Amanda1982

OMG Congrats....

WOW...Congrats

My first goal was to be able to cross my legs under my desk lol......Im happy to say that I can do that with room to spare.

Welcome Tressa, and good luck on your journey

Im pretty sure it took them about a week to get back to me, but I have United Health Care...Good Luck!

Welcome, All insurance companies are different as to what pre-op tasks they will have you do. You can see a list of mine in my signature. I can eat almost anything (bread and eggs and dry chicken are a problem for me), but should you eat sweets as a part of your diet probally not. Your band will hold a certain amount of Fluid (mine holds 10cc's) the more fluid in your band the tighter it is. Fills are when your doc adds more fluid into your band this usually happens about .25,.5, or 1 cc's at a time. (Every's doc is different) . They will do this until you can eat a small amount of food and be satisfied for a cetain period of time (the greenzone). For me I eat about 1 cup of food and it keeps me satisfied for 4-5 hours. It took about 7cc's for the to get to the green zone (again eveyone is different). I have been a member of this site for a long time. Keep asking questions ppl here are happy to help. Just remember everyone is different and your exerpience will be too. Good Luck Amanda

Hi Amanda from Charlotte NC, but I currently live and work in Greensboro NC. I was banded in Greensboro 03/07/2011 and down 60 pounds yay!!

Good review for new and old banders... IMO when the weight really starts to come off you will be able to see how much effort you have put into your own success.

Good Morning Alaa, 75 pounds is a hudge success. What I want you to remember is that the band did not do it for you in famous lapband language lol "the band is just a tool." I contribute a lot of my success to the the things that I have been doing to help the band. Eating right, exercising, the life style changes. IMO if you lost even 1 pound thats 1 pound to being a healthier you. Don't give up, stay foucsed, stay strong and remember your story is a success story to a newbie.

Well....lets just say I'm 60 pounds lighter and newly single lol. I just ended a 8 year relationship so I know what your are going through.

AMEN!!! And there is nothing else that needs to be said

I love these DVD's I just did a 4 mile walk this morning...... We need an online walking group lol

Okay after researching and becoming a member of LapBand Talk yay... I've decided to get banded. I don’t plan on doing it until January since I'm using my flex spending account to pay for the out of pocket expenses. My insurance covers 80%. I have signed up for a seminar...and made a apt with my doc to get the pre-determination that my insurance company is requesting. Is there anything else I should prepare for?

Congratulations to everyone who will or have completed their 60 Miles in October. we had an even bigger crowd this month. I know for me it really moved the scale. Are you ready for NOVEMBER . For those of you who do not know, this challenge is for EVERYONE who does any type of walking (I prefer Leslie Sansone Walk Away the pounds) just add your ticker like mine (see below) and update it as well as this forum when you've completed 1..2..3..miles ect.(See the October Walk Challenge for examples). The challenge starts November1st and ends November 30th so that gives us 30 days to get 60 miles done. CAN WE DO IT AGAIN!!!!