Hey all! i am hoping for guidance and understanding with this post.

I have been on my 6 mo. Dr. supervised diet now for 4 months and with this last month I have jump started myself a little bit and have lost 10 lbs. I AM CONFUSED, this is the first time i have lost weight semi-consistently ( did not more than 1-2 lbs the 3 months prior).

Its giving me 2 critical thoughts

1. Should I have lap band since i'm able to lose currently

2. Am I only losing weight because i'm excited about the lap band, and if i don't get it, will this fade like many other diets i've tried.

Did anyone else go through feelings or pre weight loss like this?

Thanks everyone who responds! Its so appreciated

Have a great day!

Yep... we all did, but the trick is not losing for most of us, the trick is maintaining and I personally could not do that without the band. Everyone of us would like to avoid surgery, but frankly, I reached the point where nothing else would work for me. You will have to judge for yourself if you can maintain a long term... lifelong commitment. or not. I just knew that I could no without help.

Hey all! i am hoping for guidance and understanding with this post.

I have been on my 6 mo. Dr. supervised diet now for 4 months and with this last month I have jump started myself a little bit and have lost 10 lbs. I AM CONFUSED, this is the first time i have lost weight semi-consistently ( did not more than 1-2 lbs the 3 months prior).

Its giving me 2 critical thoughts

1. Should I have lap band since i'm able to lose currently

2. Am I only losing weight because i'm excited about the lap band, and if i don't get it, will this fade like many other diets i've tried.

Did anyone else go through feelings or pre weight loss like this?

Thanks everyone who responds! Its so appreciated

Have a great day!

I hate to be the bearer of bad news dear, but if you could maintain your weight loss on your own you would have done that by now. The sudden "motivation" you have is part adrenalyn, part excitement and part necessity. If those things were removed, would you continue to do what you have done to lose those 10lbs...of Water weight? Yup...you heard me right, you've lost Fluid - not an ounce of fat yet. I'm only telling you what I've had to tell myself, I've tried a number of things that were temporarilly successful, losing as much as 60lbs (phentermine, water, beladona) and gaining 50 back over a 2-year period once I quit taking the pills.

If it were me, I would get the band and not think twice about it. Especially if your insurance is going to cover it. Good luck! Keep us posted!!

on my pre op, I lost a good deal of weight and hub asked me that very question, should we proceed with scheduled surgery....I had to answer yes as in my past as a top ranked dieting pro, I have gained and lost 200+ pounds easy by (dieting) and then falling back into old habits (not exercising eating more high fat/high calorie junk food). now my band wont let me eat a lot and all I have to do is eat better food choices....up to you......if you can stay with the (diet) go for it.....if you need assistance, this WILL work...

I lost 20 pounds on the my physician supervised diet. My PCP even questioned if I should go ahead with the lap band, but I knew my chronic history, I can lose it but can not sustain and maintain the loss. I knew in my heart that this was the only way that I could get and stay healthy!