I HAVE DECIDED THAT I WILL NOT BE HAVING GASTRIC SLEEVE SURGERY...THE INSURANCE HAS DENIED ME ONCE AGAIN SAYING I ONLY HAD THE LAPBAND FOR 2 YEARS...AND IVE HAD IT FOR THREE...AND THE TRUTH IS RIGHT NOW ITS NOT BOTHERING ME OR MY HEALTH IF IT STARTS TO THEN I WILL HAVE IT REMOVED END OF STORY. I REALLY DONT WANT ANOTHER STORY... I LOST 80 LBS WITH THE BAND AND I WILL WATCH WHAT I EAT AND BE MORE MOBILE AND ACTIVE...I HAVE MADE THIS DECISION AND IT WAS HARD. I REALIZE THAT I WILL NEVER BE SKINNY I WILL ALWAYS BE ME EITHER YOU ACCEPT ME FOR WHO I AM NOR YOU DONT I AM AT THE AGE WHERE I DONT CARE. ITS ABOUT ME ACCEPTING ME FOR ME AND THATS HARD SOMETIMES....BUT NO MATTER WHAT I DO

I as a lapbander do not except you giving up. I and the rest of us want all to succeed, you have a tool in there, start using it and get some assistance from your doctor or another close to you. from someone who has been fat most of my life, I know what it is like to just give up.ten years ago we had nothing like this now we can do something. GET UP,WIPE YOURSELF OFF, AND GET BACK IN THE GAME...

I as a lapbander do not except you giving up. I and the rest of us want all to succeed, you have a tool in there, start using it and get some assistance from your doctor or another close to you. from someone who has been fat most of my life, I know what it is like to just give up.ten years ago we had nothing like this now we can do something. GET UP,WIPE YOURSELF OFF, AND GET BACK IN THE GAME...

Very well stated!! keep trying don't give up!

So, while you are busy not giving up, you can utilize the concepts you have already learned about nutrition. Your focus while you are muddling through processes and paperwork should be on getting healthier, whatever weight that may be. You have already learned to:

eat more Protein and plenty of it

eat non-starchy veggies and a little bit of fresh fruit

Pretend that starchy sugary carbs cost you $10 cash apiece up front

drink Water until your eyeballs float

and get up and move around (and shake that thang) a few times a day

I wish you good luck and good health.