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Please help me, I very fat and do not know that to me to do with my body.Diets do not help, nothing helps.Who íèáóäü can advise me as me to grow thin?

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Hello Larry,

First of all calm down, you didn't get fat overnight and with some planning you can get the weight off. Are you considering the band, if so a very wise decision. I have had the band for 3 months on the 10th and have lost 50 pounds. Heavier people loose even faster. Just read, read, read, on here and ask questions. We're all here to help you.

Welcome once again.

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Larry I had the band surgery, 7 weeks ago and I have lost 30 lbs+, I tried all sorts of diets and pills and nothing worked. Take one day at a time and just give yourself small goals. Everything will fall in place, consider the band or the gastric bypass, whichever one you feel more comfortable with. It's your choice. Good luck in whatever you decide and remember we are all here to help you along the way. Take care.

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Larry, I think by looking into ways to lose, you are on the right track. I, too, want to be a big fat loser, and with the help of the lap band surgery I plan to have, I know I will be. It will be so freeing!!!

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Hi Larry,

I understand your pain, truly I do. You have found a wonderful place where everyone understands and wants to help you. My first question is, have you explored all your options? What types of diet programs have you tried in the past? How much success have you had with them? If you are considering the lapband, I strongly suggest that you start by going to inamed's website at www.lapband.com and click on their link to find a free seminar in your area. They are the best place to start in your research of the lapband. Next, spend as much time reading as much information as you can about the band. Again, inamed's site is a great place, they will provide you with great material at the seminar, and of course, this website has plenty of wonderful information available to you as well. Read the stickies at the top of all the forums as they have information that I am sure you will find very valuable. And, of course, do not be afraid to ask us lots of questions, that is what we are here for.

I wish you the best of luck.

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Larry, I had the lapband surgery over a year ago and have lost 95 pounds. Best thing I ever did for myself. It will take a while for your body to bounce back but the time invested is well worth it.

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Larry, try to think positive. Most things can be done with a positive attitude. Once you make up your mind as to the route you want to take to "grow" a smaller "you" then set a short term goal achieve it and continue on. It works!!

Good Luck, you CAN do it!

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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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