I wasnt expecting this rush of emotions after i got my ins approval. Before, when i was trying to get approved i was just so focused on that. But now, i guess im like oh crap! This is happening. I have never doubted this til now and ive been researching this since last nov with my first with dr in late feb. Can i do this? Have i exhausted all my other options? What if i regret this? What if something happens to me? I was having these feelings, then i had my nut appt and he said that my soda aka liquid calories and emotional eating will not be controlled by the band. I guess i started doubting myself more after that appt. I am prepared to give up sodas. Forever. I am addicted to them and know i can no longer have them. But the emotions, the head hunger, am i prepared for that? I dont expect the band to do the work for me. This isnt magic. I get that. I feel like i understand everything, have researched, etc. But yet, still have doubts.

its normal to have doubts..i too get scared..i still havent been banded..im on a waiting list..and i sometimes do ask myself these questions..but then i tell myself if i want to reach a certain goal..and this is gonna help me do it..i need to be focused on my goal..and im gonna do whatever it takes to get there!! people have said that certain cravings they once had..kinda stop...plus its about learning how to eat..WELL!! and getting healthy...!!

I found that as the numbers on the scale started going down so did the emotional issues. Never in a million years did I think that I could ever give up the pop but honestly it was incredibly easy. I don't miss it one bit. As for the emotional eating, once I realized that it doesn't solve problems it creates them it was easy to stop doing it. When I have a bad day before I would go pig out on something, now I find something else to occupy my mind...read a book, go shopping, call a friend, hang out with my animals...anything non food related!

I know exatcly what you mean. I was calling the surgeons office everyday to see if my approval came through. One morning I called, it wasn't approved yet and I was aggravated by the wait. By the afternoon they were calling to say I was approved and my date was 3 weeks later. I panicked on the phone at that very moment and pushed the date out for 6 weeks out. The nervousness subsided for me in about a week and it turned into anxiousness. Now i'm nervous again as I am 3 weeks out. Its really a rollercoaster. We'll be fine though. Just hang in there!

I know EXACTLY how you feel! My surgery is this wednesday and I'm still wondering if I should go through with it! Like you, I was SO focused on doing what I was supposed to do to get it( the nut. visits, eating right, ALL the doctors visits..) and DETERMINED to get the band, that when I finally got approved-I freaked! I've lost 20 pounds.on my own in the past two 1/2 months, so I too had the thought that if I could do it without it, why..?? But then I think of all the times I lost-only to regain-MORE...

So, I feel ya...

If we could have lost and KEPT IT OFF on our own we wouldn't even be considering this. I've lost and gained myself 5 times over. I can lose weight, we all can. We just can't keep it off. I know I can do the work, I'm not scared of that. I have an irrational fear of the actual surgery and anesthesia. It actually makes no sense at all considering in 2009 I had an emergency appendectomy under anesthesia which is very similar only they're putting something in this time instead of taking something out. I came throgh that with flying colors. I focus on the fact that this is something that will allow me to live a much healthier life than I ever would have without it. It's a blessing.

What you are feeling is completely normal. I will say that as the numbers began to go down I asked myself "why didn't I do this sooner?".

I have some of the same fears. I am an emotional eater and addicted to Starbucks (I go there everyday). I really enjoy eating out and other "food activities" as I call them. I'm afraid of what I will have to give up in order to be sucessfully after surgery. How will I cope without food? How will I calm my nerves when things get stressfull?.....I agree with some of the others that say the need to emotionally eat will subside when the scale starts to go the other way. I have to put my hope in that notion. I know I'm not perfect and even if I "fix" my need to emotionally eat, there will be times when it happens and I will have to bounce back.

Im newbie here and just starting the process of banding. Looking to get all the information I can before I go to the required seminar. Finding alot of good information here and writing my questions for the doctor. Look forward to getting to know you. What a sucess your weight loss seems to be. AMAZING!!!!! ....... NEWBIE "Jojamel_930

I found that as the numbers on the scale started going down so did the emotional issues. Never in a million years did I think that I could ever give up the pop but honestly it was incredibly easy. I don't miss it one bit. As for the emotional eating, once I realized that it doesn't solve problems it creates them it was easy to stop doing it. When I have a bad day before I would go pig out on something, now I find something else to occupy my mind...read a book, go shopping, call a friend, hang out with my animals...anything non food related!

Im newbie here and just starting the process of banding. Looking to get all the information I can before I go to the required seminar. Finding alot of good information here and writing my questions for the doctor. Look forward to getting to know you. What a sucess your weight loss seems to be. AMAZING!!!!! ....... NEWBIE "Jojamel_930

I found that as the numbers on the scale started going down so did the emotional issues. Never in a million years did I think that I could ever give up the pop but honestly it was incredibly easy. I don't miss it one bit. As for the emotional eating, once I realized that it doesn't solve problems it creates them it was easy to stop doing it. When I have a bad day before I would go pig out on something, now I find something else to occupy my mind...read a book, go shopping, call a friend, hang out with my animals...anything non food related!

Everyone has doubt's that is normal but you will be so pleased when it is over and your cravings will slowly go away I am 7 weeks post op and just wish I had done this YEARS AGO