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cperson
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Hello everyone!

I thougt I would introduce myself and tell you a ltiitle about me. My name is Cristen, I am 37 years old and have been overweight for the past 20 years or so. I have finally decided that I no longer want to live this way and therefore was banded on March 4th woohoo!! I started lurking around on this site back in October, after being denied by my insurance. I obviously didnt let that discourage me from going forward with the surgery ( I re-submitted after doing a sleep study and gaining 9 pounds...yes I had to gain to be eligible under my insurance!). I got great tips and encouragement even before my journey started!

I'm soooo excited about this new beginning. I have a wonderful, supportive husband and a 15 year old daughter that is alo very supportive in her own "pain the the butt " teenager way!! :) I look forward to making new friends and band-buddies on this great site! So far my healing is going well, and my weight is decreasing...I am looking forward to being able to eat "normal" food, although I know that will bring my will power and dedication to this lifestyle into play!! I AM READY!!

Wishing all weight loss sucess,

Cristen

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Welcome,

You made a great choice and can now be headed down the road to health. Be sure to add in a bit of exercise to keep your metabolism up and make sure you have plenty of Protein to preserve your muscles and hair. ( you can get a great Vitamin called "hair, skin, and nails" at GNC) Best of luck to you on your weight loss journey,

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I have been overweight all my life but kept ballooning with all the yo yo dieting. I finally decided to have the lapband surgery. I had to go on a diet followed by my pcp for 6 mos. I then got approved for the lapband. I had the surgery on 3/24/10. Since the diet began over a year and half ago, i have lost a total of 104lbs. I have 30 more to go. I am content where i am but still do not meet the healthy requirements by the bmi calculator. So here i go! I do wish you all the best in your weight loss journey.. Make sure your taking your Vitamins, drink Water and you might need to start on some Fiber tabs, stool softner and etc. If you have any questions or concerns, message me.. I love to talk

angie :)

Hello everyone!

I thougt I would introduce myself and tell you a ltiitle about me. My name is Cristen, I am 37 years old and have been overweight for the past 20 years or so. I have finally decided that I no longer want to live this way and therefore was banded on March 4th woohoo!! I started lurking around on this site back in October, after being denied by my insurance. I obviously didnt let that discourage me from going forward with the surgery ( I re-submitted after doing a sleep study and gaining 9 pounds...yes I had to gain to be eligible under my insurance!). I got great tips and encouragement even before my journey started!

I'm soooo excited about this new beginning. I have a wonderful, supportive husband and a 15 year old daughter that is alo very supportive in her own "pain the the butt " teenager way!! :) I look forward to making new friends and band-buddies on this great site! So far my healing is going well, and my weight is decreasing...I am looking forward to being able to eat "normal" food, although I know that will bring my will power and dedication to this lifestyle into play!! I AM READY!!

Wishing all weight loss sucess,

Cristen

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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