I weighed myself this morning and, Holy Cow, I am a third of the way to my goal of losing 100 pounds!!:biggrin::w00t::tongue2: I haven't been banded yet but that should happen later this month. I lost the 33 pounds since my initial consultation. I was required to do a 3 month medically supervised diet by my insurance company. I was disappointed at first because I wanted to move forward NOW. However, I am glad to have had the time to learn the bandster rules of eating through this forum and my supervised diet. I didn't think the supervised diet would be effective but I was wrong. It helped me to think about, and visualize what being banded is all about. They had me practice the banded lifestyle and make changes to my way of thinking. It also helped to form better habits. What I mean is that I have formed many of the eating habits that I will need before having to live with them. It has been a great help. I look forward to being banded and losing the next 67 pounds. I feel so much better now that I can't imagine how I will feel at goal. I have so much more energy and it is much easier to move. It can only get better.:smile2:

Edited January 1, 201016 yr by sndycnrd

Congratulations!!

I can appreciate the effort it takes. I am also 1/3 of the way to my goal prebanding.

I figured that there was no reason to wait and I got a headstart