Hey all!, another newbie here-

I am in the preliminary stages of the Lap Band process, I attended a mandatory seminar in July and will have nutrition a nutrition seminar in Nov. and 2 one-to-one appts. with a nutritionist in Dec. & Jan.

I am starting to get excited about this whole process, but I am anxious to "get going", anxious to get the weight off......... I imagine others have experienced the same feelings? Assuming I meet all the pre-op requirements, I am roughly calculating that surgery would not be until the end of March 2008......

I am wondering what people did while in the "waiting" stage of this process, waiting to even have the nutrition seminar (which won't happen for another 5 weeks). Did you start working on your nutrition and exercise early? I am finding it difficult to get motivated while in the "waiting" stage, however, I know once I meet with the nutritionist I will extremely motivated b/c the process will be more a reality, more tangible at that point.

Any advice?

Many thanks!

Traveled...went to Mexico on a cruise for my pre-op. And yes, that's a good idea to start working on your nutrition and exercise early on. I was working on mine for a while but once I decided to have the surgery, I had it done within a month or two. I was selfpay and didn't have anything stopping me but me!

Sounds like you have a great head on your shoulders and things are going to move right along. Congrats on the decision and we shall see you on the loser's bench!

Thanks for the advice & encouragement Grace!

I joined my local gym and waddled in there all 265 lbs of me. I was embarrassed but I knew I needed to be there. I would swim for 30 minutes. Slow laps of course. Eventually I was up to walking 4 miles on the lap course. The compliments I recieved from people who had noticed me big and then becoming smaller and smaller made the embarrassment so worth it.

So I started in a size 26 swimsuit and finished my membership in a size 10 tanktini.

When I started maintanance I had to cut my mega exercise back to 2 miles a day and so I quit my membership .

Good luck,

edie