PerseOnFire

October 10th for me. I'm on day 7 of my two-week liquid diet on Tuesday. I'm so excited . . . but also nervous.

October 11th for me. Started my two-week liquid diet on Tuesday. I'm so excited . . . but also nervous.

Hi All! I'm so happy to have found this forum. I've been struggling with this decision for a year now and reading a few threads has been immensely helpful. It's a pleasure to be here with such motivated people. Maybe you can help me too? I'm a 27-year-old married grad student trying to get started on the lap band journey. However, I've been discouraged by almost my entire immediate family. My husband, mother and sister all warn me not to do it; hubby cites nutritional deficiencies; mother and sister just think I can lose the weight by myself. If I could do it by myself, I would have already. It ticks me off; they've witnessed my struggles firsthand, but can't support me when this could help me change my life. WTH? How do I get them on my side? What do I say? I think part of it is the suspicion that I'm taking the "easy way out." Hubby's words: "Nothing worth having/doing is easy." Has anyone else encountered this? How did you handle it? Thanks a bunch, --N