Angelizz10

Just wait till Saturday! Only kidding. Pre op is probably the hardest, and you will do it, because your life is about to change and will be a whole different way of doing things in both thought and deed. Hang in there because you are starting the Life you have wanted, hoped, prayed and dreamed about. Your about to receive the ways and means to get it, because YOU DESERVE IT!

I think you will be so very successful in your weight loss, because you have a plan and your head on straight. Your what we are all aspiring to be! Congratulations! There are hundreds of "plans" and "diets" ... They ALL work, for a time, don't they.... We all have the choice to do what works for us, individually with the band. Some people believe the Band will be a miracle just because its there. It won't. They talk about all the food they can't eat while still on the liquid diet right after surgery! Unbelievable because I thought the same. Everyone will have free will after surgery. I can literally eat anything, now 4 months post op that I want, other than white soft bread and rice. I, like you, choose NOT to eat white crap and that includes sugar and salt. I have found if I want it, one or two bites is enough. That was one of the most important revelations about having the Band... It gave ME the control over how much I could shove in my mouth. I remember the binging and the guilt afterwards. Been there, done that, haven't we all? No more, and that's my choice. Someone here on the forum hit it right on the head... "The band goes around your stomach, not your lips." None of us are kids and have choices in life. I chose the Band for many reasons, not just weight loss. I figured I wasn't going to go thru all of this, just to sabotage myself in the end by making constant bad choices.

Yeah I did. Doc said it is to lubricate it.

Just downloaded on my iPad ...my surgeon approved of this yesterday. Thank you!

Thank you! Everyone should read over the whole site and also download his FREE book. Tells about losing that last poundage that seems so hard. Again thank you for posting.

Please read Dr. Simpsons explanation. Www.drsimpson.net/fills/Lap-band-eating/lap-band-not-restriction/lap-band-and-restriction.html#top You should be able to click on this and it will take you there. Someone else also has his site if you look under LAPBAND FILLS in this forum. Good Luck to you!

Gas is $3.19 today on the coast of NC

Everyone should read Dr. Simpson's website. He answers MANY of the questions about restriction feeling.

So, you learned a valuable lesson. It's not like nobody else ever fell off The Bandster Wagon. Get back to real living and looking forward. You will do great!

Fantastic! I was told that sometimes all it takes is the band itself. You must be one of those fortunate ones who are in the green from the git-go