick to our pre ops, lol.........i'm just LOVING my chicken Water, thats what my 4yr old calls it. Does anyone else think that it has a strange aftertaste????? OH and 60 carbs is ok but it's alot less than I thought it'd be.

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Hmm...September Slimstars?? I guess the star inclusion is contagious! :w00t:

[AmandakRangel 0]

Hmm...September Slimstars?? I guess the star inclusion is contagious! :wub:

How about September allstars? or September estrellas which is stars in Spanish?

OK I cheated today and went to Applebee's but I was a very good girl and had a WW meal at Applebees.I had the Tilapia and substituted the rice for mashed potatoes. I ate the Tilapia and the broccolli and only had about half of the potatoes. But you know I was only suppose to have liquids for 5 days pre-op and I did a week and a half of all liquids and then I had a small salad on my birthday and then a meal today and other than that I have stuck to my pre-op diet.I figured that I have already lost 20 lbs and some of y'all are allowed one sensible meal a day, so it was not going to hurt me. I also did something today that I haven't done since May 2008 and that was I got in a bathingsuit and went to the pool and I didn't really feel as self consciuos about it as I did last May. Last may I wore a cover up the whole time I was at the pool, but not this time. That is big for me. I can't wait til next year and maybe I can venture:cool: out in a bikini. LOL. Wish everyone the best.

[pr8453 0]

Hi all September Banders! I just wanted to mention that there is a Sept 2009 Band group in the LapBand Groups-Monthy Groups-Sept 2009. Just wanted to be sure we didn't lose anyone (since this thread is in Pre-op) as everyone starts getting their surgeries done.

[Megan9463 0]

Thanks! See you over there!

[Soexcited 64]

Hi everyone! I just got my surgery date!! Sept 30th! WOW!!! YIPPIE!! I am soooo ready. Now to just get through the next week. We leave tomorrow for a week cruise to Mexico so I am hoping I can stear clear of the all you can eat 7 day buffet. I figure as long as I dont gain I will be good. Then after we get home we have a 3 week liquid diet before the big day. I say we because My surgery is at 9am and my husbands is at 11.30 am the same day! YIPPIE! I have AWESOME SUPPORT!

[Cortney75 0]

Hey Cortney, where is your blog? Would love to check it out.

Colorado - My blog is here - http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/cordel75/

It is the only place I feel safe to truly express what is going on with other people that are going through the same thing.

I have a few other blogs here and there but this one I use very ofter and write about what I am going through. Post op I might open an blog somewhere else as well.

Blogging is such a big help for me and I feel like it really keeps me in check with what I am doing.

I have your blogged saved as one of my favorites :wub: I love reading too