lleighton5

i am soooo utterly excited!! I cannot believe the day is finally here!! I am not nervous about tomorrow..well not really. I keep having this thought that the surgeon decides my liver is still way too fat (i picture it like filling my entire stomache) and i wake up without a band. I have lost 8 pounds on my preop diet so i really dont think i need to worry but there is always still that thought in the back of my head. My mom keeps asking if i am nervous or anxious. I tell her i am not but inside my entire body is on cloud nine! I am just soooo ready to get this weight off and begin living my life. Anyone else out there who simply cannot believe you will be banded in the next few hours or days?! -Lindsey!!!!!!

hey bookie! I am the same starting weight as you and we are having surgery on the same day! I have been on protein drinks for a week already AND believe me... its getting old. GOOD LUCK with everything. let me know how you are doing with your preop and after surgery okay! -Lindsey

I guess i am lucky... I get 3 Protein shakes a day plus a meal inclusing 3 oz chicken, 1 cup veggies, 1/3 cup whole grain, and 1 piece of fruit. All day I crab and whine about what i wish i could be eating (for some reason it has been weird things like brie cheese and refried Beans lol) but at mealtime i am the happiest girl in the world! haha BUT as soon my food is gone i am back to my complaining. I find myself also getting really jealous of what everyone is eating around me. Oh and has anyone been to the grocery store? LOL hardest experience of my life. Make sure you are DRINKING A Protein Drink WHILE YOU SHOP...or else you will want everything in sight! Its badddd....but we will get through it and look fabulous! Keep up the good work future bandsters! -Lindsey

July 22 can't come fast enough!!!! Its my day too!! i simply CANNOT WAIT! good luck everyone! -Lindsey

thank you all who responded! i start the preop diet tomorrow and i know this is the first step towards a thinner, sexier, healther me! good luck to everyone! i am sooo excited to hear of everyones weight losses!!!!

hey bandsters. i am being banded july 22nd (!!!!) and i am SUPER excited. but like most people, i am getting a little nervous as my date creeps closer...not about the surgery though, about post-op and the lifestyle changes and everything. i guess i just need some advice or guidence from someone who has actually been through it all. my mom and i were talking today about after my surgery and while she is sooooo supportive, my mom kept saying things like, "do you think you will actually be able to loose the weight? & "what are your expectations?" & "are you really going to commit to it?" not that she thinks i won't be able to lose the weight, she just doesnt want me to fail again like i have a million times before. it just got me thinking... i guess i just need to know that i am not the only one who thinks these things pre-op and that somehow we bandsters find our way... i am just nervous....Lindsey

CONGRATS TO ALL THE JULY's!!! I am scheduled for the 22nd!! I can hardly wait. I only have barely a month to go! I can't wait for all of us to be skinny and HOTT!

i live in san diego, CA. so the bottom, and what i like to call the 'best' part of CA. its crazy going back and forth from CA to WV...but i do it. i really hope you (and I) are both REALLY lucky and get our surgeries done in may. be SURE to keep in touch! i want to hear how you are doing and if you get your may date!!!!

hi everyone my name is lindsey! i am a student at West Virginia University but i am getting my surgery done in my hometown of san diego, CA by dr. mueller. i just got a call from the surgeons office telling me the insurance will pay 100% and now all i have to do to get this done is the appointments!!!!! i hope to be banded by the end of may so i can be a may bandster! i so am ready to just get this done and start REALLY living my life. btw...i loooove the name!!! the may flowers. so cute! good luck everyone!

thanks allison! i am sooo happy to find some people around my age who are beginning the lapband journey too! and same with me about the 'unknown' surgery date. i dont get home to CA until may 10th. then i have all of my appointments...i just REALLY want to be a 'may flower'!!!! thank god for this thread!

i got the call today that says that my insurance will cover the surgery 100% and i scheduled my appointments!!! that wont happen until may (since i am away at college) BUT STILL! i feel like i finally have something to be excited about! i cannot wait to be banded and share my own sucesses and struggles with you all! i am SOOO SOOO SOOO excited! good luck to everyone!!!!!!!!!

i know this is terrible but i dont even try the seatbelt anymore for fear that it wont fit. i have gained ALOT of weight since i entered college and this past time flying home i really began to see how big i had gotten. i just put my purse on my lap (which i know it TERRIBLE) and always sit in the aisle. i also fly southwest so when i see people looking at me when finally the c people get to board i can tell they are all happy that they do not have to sit next to the big fatty with the purse on her lap.

i am finishing up my frosh year at west virginia university and i am getting banded in MAY! the surgeon's office took a while to realize that i wont be around all the time for appointments and fills etc. ( since i am and out of state student & i am getting banded at home in CA) so i have to look elsewhere for those things but after they got it they have been very helping and understanding! i cannot wait for may! since i discovered LBT i have been on it 12 hours out of the day. i am on here more than facebook now!

i have NEVER been the skinny girl EVER...i was ALWAYS heavier than the rest of the girls i knew and it hurt me when i was continually treated differently... i have always had confidence even though i am heavy it is just something my mom always taught me to have and that has gotten me through alot of uncomfortable situations BUT i have always had this dream of being skinny like my best friends and going to bars and not have girls look at me in disgust because i am big and chose to wear a tank top or have guys frequently dance with my skinny friends but never me. I JUST CANNOT WAIT TO BE THIN! but i dont know how i will react when the world finally sees me as the person i am on the inside... i guess we will see!

i am young and i have that problem. i HATE walking into a building out of the cold and sweating my ass for atleast 10 minutes before it subsides and goes away. i dont have a thyriod problem but i know when i lose weight this will probably go away! i cannot wait i HATTTTTE this!!!