Bostongurl

"smaller portions and more activity" it's the truth at least, just not the entire truth

Hi Mass. peeps. I too am soon to being banded and very excited. Good luck to you all, banded or not!

Hi everyone. So I got my date today, and I ALSO will be an april Bandster! My date is April 25th. So happy for everyone on this list, and good luck to all!

Hi Susan, Congrats to you! Well, I actually got bumped to a week SOONER and my new date is April 25<SUP>th</SUP>, which is just three weeks away!!! It’s all very surreal isn’t it? I don’t know about you but all the pre-testing seemed to go on forever and it was starting to feel like it was never going to happen…but now it’s here! I’m very excited, a bit nervous,

So I have a date!!! It was for May 3rd, but they just called a little while ago, and moved it to April 25th!!!! I cant even believe it, just three weeks away!!!

So I have a date!!! It was for May 3rd, but they just called a little while ago, and moved it to April 25th!!!! I cant even believe it, just three weeks away!!!

I can hardly believe I am even saying these works, but I have a surgery date! I am having the procedure May 3<SUP>rd</SUP>. It feels like such a long time coming, and I can’t believe it’s just a month away.

So, it's official, I recieved a letter from Harvard Pilgrim yesterday saying they have approved the surgery!!! I can't believe it, so now I'm thinking I'll problably have the procedure sometime in May. Now I just have to get mysef on track again and make the most of this next month.

So, it's official, I recieved a letter from Harvard Pilgrim yesterday saying they have approved the surgery!!! I can't believe it, so now I'm thinking I'll problably have the procedure sometime in May. Now I just have to get mysef on track again and make the most of this next month.

I was approved same day as the paperwork was submitted and I'm only 28, 264 day of consult, and have no comorbidities. I am from Mass. and have a local provider, Harvard Pilgrim HMO, and they are really amazing, easy to deal with, quickly approved me, etc.

So I recieved a letter in the mail today from my insurance company saying that I have been approved to have the procedure!!! The paperwork was sumbitted just three days ago, I'm seriously in disbelief.

So, Tony called me this morning with a couple of questions and then he said that everything was in order and that he was going to submit the paperwork to Harvard Pilgrim today. So I called just now (6pm) to see if I could get my user ID for online, as I read on LBT today that you can check your approval status online!! Anyway when I called, I asked them to check to see if they got all application, figuring they couldnt possibly have recieved it already... and not only had they recieved it, she said I was approved... i'm approved.... I"M APPROVED I'm a bit in disbalief to be honest, could it be a mistake? How could it have all happend so quickly? i'm in aww

So, Tony called me this morning with a couple of questions and then he said that everything was in order and that he was going to submit the paperwork to Harvard Pilgrim today. So I called just now (6pm) to see if I could get my user ID for online, as I read on LBT today that you can check your approval status online!! Anyway when I called, I asked them to check to see if they got all application, figuring they couldnt possibly have recieved it already... and not only had they recieved it, she said I was approved... i'm approved.... I"M APPROVED I'm a bit in disbalief to be honest, could it be a mistake? How could it have all happend so quickly? i'm in aww

So, I called Tony from Dr. Hess' office on Friday to see if they got my MMPI test results yet, and he said no but that they should be there any day. He said if I haven't heard back from him by Tuesday to call him...so that's exactly what I'm going to do. My diet is slipping a bit, i'm not staying in my ww points as well as I was, and i'm not working out as often. It's just difficult, but I'm trying very hard. i'm trying so hard to stay on track so hard to pick myself back up when I fall. i'm also just not stable with my personal life, and don't know what to do, J just stays in my head all the time, and wears me out. I can't get over him, and he just uses me up, uses up my emotions. I want to be over him, I want to move on. anyway, this is about my band, nothin more nothin less, but I know he is effecting all that and I just don't know how to end it, how to stop him from effecting me so much ps i'm PMSing big time I promise to go to the gym at least 5 times this week. I promise I promise I promise i promise

So, I called Tony from Dr. Hess' office on Friday to see if they got my MMPI test results yet, and he said no but that they should be there any day. He said if I haven't heard back from him by Tuesday to call him...so that's exactly what I'm going to do. My diet is slipping a bit, i'm not staying in my ww points as well as I was, and i'm not working out as often. It's just difficult, but I'm trying very hard. i'm trying so hard to stay on track so hard to pick myself back up when I fall. i'm also just not stable with my personal life, and don't know what to do, J just stays in my head all the time, and wears me out. I can't get over him, and he just uses me up, uses up my emotions. I want to be over him, I want to move on. anyway, this is about my band, nothin more nothin less, but I know he is effecting all that and I just don't know how to end it, how to stop him from effecting me so much ps i'm PMSing big time I promise to go to the gym at least 5 times this week. I promise I promise I promise i promise

I also tried hypnosis for weight loss. It was an amazing feeling, so unbelivibly relaxing. When I left and was so energized, and so conviced that I could loose the wieght. I wanted to put good things in my body, drink lots of water and had none of the cravings I usually have. The feeling lasted maybe 24 hours. If I could afford to do it everyday...maybe it would work long term, but that's not very realistic.

