Whether you end up with the surgery or some other means to get your weight under control, you sound at least partly motivated for the proper reasons. Believe me, 6 months sounds like forever when you're in the position you're in. I was delayed more than once but perservered. My surgery was last December. Today, 7 months and 87 pounds later, I'm glad I followed through. Please stop calling this a "diet" and begin calling it a "lifestyle". Please don't think the band will force you to eat properly. That's something you have to do yourself. And you stated "a commitment for life more or less"!!! What??? It's a commitment for life...period. There's no "more or less" about it! Part of the whole process you're experiencing will indicate how determined you are to make a change in your health. If you get on track, the best advice I can give you is to follow the program perfectly. It's like the adage "Practice makes perfect" That's is so wrong! "PERFECT practice makes perfect" and nothing else. In other words, if you're told by the doctor or the nutritionist to stay on a lquiid diet for a week or 10 days, DO IT! Work you way back into "real food" on the schedule they give you and no sooner. I did it but I can't really remember going through the process. It's not even a memory that I can pull back into my mind. I did it, it's over and now I'm changing my life-style to follow through for MYSELF. And don't fail to get as many fills as necessary to get you to the point of satiation with the well balanced diet that's prescribed. I feel 50,000% better, no more high blood pressure or sleep apnea. I can tie my shoes!! And I'm no longer wondering what day I'll be having my inevitable heart attack. Instead, I wondering how many granchildren or great grandchildren I'll get to meet!
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Whether you end up with the surgery or some other means to get your weight under control, you sound at least partly motivated for the proper reasons. Believe me, 6 months sounds like forever when you're in the position you're in. I was delayed more than once but perservered. My surgery was last December. Today, 7 months and 87 pounds later, I'm glad I followed through. Please stop calling this a "diet" and begin calling it a "lifestyle". Please don't think the band will force you to eat properly. That's something you have to do yourself. And you stated "a commitment for life more or less"!!! What??? It's a commitment for life...period. There's no "more or less" about it! Part of the whole process you're experiencing will indicate how determined you are to make a change in your health. If you get on track, the best advice I can give you is to follow the program perfectly. It's like the adage "Practice makes perfect" That's is so wrong! "PERFECT practice makes perfect" and nothing else. In other words, if you're told by the doctor or the nutritionist to stay on a lquiid diet for a week or 10 days, DO IT! Work you way back into "real food" on the schedule they give you and no sooner. I did it but I can't really remember going through the process. It's not even a memory that I can pull back into my mind. I did it, it's over and now I'm changing my life-style to follow through for MYSELF. And don't fail to get as many fills as necessary to get you to the point of satiation with the well balanced diet that's prescribed. I feel 50,000% better, no more high blood pressure or sleep apnea. I can tie my shoes!! And I'm no longer wondering what day I'll be having my inevitable heart attack. Instead, I wondering how many granchildren or great grandchildren I'll get to meet!