CONGRATS! I too am being sleeved but not until Jan 26th!! I cant wait! I am in the same boat... I thought about band for almost TWO years,,,kept doing every new "diet": out there to only fail! I am 230# and feel gross, tired, short of breath and out of shape!! Good luck on your adventure! May 2012 be our year!!!!! Congrats to those of you who have already made 2011 your year! You are an inspiration!!!! Dee