I'm 31 years old from Miami, Florida. Im a proud mother of 3 baby girls under the age of 5. Although I always had a tendency of gaining weight rather fast (very slow metabolism) I always managed to maintain a healthy weigh my whole life. That of course all changed when I got pregnant with my first baby. I gained 90 lb. It took me 2 years to lose 50 lb and then to my surprise I got pregnant again. I was already over weight and I gained another 40 lb. Then when the new baby was 2 months old I happened to get pregnant again. To make the story short, today I'm at 237 lb with a BMI of 41.

I have been doing research on the LapBand for a while and finally I decided to go ahead with it.

My surgery date is May 12th With Dr. Gonzalez at South Miami HospitalCan't wait to start thicker phase in my life.

Good Luck to you, I'm being banded May 12th as well!

Good luck to us all on May 12 ,2011. My Surgery date as well !:bananajump:

Me too I am being banded on may 12th so excited..We will succed

Cool!!! We will succed indeed. I started the two week liquid diet yesterday. How r u guys handling it. I'm actually did pretty well.

I only have to do a 10 day diet, so I don't start until Monday....not going to be easy though, I am sure!

I'm on day 3 of the pre op liquid diet. I to will be banded on the 12th. Yah us!

Great KrisW. How r u doing so far? It's been hard today. I was sooooo hungry. But I didn't cheat. Very proud of myself. Where r u doing the surgery?

Doing well so far. Surprised I haven't had hunger pains yet, but I have never had to pee so much in my life. Evenings are the worst for me. I seem to think about food then. I live in wa so my surgery will be at St Francis in Federal Way. It's been a long journey so far I can't wait to start the post surgery side.

Well, I did it. I'm doing surprisingly very well. I haven't had bad gas pains. I did tart walking right away so I think that helped a lot. Today my new life start. YEPPY!!!

Lucky you that you don't have the gas. I have both upper and lower, back, shoulder... my husband says I sound like a drunken sailor! I was banded on May 10th. I find it funny how much the protocol changes depending on where you live and which doc you use. Some people had to do liquids for up to ten day prior to the surgery. My diet was low fat protein, no carbs including fruit. The day before I was on clear liquids all day. My first day of liquids began on the 10th. Some people say they had no appetite at all and I wish I could say that too. But I was very hungry yesterday and thank god I was able to move on to thicker liquids. I too have either the "fat gene" or a slow metabolism. I am a zumba instructor, teach three classes per week and would loose about 1 pound and by the following week gain 2-3 pounds. Very frustrating. Good luck and if you would like to keep in touch you can email me anytime.

Well, I did it. I'm doing surprisingly very well. I haven't had bad gas pains. I did tart walking right away so I think that helped a lot. Today my new life start. YEPPY!!!

I'm sorry to hear about ur pains. I was so worry that I was going to be one of the unlucky ones with all the pains but I wasn't. Today is my 3rd day post op and I'm feeling so good. I am starting to learn the new signs my body gives me. I get a little pain when is time to eat and then another type of pain when I need to stop. I'm on the 2 weeks liquid diet and other than the protein shakes I can eat very well. I bought the ENS protein/multivitamins shakes and I can't stand them. I think I'm going to do the multivitamins by itself. Overall I'm extremely excited about all the possibility ahead of me.