Hi all! I'm a newbie here. I had my Lap Band surgery on 11/17/11 by Dr. Hamn in Dallas, Texas. So far I've seen a rousing success, with ten pounds lost in a little less than a week. I'm twenty-three, and my six-month goal is to get to less than a size 16. Currently, I'm 258lbs, previously 270 the day of surgery! I have a blog updating my progress at http://healthier-happier-me.blogspot.com/!

Anyway, I'd love to hear from you all! I look forward to posting here more and more.

Hi Mandii, congratulations on your wise choice, and welcome.

Congrats I'm so pumped for you I can't wait until my turn... How long did the process take

I went to a seminar the second week of September, and went to my Nutritionist appointment and had my Psychiatric Evaluation within a week. On the first of October, I was accepted by my insurance. I had my tests done on November 2nd, and a pre-surgery appointment on November 8th. All in all, it's taken me around three months from start to finish - from my seminar to my surgery.

Hi all! I'm a newbie here. I had my Lap Band surgery on 11/17/11 by Dr. Hamn in Dallas, Texas. So far I've seen a rousing success, with ten pounds lost in a little less than a week. I'm twenty-three, and my six-month goal is to get to less than a size 16. Currently, I'm 258lbs, previously 270 the day of surgery! I have a blog updating my progress at http://healthier-hap...e.blogspot.com/!

Anyway, I'd love to hear from you all! I look forward to posting here more and more.

Hi Mandii! I'm Amanda (lol) I was banded on the 17th as well and I live in Temple! Its so nice to finally see someone close to me get banded lol! I lost 10 lbs preop and 8 since saturday! I'm looking forward to reading your blog! Good luck, you can totally do it!!

Ahh! How exciting! That's wonderful, and I'm sure glad to see someone else that - not only is local, but had it the same day I did! I look forward to reading your blog too! Ahhh, onederland - my goal for that is something around six months to the next year, but it's so great that you're already there! Congratulations on your progress so far!

Hi Mandii! I'm Amanda (lol) I was banded on the 17th as well and I live in Temple! Its so nice to finally see someone close to me get banded lol! I lost 10 lbs preop and 8 since saturday! I'm looking forward to reading your blog! Good luck, you can totally do it!!

From all that I have read on this forum, you will be surprised at how fast you reach that goal of yours, even if it was like mine-to just hit 199!

I am struggling a bit with the hunger, but I've already put myself on thinned malt-o-meal, just for substance. It's really getting me by! How is your pain?

Btw, we have an awesome secret group on fb for the November bandsters so that no one can read what we write (people that we aren't telling)

If you wanna join, send me an invite!

facebook.com/damander

The pain is not so bad -- I'm hoping today will be my first day without any pain medicine at all, and I took a small victory in being able to wear a bra today. (oh, simple pleasures) I've gone on to Protein drinks which have helped a little with the hunger. I attempted some oatmeal yesterday that didn't go down very easily at ALL so I've been a little worried to try anything thicker than my Muscle Milk Light. How about you? Also, I added you. Secret group ftw!

From all that I have read on this forum, you will be surprised at how fast you reach that goal of yours, even if it was like mine-to just hit 199!

I am struggling a bit with the hunger, but I've already put myself on thinned malt-o-meal, just for substance. It's really getting me by! How is your pain?