Mrs_Mauricio

Hey I am a wanna be but soon to be!!!! I have my date set on Monday so I am excited!!!! I think all of these experiences really kinda put up an ugly scrap book in my head, an ugly tape recorder so to speak or maybe not even that, maybe they are a blessing in disguise so that I can finally do something for me and stop wasting more time to just keep being disappointed in myself.

Thank you all for sharing! Your comments were really heartbreaking and courageous.I look forward to making this journey with you all and looking better and feeling healthier!

I was wondering what finally made you all decide to get the lap-band or any other type of WLS? For me it was a few different factors that just accumulated into "I need to do this N-O-W" type of thing. I don't want to spend one day, week, month, year being this heavy or getting heavier. I was never a "skinny" girl. At my best, I maintained 150-160lbs but on me being 5'7" it looked good. But even at that weight, I never thought I looked good. But fast forward to now, I am 255lbs. and I have the opposite of what some of you all call the "fat mind." Even though you are losing weight, you still consider yourself heavier than you are. I, on the other hand, have "skinny mind, fat body" complex lol. My mind does not want to look at that image in the mirror and really take me for as big as I am. And my reality checks are getting worse...that is why I KNEW I had to do SOMETHING!!!! 1. Photos: omg, biggest reality check ever. I hate seing full bodied pictures of me, even now starting to hate just pictures because my face is getting really chunky. 2. Comments: for example this past xmas, I was at my husband's grandparents house and one of their relatives I never met before started talking about how he was diagnosed with diabetes and he is skinny and then there was a "big, fat lady" (at which point in time he said to me, no offense) that didn't have it and how could that be??? I was appalled, I didn't even know what to say!!! I was so angry, I just sat there pissed off and didn't talk to anyone the rest of the night. 3. I'm a nurse and deal with a growing population of morbidly obese or obese in general people. I see what the co-morbidities of these people do to them on an every day basis and I do NOT want to get there!!!! I am 27 and have hypertension and high cholesterol. Diabetes runs in my family, I don't want it!!! Also, I see younger and younger people having heart attacks and strokes and it scares the **** outta me! I do not want to head down this road and keep getting bigger and bigger and having more health problems at an early age. So those are my reasons. What are yours?

HmMmmm man, now this is a good thread! LOL! My date is coming up on the 16th!!!! But I won't be able to have everything on my bucket list b/c some stuff you can only get in Milwaukee, WI and I live in TX now so anyway, here we go...lol 1. The 7 Layer: this is found at the Wisconsin Ren. fest and its 7 layers of creps and ice cream and toppings and goodness you almost die and go to heaven!!! 2. Burrito Ultimo from Jalisco's in San Antonio mmmm 3. Baja chicken Tacos from Cheesecake Factory 4. Godiva Choloclate Cheesecake also from CF 5. Mexican Martini from Baby A's in Austin w/ of course extra olives lol 6. pizza...any kinda, any where 7. Oreo Caksters that are cold from being in the fridge mmm 8. Beer Brats!!! 9. "real" Refried Beans n Rice...my comfort food 10. Fries... g'bye, i love u all lol but i don't love u as much as i love myself :thumbup:

I am so excited!!!! My date is Feb. 16th!!! Of course I tried for the 14th as it would be a day of Love to MYSELF but they don't do weekends lol. I am so greatful that I will be joining you all on this journey. And I hope to be as successful as most of you have become. I can't think of all the names, but so many of you have amazed and inspired me and although I can't thank you face to face, your courage to come here and share your stories and yourselves have given me a new sense of hope. WISH ME LUCK!!!!

I bet those words from your husband felt great!!! It's one thing for people you don't really care about or friends to say something, but for the most important person in your life to really mean something is 100x better!!!!! Awesome job!

awesome!!!!! i can't imagine how it feels to be 70+ lbs lighter!!!

Hi everyone. Just wanted to say hi and that I am wishing for the success many of you have had on your lap-band journey :thumbup: I will soon be getting banded and look forward to a healthier and thinner me!!!