hey guys im new here....ive been overweight mostly all of my life....ive lost weight and put it right back on im 25 yrs old and my current weight is 245 which is the highest ive ever been..... i have two children (boys) ages 6 and 2 months and lost a child December 2012 at 32 weeks of pregnancy..im an emotional eater....So you can imagine ive been packing on the pounds....i tried to get the band in 2010 but my surgery required 6 months of supervised nutrition n weight lost so i quit.....few years later i have a different insurance and went to a seminar late february, had a consult march 5th n was advised the sleeve was a better option....the sleeve was ruled out because my insurance requires inpatient surgery to be done at a center of excellence for bariatric surgery which my surgeon does not participate in....im able to get the band by my surgeon so i have chosen to go with that because id hate to go through a waiting process when ive already been given a surgery date! so here i am on my way..... im very nervous as ive heard alot of different reviews on the band but everybody must have their own experience....my surgeon does not require a pre-op diet but ive been trying one anyway just to try n get in the groove of things n maybe shed a few pounds before surgery.......Wish me luck and please any advice on the band is welcome.....ive heard some pretty bad things like slow weightloss...or no weightloss or bands getting stuck etc.....please feel free to share your storyy....6 more days!

I'm scheduled for 3/25 & girl I'm with you on emotional eating! I gave a 4 month, 2 & 5 year old. We lost a little guy as well 7 years ago. I'm on the liquid pre-op diet and it's hard! I just want to snack whenever I'm making something for the kids. But like you said, it's good to prepare for what's to come. I know people who have has success & others who haven't. I really think the results depend on what you put into it, this isn't a magic cure, but a life change. Good luck!

I was banded on 1/17 and I have lost 26 pounds in 8 weeks. I did not have any fill in my band for the first 5 weeks... The weight loss is slower but there is nothing wrong with that as far as I'm concerned...I will tell you something I wasn't aware of and that is until the band is "adjusted/filled" properly, you are more or less just on another diet. Now with that said, I wouldn't have changed my mind and had the sleeve or gastric bypass for all the quick weight loss in the world...lol Just be prepared so that you aren't disappointed...you will hit the "green zone" and the weight will come off. Welcome and good luck.

@@Christy929 yes its hard to cook for kids and husband with out eating lol ur surgery is the day b4 mine let me know how it goes!!

@@ABLOND do the fills hurt?

mine doesn't..I never feel a thing.

@@ABLOND do the fills hurt?

@@ABLOND thanks!

"ive heard some pretty bad things like slow weightloss...or no weightloss or bands getting stuck etc"

You could experience slow weight loss with any of the WLS but usually the band is slower.

No weight loss would mean you're not following the rules or your band is not tight enough or you fall into a group of banders who fail the band or the band failed them.

Getting stuck means you've eaten too fast or eaten too big and food is backing up in your pouch or esophagus.

We're not there to hear how the band was sold to you so not sure what your expectations might be? The band does not stop you from eating too much if that's what you want to do. The band is more of a voluntary means of eating less.

The band helps people feel satisfied(satiety) with smaller portions. It requires you to eat a healthy diet. Unfortunately, about 34% of people who have the band are not successful. About 5% have their bands removed. Some of these people lose much less than they hope simply because they never feel the satiety.

It's hard to say why it's this way? Most of us have/had an eating disorder and it's my belief that many of these people eat right past the satiety signals and some never feel those signals.

Having said that, I'll take a 66% chance of success over the 0% chance I had with dieting.