I am so ready for this mentally and physically.

I am just getting excited and a bit anxious. I have no idea how life will be thin, it is going to be strange to me. I have never been thin, it is kinda like my weight has been a barrier for me. I'm excited to see how different things will be professionally, and in the "art scene" (I am a part time artist). I wonder if I will be taken more seriously.

Has anyone else delt with this.

I have to take a deep breath during the day to level myself down from thinking and just enjoy the ride.

I can totally relate! I've been a chubby bunny ever since I was little, and I am sooo looking forward to becoming a thin person for the first time in my life. Just be mentally prepared for the changes that are going to happen with your body. A lap band patient was talking at a support group and she was saying she got scared when she saw this skinny person in the mirror. So she started putting the weight back in cuz that's all she ever knew. Good luck to you, and we can do this!!

I, too, can completely relate!!

I have never ever been thin and I am excited to head in that direction!!

Professionally I see only benefits (especially since I work in health care!!)

Personally, I am very anxious about how it will affect relationships with people. My bf in particular... we are so iffy at times... I haven't even told him about this!!

^{I've always been chubby, but transitioned to heavy when I hit 20... so for the last near decade, I've been considered obese. I'm extremely excited for my opportunity to transition back to chubby, and eventually skinny'healthy, but I'm nervous as well... looks are very important in my family, and so being heavier has definitely been a struggle for me. My husband is hot and cut (lol), so all of our family portraits have been focused on him - while I can't wait to be in pictures again, I know it'll be a struggle after being camera shy for so long...}

^{This will be a side benefit of course - being able to keep up with said husband and our dogs, and work towards health so I can get pregnant is my main focus}

Congrats and good luck to you all. Pre-op anxiety is quite normal indeed...