Ol..d Timers and more recent timers

I had been banded for 3 yrs so when my band was deflated in October, I ate some of the foods that I didn't eat while banded like pizza, ribs, bread, pad thai, rice, etc.  I honestly thought I'd enjoy the foods more than I did.  Then two weeks prior was the preop diet.  I gained 25 pounds after the band deflation over the holidays since I knew I was getting the rny in February.  Looking back I wish I had not eaten to gain the wt (1) I didn't really enjoy it  (2)  It was 25 pounds to pull back off  (3) The extra wt hurt

I started easing back a few days before my 6-day liquid diet. I had absolutely no problem through my liquid diet and I think it was from the discipline and adjustments I already made.

 Would you mind having a huge plate of pasta for me please before your liquid diet?

My doctor just asked that I quit soda pre-op and I did that. I ate whatever I wanted though. That last donut was glorious. jk lol

the thing that really helped me is alot of guys on the men forum told me not to go on one last food gorge so i started adding protien shakes yougurt cottage tuna drinking mostly waterand skim milk with my shakes i,m glad i took that advice cause i,m down 33# since my first dr visit 2 27 but the other day i had to fast for a sugery that did not happen till 2 pm mind ya i,m a morning person so on the way home at around 4:30 i get the idea i want 1 last burer king whopper we,ll after i had it it wasnt as good as i thought it wood be and that baby went thru me like a south bound express train lol my body was yuck what was that was rite back on track yesterday aint doin that again the more wht i give the dr the better for us both my r&y 5-22 gota keep you eye on the prize a new healthyer you good luck on you journey

I cut out caffeine and didn't dirnk any alcohol. Those were easy things for me.
About a month before surgery though, I told my husband that I was going to eat whatever I wanted and I asked him not to make any comments. He didin't.
I ate everywhere and everything I wanted to.

I'm glad I did, kind of like getting it out of my system, also a kind of saying "goodbye".
The evening before I started optifast we  went out to a beautiful restaurant and spent the evening talking about what was to come and had a beautiful relaxing evening. It was wonderful.
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Quite honestly I had to do the 6 months of supervised diet for my insurance and ended up gaining a few pounds during that time. Don't beat yourself up about it. Pre-op success in no way determines how you will do post op. I got to goal and developed the habits I needed post-op. You can too!!

Laura