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I don't even know the questions to ask. You gave me some important things to look at. Thanks.

No diet coke????!!!!!!! Ever?

Hi I'm just starting to gather information about lap banding to see if it's an option for me. This looks like a good place to start. I need to lose 80 pounds. I have no will power when I diet and can't get motivated to begin a weight loss program and can't muster up a stick-to-it mind set. Actually, the only time I realize that I'm over weight is when I see myself in a mirror or pictures. I'm 60 years old, and I spent 40 years being a normal weight and that's how I still see myself. As I've gained more and more weight through the years my eating escalates as the pounds add up. I feel like "Who cares? I'm already fat, so what's one more candy bar?" I think I'm punishing myself for being fat by making myself fatter. I think that if I had the lapband surgery and lost the 80 pounds that the lap band then could be removed and that I could maintain my weight loss. The main reason I'd want to have it removed is that it's not something I'd want to have in my body for a life time. Seeing myself looking nice in my mind's eye would then be a reality. My thinking "What's one more candy bar going to hurt?) would go away. No need to punish myself. That's why I think the weight would stay off. I appreciate you being there so that I can talk from my heart and not be self concious. What are some of your thoughts on what I've written? Thanks.