first post -- decided to get some help from you guys!

Thanks Karyn we'll talk to you soon after surgery.

Hey all!   Thanks for all the encouragement.    You go over all this stuff with the doctors & they tell you how restricted you are going to be & I guess I just expected the worse.   It is different but not that much.     Yes, I can still chug some water!!!!   Sunday night........hubby & I went to dinner for the first time since banding.    I was a little apprehensive but I think I did really well!    I only ate 1/2 roll which normally I could've eaten a whole basket!!!!   I choose chicken instead of steak & stopped when I felt full.  

I think alot of my worries has to do with that  I've suppressed everything for so long & now that I've had surgery I think more about what I am putting in my mouth.

Renegade -- thanks for the advice........good luck on surgery!!!!  It will be much easier than you think!    My surgery was a breeze & this is coming from someone who'd never had surgery!