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I have been banded since Feb 2010, and the time is flying and so is the weight loss. I have lost 26.7kgs since mid Feb and am feeling pretty good, but not as good as i thought i would. I have more energy, sleeping better, life feels good, but i can be down on myself sometimes, i look in the mirror and think oh wow the back fat is gone, this has shrunk this that and the other, and then i begin to pick on myself ugh look at those arms, look at this look at that, UGH. There is alot going at the moment, i am getting married in 8 weeks, which i have found stressful, not within myself, but more money wise and having everything done in time. I believe i have caused myself to fall into a bit of a hole at the moment, i was feeling light headed and wobbly on my feet, so after a few days of this i went to the doctor and she thinks i have migraines, so some drugs and a few days off hopefully i will feel alot better. I am concerned i haven't been eating enough of the right foods, i think my band is at the filling i need. But i know i haven't been eating enough fruit and vegies, i feel like i have been cheating myself of good food, so its time i pulled the finger out and got cracking on the good food. Sometimes it's easier to eat crap, as it goes down alot easier then good solid food. I am going to have a look at the CSIRO book, and follow the food pyamid. I'll be back with my progress. Cheers

I am loving this topic, and would like to take this opportunity to thank the person who created it! :tt1: I am super excited about my surgery and everyone else's for that matter. It seems i am one of the last to have my surgery in Feb as i get banded Friday 26th which makes me more impatient but it's great as i will be able to learn from everyone else's experience. I can't believe how fast this time has come around! I have waited a year for this, and it's nearly here!!! Woop Woop :eek: I have red all the other Feb posts and a couple of them stick in my mind, mostly and it's a laugh but so true, that one person said they struggled to wipe their bum! I had to laugh but maybe in shame as i hear you there! There are so many things i won't miss the list is endless!!! Some would be: Being restricted to shopping in the fat shops. Being short of my breath after a simple task Taking an hour to go anywhere because i get changed 5 times because everything is either to small or makes me look like a tent! I could make a topic about this it would be interesting to see what people wrote.... 4 weeks on Monday till i meet with my surgeon to start shakes! Excited!!!!!!!!!!!! Bring it on!!!!!!!!! 4 weeks left of food freedom! :eek:

#1. Surgery date: Friday feb 26th #2. State you live in: Australia #3. Doctor/Surgery Center: #4. Insurance or self pay: Private health care, $2,500 #5. Age and height: 25 and 165cm #6. Current weight and goal weight: 116kgs : 65kgs #7. What was your deciding factor for having this surgery: What wasn't really??!! #7. Do you have the support of family and friends: Have kept it very quiet, only partner,mother,sister and 2 close mates know. #8. Concerns and questions: I think i know a bit. From friends having this done. .......................and anything else you would like to add! : Yep i cant wait, 8 weeks until i start the shakes, 10 weeks till surgery. :willy_nilly:

I had to have a giggle at your post here, as i see it's not the 27th of October but yet you have weighed yourself, i wouldn't be able to help myself.

Wow that is a great weight loss result, congratulations you must be so proud of yourself.

I completely understand what you are saying, and I know i should start now and get a head start, i would be happy even if i lost 5 kilos from now until feb, i even joined jenny craig but it just got to expensive so i gave it up. I want to lose weight before the surgery but in my head i just keep thinking, it's okay i'm having lapband surgery soon.... I know i shouldn't think like that but i can't get passed it.

If i could lose 1-2 kilos a week on my own i wouldn't need lap band would I?!!!!

I live in Australia, I am booked for surgery on feb 26th next year. I have been reading books, following blogs and this web site as i learn and prepare for my lap band. I am getting married in Nov next year and was a little concerned of how much weight i could lose by then, so i decided to do a goal list as follows: FRI 26th FEB: Operation Day (hoping to be 105kgs on day of surgery after losing about 5kgs on pre-op diet) 4 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 26TH MARCH: Goal = 100kgs= 5KG Loss 1.3KG Loss a week needed to achieve this. 5 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 30TH APRIL: Goal= 95kgs= 5kg loss, 1kg a week needed to achieve this. 6 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 11th JUNE: Goal= 90kgs= 5kg loss, .9kgs a week needed to achieve this. (just before my b'day :thumbup:) 7 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 30TH JULY: Goal= 85kgs= 5kg loss, .7kgs a week needed to achieve this. 4 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 27TH AUGUST: Goal= 82kgs= 3kg loss, .8kg a week needed to achieve this. 4 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 24TH SEPTEMBER: Goal= 79kgs= 3kg loss, .8kg a week needed to achieve this. 5 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 29TH OCTOBER: Goal= 75kgs= 4kg loss, .8kg a week needed to achieve this. 3 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 19TH NOVEMBER (THE DAY BEFORE OUR WEDDING :tt1:): Goal= 72kgs= 3kg loss, 1kg a week needed to achieve this. MY FINAL GOAL IS 65 KGS.... I AM JUST WONDERING WHAT YOU THINK? DO YOU THINK I CAN MEET THESE? HAVE I AIMED TOO HIGH/ NOT HIGH ENOUGH? ESPECIALLY AS MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE :tt2: THANKS

So therefore is that 12.5kgs in about 20n days? Because that seems like a lot of weight to lose in such a short time!???? That would be equal to at least two dress sizes? That's amazing.:seeya:

You will be covered for sick pay as long as you have a certificate to stat the dates, and of coarse sick hours to use, they can't ask any questions and legally you don't have to give any explanation.

