kt_999

Thanks for the replies... Tracy, you must be so excited and Julie, you must be so pleased to be so well on your way to goal! I guess I'm a bit early for any other June Bansters... but like you say 7 weeks will go quickly and hopefully there'll be more soon! Optifast not going so well today, I decided to try the berry bar for lunch and although it was OK to eat they just don't seem to be as filling as the chocolate bars or shake... or maybe I'm just feeling hungry as I've just cooked the kids a delicious looking fillet steak :hungry: .

Hi, I know that it seems ages away but my surgery is booked for June 1st (7 weeks tomorrow!!) and I just can't wait so I thought I'd start a June 2007 thread... anyone else out there due for surgery in June??? I started my pre-op diet (Optifast) last week... thought I'd try and lose as much as possible beforehand as I've kind of been doing the last super thing for most of this year! It's supprisingly OK... first 4 days were hell but hunger seems to have gone although I still struggle with the bordem (head hunger) a bit. KT being banded 1st June 2007 in New Zealand Starting weight 101kg, BMI = 35 Current weight 97kg, BMI = 33.5 (after 10 days on Optifast) Goal weight 65kg, BMI = 22

Hi Kit My BMI is 35 so a lot higher than yours but I too have had people question my motivation for wanting to be banded. I have also beat myself up over not being able to maintain my previous great weight losses. I am obsessed by food as I seem to always be hungry and I simply don't want to be! I am 36 years old and have already spent 1/2 my life worrying about my weight and where it will eventually get too. I think that the gastric band is a great tool for those of us (regardless of BMI) who have a real problem with contolling our hunger... I wish that I had considered it at a lower BMI and a younger age so I say... if you know that it's right for you and if you've done lots of research then you should go for it :-) KT

Jacqui, I am loving your attitude and everyone elses on this matter. I have my first appointment with the surgeon on April 2nd and with a BMI of 35, there's no nice way to put it... I look fat,I feel fat, I am fat! I am in Christchurch, New Zealand and my doctor had a bit of an issue referring me to begin with but after I explained to him my many failed attempts at dieting and my misery over the fact that everytime I loose weight I put it back on with another 7kgs or so he finally agreed... only wish I was in Oz so that I could've started down this track at BMI = 30!! It is not a decision anyone takes lightly and it's a very personal journey... surely we are capaple of deciding if we need a gastric band or not!? KT Pre-band