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Happy Monday...(is there ever a happy monday???)

I am having my lapbanding done this August or September. I started this all on February 14, 2011. I am still in disbelief that this is actually going to happen, and probably will be until I schedule an actual date. I've been seeing a nutritionist, exercise physiologist, and doing therapy with the bariatric group I chose. They're pretty helpful; alot of is just me changing old habits. I'm still slacking on the exercise part, which I would have thought would be the easiest part because I used to be a runner, & I've always had a gym membership...but apparently I can't get my act together on that part of this deal.

I started this "journey" at 247lbs on the scale at the doctor's office, but my scale at home this weekend said 237-8. If I've lost any weight its probably due to the Wellbutron I just started taking, it completely kills my appetite. I don't even want to snack...I'm eating like 2 1/2 meals a day if I can get all that down. So maybe it will help...

My goal is to drop 100lbs within 18 months. I know I can do this if I start putting myself first and exercising for a good hour a day. My problem is I focus too much on everyone else and not enough on me.

By the way, I'm 31, a registered nurse, live in Mt. Airy, Maryland; I'm not married and I don't have kids, just one dog. I have a big family, I have elderly parents, and a pretty easy job. I love sports, reading, writing, movies, TV, music, the beach...I would love to chat with other future banders and past banders...hit me up