Caterpillarfly

We've got quite the list going...during May we'll have someone at just about every part of the journey! Let me know if I'm missing anyone! May 2- Christal May 5- Tracy, Sandy May 6- Shawna May 7- Makeupqueen, Mely May 8- Mae May 13- Jessica, Molly, Brenda May 19- Lexy, Amy May 21- Sarah May 22- Krysten, Jaime, Lena May 26- Shelly May 27- Kammi May 28- Nora May 30- Three Sixty Six May 31- Tonya

Christal, you're our new guinea pig! You'll get to tell us all about it! Jaime, I added you after you posted in the other thread! I'm so happy to see how many of us there are! May 2- Christal May 5- Tracy, Sandy May 6- Shawna May 7- Makeupqueen May 13- Jessica, Molly, Brenda May 19- Lexy, Amy May 21- Sarah May 22- Krysten, Jaime May 26- Shelly May 27- Kammi May 28- Nora May 30- Three Sixty Six May 31- Tonya

Great to see another bandster on the same day as me! I went through our introduction post and grabbed a few more names and dates. Hopefully we'll be able to get the whole month's schedule set so we can check up on each other! May 5- Tracy, Sandy May 13- Jessica, Molly, Brenda May 19- Lexy, Amy May 22- Krysten, Jaime May 26- Shelly May 27- Kammi May 28- Nora May 30- Three Sixty Six May 21- Tonya

Welcome welcome! May 5- Tracy, Sldeems May 13- Jessica, Molly May 19- Lexy, Amy May 22- Krysten May 26- Shelly May 27- Kammi

I TOTALLY understand! The second I got my surgery date I started eating EVERYTHING. I was getting my food from a drive thru daily and the guy at the Dairy Queen literally KNEW me! After gaining 6 pounds in 3 weeks I knew I REALLY had to get myself under control. I'm going to a wedding a few days before my surgery, and I don't want to go feeling bloated and huge. My pre-op diet doesn't start for a few weeks, but I've started doing Medifast just to get myself in control. Two whole days and I've managed to stick to it. We all deserve to enjoy the things we love and won't eat for a while, but we don't want to go crazy! Good luck keeping it in control before your big day!

Hey Dicev! So glad to hear you've got a date...you're a May Flower! May 6th was my original band date, but I wound up getting pushed back to May 13th. You should stop by the May 2008 forum and introduce yourself. Welcome to the board! Jessica

I think that as long as your honest and explain WHY you're doing this, she'll understand. Telling my mother was hard, but she ultimately wants me to be happy and healthy, so she's supportive and will come stay with me for a week to take care of me after the surgery. My father still doesn't know, and I'm not sure if he'll ever know. I mentioned the surgery to him about 4 years ago when I first starting considering it, and he flipped out. He doesn't believe in anything artificial and thinks that everything can be accomplished with "good old-fashioned hard work." He's definitely one of those people who thinks that this would be the "easy way out." At the time I needed his approval and his financial support, but now I don't need either. When my mother told him that she was coming up to take care of me, she told him that I was having surgery due to my polycystic ovaries, and he didn't ask for any details. I hate lying, but I know he'd never support me, and if I ever had financial problems in the future he'd say it was my own fault since I'm a self pay. I personally am not telling anyone but my mother, grandmother, aunt, and best friend about what I'm having done. While I know some people would be supportive, I know others would be negative or jealous, or feel that I didn't "deserve" my weight loss because I "cheated." I know that I am doing this for myself, and I don't need anyone else's opinion to alter how I feel about myself or my decision.

Kammi, To keep track of your posts, click on the My Account tab on the blue bar at the top of the page. It will show you every thread you've posted in that has recently received a response. You can also set up your account so that you get emailed everytime someone responds to a thread you posted in. (It doesn't get annoying and email you a million times...it only sends you one email until the next time you visit the website.) Hope that helps! Jessica

Woo! Looks like you're the earliest of us so far. I'm sure we'll be asking you a million questions! May 5- Tracy May 13- Jessica, Molly May 19- Lexy, Amy May 22- Krysten May 26- Shelly May 27- Kammi

Okay, so we've got... May 13- Jessica, Molly May 19- Lexy, Amy May 22- Krysten May 26- Shelly May 27- Kamicola

Like all of you, I have become completely consumed with preparing for the band and I spend so much time here...but I'm learning so much! I don't think I would have been completely prepared to make the decision if all this information weren't available to me. I've been in last supper mode since I got my surgery date, but after gaining about 6 pounds I realized I need to put on the brakes and prepare myself for the healthy lifestyle I'm hoping to attain. Like most of you, my biggest fear isn't the surgery, but the thought of failure. This band is only a tool, and my life is still in MY hands, which obviously hasn't worked out too well so far. But as a self-pay, I'll have those monthly reminders every time I make a payment that I cannot afford to fail.

