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Yes I did good too. I am not yet banded but have lost 10 pounds since thanksgiving. I also managed to get through christmas without breaking my diet. My goal is a total of 15 pounds by new years.

I am on a preop diet now. Christmas eve was the hardest day for me. My Dad invited us oner for our traditional pizza dinner and cookies and hot chocolate. Yes I wanted them but I want this surgery more. That wasn't the hard part. The hard part was feeling like my Dad tried so hard to restore our tradition and I felt like I let him down. We haven't had a normal christmas in years because he has been in the mist of a divorce. He was very supportive though, said he was proud of me for turning down hot chocolate and marshmallows. We had a great time though and hopefully this will be the begining of our new family without his ex. So I am choosing to focus on the positive and be proud of myself for sticking to my diet through the holidays. We haven't choosen an easy road but it is a road we must continue to travel.

I had my preop appt on wed. It went really well. I don't have diabetes. I am so ready for this surgery. I am ready to get on to my new life. I can't wait till March when I take my son to disney. My goal is to ride the rides with him. (actually fit in the seats). School starts Jan 11. Hopefully I will be down enough that I don't have to worry about fitting in the seats at school. A good 20-30 pounds by then. I am already down 8-12 depending on which scale. I want to lose a total of 15 by New year. Thats 3-7 more pounds this week. I know it can happen on low carb diets. On spring break I want to go visit my brother. It would be nice to fly and not feel like I am crowding the person sitting next to me. Plus to see his reaction at all the weight I've lost would be priceless. My MIL has already told the family about my surgery. I really wasn't wanting to tell them. I hate people to think I am so fat I have to have surgery. I asked her not to say anything. Plus where does she get off telling people my personal business. I feel it is a private matter. Like your period. You don't announce it to everyone everytime it comes. There are just somethings people don't need to know about me. I hardly know these people. Why should they know something so personal about me? I did tell my Dad though. I knew he would be understanding and supportive and he was. I don't have a mom. So I talk to him about stuff.

I had my preop appt on wed. It went really well. I don't have diabetes. I am so ready for this surgery. I am ready to get on to my new life. I can't wait till March when I take my son to disney. My goal is to ride the rides with him. (actually fit in the seats). School starts Jan 11. Hopefully I will be down enough that I don't have to worry about fitting in the seats at school. A good 20-30 pounds by then. I am already down 8-12 depending on which scale. I want to lose a total of 15 by New year. Thats 3-7 more pounds this week. I know it can happen on low carb diets. On spring break I want to go visit my brother. It would be nice to fly and not feel like I am crowding the person sitting next to me. Plus to see his reaction at all the weight I've lost would be priceless. My MIL has already told the family about my surgery. I really wasn't wanting to tell them. I hate people to think I am so fat I have to have surgery. I asked her not to say anything. Plus where does she get off telling people my personal business. I feel it is a private matter. Like your period. You don't announce it to everyone everytime it comes. There are just somethings people don't need to know about me. I hardly know these people. Why should they know something so personal about me? I did tell my Dad though. I knew he would be understanding and supportive and he was. I don't have a mom. So I talk to him about stuff.

I made it through christmas sticking to my diet. I even got in a little workout with Wii fit. The diet is hard for me but it is geting easier each day. Hopefully I am past the headaches.My son and I are both home form school this week. I will be preparing for my surgery, getting the house and husband ready. I wish they had given me my prescriptions already so I didn't have to go to the pharmacy after surgery. We live 30 min from the nearest pharmacy so we have to do it when we are "in town". Sounds like everyone had a good christmas except for the car accident. Glad you are doing ok.

Thats Awesome! I can't wait til the day I will reach the same. Congrats. Thanks for the encouragement.

I was asked to join a 3 year study. I signed up for it. It doen't change my treatment at all. I just have to fill out questionaires periodically.

Just wanted to stop in and say Merry Christmas to all my new friends. My visit with my Dad last night went really well. I actually got to see my sister too which was a surprise. She lives with my Dad's ex wife so we don't get to hang out much. I told him about the surgery and he was pretty excited about it. There was alot of junk food there but I didn't eat any of it. It was hard to turn down. I think It was the hardest day of my diet so far. Today we are having ribs so I just gotta avoid the sauce. Merry Christmas

Dawnlee, I was feeling the same way for awhile. I realize though that what I am doing is going to kill me and that I need a new way to live. Doc says once the weight starts falling off and you can start to do things again (cross your legs, turn heads, fit in the seat at the movie theatre) these are things you will hold tight too and refuse to surrender to that bowl of mac and cheese or double fudge cake. Just think of all the things you have sacrificed to be big. I have given up time with my family because I was too tired or embarassed to go out. Great sex again because I am too tired and my horomones are out of whack. I am hardly in any family pics. I can't ride the roller coasters with my son. He almost was hit by a car because he ran from me and I couldn't keep up, TWICE. Start thinking about the good this will do for your life and your family. Also be really sure this is what you want before you go through with it. I hope this helps this is just how I moved from being unsure to total confidence. My Doc has just really laid things out for me. He says the first 50 will be hard but once I taste success I won't want to give it back up. Good luck on your journey.

