Hey y'all my name is Shawnte, I am 34 years old and I am ready to begin a new lifestyle change. I am over weight and have been for some time now. I have started diets and didn't complete them. I have gone to the gym which was also a fail. I am familiar with the lap band and recently had my PCM put in a referral. Good news is I received my approval letter and now I am so anxious to get this ball rolling. My husband will be deploying soon and what a better time to focus and take better care of myself. I have a few questions like starting what do I do now?!? I did attend a seminar a while back ago and have no problem attending another one. Any input or advice is greatly appreciated. I am looking for inspirational stories as well as becoming friends with anyone that has had or getting ready to have the lap band procedure.

Welcome Shawnte! Good for you for getting the ball rolling! I can tell you this has been the best thing I have done for myself. This will be my last weightloss journey! I was self paid, so it took a month from my first seminar to the day of surgery. I wish you a speedy process!

Thank you for the encouragement Holly.

my doctor recommended my lapband journey, it has awesome information, videos , a place to start writing down what you eat, and it will calculate your Protein, fats,carbs after a while you will start to see a pattern, I still go back to it.

good luck!

Congratulations on making this decision! I just had my surgery 1/19 and I am so happy so far with the results. I think your next step is to sit and talk with a surgeon. They will set you up with a nutritionist and help you plan for the days ahead.

Once my approval was done, I set my surgery date. Then I had to have a pre-op physical and meet with the nutritionist. My surgeon asks his patients to follow a pre-op diet for two weeks before the surgery. I was able to lose 12 pounds and that really boosted my confidence going into the surgery. I have lost another 6 pounds in the 10 days since surgery.

Good luck. You will find so much information here on these discussion boards.

Linda

Hello Linda. Congratulations on your weight loss. I was able to make an appointment with the hospital which is on Feb 9 I am so excited for the changes to come.

I would highly suggest you seek out any local WLS support groups as well! they are a great help even if not everyone has lap band! Good luck! And I hope your husband stays safe where ever he is going!