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My mom is judgmental and has no idea I am banded and never will. I am learning to set limits with her and stick to my guns, only taken me 35 years; but I am doing it. I am not turning to food when she upsets me, like I did of years past.

I live in the far west Chicago Suburbs, and I'm getting my band 9/15. I have a long way to go - about 160, maybe more, and I'd love to have/be a part of a support group too.

hey Pugs-we live near each other I assume. I to am from the far west suburbs of IL.

Good luck with your band. We have the same surgeon and he is great.

congrats on being pregnant. It is a wonderful feeling to experience. It is the best part of being a woman. We grow life.

I was banded in may of 2011, looking to converse with someone who had lapband surgery and needs to lose a lot of weight

I am in IL as well and was banded in June. We can talk as well. I want to lose about 100 or so-ish pounds and at the rate I am going it is going to take a LONG time.

Chipotle, I miss it very much. I am craving it very bad, the rice and the beef; but I imagine my high Protein chocolate milk as chiptole and it helps.

I used to eat the burrito bowl 2-4 times a week. yeah it was that bad of an obsession for me. I haven't had any in almost 2 months.

I can't eat solid or chopped food yet-still in the full liquid stage and i am hungry but yet having a hard time getting all the Protein and fluids in me.

My husband knows and my mother in law and my closet friend and that is it. Everyone else knows I had surgery because I was out of it for a few days and I told them i had emergency surgery. My family is very critical and judgmental of me. between my parents and my siblings, i am the fattest one. Losing weight does not come easy for me at all. I have struggled all my life and I don't want to be lectured about this being the easy way out and I am taking an easy way out.

Will I tell them eventually? Who knows. Time will tell, but right now, I am keeping it all a secret.

Tomorrow is my surgery date, finally! I completed my 2 week preop liquid only diet. Some days I had some lettuce and peppers though just to chew. I was doing great, down 11.2 lbs. I am assuming I haven't lost more because I have my monthly "visitor" and am very bloated.

Summer is my favorite season. If any of you are from the Northeast, I'm sure you'll agree. BBQs are also my favorite. And, the weekend before my surgery, I had THREE OF THEM.

The first BBQ I had my Protein shakes and I was fine. The second BBQ was at my house. I had only 1 Protein shake (as opposed to 4) and had a piece of cake and a cookie. The third BBQ, which was yesterday, was a nightmare. I had 2 Protein Shakes (out of 4), about a 1/3c of baked Beans, a 1/4c potato salad and a piece of cake. I feel absolutely terrible to the point that I could cry. I was doing so well. Does this mean I can't do the Lapband and stick with the rules? Am I going to fail?

Just about all of my confidence has dropped. I came into the preop diet feeling so good and not messing up, and 12 days later I cheated. And to top it all off, I told my aunt yesterday that I was having surgery Wednesday. She gave me a look (not a nice one) and said really? You're having surgery???? And said "well, you can't eat what you ate today." I wanted to crawl into a HOLE. Granted, I did not eat as much as I normally would have, but still, I ate when I shouldn't have. I didn't want to tell her about the surgery but my mom told me I should because she thought my aunt would be upset if she found out afterwards. I should've never said anything. The only thing worse than cheating on my preop diet is hearing people say, in lesser words, that they don't think I can do it or it's not a good idea.

I guess you could consider this a confession or me just venting. I hate that I'm gonna go into surgery feeling so badly. I want this, and I don't want to mess it up. I have eaten nothing today because it is my clear liquid day before surgery... and I won't mess that up because of anesthesia, etc. I really hope my spirits lift a little before surgery tomorrow.

Sorry to bring you guys down! Please don't read this as a "poor me" type thing!

Good Luck Crash. I barely lost any weight on the liquid only diet, but my liver was small according to the doctor. Right now I am having a hard time eating, I was banded on June 29th. It is a learning process, you will make mistakes; but you will learn.

Hi I am from IL as well. I had my lapband on June 29th, the first day afterwards were very hard for me to eat. I called the doc and he said that the inflammation and irritation might not make me hungry, but try to try to get the Protein drinks in me for nutrition and liquids.

I wish you luck!

I am 5 days post-op and I am on full liquids. I have Protein Shakes, cream Soup, popsicles, crystal light, high Protein pudding and high protein milk, and high protein carnation instant breakfasts.

I have the wii fit and I love it, I am thinking of getting the Zumba as well and maybe doing some real life zumba once I am skinnier. I have a real issue going out in public to excerise. It is my own head issue.

no Dekalb, IL near the Northern Illinois University.

Hi. I am a 34 year old mom of 2 kids and getting banded on June 29th, I am having my surgery at Central DuPage in Winfield. I hate the pre-op liquid diet, but I am doing it. I am nervous not about the surgery but about my life after surgery. I have to wrap my mind around being a thinner person. Anyway, hi everyone.

I hate the Protein Shakes. I was told to get the Bariatric Advantage and OMG, I keep chanting the end is near, the end is near......of Protein shakes that is.

I am being banded on the 29th and my husband is like you look good enough to me, why are you doing this?

Good Luck everyone, I am very scared.