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;) So many questions going through my mind. I'm still waiting for the insurance company to approve me so I don't have a surgery date. The waiting is hard. I have my mind made up about what I have to do after surgery, ie, liquids, mushies. I'm ok with that. My questions are about losing. I'm having this surgery to help me lose weight but I have read so many posts where people are not losing weight. I'm not worried about the surgery just if it will do what it is supposed to do for me. I have emailed some people who don't lose after their surgery or lose very slowly. Is this normal? :help:

I would think when you are eating such small portions that you would lose. I'm having this surgery to help me lose. Oh, I'm so frustrated.:phanvan

Any help would be so much appreciated.

Thank you

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I think it really depends on you. Some people don't exercise or they eat around the band with high calories liquids and junk. Some people have other health issues that slow their weight loss and for some it just doesn't work. I'm 7 months out and still debating whether or not I am glad to have the band. I know I am happy to be 50 pounds lighter and to actually have hope that it may not come back. When everything was good with my band, I was very happy with how I got full even though my brain wanted more. Only you can answer the should I question, but what will you do if you decide against it? There is a lot of work ahead of you whichever you choose. I wish you the best of luck.

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;) So many questions going through my mind. I'm still waiting for the insurance company to approve me so I don't have a surgery date. The waiting is hard. I have my mind made up about what I have to do after surgery, ie, liquids, mushies. I'm ok with that. My questions are about losing. I'm having this surgery to help me lose weight but I have read so many posts where people are not losing weight. I'm not worried about the surgery just if it will do what it is supposed to do for me. I have emailed some people who don't lose after their surgery or lose very slowly. Is this normal? :help:

I would think when you are eating such small portions that you would lose. I'm having this surgery to help me lose. Oh, I'm so frustrated.:phanvan

Any help would be so much appreciated.

Thank you

Hi Ohiobluegal,

I just got banded a week ago in Mexico. I have been doing research for over a year now so I do feel like I know something about the band.

I, too, have read post after post about people not loosing weight and I really just have to keep telling myself and shout it out to everyone else that this is in fact a TOOL TO HELP YOU LOOSE WEIGHT!!! The Band is not a magic potion!

I just read a post somewhere where the gal had her band for a year now and had only lost 15 lbs. Plus she said that she was eating all the wrong things, very high carb, etc., etc.,. :rose: :lol: :rose: Well.....good grief. And she wonders why she isn't loosing?!? Not very difficult to figure out.

I am so excited about my band. I have been loosing/gaining for my entire life and I am 54 now. I can't wait to be one of those folks that has gotten to my goal and the only complaint I have is: "I wish I had gotten my band years ago!!" :clap2: :clap2:

I hope this helps. It is a major commitement, but in the long run I can't wait!!!

Megret

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I too am hoping to be banded soon and have had the same thoughts. I figure with the band it will make me change the habits I have had over the years that with dieting I haven't HAD to change. I am planning to use this TOOL to the best of my ability.

My grandma, aunt and uncle all had the bypass and lost their weight quickly and they think I am crazy for wanting to take this approach since it is not a quick way to loose. I'm not wanting surgery to get a quick weight loss but to loose the weight I need to loose to be more healthy and if that takes a couple of years than that is what it is going to take.

Good luck on your approval :pray:

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I too have felt that way. I have heard the same. I am going to the doctor for my date on this coming monday 2/12/o7 . I know that I must do this I AM LOSING THIS FIGHT I need all the help I can get. I am 47 yrs old and want to have the second half of my life healthy, happy and sexy too. I look forward to joining this club of the banded, I cant wait for this to help me get there.

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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
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