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Guess What everyone, i just went to my first dietician meeting on monday, and i have a surgery date for the 20th. Is anyone else on that date too, i have 3 more pounds to lose, because i just found out on monday after two months of not knowing that i have to lose 2% of my body weight... requirement of my insurance. Now wouldn't it have been smart of the surgeon to tell me that at the first consult.. Thank God i didn't really go on a binge eating frantic, or get that Last Supper Syndrome (even tho i think i kinda did, but i still lost 4lbs off of it)... everything is being rushed now, i have to do labs and go see my pcp who's an hour away, and see the surgeon for the pre-op 3days before the surgery... Thank God i don't have to do the 2 weeks pre-op diet.. My surgeon is not that strict.. Its finally here.. I'm excited and scared and i truely HATE the feeling of being rushed, im on a diet right now, and i finally signed up for a gym to get them extra pounds off now. i have to prepare my mind mentally for the surgery, im just so happy that i still got to get this surgery done before i go back to school, exactly 10 days before i have to go back. My aunt said i am going to be a monster after the weight falls off, cuz i am already conceited. And i think its true. I'm spoiled, conceited and i throw fits from time to time, but i am also caring, generous, and an all out loving person. so i still think i will still be me no matter what... Thank you guys for your advice on here, it really helped pull me through. OMG I'm just so excited i can't stop writing. My new birthday is coming soon and i can't wait!

Guess What everyone, i just went to my first dietician meeting on monday, and i have a surgery date for the 20th. Is anyone else on that date too, i have 3 more pounds to lose, because i just found out on monday after two months of not knowing that i have to lose 2% of my body weight... requirement of my insurance. Now wouldn't have been smart of the surgeon to tell me that at the first consult.. Thank God i didn't really go on no binge eating, or get that Last Supper Syndrome (even tho i think i kinda did, but i still lost 4lbs off of it)... everything is being rushed now, i have to do labs and go see my pcp who's an hour away, and see the surgeon for the pre-op 3days before the surgery... Thank God i don't have to do the 2 weeks pre-op diet.. My surgeon is not that strict.. Good Luck all you August Bandsters!

i have my EKG done tomorrow... i am not sure of what to expect. like i know they are taking a look at my heart and valves. i hope everything looks good... Update: my first dietician meeting was cancelled, and now i have to wait another week.. so mad about that.. but oh well! I think im kinda getting discouraged here.. I have put on weight in the last two months i think its that i gotta eat everything insight syndrome... Sometimes i wanna cry and just stop eating but i know that wont help... i am not an emotional eater, i just don't know when to say when yet... i need to just stop and slow down and just think for a minute... i have to join a gym everytime i go to sign up i back out... i dont know what i am afraid of.... uggh im bout to cry again:crying:... i THINK i have gained about 10 pounds in these last two months instead of losing the 10 i was supposed to... tomorrow when i go get my EKG i will see how much i have gained.. :rolleyes2::frown::bye::frown:

That is crazy, i been trying to get a Nutrition Class since the beginning of June and i didn't get it til the 26 of this month... Ha No Fair... i was trying to get Surgery done Next month... The Doctor know this and so does Judy... i like their office, i just wish things would of went the way i like it.. i think i have to do three classes so i don't i will have my surgery done in August:frown:.. Anyway its great that you have someone to do this with... Good luck with your journey.. and make sure you inform Dr. Peters about your insurance situation, im sure you can have it done before the first of the year, just make sure you get all you appt. in before your last Nut. meeting... Good Luck!

Hi finally someone from Delaware... if you inform your doctor about the insurance switch he probably will schedule in before Jan... Who is your doctor? Mines is Dr. Michael Peters...:grouphug:

That is a good question, i am also 25 but i don't have kids, i have a hanging belly and i just want it to go back up when i start losing weight... maybe if i suck it in and up when i work out it will help more.... and also where a girdle that pulls it up while im losing weight... i think that may help...

hi, i know some girl on here had got hers done when she was on her monthly, and they didn't even allow her to wear a pad... i know gross but they still did hers..:confused:

Hi, thanks, i been on here since May, i just haven't really got a good connection with anyone yet... i thought i did, but i think she don't even come on here anymore... but i love to read peoples blog and the forums... alot of them are good..i started my own blog on here too, but im not an everyday writer, but i do get on here every night after work to see how everyone is doing... its a great website... glad to be a part of it... Good luck to you too with your weightloss...:confused:

Hi everyone, My name is Koren, im 25 from Wilmington De. Just looking for some people to talk to on a regular basis... i feel kinda lonely on here... i go on the chat but it seems like everyone knows everyone else and have their own little conversations.:cursing:.. I am not banded yet... Hoping for it in August...i really don't have many questions since most of them can be answered on here... i just like talking about reasons of getting this done and my excitment or fears about it.. but so does everyone else... but anyway again just looking for some friends... maybe even people close to where i live...:confused: i'm just Bored!!!

Oh and i have to come up with some money to buy my protein shakes... this time i will be getting protein not the slim fast... i was still hungry with the slim fast

I finally got my first meeting with the dieticican.. although it is not until the end of july. hopefully i can get all my meeting in a row... even better, hopefully i will only need that one meeting.. even tho i doubt that.... i am really pushing for an August surgery but since i can't really get in to see the dietician i doubt it will happen in August.. better yet before i have to go back to school...:smile2:.. i really didnt want to have to take off from school being as though im paying for it... i don't think i will be able to catch up missing almost two weeks of school work, and projects.... All i can do is pray that something opens up and i will be doing my pre-op first week of August.... Today seems to be a bad day for me... i have to dwell on not gettin an august date, and i have to go to work when all i wanna do is sleep.... I hope my travelers don't mind my B!%^& attitude today...

