before? terrible to say, but more white pizza! The one thing I did, was buy some special smelling lotion, so when I use it and smell it now, I think of the beginning of my new era!

Wow, that could be its own discussion... What do you wish you ate before surgery? LOL

Great video, Amelia. I'm going onto drugstore.com right now.

I tried to eat everything I could before surgery. I missed the pastrami sandwich, I wish I would of had that before surgery. I was in the hospital for a week, so I took a book, bathrobe, comfy pajamas and slippers. You will spend alot of time walking, so I wouldn't take much. I didn't have much time to read between tests, walks and naps.

Thanks for the suggestions! I will bring comfy jammies, robe and slippers!! I guess I imagined having tons of free time to fill.. good to know

I loved you video. I am at the beginning of my jorney have the consult apt. on thursday. I put your list on my favorites so I would have when i need it.

I also bought one of those 'magic bullet wannabe' mini-blender things at Wal-Mart- While I was there buying it, another gal came up and was looking at it- I was on the phone describing it to my husband and she heard me say something about meal size- and she asked if I was getting the gastric bypass-- she was too :)) How cool was that?

yeah, someone on youtube said i should get chewable gas x too..LOL

I was on a diet had lost 20 pounds and was afraid to death that if I gained any weight they would cancel my surgery. Well that was pretty dumb. Now I only wish I had ate everything I wanted to. I would have eaten more candy, I love candy and cookies and pie and cake and anything sweet.
I love pizza and am just starting after 6 months to be able to tolerate it.
Eat what you want and enjoy it because when it is over it is going to be over for at least a little while.
Good Luck,
NAL

I really wanted to kick myself now. My last meal consisted of a hotdog and hamburger and a piece of my fiance's b-day cake. Why didn't I have all you can eat crab legs????? Or totally pig out on Sushi?? WHAT WAS I THINKING??

My mom suggested i got to Applebees and have that shrimp and parmesan sirloin with mashed potatoes and brocoli... will have to dream up the ultimate last supper..LOL

My program required us to lose 10% of our excess wieght. We couldn't be any more than a half pound over the required weight on surgery day, so I didn't have much planned. But I did plan on having a Hot Fudge Sundae with the works!!! However, the Thursday before my surgery I got a sore throat. (surgery was a Monday) And by Friday morning my nose was stuff, my throat was sore and i was in the middle of a sinus infection! I couldn't taste anything. And I didn't feel like eating anything, so I lost an additional 6 pounds before surgery. I still think about that Sundae though!!!! (PS: When they ask you if you want to still have th surgey, even though you are gettin gover a huge cold, say no. Cause when you start coughing from a cold the day after your surgery, you'll regret it. The only thing worse is sneezing!)

My surgeon is requiring me to lose 5% and be on a 30g carb 70g protein diet PRIOR to having surgery- FOr my last meal? I plan on having a Nice Big Fat Juicy Steak and a gorgeous salad with all the fixings :D

Hi, Amelia!!! Wow, you are really trying to get prepared and I'm so proud of you.

Lemme tell ya a little bit about some of the things you have chosen, however.

Milk = sugar water. MILK is OUT!!! There are too many gr. of sugar and very little in the way of protein.

Coffee creamers usually have the first ingredient as high fructose corn syrup, check yours out.

Baby food does NOT give you the ability to practice chewing. You must chew to oblivion and you will need to do so because believe it or not, you will crave chewing. Things like bananas, whether baby food or not,are the highest glycemic fruits around. So, no bananas, okay??? Same with the juice. A little here, a little there and pretty soon you have NOT made the best use of your honeymoon period.

Your honeymoon period can last only 6 months or maybe a little longer but after that the weight really does NOT wanna budge off.

A rule of thumb: no more than 10 gr. of carbs per meal and no more than 30 gr. of carbs per day. So, all the little amounts of carbs add up.

Fiber, well, from what I know from a huge wls group I belong to that has folks from around the U.S. is that it doesn't really serve most of us very well. Instead, try stool softeners like Colace (NOT peri-colace which has a laxative in it). Generic is fine. If that is not enough to do what needs to be done b.m. wise, then add in 250 mg. of magnesium citrate or oxide each time you take calcium.

Which brings me to the calcium. Calcium should NOT be in the form of calcium CARBONATE. This requires stomach acid and folks who try to take this calcium are not absorbing it and we are prone to osteoporosis so this is important.

Reading calcium labels is VERY confusing. I have listed a rule of thumb below to make sure you are getting in enough. And, I love UpCalD because it is a powder that is already crushed and you can just put it into your protein shake.

Here's the way to decipher mineral supplement labels (per serving;
check labels carefully for the number of tablets/scoops/capsules
required to make up a serving):

500 mg calcium as calcium citrate = 500 mg elemental calcium
500 mg calcium from calcium citrate = 500 mg elemental calcium
500 mg calcium (calcium citrate) = 500 mg elemental calcium
500 mg calcium citrate = about 125 mg elemental calcium
1000 mg calcium citrate = about 250 mg elemental calcium
500 mg calcium = a mystery. Do not purchase. If you can't even tell
what kind of calcium it is (carbonate, citrate, etc. THROW IT AWAY).

This might help you interpret your calcium labels. Forgive me if you
already know this, but the labels are confusing as hell and it's so
important to interpret them correctly, especially if you are deficient
in these minerals.

Check out www.vitalady.com for pure whey protein samples that are good for us as wls patients. If you email me at higkp@satx.rr.com I will be happy to send you alot of information.

You may also find it helpful to join us at:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GastricBypass-InfoCentral/

There are post-ops 10 years and more out that can really help you to make the most of your protein supplements, your vitamin program, etc.

Actually, your last supper is very good for you even as a post-op (in smaller quantities, of course) but without the mashed potatoes and the toast.

Remember this, 2 weeks prior to this surgery you will want to avoid the "last supper" syndrome. It is highly important to abstain from carbs during this time so that you can shrink the size of your liver which lies on top of your stomach. It must be manipulated out of the way. If you don't do this you will not be helping yourself or your surgeon and could have complications or a nicked liver.

Well, this is pretty long for this forum.

Hope to see and hear from you soon.

hugs,

gaylek11

"Which brings me to the calcium. Calcium should NOT be in the form of calcium CARBONATE. This requires stomach acid and folks who try to take this calcium are not absorbing it and we are prone to osteoporosis so this is important"

I stated that my calcium was calcium citrate wih magnesium potasium and vit D