OK...SO I'M TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE WHO ARE GETTING BANDED AROUND THE SAME TIME AS ME. I WILL BE BANDED ON JANUARY 16, 2010 (THIS SATURDAY). SO FAR PRE-OP SUCKS...JUST BECAUSE I CANT SEEM TO KICK THIS VERTIGO! HAD TO GO TO THE DR FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING AND GET 3 SHOTS IN THA REAR...AND FINALLY I COULD KEEP FLUIDS DOWN. SO I'M GOING ON W/ MY PRE-OP (LOW RESIDUE) DIET...I'D BE FEELING PRETTY GOOD IF I WASNT SO DIZZY! I'M TRYING TO SLEEP IT OFF THE BEST I CAN ;( NOT WORKING SO FAR. I'M PRAYING THAT IT'S GONE BY SATURDAY KEEPING MY FAITH.

SO...ARE YOU A JANUARY 2010 BANDSTER?? I'D LOVE TO KEEP IN TOUCH

MY START WEIGHT: 330

MY GOAL WEIGHT: 175

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ALL :thumbup:

Hi Claricey,

I think you need to set goals in increments if that will work better for you. I originally set a goal of 50 pounds then I added another goal of a additional 7 pounds which would give me a few pounds to play with if I went on vacation or something else. I wanted to be realistic and didn't want to put any pressure on myself so I felt like a failure. It took us a long time to put the weight on and will take time to take it off. Good luck

I dont get on here much...but would love to keep in touch with all of you January 2010 Bandsters.....Can you believe we are all 2 years out!!?? I'm still NOT at my goal...but happy to say that I am 73 pounds liter I'm going for 40 more pounds by July/August and see how I feel from there. I thought it would be forever until I was in the 250 range again...but here I am Now I can see 230....and 220 isnt that far off now If you all would like to keep in touch please message me...my personal email is cartersplus2@gmail.com God bless you all!!! Cant wait to talk to you all~!!! I'm creating a facebook page just for bandsters...you can use that email address to find me