I have my date!!!!

Hey everyone! I am so excited!! I talked to Mistee today and I am scheduled for surgery on APRIL 16TH!! This is for the lap band with Dr. Irgau.. I have my pre-op appt on April 3rd with Dr. Wynn!! Can someone please tell me how to lose 8-10 lbs in 6 days. I need to lose it for insurance purposes. I have been working out a TON and lost a few lbs but I didn't think everything would be happening this soon so please someone tell me what I need to do!!! I am going to drink a lot of water and exercise a lot.. Any advice would be great! I am sooooooo excited. I wanna be on the losers bench too!!!

congrats on your surgery date and good luck..., i was able to lose quite a bit of weight by just going on a liquid diet for a week... it kinda sucked but it wasnt too bad ... i lived on clear liquids and those flavored protein drinks from GNC ( sorry cant remember the name ).. i was able to lose 11 pounds in the last two weeks and a total of 31 pounds in the 3 months before surgery good luck!!

thank you! I am doing liquids today but i had to have a little tuna and an apple to ease into it because I feel starving right now! So I will make sure I get there!! Thanks!

Congratulations, Antoinette!  You're just a few days behind my surgery.  Best of luck to you!

Wow yours is right around the corner! Best of luck to you also! Are you nervous?

No, I don't know why, but I'm not nervous.  I'm worried about the 2 day fast.  At least it'll be a Saturday & Sunday.  I'm having my surgery on a Monday.  I'm worried about my blood sugar crashing (dropping too low), but I did speak to my endocrinologist who told me how to deal with it.  I just know that even if my blood sugar doesn't crash, I'm not going to have tons of energy if I don't eat, esp. on the 2nd day.  Maybe I'll just lie in bed for 2 days.  (I think I'm kidding?!!)  But no, I'm not worried or nervous about the surgery itself.  I'm not even worried about the pain afterwards.  I know I'll be taken care of.  

The diet isn't that bad. I am on all liquids right now and the first day was hard but today wasn't so bad and  I had a show tonight where there was tons of food and I didn't even really want it... So you will be okay with it!! I am worried about the pain a little bit because I am a baby when it comes to being hurt... but like you said.. I will get through it too....Right around the corner though!! Bet you can't wait.. like me!

Dear Antoinette,    That must be a change for you (otherwise, you wouldn't have mentioned it) to be at a function/event where there are tons of delicious-looking foods & not even be interested in them.  For me, I have my over-indulgencies(?) when I'm frustrated about things that I have no control over; i.e., low blood sugars, anticipating surgery, etc.  Usually, and I mean usually, someone can eat a chocolate brownie in front of me & I can deal with it...now Nacho chips is another story!  I guess we each have our own weaknesses.  If we didn't, we wouldn't be overweight & considering WLS, right?  I do hope things turn out well for you.  Keep in touch!