Have just booked my lap band surgery for March 3rd 2014! I can't wait to start a new healthy life!!!

Congrats, you are on your way to a new life, and you have found new "friends" to share it with! Welcome!!!Karen...aka.kll724

Thankyou very much! I am finding this forum very helpful also xx

Yippee! I am five weeks out and so happy with my life. It's not just the weight loss but the getting out of food jail, the relief.....

Welcome to the party! I'm three months out and loving my new life!

That's awsome guys

How is your weight loss going?

Weight loss going well but know that it can take time to get the band working for you -- you may be ravenous after surgery or not interested in food. I was the latter but hunger did return and then I had a fill, and a second fill recently. Currently I am not hungry and 25 pounds down, which is one quarter of my goal. I started at 248, lost 10 on pre-op diet and 15 more since surgery. You will do great -- it's so amazing to be at peace with food.

Wow that is great! Congrats on your loss so far, I hope it works out for me as well!

Can you get drunk with the band? Lol

That's awsome guys

How is your weight loss going?

Almost 3 mos out and feeling AMAZING!! Weight is coming off with 3 meals and 1 snack (sometimes) a day! Can't believe I am 59 lbs down!! I'm not hungry and when I do get hungry I love the feeling....why some would ask?? For all my life I don't think I've ever REALLY felt hungry (growling stomach/a pain or two)....now I feed myself and move on.

food doesnt rule over me anymore and that is the best feeling ever. If my 3 1/2 yr old offers me a hershey kiss...I eat it , if I really want it (count the 20 calories) and enjoy the sweet taste and move on to the next thing...no longer do I need to consume the entire bag of them because I had one.

So good luck on the beginning of your journey...it is a wild ride and so worth it!

That is fantastic!! Great work! I think the hardest thing will be taking 20 minutes to finish a meal, do you find that difficult?

That is fantastic!! Great work! I think the hardest thing will be taking 20 minutes to finish a meal, do you find that difficult?

Thanks...yes, I do find that hard since I have been a speed eater for about 30 years....LOL

dinner is the hardest since i am eating with 2 small children (stressful at times...lol...ok much of the meal...lol) . I have enlisted my ever supportive hubby to give me a nice little nudge when he sees me shoveling it in. Breakfast and lunch is quieter for me at work so I watch the clock and stretch it out. It does make a difference. First I can feel it (a little uncomfortable in my chest) when i eat too quickly and I feel so much more full when i go the whole 20 mins.

It is all a learning curve and I am definately still learning and will continue to learn for some time to come....but it is soooo worth it.

My advice...start slowing down now....the pre-practice is good!

My journey has been great so far. I've lost about 66lbs in three months. I'm one of the lucky ones that didn't feel ravenous following surgery. My real hunger didn't really return until last month. I've not yet needed a fill. I eat maybe 4 meals a day. I came off my blood pressure meds about a month after surgery. My arthritis pain is manageable. I sleep better. I smile more. Life is really good.