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I just got back from a week in Mexico to find out that my surgery was APPROVED by insurance!!! AHHH! I should be getting scheduled this week. Pre-op healthy diet starts now!!

I just got back from a week in Mexico to find out that my surgery was APPROVED by insurance!!! AHHH! I should be getting scheduled this week. Pre-op healthy diet starts now!!

Oh boy, I was approved in 24 hours & tomorrow is the big day. I'm super nervous & hungry as heck right now. Clear diet is a bummer. I hope I'm making the right decision. I've researched & reviewed a million times & I think this will be the best tool for my lifestyle. The idea of throwing up & not being able to eat is what freaks me out the most. I don't have any grandiose visions of being a size 2 or obsessing over my scale, I simply just want to be healthy. No more pills for hbp, no more being uncomfortable on a airplane. I just want to be a average women that's comfortable in her own skin. Wish me luck & say a quite prayer for me.

I'm a goal setter, so when I began this journey, I set two major goals, and then broke it down into many smaller goals to keep me motivatived and moving in the right direction. Nine months ago today I had my lap band surgery. When I started my preop diet, I was at my all time high of 306. I've really had to push hard the last week - but I'm thrilled to say that I've achieved my first major goal today. So, nine months, and 107lbs later, I can finally say that I made it to Onderland - I'm at 199.4! It's an amazing feeling, even though I know I still have a long way to go - but I can tell you for sure, no one is going to bring me down today!
The timing of this could not be more perfect - everything truly happens for a reason. I have to admit that I was one of those folks who thought I would be cheating by getting a lapband, and that it was taking the easy way out. I rejected it for years. Then my cousin opened my eyes when she got her band, and I started to look seriously into getting the band. One of my main reasons for having this surgery was to lose weight and be able to go out and get a new job, and not let my weight hold me back. I've always sold myself short, and settled for less just so I had a job. Well, on March 28th, my company announced that they were closing the plant I worked in by May 28, making it time to get a new job. They said that as they transitioned our work to new plants, they'd be needing fewer people, so they'd be making cuts all they through. Well, I almost made it to the end - last Friday was my last day, so I am now officially looking for a new job - and can you believe I'm excited about the opportunity? I have no doubt that I can and will do better, and looking at all the things I'm capable of is more exciting to me than you can possibly imagine. I would have thought I'd bury my head under a pillow and gone into a minor depression - but no - I'm looking forward to something new! They're giving us outplacement services, and I've talked to my consultant about my history of accepting jobs for less than I should, and told them I do not want to do that again. They've looked at my skills, accomplishments, and abilities, and they all believe that I should be able to get a job with a 30% increase in pay! It may not happen as fast as I want it to - they're expecting that fall is a reasonable time frame for me to expect a new position. I'm goning to work hard to beat the odds and find something sooner, as things will get pretty challenging for me financially by fall. But with a part time job and unemployment, I should be able to make it through the full 99 weeks worth of unemployment if I have to - but I'm praying I don't need more than 30 weeks!

From what I have read on this site, no fruits and veggies is a bunch of hooey. You need to do more research my friend and want the band for yourself! There are limitations and everyone is different, but I have heard more than once that over time, you can eat mostly what you want, of the healthy choices of course, just in smaller portions.
I am surprised that you passed the pysch evaluation because what they stressed to me was making sure that I was making the decision to do it for me, not for anyone else. I personally wouldn't do anything that I was certain of or had doubts about. I did the "one last shot" thing too and I ended up with the same result, gained back more weight than I lost. So I am in it for the long haul with the band.

People!! Omidog! I just tried on my partner's size 40s, and they fit! Granted, they may be stretched out and I may be a 42, but still, how awesome! I can't buy new pants until I have some money. I think I should wait until I'm a 38 so we don't get our clothes mixed up.

I know more than I've ever wanted to know about a thyroid from the last 7 years of my issues with it! Even with it gone its still a tricky little thing!!