In 2009 I attended my GP and he referred me to the hospital for surgery.

I was then given a dietician and weighed 361 lb we agreed I would continue with the weight watchers plan . I was seen by an nhs surgeon and he wanted me to lose 7 stone 98lb I was despondent as the big issue is that I Lose weight and keep putting it back on.

He has said that the surgery is to keep your weight off not only to help me lose it but before I can meet with him again I need to meet regularly with my dietician and have a phycologist assessment, however there is a long waiting list.

during this time I lost 60 but after my annual leave I slipped up and was off plan and next thing know I am up 51 lb I so did not want to visit my dietician as I felt such a failure again.

But George was great and said let's try another plan so he started me on high Protein low carb diet, I looked at it and thought I can't do it but he wad right slowly the weight started to come off. I the got my phycologist assessment and was referred back to the surgeons the trust had 2 new surgeons and when I met with them I had only lost 45lbs.

We discussed surgeries and I said that i was worried that I would be forced into a bypass and that I was scared of this we agreed that over a 2 year period the lap band can have just as good results as long as I stick to the rules. I am now 60lb down and looking forward to my surgery on the 13th march I would love to lose at least another 100 lb but I can't imagine that yet

If you managed all that on your own believe me i am sure u will do well once the band is fitted. I was on a pre-op diet for nearly 3 months of just 600 calories, once i had the band fitted a 1000 calories a day seemed like a feast ..good luck for the 13 th