I have calmed down alot now, had a talk on the phone to a friend and had a nice warm shower. I woke this morning after a terrible nights sleep, had to start early, was in a good mood feeling motivated. Then not long after i begin work things start falling apart, first the 2ic has a go at me over a job which i assumed was done but wasn't so i got the rap for it, partly my fault i suppose. That annoyed me as it does getting in trouble, then a staff complaint, then i had to listen to the 2ic talk about herself on and on as she does and she is sooooo opinionated, if you have done it she has done it better, if you got something she has one better, oh golly she makes me made, i can't stand ppl like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then maybe only something a overweight person could understand, a girl at work recently got engaged and she is getting married in Feb next year a week before my banding, that's not going to go down well with my boss as the two of us will be off at the same time, oh well stiff shit!!! Anywayz i too am in engaged and have been for a year now, we were supposed to get married in Oct this year, but when i began looking into lap banding it couldn't be done until Feb 2010, therefore we have put the wedding off until Nov 2010, anyway to get to my point i must say i am a little jealous if i wasn't so fat then we could be about to get married, but NO because i am so fat we have to wait!!!!!! She is thin and athletic and will probaly be able to wear any dress she likes, i just feel like a failure. :wub:

I have calmed down alot now, had a talk on the phone to a friend and had a nice warm shower. I woke this morning after a terrible nights sleep, had to start early, was in a good mood feeling motivated. Then not long after i begin work things start falling apart, first the 2ic has a go at me over a job which i assumed was done but wasn't so i got the rap for it, partly my fault i suppose. That annoyed me as it does getting in trouble, then a staff complaint, then i had to listen to the 2ic talk about herself on and on as she does and she is sooooo opinionated, if you have done it she has done it better, if you got something she has one better, oh golly she makes me made, i can't stand ppl like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then maybe only something a overweight person could understand, a girl at work recently got engaged and she is getting married in Feb next year a week before my banding, that's not going to go down well with my boss as the two of us will be off at the same time, oh well stiff shit!!! Anywayz i too am in engaged and have been for a year now, we were supposed to get married in Oct this year, but when i began looking into lap banding it couldn't be done until Feb 2010, therefore we have put the wedding off until Nov 2010, anyway to get to my point i must say i am a little jealous if i wasn't so fat then we could be about to get married, but NO because i am so fat we have to wait!!!!!! She is thin and athletic and will probaly be able to wear any dress she likes, i just feel like a failure. :sad:

I have been hanging around this site for a while now, and have only just worked out how to blog! I am going to blog often as i pop in here everyday or so and figure it would be a good place to ask some questions. I am 24 years old and live in Victoria in Australia I am about to turn 25 in a week or so, I currently weigh about 110KG (around 240LBS i think). I am a normal height of 165cm's. I have been over weight pretty much my whole life, would have spent most of it in the over weight category up until probably about 5 years ago and i hit the obese category (nothing to be proud of). I have tried lots and lots of diets from weight watchers about 5 times, tony ferguson shakes about 3 times, the liver cleansing diet, optifast, and goodness knows how many more..... And yes none of them have worked for me, well actually to be honest i haven't worked for them! There probably are underlining factors why I am so big, like things that have happened in my life etc: But that is no excuse, Recently i have learnt that i am an emotional eater, if things get tough i eat, if i get angry i eat, if i'm really happy or excited i eat!!!!!!!! You get the picture! I am booked for lapbanding Feb 2010 and can't wait!!!!!!!!! I have had the chest x-ray and blood tests, plus a couple of appointments with my surgeon, so i have the ball rolling, now just waiting for the time to tick by. I can't wait, i dream about it everyday. I have pretty much kept my lapbanding to myself, 2 friends know, my partner, and my sister. I plan on keeping it that way, and of coarse when it gets closer i will let my Mum know, but she will worry and lecture me and i won't hear the end of it, so the longer i leave it the less nagging i have to listen to! I really could go on forever, so i will go now. :wub:

I have been hanging around this site for a while now, and have only just worked out how to blog! I am going to blog often as i pop in here everyday or so and figure it would be a good place to ask some questions. I am 24 years old and live in Victoria in Australia I am about to turn 25 in a week or so, I currently weigh about 110KG (around 240LBS i think). I am a normal height of 165cm's. I have been over weight pretty much my whole life, would have spent most of it in the over weight category up until probably about 5 years ago and i hit the obese category (nothing to be proud of). I have tried lots and lots of diets from weight watchers about 5 times, tony ferguson shakes about 3 times, the liver cleansing diet, optifast, and goodness knows how many more..... And yes none of them have worked for me, well actually to be honest i haven't worked for them! There probably are underlining factors why I am so big, like things that have happened in my life etc: But that is no excuse, Recently i have learnt that i am an emotional eater, if things get tough i eat, if i get angry i eat, if i'm really happy or excited i eat!!!!!!!! You get the picture! I am booked for lapbanding Feb 2010 and can't wait!!!!!!!!! I have had the chest x-ray and blood tests, plus a couple of appointments with my surgeon, so i have the ball rolling, now just waiting for the time to tick by. I can't wait, i dream about it everyday. I have pretty much kept my lapbanding to myself, 2 friends know, my partner, and my sister. I plan on keeping it that way, and of coarse when it gets closer i will let my Mum know, but she will worry and lecture me and i won't hear the end of it, so the longer i leave it the less nagging i have to listen to! I really could go on forever, so i will go now. :sad:

I love your story, so honest and yet i must say even funny! Hope all is well.