So, I am just waiting to get my date. I expect it any time now (even today) and I am having major second thoughts.

My wife and I talked about this last night and kind of decided on a plan to take a traditional approach, to alter our eating habits, to start walking after dinner and going to the gym in the mornings.

It has been about two years since my last major attempt at weight loss. I was derailed back then by plantar fasciitis in both feet...

I just cant help but wonder if one last shot at a traditional approach might not be the right thing...

it seems to me from my reading all the band does is make you feel full on less food

I am so confused now, if I can't do a traditional program how can I expect to do the band and not fail...

but it would ALWAYS come back and bring its friends.

HA! :grouphug::lol: That is the funniest way I have heard it described.

I felt the same way and then I saw Dr. George Fielding speak at NYU Langone. The way he broke down the whole issue - it just made complete sense to me. If you go to his website, you can see a clip on the topic. I have my surgery in 2 weeks!

I felt like this too when I was deciding to have surgery until I went to Dr. Fieldings seminar also and that cinched it for me.

He made the point that only 1 in 50 people will be able to lose 20 lbs and keep it off and that is with every help available to them.

I know I can lose weight the "traditional way" I've been on every diet and I have lost weight. On my last diet I lost 50lbs but I have gained back 60 and I feel terrible.

I decided on surgery so that I can for once lose the weight and have a very good chance of keeping it off if I do my part.

I want to live my life and get off this yo-yo rollercoaster .

I'm not sure this is relevant, but one of my reasons for wanting the surgery so badly is the amount of food I eat. My body never gets a break from being a food processing machine. Even while doing traditional dieting, like WW, I am obsessed with eating and feel hungry all the time. I make my WW meals as big and as filling as possible, and basically plan my day around what I can eat and when and how much.

I even think ahead (usually) and eat something before going to parties, etc., so I won't make a public pig of myself. It boggles my mind seeing people - usually thin, or "normal" - ignore mounds of yummy appetizers in front of them. Meanwhile for me, it's all I am thinking about. MMM onion rings! Wow, are those nachos going to waste there? etc.

You might be able to lose and keep it off, but I have tried and failed for years. I need help. Best of luck whatever you decide.

Edited July 15, 201016 yr by Sooz

Thank You for all the replies!:biggrin:

I have decided not to band for the time being. I started a lifestyle change with better food and exercise last week and have already dropped 10 lbs.

I currently have no issues keeping up with the exercise and I am even okay with the portion control.

in three months I will re-visit where I am and decide if I need to reconsider the band again.

Again, Thank you all for the replies, I wish you all best of luck on your individual journeys.