Hi , I'm new at this.I will be banded on May25 2006 and excited and nervous all at the same time. I have 100 pounds to lose.Any support or advice would be great. thanks in advance

Cookinjillie:help:

Jillie,

First of all the biggest congrats on this new life you are about to start. My advice would be to listen to your doctor about what to eat at first and things like that. Dont try to do too much after your surgery and TAKE A DEEP BREATH! I have no regrets about my band. There are alot of really cool people on here. They have great ideas and advice for just about anything you could come up with to ask. YOu will be in my thoughts and prayers. Best of luck!

Hi Cookinjillie!

Welcome to LBT. My best advise is to spend hours here on LBT. The people here have seen it ALL. Spend as little time as you can manage in the Complication's Forum. It's a good idea to know what to expect if you have complications from your surgery but if you spend too much time in that forum you'll only give yourself an anxiety attack. I know cause that's exactly what I did! LOL

Seriously, this website was my best resource for questions and information and most of all SUPPORT. I talked myself into and out of surgery several times during my research phase. The people here gave me the courage to take that leap of faith and I'm so glad I did. For the first time in my life I feel like I'm in control of the food instead of the other way around.

Another great website is www.FitDay.com I never logged my food consumption before because I thought it would be too much work and too much looking for calories/fat/nutrition info for each thing that I ate every day. It was just too much trouble. FitDay does all the work for you and it's FREE! There is a downloadable version which is much better and only costs $20 but you should definitely try out the free version first to see if you like it and will use it and second because if you use the free version they give you discount on the downloadable version. The biggest problem with the free version is that the custom food feature doesn't retain the 'portions' you input which means you have to change that part every time. Kind of a pain. The downloadable keeps everything you plug in and has a lot more reports and gives you more oportunities to track your food consumption by different categories. Graphs and pie charts, trends, moods. All kinds of stuff. It's pretty great. Enough about FitDay - I'm becoming obssessed with it - but in a good way! LOL

Best advise: follow your doctor's orders to a T. If he give's you leeway, always go the conservative route. DO at least a week of liquid diet before surgery no matter what anyone says (your surgery will go easier and your recovery time will be better). Give yourself time to heal before you start obssessing on your weight loss - advise I can't seem to take myself!.

If I think of anything else I'll post again.

Good luck on your weight loss journey and congrats on your surgery date.

Thanks so much for your kind words

I will try to be on as much as possible for support and encouragement

Cookinjillie

Cookinjillie - congrats on your upcoming band date!

I, like you, also need to lose that 100 or so lbs. I am looking at June 13, 2006 for my banding.

This site is full of great information-and awesome people and has been a great tool in my research.

Good luck and keep us posted.

Tracy

heya I agree with Donna ..this site is FILLED with great advise and really nice people :) :waytogo:

Congratulations on your band date!!!

Welcome to LBT, this is a great place for information and support!

Keep us posted on your band journey.