Hi Tulips-
I know exactly how you feel. Sometimes I find myself "talking myself" INTO the surgery???? But then things happen that remind me I am doing the right thing: 1) a girlfriend of mine who was always "tiny" just had her first child and is struggling with a lot of weight; what will happen to me, I haven't even had children yet and I am struggling.
2). I have been going to the gym 2-3 times a week for a month now cutting back and the scale hasn't moved.!!! I feel better, then I put on clothes and I look the same. There was a time when I could do these simple things and I could take some weight off for a few months, maybe a year. BUT the time has come, the more I wait to do this the longer I am delaying the inevitable!
I am scheduled for banding 8/15/07 with Dr. Ortiz
Good Luck!