So, reciently I've been having some doubts that maybe the Lab-Band isn't the best choice for me. I know I need some help, and that the conventional methods work for me, but not in the long term. So I know WLS is a good option for me at this point in my life. HOWEVER like i said, reciently i'm just not sure about the Lap-Band. There seems to be a lot of problems, slipping, erosion, fills not working, etc. plus on top of that, there isn't any long-term studies to support what happens after 10, 15, 20, etc. years, and that's a bit scary. I'm just wondering if you all have gone through this when you got closer to your possible surgery date, and how you knew it was the right decision. Thanks for any advise...

Last months goals: 1. loose another 10lbs 2. get control of evening snacking 3. edjucate myself to diet and excersise SMARTER - get the best possible workout and diet results from what I'm doing 4. get a new scale 5. short term goal, get under 250 6. get my BMI below 40 First off, I actually did really well on last months goals. In fact, I can pretty much say i accomplished all of the goals above. Although #2 is an ongoing badle, and #3 is never ending, I completely accomplished the rest and it feels great. March Goals: 1. Get weight to the 230's 2. Stop eating in front of the television 3. Only weight myself in the mornings 4. When I get one of my crazy cravings at home, I vow to nit at least 5 rows on my scarf before giving into the craving. 5. Continue to go to my Power Strenght class twice a week 6. Burn a minimum of 2000 calaries a week 7. Track my calerie intake on Sparkpeople.com 8. Keep calerie intake below 1200 9. Tan once a week - makes me feel more beautiful

Last months goals: 1. loose another 10lbs 2. get control of evening snacking 3. edjucate myself to diet and excersise SMARTER - get the best possible workout and diet results from what I'm doing 4. get a new scale 5. short term goal, get under 250 6. get my BMI below 40 First off, I actually did really well on last months goals. In fact, I can pretty much say i accomplished all of the goals above. Although #2 is an ongoing badle, and #3 is never ending, I completely accomplished the rest and it feels great. March Goals: 1. Get weight to the 230's 2. Stop eating in front of the television 3. Only weight myself in the mornings 4. When I get one of my crazy cravings at home, I vow to nit at least 5 rows on my scarf before giving into the craving. 5. Continue to go to my Power Strenght class twice a week 6. Burn a minimum of 2000 calaries a week 7. Track my calerie intake on Sparkpeople.com 8. Keep calerie intake below 1200 9. Tan once a week - makes me feel more beautiful

Congrats!! That is really inspirational. Can you tell us what you've found works for you, eg. how much excersise, what you eat on a regular day, etc.?

Cheri, I started using Sparkpeople and LOVE it. IT's very user friendly, a little more "glamerous" then Fitday. Thanks so much.

This is all very good info, I think I may reconsider my current choice which is the weight watchers point system. Although it is a bit quicker to track, i'm affraid it's not accurate enough.

So I had my MMPI test today. I arrived at the Boston Medical around 7:40AM. Tony checked me in, I payed $160.00 then I filled out a couple page multiple choice. Then Tony brought me and one other women into another room, told us what was in store for us, then we watched a TERRRIBLE video from i kid you not the 70s. Then towards the end of the video the therapist came in and took me to another room to basically interview me. She was really nice, and she asked me TONS of questions about my state of mind, my support system, basically evaluated me mentally. She said she had never given such a glowing report, which felt great!! She said I seem like I will do really really well with the surgrey and that she is not used to seeing people who have lost weight at this point. So then when we were done, I went back into the other room and took the MMPI test, which was close to 600 t/f questions which were very intersting. I finished around 11:15 and was back to work by 12:00. So now I guess the results for this come back in about three weeks. At that point Tony submits the paperwork to my insurance company, which can take another 3-4 weeks. Then from there when I'm approved, then they set a surgery date, which is usually about 3-4 weeks out. So bassically we are looking at Mid May sometime. Next steps: tomorrow, call PCP to make an appointment in a month for a letter of medical clearance from my PCP. Three weeks from today, March 29th, call tony to see if my test results were in. I'm in a great place though, i'm loosing and am happy. So i'm down 12lbs, and if all goes well, I could loose another 18lbs or so for a total of 30lbs before the time of my surgery. So that's my next goal. It's an aggressive one, but I know I can do it.