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So my insurance approved me for the lap band! So happy I could cry! Dont have an exact date of surgery yet but starting my pre opt diet Monday ( protine shakes 3-5 a day for 2 weeks). I'm worried that I won't be able to make it through! I'm scared for the surgery, and for my first fill! Anyways I was just wondering have everyone else is dealing with their band and if they have had any negative reactions? I had a little from people that think I'm taking the "easy" way out. Thanks everyone!

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Hi Lacey!

First off, anyone one who says this is the easy way out.... brush that off your shoulders! The band is by far the OPPOSITE of the easy way out! I was banded 2/16/11. I'm down about 80lbs now. I thought that I would be at my goal by now but ups and downs have prevented that. I thought when I was banded that it would just fall off. With the band, it pretty much MAKES you change your life. My weakness' before were bread, fries, chicken fingers.... you get the picture? haha Now, I can't dare to even eat any of that. The band has trained and taught me to eat. The first 6 months were the worse. Mainly because of the fills. It took about 4 fills for me to get restriction and feel full quicker/ not be as hungry. The 5th was an un-fill because I was too tight and couldn't keep anything down. I wouldn't change it for the world... at all. This has been the hardest thing I've ever done in my entire life. It may take a while depending on your goals and some people may just not understand your decision in doing this. Find that one person that you can always lean on and keep them close. You'll need them. Everyone's journey is different. Some people have no issues, when others have more than others.

This website is the best outlet! We are all here. We don't judge, we encourage.

Good luck to you!

God Bless,

Ronni :wub:

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Good luck to you Lacey!

Yes, you will encounter people who have opinions about what you are doing, but remember, it is their opinion, and that is all. Please do not let them sabotage what you know is the right thing for you. Don't let their words become the voice in your head that affects your actions. You are in control of that voice, so make it strong, and believe in yourself and what you are doing.

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Thanks ladies! I'm not letting them get to me! I'm excited and motivated! A little scared, but I know it will be worth it in the long run!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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