I am going though the same thing! I've been in a BAD mood... my poor husband!

I am going though the same thing! I've been in a BAD mood... my poor husband!

I am on day 8 of my Pre op, i also am starving ,

as for mood swings today was one of my worst , I was anrgry, starving, and crying....i have lost 10 lbs i need to lose 5 more by Monday August 4, this is the day i will get my band.i try to remember it will all be worth it!! hang in there i think it get's better.

I'm hangin' in there ..... its that time when I get home from work and I'm starving phase .... I know it'll get better .... it has to ... right?!?! hahahah Keep up the good work! 5 pounds left? You can do it!!

I am going though the same thing! I've been in a BAD mood... my poor husband!

I am on day 8 of my Pre op, i also am starving ,

as for mood swings today was one of my worst , I was anrgry, starving, and crying....i have lost 10 lbs i need to lose 5 more by Monday August 4, this is the day i will get my band.i try to remember it will all be worth it!! hang in there i think it get's better.

I'm having better luck with pre-op diet, so long as I not at a social event. In the first 10 days, I dropped 10lbs despite going to a stag in NYC. Then this week, I was in a wedding party, so a few treats and beverages were had.

I actually have no problem sticking to the diet (shake for dinner, small salad from salad bar (no dressing), and a shake for dinner), so long as I am not being social.

I've had to cancel or decline lunch offers (even the free lunch) variety, as I it would be a challenge to stick to my guns. Also, as I haven't told my friends yet, it seems odd when I am eating nothing but salads***. So it looks like if I just lock myself in my office or my condo, I'll be fine.

I don't have the problem of casing my apartment for food (unless I wanted dried pasta or oregano). My bigger issue is that so much of my social life revolves around food - wine and cheese, steak dinners, weekend brunches.

*** I plan to tell my friends, but not until the surgery is complete.

On last thing, about every two days I try to hit the gym and burn atleast 600 calories (about 35minutes on the elliptical). This 600 calories represents the calories in the two shakes. Presumably it is helping with the metabolism too.

Yeah the pre-op diet is going much better now ..... I don't feel like I'm starving myself. Although today I could have gnawed off a small toe -- so its getting better! hahahaha I had a some popcorn this weekend that I know I shouldn't have had but its the only thing I have strayed from all week .... but I'm right back on the shakes and Lean cuisine.

Good for you for dropping that weight in the first 10 days!!! Weddings are always hard to go to and watch what you are eating! I haven't had a salad yet -- I'm almost afraid to - my stomach has been upset for the last week and any "real" food seems to act it up quite a bit.... so I'm sticking to the liquids and LC for now. I eat it at 3:30 and I'm not even hungry at night .... I do crave a glass of skim milk though around 8:30pm!

I too have had to decline lunch dates ---- which suck! And staff BBQ's and all the fun! But you know - I knew it wasn't easy when I said I was going to make the change. I have to stick to it! There is always next summer I can eat those food! how do you think your friends will react when you tell them? You'll do good - hopefully we'll get a chance to meet when I'm down there ..... Keep me in the loop with how you are!

Oh and your note -- I'm not going to the gym right now but I'm going to take what you told me about getting on the elliptical. I don't have one of those but I do have a bike I can ride in the basement and if I do that before and after work I should be able to burn some calories - that will help won't it!? I have the Wii Fit too and you can sure do a work out on that -- especially the step aerobics for 30 minutes!!