I am lucky May 13th! May 13- Jessica May 19- Lexy May 22- Krysten May 26- Shelly

For anyone who wants to use the logo without the picture: Go to My Account Edit Signature Click the "Insert Image" button (It looks like a little yellow postcard) Enter the following URL: http://users.hanson.net/heroicdiva/MayMiracles2 OR Save this picture and upload to signature: If you have any questions, let me know!

Hey everyone! Anyone who wants to use my logo can email me your picture and name or post it in this thread. To email, just click on my name next to my post, click "Email Caterpillarfly" and send me a quick email. I'll have to email you back before you can attach the files, I just don't like posting my email address on message boards because of spam. I can definitely add a little bee for Bizzy too! Can we create a thread of just surgery dates so we can create a little master calendar? I'm so excited...it's all starting to become very real! :biggrin:

Looks like it's going to be May Flowers! Here's the edited version of my logo for the occasion! I know a few others came up with logos, so we can vote on that as well if everyone doesn't agree on this one. LOL we're very democratic here... Keep in mind that you won't all have a picture of me :thumbup:

Hey everyone! I live in Stockbridge and I'm scheduled for May 13th with Dr. Hart in Atlanta. I've heard really good things about Dr. Hart but I can't find much info on True Results Weight Loss who the surgery is through. Anyone have any experience with them?

My surgery is on May 13th as well. I don't think of it as unlucky at all, but I'm a person who's always thought of 13 as a lucky number. Regardless, I consider it lucky because that's the day our lives are going to change. :biggrin2:

I definitely wouldn't be opposed to doing another quick poll with the top three (or four since third place is tied) names. It would be nice if we could get our name picked and our banner made by April 1st...that'll give us a month to get ready for our big days! It would also be cool if we could create a master schedule that lists everyone getting banded in May and what dates their surgeries are.

Well it was a sad day today to actually see my ticker go UP, but I actually had to postpone my surgery a week. I'm happy to say that I'll still be a May girl, but my date has been pushed back to May 13th. Fortunately though, my postponement is for a GOOD reason! My friend is getting married just 3 days after when I would have had my surgery, and I couldn't possibly miss her wedding. I just didn't want to risk traveling so quickly after surgery, so this is certainly for the best. I heard someone else refer to their surgery date as their B-day, and that gives me so much excitement! I wish my day was getting closer, rather than farther away, but I'm excited that we'll still be going through this journey together!

Thank you so much! I'm glad you all like it! Hopefully we can decide on a name soon and I can personalize one for everyone. :biggrin2:

I've been looking at the logos for some of the other months, and I really like what the Shrinking Violets did, incorporating their names and pictures into their logos. I think it gives it a little bit of personalization and helps us to know each other even better. I did a version of the logo I designed that could be personalized like that. I'd be happy to personalize other peoples' logos for anyone who doesn't know how to. Let me know what you think! Once again, if we decide on a different name, this can be changed. May Miracles Personalized.bmp

Hello everyone! A little bit about myself... My name is Jessica and I live in Atlanta, GA. I am scheduled for May 6th with Dr. Hart with True Results Weight Loss. I do marketing and PR for a race team, a dream job that I've been doing for over a year. I'm 25 years old, and at 5'3" I'm 180 lbs with a BMI of 32. I've been overweight for over 17 years and I have PCOS and nodes on my thyroid. Because I've been overweight nearly my entire life, I feel like I've missed out on so much, and I've decided I'm not going to miss out anymore. I've never been in a relationship with a guy, never experienced intimacy of any kind, and despite my wonderful job, friends, and family, I feel like my weight has cheated me out of the happiness I think we all deserve. I want to experience walking into a room without feeling like the least pretty girl there. I want to feel like someone can fall in love with ALL of me, not fall for me DESPITE my weight. I want to have the courage to take chances in my personal life, and feel like my weight isn't holding back my professional life. When I turned 25, I knew that I had to get in control. I made up my mind that I will have my life in control by the time I'm 30. I want to fall in love and get married someday, and I want to feel beautiful in a wedding dress. I want to feel sexy and beautiful and HAPPY. We only have one life, and I don't want to waste another year of it by wishing I was thin, and torturing myself with diets when my body was fighting me the entire way. I KNOW that this surgery is my chance to find the butterfly that's hiding inside this caterpillar, and I can't wait to begin my new life and become a healthy and happy woman. I look forward to hearing more about all of you, and I'm excited that we'll be going through this journey together!

I want to be able to look my best friend in the eye and tell him that I've fallen for him. I want to be comfortable in front of MYSELF naked. I want to have sex for the first time.

My favorites are definitely: 1. May Miracles 2. May Flowers 3. Magnificient Mays :wub:

I keep thinking about how appropriate it is that we're making this enormous change during the spring...it just seems like the perfect time for a new life and a rebirth. It's funny how I'm already thinking of my surgery date as my "other" birthday.