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Only a few people know about my surgery the others will think I'm having a hernia repaired but I'm not even saying that until I have my date set in stone! My kids know and my aunt and the doctors and a few friends.

I'm November 4th also!!!

I'm starting to get use to my new weight, but I've been having a difficult time finding clothes that I like at the prices I'm willing to pay. So when all else fails...what do we do? Hit the thrift shop! I went to the Goodwill Select store in my area and found a few very nice - nearly new pieces. One that I'm especially proud of is a Talbot's sage green short cardigan sweater, the tags were still on it - Retail $59.99, I paid $4.99 but I think the best part is that it was a size Large - which we know for a store like Talbots is a size Medium everywhere else. I also bought a sweater from somewhere in the U.K. that was labeled size 16. I looked up the size conversion and found it to be a U.S. size 14!
So, here's the NSV: I have gone from a size 20 or XXL top to a 14 or M/L top! I am so happy...and I'm finally ready to shop.

Hello...I am so excited..I got my date today for Nov 4th! I thought it would be later than that so I am feeling like I need to get moving on making sure I have everything I need for the hospital and when I return home. Any experienced banders have any suggestions for me? Thank you!

Yes..I just got my date today... November 4th..so excited and nervous!

I am scheduled for Nov 4th. Very nervous here. Hard to imagine what the other side looks like. I have no pre-op diet. Full liquids for seven days. Then mushy foods from week 2-6. Then I am off to all solids. Pretty conservative. I am working on my menu for a couple of weeks so I don't have to think about it when I get home from the hospital. That way I figured I will eat as much as they want and get in my Protein and fluids.

so many..cant signal out just one...something new happens daily...
but today, my son emailed me from england, about the new grey picture
on my profile and he said he was proud of me.....yeah, that is right at the top of my list

I am looking for a November 'banding buddy' or buddies. My surgery is Nov.22. I would of liked to do it sooner (dont we all) but my surgon is on vacation. I am not nervious about the surgery. I am scared of losing my best friend-food. I have already come up with a plan for Thanksgiving, and how I am going to avoid going to my family's house. Besides ,my husband, everyone thinks I am having heital hernia surgery. I feel really guilty not telling them what I am doing, but I learned my lesson at the beginning of my journey, when I mentioned I was looking into weigh loss surgery. That is why I am coming here. I do need support. I am noticing that I am doubting my decission. Does anyone feel or have felt this way?

awesome!! Congrats band buddy!

Swankybangles I am on the 4th and I am in Indiana!!!

AWESOME!!!! Congrats!!!

Hey I am from Indiana as well. I just got approved and waiting on a date. How are your nerves at this point of the game?

My nerves are shot!!! Lol it doesn't feel real yet. Congrats on your approval! Took me a year to get approved so I actually lost so much weight that I'm right at 200 but I'm still getting my band I fought too hard to give it up now I earned that trophy

Try http://workoutlabs.com/
Walk away the pounds (but you can find her videos on Youtube)
http://www.amazon.com/Leslie-Sansone-Walk-Pounds-weight/dp/B00005T33K
I agree with Lisa Sparkpeople.com is another great site.
Good Luck!

My advices: at home workouts and Fitnessblender on Youtube. There are tons of workout routines and exercises that you can do with little or no equipment at home.

Sooooo...I almost hugged my scales this a.m.!!! For the past 15+ years, I've been over 200 lbs...way over. I had a follow up appointment scheduled with my surgeon today and decided to weigh before I went. I didn't want to be surprised, shocked or disappointed. Well..I thought my eyes were deceiving me, so I tried not to get excited. The dr's office scales are always different anyway. I got there and weighed in today at 197.8!!! I almost cried. Although I know I still have long way to go, but I am so excited and happy!!!

I am soooo excited , today I hit my 40 pound loss !

HAHAHAHA.......thanks CG - I needed that!!

nobody wants to deny people health care.. it is the way this will be implemented that is wrong.. forcing people to purchase something is socialism... I don't care what anyone tells you this is not about anything but pure control and greed from insurance companies.. you will see when people are paying twice as much as they were (like me )and getting sub standard care... I have read most of the bill.. it's frightening.. my husband had cancer last year thank God he was able to get treatment.. but the new norm will be to deny him due to his age so that is a fact.. if it is run by the govt as well as the post office or theVA we are all screwed...

I've got my date! October 30th! Hooray! I've completed all of the appointments, waited the mandatory 3 months, read The Big Book on Lap-Band cover to cover, visit lapbandtalk often, all stocked up for my 10 days of Protein pre-surgery liver shrinking diet, taken before pics, tape measured and documented my measurements, keeping a positive attitude ... am I forgetting something important?

Yippee! So happy for you. I am being banded Nov. 5 so we will be doing this near the same time. Great you got that twenty off. I'm hoping for a drop prior to surgery with the pre-op diet -- a little head start would be good! My hospital considers this out-patient because it is 23 hours even though they do have us spend the night to do the barium swallow the next day. Maybe yours is similar -- 23 hours not a "night." Whatever the case, you are indeed on your way!

Well, 6 months of PCP visits and everything was turned into insurance and 10 days later I GOT APPROVED!!!!! Yipee!!! I am thrilled and a little terrified all in the same breath. Insurance approval said Nov 1st, that was my projection date so I am hoping it will happen by then. Of course by the time my mail came with the approval the surgeons office was closed so now I have to wait one more painful weekend to get my date. So glad all my hard work for the last 6 months has paid off. ( I am down 20 lbs) Insurance did deny the surgeons request for an overnight stay.....I am not sure how I feel about that.....I am over an hour away from the hospital. Here I gooooooo!!!!!

Well, 6 months of PCP visits and everything was turned into insurance and 10 days later I GOT APPROVED!!!!! Yipee!!! I am thrilled and a little terrified all in the same breath. Insurance approval said Nov 1st, that was my projection date so I am hoping it will happen by then. Of course by the time my mail came with the approval the surgeons office was closed so now I have to wait one more painful weekend to get my date. So glad all my hard work for the last 6 months has paid off. ( I am down 20 lbs) Insurance did deny the surgeons request for an overnight stay.....I am not sure how I feel about that.....I am over an hour away from the hospital. Here I gooooooo!!!!!