Hey back at ya. Glad you have decided to join in.

Indio, I am doing well. I went shopping for my pre & post op diet. Got some protein shakes, broth, sugar free popsicles and Jello. I had an appt yesterday with the surgeon and my nerves about the surgery are easing up. I am feeling more confident everytime I meet with him. He explained about the Hiatle hernia. I am working out everyday, losing weight just about everyday. Now I am just trying to make a list of everything I need to do before the surgery (laundry, grocery shopping). Yesterday at my appt my Doc gave me the opportunity to be in a group study. I signed up for it and they gave me 50 bucks. If I complete the study over the next 3 years they will give me $450. It doesn't change my treatment at all. I just have to feel out questionaires at each visit. I am visiting my Dad tonite. I haven't seen him in a year. He is getting divorced and keeps telling me he doesn't want to get me involved. That is his reason for keeping his distance. It makes me sad though because I feel like he is missing out on seeing my son grow up. My son doesn't even know who he is. I keep having to explain it to him trying to prepare him for the visit. My inlaws are out of town so we are enjoying some privacy. We will be by ourselves on Christmas. I think I will just lay around in my pj's all day, watch the parade and play with my son. I do plan on cooking some bbq ribs. I am ready to play santa tonite too. Got all the gifts wrapped except for the bb hoop. Once hubby puts it together I will put a giant gift bag over it. Then stuff the stockings. Mostly with some dollar toys. My husband has also been working on our motorcycle. He got these exhaust pipes as his christmas gift and is so excited he already received them and installed them. I love riding the bike but I really don't care for these new exhaust pipes but I fiqure I'd just let him have it he wants it so bad. I know I haven't posted in awhile but I just can't keep up with everyone. I feel like It is kinda rude of me to type only about myself all the time. I do read most of the post though.

I do have to lose weight for my surgery. My Doc says it is proof that your liver is shrinking. They have to move it around for the surgery and if it is full of fat it will be really fragile. That is my Doc prospective on it. Any advice I can give? Well I am just trying to get everything done before surgery so there won't be as much for my family afterward. It seems like every Doc has a differnt gameplan so I would follow you own Docs instruction to a t. Your paying him alot of money for his direction. Good luck and congrats!

Well my MIL brought up the topic of my surgery this afternoon. I explained alot of things to her and I feel she is more understanding now. Now that she understands I am not having a bypass or something as drastic. I guess the 3 days she has been gone have given her time to clear her head. I am down 7 pounds today. Following dr's orders of low carb diet. It is very hard to skip a whole food group but it is encouraging to see the weight go down. I don't ever want to go back to eatting them like I was. I am addicted to them. They consume alot of my thoughts, too many. Also had my preop today. I was pretty nervous talking to the staff and being in the hospital. I have another preop on wed. This one is with my surgeon. He always makes me feel good about my decision to do this. I really feel like he understands what it is to be fat. He use to be fat himself. I am ready to get this over with. Also my Dad actually contacted me and invited us over christmas eve. He hasn't called or talked to me in prbly a year. He and my stepmom just got divorced and he has been "celebrating" I guess you could say. Hanging out and drinking, meeting women. Just been to busy for us. It will be weird to see him again. Don't think I am gonna tell him about the surgery. I don't really want everyone to know. Although those who know me will probably fiqure it out.

Well my MIL brought up the topic of my surgery this afternoon. I explained alot of things to her and I feel she is more understanding now. Now that she understands I am not having a bypass or something as drastic. I guess the 3 days she has been gone have given her time to clear her head. I am down 7 pounds today. Following dr's orders of low carb diet. It is very hard to skip a whole food group but it is encouraging to see the weight go down. I don't ever want to go back to eatting them like I was. I am addicted to them. They consume alot of my thoughts, too many. Also had my preop today. I was pretty nervous talking to the staff and being in the hospital. I have another preop on wed. This one is with my surgeon. He always makes me feel good about my decision to do this. I really feel like he understands what it is to be fat. He use to be fat himself. I am ready to get this over with. Also my Dad actually contacted me and invited us over christmas eve. He hasn't called or talked to me in prbly a year. He and my stepmom just got divorced and he has been "celebrating" I guess you could say. Hanging out and drinking, meeting women. Just been to busy for us. It will be weird to see him again. Don't think I am gonna tell him about the surgery. I don't really want everyone to know. Although those who know me will probably fiqure it out.

I had to get special soap but my Doc gave it to me. I have to use it 3 times, the day prior and day of my surgery. It is hepiclense or something like it. I am scared too. My surgery is Jan 4. I am nervous about everything going smoothly, PBing, getting stuck and wether or not I will actually lose weight. All I can do is give it my very best effort but sitting on the couch watching fat people on discovery health isn't gonna do it. It takes action and I am ready for it. I just have to tell that negative voice to simmer down and focus on all the wonderful things that should come. Big rewards sometimes take big risk.