OMG... i finally got my first appt.with the dietician... it is about time... so many things is coming up this month... i gotta get ready...

Yeah i have to give you the slack lol... i am 25 now but i have been dieting and all that stuff since i was 16 years old and believe me i have tried everything, even the things i wasn't old enough for, my grandma got me into it... she was the one who put me on the diet at sixteen, i have did the atkins, cuz my aunt was on it and i did it with her, the southbeach diet... fail, nutrisystem, i ended up losing 25 pounds on it, but could no long afford it because i was eighteen still in highschool and only worked part time hours... Jenny craig... yeah not good i actually gained weight, and i also tried the E-diets.com thing... food was good, but again could not afford it after losing my job...even when i was 16 i was obese, just not morbidly.. but that eighteen mark, that's when i became morbidly, so i really don't think it has to do with age because even if you lose weight in your teens, there is still that 98% chance that you will gain it back when you get older... Anyway if i knew about this surgery when i was 18, (when i became morbidly obese with health problems) i would have gotten the surgery done back than too...

Hi, i am also 25, i have energy but not as much as i used to and i hate it... any if u read the forums and go in the chatroom on this website you will learn so much, i have already start my journey but i am not banded yet, hopefully in August i will be... but you should ask as many questions as you can think of, pick a surgeon that you think is right for you.. have you went to a seminar yet? if not you should do that first.. go to a couple so you can see what surgeon you like... although i have only went to one... and i absolutely fell in love with him. lol Good luck with your journey!!!

ok so already i have fallen off the band wagon of doing the shakes in the morning... BUT the only thing i can do is GET BACK ON! i am determined not to fail so Lets Go Koren!!!! Just some self encouragement....

Oh i'm not a teacher, i am a student! Im in college still, studying to be a Pediatric Nurse!

Hi everyone, i'm also an August hopeful. I have had my psych evaluations and i have seen my cardio Dr. i go back for an EKG later in July and also my pulmonary exam later in july, I need the dietician to get back to me for my 3 visit, hopefully they will all be in july so i can have my surgery by the second week of August too.. I really stressed to the Surgeon, that i want it done before i go back to school which is at the end of August, so hopefully by then i will be on Mushies and can eat the soups and mash potatoes they serve at the Cafe` at my school, My pysch evaluation went really well tho.. we should come up with an August Bandster name!!! Like The August BandIts, or Augie Bandfam, or August Hotties!!! lol just some silly names i have thought of...:thumbup:

Yeah you tell girl, it's not the easy way out, it's the smart way, while u are losing weight they will still be gaining, looking dumb! eventually they will be jealous and then be monkey see, monkey do! ur imitators!!!:smile2:

ok so i've started drinking my shakes in the morning, i have chose the slim fast shakes but now im thinking i need a protein shake being as though i get hungry after i drink the shakes, but today i really didnt get hungry til about 12pm so that's lunch time, i guess my body is getting used to just having it in my system, i haven't join the gym yet because i ran out of money this weekend but hopefully i can get my brother to give me like $40 so i can join! hopefully, i am still excited about joining especially since i just found my workout shoes at my grandma's house.... LETS GOOOO!!!! I can do this, i know i can!:smile2:

Congrats on your successful weightloss, i hope to lose half of my weight in two years.. ur updates are such an inspiration, but of course i will have to work out!

LOL @ the post above!

Today i am goin to start my protein shakes, i am going to start off with one shake a day preferably in the morning, as i progress i will do one in the morning and than one for dinner at night! well up untill i start my pre-op diet. also i will be joining a gym.. hooray! this gym stays open 24hours 5 days a week, so i can go anytime i feel like it during the week.... Does anyone know of any good tasting shakes? i don't want to start with anything nasty...

Ok so i decided that i want to start a blog, i think this will kinda calm me down during my journey to be banded...i am an inpatient person sometimes, especially when it comes to wait for something to happen, i just want it done now without all the extra stuff that's involved but i know i have to be physically, and mentally ready for this surgery so it is for the best:rolleyes2:.... N.E.Way i had my pysch evaluation yesterday and it went pretty well. The Doc, thinks that i am ready for the lifestyle change and can see that i am not BSing about it.... Good! The surgeon is looking to do the surgery in August, i hope before i go back to school, i know that in school i can make a healthier eating choice than i can at home (my mom love to eat, but she's a twig) why couldn't i have had her Genes like my brother and sister? Next month i have my other appts. and i have to see the dietician 3 times before the surgery, i know my insurance will pay for the surgery so i am not worried about that at all, what i am worried about the most is sticking with the routine diet and exercise, when i do diets i stick with it until i see that i have lost a good amount of weight, then i get bored and stop... then gain it back plus some:eek:... i am tired of the vicious cycle so i have to be determined to stick with it... i dont want to be too skinny i just want to be healthy and out of risk for everything.. i think maybe a size 8-10 would be good:cool:... Is there anyone else out there that don't want to be too skinny or is that just me?

Hi, i think you should consider the lapband, but in the end it's ur decision... I am 25, 5'5" 1/2, n i weigh 300lbs, i will be getting the lapband done... i chose this because i have 150 to lose, maybe if i were 400lbs or more i would do gastric, but lapband is much safer, and a more healthier way to lose weight.. just my opinion!

I totally agree with you, don't go to comfort eating because you gain weight, that is only going to put on more weight... some people gain too.... u have to control what and how much u put in ur mouth, learn to restrict yourself and not rely on the band restricting it for you.. once you get to ur sweet spot than maybe ur will find peace with you band! stay strong, and put up a good fight with weight loss, don't let it defeat you!