New to the forum:

Going to pre-op today. Have been on the miserable liquid diet for 1.5 weeks. Procedure is Tuesday.

Have been "cheating" on the liquid diet but not too bad....Just have more of the lean Protein than the sheet indicates...i.e. broiled shrimp, tuna sashimi, crab legs.

My surgeon is a very close friend of mine. Who's been doing the band for 2 years. He's quite passionate about it and is very excited that I've decided to take the plunge.

I've got a lot of naysayers (everyone but him and my wife) around me. I combat them with facts:

1. NIH study indicating that less than 5% of people can maintain weight loss from diet and exercise 5 years out vs published long term lap band results from Dr. Obrien in Australia and Italy.

2. LSU study released this year that essentially says that the battle of the bulge is won at the dinner table.

3. The fact that you are combatting the most primal urge you have...to eat when hungry.

4. The fact that I've done diet and exercise and regained the weight (as have most of the people I argue with)

To hell with them. I just tell them that in about 9 months I'm gonna have their wives wanting to cheat on them.:heh: :heh:

Podna

Louisiana

Keep us updated after your surgery and you will show them when their wives are winking at you behind their backs.

Welcome, Podna. Congratulations on your surgery date.

The NIH study was the deciding factor for me to get banded. I realized that it was very unlikely that I would be one of the 5%.

All the best, keep us posted.

Hi Podna...Welcome to LBT! Until those people have walked in our shoes, they have no idea how tough weight loss can truly be. Go ahead and proove them all wrong, but please, stay away from their wives!

lololololololololololololol ooooo weee podna i love it

you know susan4794 i have to agree you about people walking in our shoes. they really don't know. i have to share with you guys when i was going to my appts. one woman thought i had already had it. I weigh 230lbs. but a lot of people say they can't tell. i've been told i carry it well. umph!!!!