My MIL saw I got the Wii fit plus over the weekend and brought up the subject of my surgery. So far I have lost 7 pounds. At first she said if your losing weight then you prbly don't need the surgery. Then she started asking me questions. She seems to be understanding now that I explained my situation physically and about the insurance covering it. She asked me what surgery I was having and I told her about the band. Told her it will make me feel full faster and longer. That it will limit how much I eat. She said your suppose to limit your food intake to lose weight. Then I said the lapband is gonna help me with it. Anyway now she seems more calm an understanding of what I am doing. I had my preop appt this morning. I am getting more nervous cause it is getting so close. I keep asking myself "are you sure you can do this?" I just keep reminding myself I have done alot of things in my life that are hard but in the end worth all the work. This will be one of those things. Also took my son to the zoo today and got some serious walking done. Today I was down 7 pounds in the past month. I am hungry all the time. I just don't want my doc to cancel my surgery so I am sticking with it.

I am down 6 pounds. 9 more to go. 11 days. I got a Wii balance board and Wii Fit Plus friday. I have worked out an hour everday the past 3 days on it. Mostly doing balance games. I hope to do more aerobics on it this week. I love the yoga. I hope you are making more progress on your goal.

Don't let it get you down. Continue to talk to your doc and you can find out what is going wrong. I would call and get an appt as soon as possible. Hopefully your not drinking with meals or eating "slider" foods.

Good luck on your journey.

Wow 3 hours of post op education. I hope my Doc doesn't do that. He has done alot of preop education though. Sorry your hurting today but I am glad to see your spirits are up. Congrats on getting your lapband.

I am in college also.I have my band scheduled a week before next semester. I don't plan on telling anyone but I can imagine it is a hard secret to keep when your dropping the weight so fast. I take my lunch to school so I will probably just take a protein shake for awhile after surgery. I also plan on getting a rolling backpack so I don't have to carryu my books. I will let you know how things work out for me so you can be prepared.

Hey I am not telling most of my family either. I have a sister in law who told the family one day her doctor told her she was "fat" cause she was up to 110. My surgery is 1/4 and I am new here. I start my pre op diet 12/20. :biggrin: No pigging out over the holidays for me. I am not telling my family either. I feel like my weight is a private issue. I am having surgery 1/4 too. I have already started preop diet. It's just low carb. Then liquids 2 days prior. I did tell my MIL cause she lives with me. She freaked out. People don't understand unless they are in our shoes.

I actually bought a shirt yesterday that is too small but will fit after my surgery. I really don't want to spend money on the inbetween clothes though. I wanna save it for when I reach goal. I will be taking my clothes in as much as possible.

My husband got a christmas bonus yesterday and he let me go out and get a wii fit plus. I have been playing it all day. It is so fun. It also says I lost a pound since yesterday. Yeah! My Doc appt weds was kinda weird. I thought I was meeting the surgeon again. The nurse lead me into the room and there was another patient in there with about 5 empty chairs. It ended up being a group meeting where they explained about the liver, insurance lots of info. Then the doc came in looked at all our weight. Thankfully I lost because the one lady who didn't lose he gently confronted her about it in front of everyone. She apparently wasn't following the diet he gave us all. I knew she was in trouble because we were waiting for the surgeon to come in and she told me she didn't start the diet yet. The surgeon said if our weight goes up he will cancel the surgery. He doesn't want us to have a fatty liver in the way of where he is trying to work. He gave us quite a peptalk and that was it. I didn't get to speak with him personally. My MIL hasn't said anything about the surgery and seems to be acting normal again. Hopefully she has gotten over it. My preop with my Anesthetist is monday and preop with the surgeon on wed. Things are moving along here. Last night I had a dream about getting my lapband. It was so far up my throat I could feel it. Kinda weird.

My husband got a christmas bonus yesterday and he let me go out and get a wii fit plus. I have been playing it all day. It is so fun. It also says I lost a pound since yesterday. Yeah! My Doc appt weds was kinda weird. I thought I was meeting the surgeon again. The nurse lead me into the room and there was another patient in there with about 5 empty chairs. It ended up being a group meeting where they explained about the liver, insurance lots of info. Then the doc came in looked at all our weight. Thankfully I lost because the one lady who didn't lose he gently confronted her about it in front of everyone. She apparently wasn't following the diet he gave us all. I knew she was in trouble because we were waiting for the surgeon to come in and she told me she didn't start the diet yet. The surgeon said if our weight goes up he will cancel the surgery. He doesn't want us to have a fatty liver in the way of where he is trying to work. He gave us quite a peptalk and that was it. I didn't get to speak with him personally. My MIL hasn't said anything about the surgery and seems to be acting normal again. Hopefully she has gotten over it. My preop with my Anesthetist is monday and preop with the surgeon on wed. Things are moving along here. Last night I had a dream about getting my lapband. It was so far up my throat I could feel it. Kinda weird.