I have completed all of my clearances, lost my 10% which put me at about a 35.2 BMI. My consult appointment with the surgeon is 1/3/08.

Everyone keeps telling me I don't have enough to lose to risk surgery, however, my physician is telling me different. I carry all of my weight in the middle. :help:

i think you need to do what your heart tells you! but i did it and love it

CTerry-girlfriend, who is all these everybodies. unless you have sybil like symptoms, girl its all about what is best for you. wavering with your decisions only cause you to not get it and then a couple months down the line, you wished you would of gotten it. i wish you the best of luck in your decision. But coming from me and mostly everybody on this forum, this is the best decision i've ever made!!!!

Like you I carry all of my weight around my middle as well. My BMI is around 35.4. The last time I visited my Dr. I had lost 2 lbs. I wasn't trying to. I work in a busy setting and I am on my feet walking about 6 out of 10 hours a day. I didn't have to do a pre-op diet nor did I have to lose any weight. Best wishes to you and yours!

CTerry-girlfriend, who is all these everybodies. unless you have sybil like symptoms, girl its all about what is best for you. wavering with your decisions only cause you to not get it and then a couple months down the line, you wished you would of gotten it. i wish you the best of luck in your decision. But coming from me and mostly everybody on this forum, this is the best decision i've ever made!!!!

I LOVE this answer! Made me laugh!

I also wonder if i am going to make the right decision about getting banded. I have no firm date yet but i am looking at probaly april of 08. What i keep telling my self is this....

Do i want to be 40 and fat? no

Have i told myself for the last 16 years that I was going to start the new year out right? yes... have i succeded? no

Do i have choices to make? yes

have i been a overeater? yes

now is the time to do something about it and for myself.

I look at my mother who has been overwieght most of her adult life and has high blood pressure and 2 knee replacements and complained all of my life about her weight and decided i have to take the weight into my own hands and get active.

I'm being banded in 2 days! I've felt all the same things.. and even some morbid things.. (like my husband bringing in some hoochie mamma if something happens to me)

It's scary! I'm still scared. But.. I know it's whats best for me. Many of the people on here have given me hope, encouragement and lots of support.

What are you afraid of? Is it because of losing your lover (food)?

Is it because you fear surgery?

Really.. what are your fears? Mine was losing my food, and the thoughts of depriving me of my greatest pleasure (food).

(which is totally not true, because I will be able to eat pizza again.. just not a whole one!)

Remember:

Roger Von Oech said it best when he said: “There are two basic rules of life: Change is inevitable and everybody resists change.”

Embrace the change, love it, and accept it.

We all love you, and just as many are here to support me.. they will be here for you as well!

Huggles, Dear One,

OMG! Jazzy woman you hit that one out of the park!!! that is exactly true for me too, I too have wondered, do i really need to do it? and you are exactly right, if I could do it alone I would have already done it. I too have made too many resolutions to even remember them, then recommitted later in the year and have never been successful! I have had many successes in my life, family, business, etc, but never ever have I been able to conquer this monster! I want to be healthy and feel good about myself. I know that my second thoughts are coming from losing my always faithful lover........FOOD! About not being able to turn to it when I am lonely, scared, tired, bored, etc. I was scheduled to do this last year and my father became ill and so I didnt do it, fast forward to 2007 and now i am heavier. I let others convince me i could do it myself and so I tried AGAIN and failed miserable, for me I believe it is the best decision and for that I am willing to change my lifestyle. I do have to do the preop diet and I was supposed to start yesterday. I can wait, this will be the year I finally do take off the weight, my new motto is.......LOSE THE W8 IN 2008!!!

Love your motto!