Month-Long Last Supper, anyone?

KikiVal315 · 04-10-2008, 10:21 PM

lexy, we're all here for you. just give it a try. i want to say i have it down,but like i said before, this weekend will be my test. i usually fail at diets come weekends

AngelBuddy · 04-10-2008, 10:56 PM

My surgery just got moved up to May 7th. Now I am panicing. I have to have lost 10lbs before I hit the table. Going on vacation next week and want to really Whoooop it up but if I dont loose the 10lb then no surgery. How stupied.....If I could loose weight I would not be in this situation to begin with.......What are they thinking...Good luck

amsderb · 04-10-2008, 11:55 PM

I KNOW how ya'll feel! See even though my ticker looks good...I have really lost more from last year but I started with this weight because I joined a program in December of '07 and that is what I have lost since then...My problem is, I was super motivated like you all WERE and then I got my date....When I went for my consult I had already lost 11 of the 22.5 pounds so when they said 15 more..because they never saw the other 11....I about died...now I am within 5lbs...if I can count today..LOL and THE LAST SUPPER SYNDROME has begun...I'm trying...to keepoff what I have lost and still go down 5 more...UGH..it is so slow and hard. To top it off, I got this blasted cold this week and I couldn't go exercise...it was all I can do to work this week...which of course, had 3 late nights and TONS of stress...so....

The good news is...my cold has taken away my appetite for the moment except I want Ice cream....I think I'll try sf jello instead...a compromise of sorts...Oh and I have to weigh in May 20th with the other 5 gone...so...YEA!! I HEAR ALL OF YOU!!

btw...WHEN THEY TOLD ME TO LOOSE MORE...I SAID WHAT ANGELBUDDY SAID, "If I could loose weight easily...and keep it off...would I be sitting on the doc table in the Bariatric Room?

PLEASE>>>>>> LOL

mantra for today...NOthing tastes as good as thin feels (I think...it has been so long!)

Allison · 04-11-2008, 12:02 AM

Hang in there amsderb!!! Ugh I just ate a huge block of cheddar cheese. SO delicious. I'm craving candy now. I want like, sour patch watermelons. If only it was a little earlier, I would probably go out and get some. Today I was looking in the mirror and my face is getting sooooo chubby!!! I need to stop this. ALTHOUGH at my nutrition consult today I weighed 221? I haden't eaten ALL day though so maybe that had something to do with it. I just want my band already!!!! Ugh, at least I have all of you to complain to hahaha.

Allison

amsderb · 04-11-2008, 12:24 AM

Yea...that is why we are all here...Thanks Allison...Look on the bright side...you are doing this before you get larger like I did...I mean, I used to hang around 190 -200...then it was 225...then I gained a bunch and it was like now @285...then I went to 220 in 2000 after ATKINS and then BOOM>>>>> I think my highest was almost 348!!!! So, now I will have the tool...so when I get to @200 I'l celebrate but not for long cause then I'm gonna head to 150 ish...so

You go girl!!

jayme · 04-11-2008, 07:39 PM

Even my DH has asked if I'm bulking up b4 the surgery! I hadn't thought I was doing that bad, but i am trying to get in all the things that I know I won't be able to eat. i can't wait for the pre-op liquid diet. (next week) I'm afraid if I start now, it will be too hard to keep it up for the 4 weeks following surgery.
i think it will be a "trial by fire". I know what is expected, what I have to avoid, and what I will have to do after banding. But I'm still afraid that I will fail (again). I think the pre and post-op diet will get me down a few lb's and I will be motivated to continue. Right now, I'm just so down on myself for letting it get this bad!
Power to the May Flowers!!!

mae · 04-11-2008, 07:53 PM

I thought I was the only one craving and eating alot before my 2 week liwuid diet starting April 24th. My surgery is May 8th and I really want to do good and true to myself witht this last effort to "Get it off". I am attending onthly support group meetings for just my surgeons patients lead by one of the doctor's team members. It is so great to hear from the one who have been through it already. Of course, these posts help me alot also. Good luck to all of us. We will do it no matter what.

sanks51 · 04-13-2008, 03:23 PM

Gosh aren't our minds funny things!!! Since i was given my op date (7 may) I have eaten nearly everything in the whole wide world - stuff I would never even dream of eating before!! Its our minds playing tricks on us - come on summon up that courage and lets STICK to it!!! Lets be strong and devoted to our diets (well we should try at least!!!)

amsderb · 04-13-2008, 07:55 PM

I know!!! I have been pretty good this weekend. I went out to eat with a friend who had gastric several years back and we split an appetizer...she ate 2 and I ate 4 pieces...they were little LOL...it was still less than normal for me and I'm not banded yet..

Sanks51...welcome to the May flowers!!

KikiVal315 · 04-13-2008, 08:15 PM

wow amsderb, good for you !

keep up the great work!!!my weekend "test" actually is going pretty good, now we're on our way to my parent's house for dinner,i'll keep my fingers crossed, we'll see how that goes!

amsderb · 04-13-2008, 09:44 PM

Back at you...keep strong...let me know how you did at the folks....My Mom is tiny but eats when she wants...This will be a bigger adjustment to her I think because we are known for our "happy hours" then dinner (that last an hour) then dessert and after drinks...you know special occasions and such...so the don't drink 30 minutes before has her...no snacking as in happy hour Hors de vurs...and then eat in 20 minutes...she is like,
"Well honey, can you just have a glass of wine first with us?" LOL

sanks51 · 04-14-2008, 04:21 AM

That was a good weekend amsderb!! Gosh i cant imagine splitting an appetizer (to tell the truth I cant wait!!)

amsderb · 04-14-2008, 11:08 PM

I know huh? We will all be doing that on a regular basis soon.....

I'll have to remember this when I'm in bandster hell in late June or early July...jusging by others posts...it will take a lot of will power before we have fills after the swelling goes down.

At least it is hotter than H##l here in AZ then...so if I am hungry I'll take a hot walk and then I'll not want to eat right? Gotta come up with some stratagies now!

TTFN (ta ta for now!)

JaJeanne · 04-19-2008, 09:35 PM

Hey everyone, I'm soo glad that I'm not the only one with this syndrome, talk about freaky! I want something and I can't quite find it so I'm eating everything I can. As I eat it I think to myself, this isn't even that good, but I keep doing it...what is up with that? I guess that is what food aholic's do...I'm so ready for this tool to help my mind do whats right for my body...it's time to listen to the band... Next week I start my diet, but it's not really going to help if I keep pigging out. I just have to tell myself that I can have whatever I want in moderation-ya right, I wish I could just not eat at all sometimes, ya know? What a hassle, everything that tastes good is bad for us anyways...maybe I can just live on those protien shots that people are talking about, I guess I'll have a chance to find that out post op...hello anyone have any ideas? Help...

amsderb · 04-20-2008, 01:58 AM

I think we have to try not to focus on deprivation but on health and a new found sense of self...the more you think about food the more you want it...

I am not a guru of this yet...but I am trying!

I agree...if we just didn't have to eat again it would be so much easier!