browneyedgirl89

mick-thank you for your encouragement.

choselife-yes i am going to true results in houston! my doctor is dr hollis, i havent even met him yet though . my pre op appointment is June 1 and i think he was the doctor at the seminar which if so, he was nice. my patient advocate which i LOVE is cindy, she really has been so great for me and has made me feel a lot better about the whole process! did you go to true results, and if so who did you have? im a little over 300 right now. congrats on losing so much! it really encourages me to read all the success stories, i really hope i can follow in your footsteps!

hopefully-thank you that makes me feel better about it! congrats to your weight loss, thats so great!

wow! i hope ill be saying the same next year, congrats!

I am 22 as well and like you and more2love, i have also been overweight my entire life. my junior and senior year of high school i got down to about 150 bbut for all the wrong reasons. im now bigger than ive ever been and i am getting banded on june 10th, and i still am in shock that this is finally happening. i have had so many mixed emotions about the whole thing. the only people that know are my parents (who are the BEST because they are paying for everything and are totally supporting me through this) and one good friend who is also hoping to get the lapband. my best friends dont know, my own brother doesnt even know! i dont know why i am so secretive about it but as of now its kind of embarressing for me. i just cant imagine how different my life is going to be and i am so looking forward to it. i want to do the things that normal 22 year olds get to do! i want to lay out and drink margaritas, go ride roller coasters, freaking FLY somewhere without the anxiety of be stuffed in a seat for hours, go out to resturants without googling them first to see if the chairs are itty bitty with arms that my fat butt has to squeeze in, to go shopping at normal stores, to no longer be just the girl with the pretty face! people who arent overweight will just never understand all the extra anxietys and challenges we go through, and im ready to put them all in my past! id love to keep in touch with you guys!

Lauren

Houston, TX