LadyDiva618

I know how you feel. I had to stay off of Youtube because they put anythiing on there. If I can make a book suggestion to you? "The Emotional First + Aid Kit: A Practical Guide to Life After Bariatric Surgery" By Cynthia L. Alexander. If you have a tablet I download this book for $5. I will email you later with the information. Good Luck to you.

I am on day 2 I started feeling light headed last night around 530pm.. So I started chewing a piece of sugar free gum. Anyway I only consumed 593 calories yesterday. Should I eat more? Keep up the great work everyone!

The Beginning Growing up I use to tell everyone I was born fat so I am going to die fat! My story starts on July 28th 1983 my wonderful mother gave birth to a beautiful 10 pound baby girl…. Me! My parents told me I was the biggest baby in the hospital and I was proud of that. Who ever thought that this was the beginning of my obesity life. I am not going to sit here and writing about how I was teased when I was growing up and how I eat everything is sight because I will be lying to you guys and I am many things but I lair I am not. I was never tease about my weight growing up. So what cause me to become plus size diva? One word boredom. I was never athletic in school but I was involved in a lot of different activities like girls scouts, drama clubs and etc. Majority of the time all I did was eating junk food and when I was at home I was eating junk food either because I was bored. Fast forward to my high school life preferably my Senior year. Me and my best friend (Note: Just in case you are wondering we are still best friends!) were going to join the Air Force together but I had to lose 40 pounds in order to join. Guess what? I did as a matter of fact and I lost about 60 pounds. Impressive Right? Too bad I inherited my dad’s feet and could not join because I have no arch in my feet. True Story! I was devastated but life goes on and so did my weight. Life in my 20’s the yo-yo dieting years! Who wants to play I’ve been on that diet game? Since I couldn’t join the armed forces I decided to work for the government and started going to college. I always struggle with my weight and I spent most of my twenties trying out different diets. I gain back 50 pounds that I lost before with a new set of boobs. No I didn’t get a boob job I think 20% of my weight gain went to my boobs. For the longest time I have maintained my weight from 225 to 235. Then all of a sudden I was either losing a friend and a relative every year. I took my frustrations out by eating food. I am an emotional eater and I can admit that. My last diet that I was on was Weight Watchers I actually did pretty well on it until I hit a plateau then I never got back on track. I learned how to accept weighing at 250 or 255 and maintaining that. Until August of last year… For the past 4 years I’ve been maintaining my weight 250 to 255 but this time around my Wii fit (my scale) Said 267! I swear I thought my Wii fit was lying. Until I weighted myself on several scales at work and I found out the harsh reality. Why I chose to have the lap band….. A Quarter life mid crisis! After many bottles of beer and soul searching, I told myself “I gave obesity my 20’s I refuse to give obesity my 30’s!” I decided to start working on a better me. I watch a Weight Management seminar online to get a better understanding on my surgical weight lost options. I immediately knew if I was going to pick a WLS it was going to be the Lap band. Why, because I didn’t want my stomach to be cut in half, my inside to be rerouted and etc. Sorry but that does not sound healthy to me. I didn’t wake up and said I was going to get the lap band this was a 7 month process. I wanted to try to lose weight on my own first but at the same time I went to a local support group to help me with my final decision. I am glad I went to a local support group because some of the YouTube videos I found scared the crap out of me. October I made my decision to get the lap band. On February 9th I got my approval letter from my insurance company and 2 months later (April 9th) I got my surgery date May 1st 2013! I am looking for to my healthier lifestyle and a new me! My goal is to be 20 pounds lighter on my 30th birthday! Wish me luck! Thank you for reading

I am on day one so far so good just trying to keep my momentum up. It helps if I keep my mind busy Good luck!

I did the same thing last weekend and yesterday. My last meal was the Chinese Buffet I ate like I wasn't going to eat for 4 weeks.... Wait I am! I started day one of my pre op diet today so far so good! Just trying to keep the momentum going! Good luck

I start my pre op diet tomorrow but I have been trying out different protein shakes before my pre op diet. I am always on the go so I brought the ready to drink shakes. I like all the Atkins brand shakes they are amazing and I like the muscle milk cookies and cream shakes. You can find them at Walmart but they are cheaper on vitacost.com. Unjury.com protein powder are good too they also have a chicken soup with protein too. I hope this helps and good luck too you.

Good luck my surgery is next Wednesday. Keep us updated

I was like that this past weekend I was eating food that I normally don't eat it was like everything I learned during my decision making went out the window I also went out drinking because I wanted to get wasted for the last time that didn't happen I ended up drinking 55 selects the whole night I had 5 total. I normally have like 8 bud lights and 5 shots when I drink. I agree it was like my mind was psychologically preparing me for what lies ahead.

I think I am at the point now that I just want to have the surgery. Because me second guessing myself and my decision has gotten old. I will stay this I am ready to start this new chapter in my life. Good luck to you.

I start Wednesday so I been eating like crazy I guess it the anxiety of it all. I like the Atkins Shakes the double chocolate, the mocha latte and the caramel latte for my coffee fixs. I haven't brought my protein powder yet but I will soon

Happy Friday. My surgery date is May 1st as well. I am not looking forward to the pre op diet.