TheDuchess

I'm excited for you!!!! Hope all goes quickly and smoothly :]

Hope all has gone well!

Have you made any phone calls? Do you have someone that helps you manage all the appointments? I'd be bugging the heck out of them!! lol

BTW I think your icon pic is gorgeous :]

That's wonderful!!!!!

Welcome to the forums! You'll get tons of support here :] I'm just curious what has been your history with weight gain or loss?

Name, real or screen~ City

Goal weight for June 30th~ 267

Weight on June 1st~ 279 (ughhh)

Age~ 28

Dietary goal for June~ chew chew chew - write everything down

Exercise goal for June~ Zumba twice a week

Personal goal for June~ I got down to 261 last October and clothes were fitting nice, I'd like them to fit like that again.

Date banded~ Not yet banded - Hoping Sept and would like to be 245'ish by then.

Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~ 36 (was 50 but gained.)

I'm not post-banded, hope nobody minds me jumping on the challenge since I'm still trying to lose weight and am in the pre-op "pretend you're banded" phase lol.

Girl you are looking fabulous and youthful! :]

Any advice to someone who hates exercise?

Christy

Do it with a friend - no matter what type of exercise you do :] Mall walking is a fun one though! Aka speed window shopping haha! That's how I got prepared to walk around Disneyworld.

I get bad cramps during my periods - are you allowed to take anything for it right after being banded? ? :/

No zumba for 6 weeks?! I dont know how I'm going to survive!

Hey all

I've heard that some people were given fills during their surgery, and I had considered talking to my surgeon about it as my insurance only covers everything until a certain date (hoping to be banded in Sept, date ends in october).

I'm curious to those whove had the fill with the surgey if they felt that the healing process after was more difficult than those who had their fills at a later date?

Anyone can chime in on this - including people who had fills later - would you have opted to have the first fill done during the surgery?

You look fab!

Bless you sweetie. Hope your recovery goes well.

I didn't look for a ride-on shopping cart to shop with in Walmart today. I walked with a regular shopping cart. That's major for me!

That is awesome!!! Non-scale victories :]

I'm scared of telling people that I am considering having WLS. Especially my family. Then if I do have it will everyone be watching and waiting for me to fail at this too?

Not people who love you. I don't care what people think, I haven't been able to keep it off on my own, I want quality of life, and this IS me getting HELP. And if for some reason the lap band did fail I would hope you'd be surrounded by people who encourage you to move on to the next thing that could help and support you into not giving up. <3

How sweet!

Awesome awesome awesome!

How exciting! Congrats on starting your journey :]

Yes!!!! Keep us updated :]

Get it girl! :]

Just curious if there's a place or website where you can get singles or samples? I've started with the Matrix Milk chocolate and love it, but would like to try some others, especially the "non flavored" ones.

Hi shelly! It sounds like you did a great job! Even with weight gain you seem very successful, congrats on that! Stay positive!

My biggest fear is definitely something happening during the surgery, but I love all the advice here! Thank you all so much, very supportive - I love you guys!

Awesome! Share pics of what you get

I'm guessing that there's a good portion of banders who had second thoughts before getting the band, how did you talk yourself out of letting fear get the better of you? Did you talk to friends or family and find comfort in them? Or other bandsters?

Also, what was your major fear?

I had a Tummy Tuck and skin removal almost 3 weeks ago. He removed over 12 pounds of skin.

He said the average is about 6 pounds but I had a scary huge amount of skin.

Wow wow!!

I am only doing boobs and arms but I will let you know!!

Looking forward to it! Good luck!