badonkadonkbutt

good point, thanks pamla68!

My doctor said that I should be taking a multi-vitamin and a mineral supplement. I currently take the chewable centrum that they suggested, but what do they mean by a mineral supplement. I am reading the info and getting confused. If I take one Centrum per day, am I good to go or should I be taking something else?

Don't stop now! I don't know if you are planning on using insurance or not but my insurance required a 6 month supervised diet! I would hate to see you wait 6 months to find out it would be another 6 months after that......

Thanks for sharing that! I will keep that in mind for after my surgery in two weeks!

Can't wait to see how you are doing! Please Please Please keep us posted as soon as you feel up to it!!!! And Congrats by the way:clap2::clap2: I will be on the otherside in two weeks!:faint:

I hear you about the fast food, I am getting my band in two weeks and I am counting on it being a reminder not to stuff myself to the gills all the time. I know how sick this sounds, but I am hoping it does make me ill when I overeat and helps me to learn that I need to eat to live not live to eat. It is definetly time to end the cycle that I have been in. Eating when your hungry, whats that? I hardly ever wait long enough to feel hungry....I eat because I like to eat.

I'm badonkadonkbutt and my surgery is August 20th! :whoo::whoo:

Hang in there dmorris72, are things starting to feel better now, I hope so, it has been a few more days? I was told yesterday to start my preop diet on Monday so of course I am trying not to go too hog wild right now. Nothing for a week but carnation instant breakfast....watch out, I am gonna be cranky...lol

dmorris72, did they tell you if you could take gasex or anything? I am very worried about the gas part of it......when I had my c-sections, the gas that got trapped inside sucked....that makes me the most nervous about all of this. Not sure if I posted BTW, but my surgery date is Aug. 20th! YIPPEE

Hi everyone!! I thought I would check in and let everyone know that I am definitely going to be an Augie too! I got my pre-approval back from the insurance company yesterday and they should be calling me with my surgery date today hopefully!! YIPPEE! It is about time.......I don't know how much longer I could wait! I would like to hear andreerrichards 1 how you are doing and what you experienced if you don't mind sharing...... I just know we are all going to do awesome!!

Just thought I would check in and let everyone know that I submitted to my insurance last Wednesday and am waiting for the approval to come back.......it is KILLING me! I just shot the guy at the dr's office an email asking him if he heard anything, I will keep everyone posted but at this time I am still on track for August!

ok, I just have to say that I am a few days behind reading this thread and I can't stop laughing at some of the comments. You guys are great!

I just found out today that we will be submitting to insurance soon but they said I have overkilled them with info (thanks to suggestions from here!) that they don't see any way that they can deny me. I am still on track for an august date!

Hi Everyone!! I am hoping for an August date as well....everything is on track so far for it. Nerves haven't set in yet, but I am ready to start working into those skinny pants, that is for sure! I live in PA and will have my surgery done by Dr.Ali at Hamot.

Just wanted to add that I FREAKIN ROCK.....god help me when I am banded, I will be untouchable....lol! I am 27 and also being banded in August....I would love to be your friend too......getting the warm and fuzzies from everyone yet....hehehehee

it really depends on your insurance requirements... my insurance requires a 6 month supervised diet....in that time you are doing other things too like a psych eval, nutrionist appts, etc....it all really depends on what your insurance will require. Don't worry though, I know that sounds terrible to have to wait another few months but it really does go fast! The best thing to do would be to call your insurance company, find out if it is something that they cover and if they do have them send you their requirements for surgery. If you are selfpay, you will have the surgery very quickly....

same here....something must be up.

Thanks. I agree, life is too short to be unhappy and please understand that I did leave a lot of details out of my story.....I don't want to bore anyone with the details. What will be will be with my marriage...for now my focus is on me and my kids and what makes us happy!

We actually went away this past Friday and Saturday...we went to niagara falls for a night. It wasn't anything much but it was a nice break. He was great while we were away but the second we rolled back into town it was like a switch and he went back to being an idiot the rest of the weekend. I confronted him about it and he gave me the same old story.....responsibility was getting to him.....what else is new? It is no excuse to me anymore...deal with it or get out then.

My gosh! I just stumbled on this thread today and am soooo thankful that I did. My husband and I have not been getting along lately at all. Our sex life is active, at least once a week (it would be more if he was home at night during the week but he works second shift). He could do it everyday, I could too if we could get along. Our problem is lack of communication and respect. We have very busy lives....three little kids, horses, dogs, cat, etc. I need to rely on him and he isn't there for me. There is no intimacy; no hugs, no kisses, no eye contact unless I stop him and initiate but he is always the one that initiates sex. I have forced myself to do the deed up until recently thinking that things would get better but they aren't. He never used to be this way...he used to be glued to me, always holding hands, always showing me how much he loved me, now he says that we have too much responsibility and he is too stressed out....to stressed to hug and talk but not to get funky; I don't think so..... Now with my surgery date fast approaching, I dont' trust that he will be supportive at all (he has let me down in the past when I needed him the most) and I am afraid this will be the last straw. I am really to the point that I can't take it anymore and if things dont' change, I am going elsewhere for the companionship I need. I could go into some serious details here, but this is the jist of what is going on in our house....I just wanted to share to add one more story and let you guys know you are really not alone.

Hi Diggity! Welcome! I am preband too, I will be banded in August (yippee!:clap2:) but I have found soooo much support and soooo many answers here, I am sure if you start poking around you will find what you are looking for. Lee Ann

Thanks everyone....I have really focused in in the past couple of days and I feel much better. Last night I push mowed part of my yard and man was I sweating (my yard takes 3 hours to mow....with a riding mower). I went to the doctor today for another weight visit and I have dropped 5 more lbs. since I was there last month for a total of 10......YIPPEEEEEEEE! I was so excited I came home and mowed some more tonight

Okay, need to vent then need someone to tell me to shutup and deal with it........here goes..... I have humped my butt to lose this stinking 13lbs that I have to before July when I submit to insurance (insurance says I have to lose it to be approved). I have lost 6-7lbs right now in the last month....whooptie do. I have been exercising, eating right, making the right changes, etc. Sure I have had some bad days, but nothing out of control like in the past. I can't seem to move from this spot. I am frustrated because this always happens....I lose a couple, get stuck, then practically starve myself to keep losing then it all comes back and more. I have to lose the next 7lbs to submit to insurance.....7 lousy pounds. I go to my PCP for anther weight visit tomorrow and I think I have only lost 2 since I was there last a month ago. I feel like such an idiot that I can't do this. I am not sure what I should do....kick up the exercise, eat less, not sure. If I could do this on my own I wouldn't be in the situation I am in now. Someone give me some suggestions......

I average between 1200 and 1500 per week. I think I know where some of my issue is.....I have had a terrible cold for the last few weeks and have been sucking on a lot of cough drops...have you ever looked at the sugar in those things?! I about died.....I don't know if this is the only problem, but it definitely goes to show that you have to count everything you put into your mouth....

Thanks musicalmomma! I agree, I don't think running is the right term for me.....I would like to jog eventually and I printed the article, it seems doable. As hard to believe as this sounds, I am in somewhat decent physical shape. I work a lot with my horses and it takes quite a bit to get me winded, I guess that is one thing going for me. I like to walk but don't feel like it is doing anything for me which is why I need to step it up a notch.