I read a lot of resistance to change in here. The band won't make us thin-- it is just a TOOL to help us make the CHANGES in our behavior that made us obese.

If we insist of throwing our favorite high calorie recipes into a blender and drinking them, we are not really changing, are we?

If we whine about giving up caffeine or carbonation, we are resisting even small changes.

I know it's going to be reeeeeally hard for me to eat "like a baby," to chew my food til it's goo, to put my little baby spoon and fork down between itsy bitsy teensy bites and wait an interminably long time for the next bite...

but when I took this step, I knew it was the best way for me to live a healthier, HAPPIER, richer life.

My old ways of being let me lose 1,000 pounds and regain 950.

I'm ready for change.

And that's why I'm voting for Obama.

LOL, great post. I too read a lot of posts from people who are still eating a ton of carbs and wondering why they aren't losing. I sit and scratch my head and wonder how anyone can miss all the posts about eating Protein first, veggies second and THEN carbs if you can fit them in. This is for EVERY meal, not just dinner. Protein, protein and more protein. Preferably in solid form as shakes go through the stoma easily and you will get hungry right away. The band will work but you have to feed it the right things. I think a lot of people go into this thinking that after being banded they can resume eating all the things they ate before but less of it. While this is true, it probably isn't going to help your weight loss very much. I love rice, potatoes, bread and Pasta. You have no idea how much. Even I didn't realize how much until I had to give them up for my pre-op diet. Holy smoke. I will eventually be able to have them again in moderation, but as long as I want to be successful in losing weight I need to drastically reduce them from my diet. One day they will be a part of my food intake. But not right now and probably not for the next year. In my mind, it's a small price to pay.

Getting off my soap box now.

I read a lot of resistance to change in here. The band won't make us thin-- it is just a TOOL to help us make the CHANGES in our behavior that made us obese.

If we insist of throwing our favorite high calorie recipes into a blender and drinking them, we are not really changing, are we?

If we whine about giving up caffeine or carbonation, we are resisting even small changes.

I know it's going to be reeeeeally hard for me to eat "like a baby," to chew my food til it's goo, to put my little baby spoon and fork down between itsy bitsy teensy bites and wait an interminably long time for the next bite...

but when I took this step, I knew it was the best way for me to live a healthier, HAPPIER, richer life.

My old ways of being let me lose 1,000 pounds and regain 950.

I'm ready for change.

And that's why I'm voting for Obama.

Great post Deniecy!!

I just joined today and I can not think of a better post to be the 1st one I read. Hang in there and keep the Great Attitude.

Welcome to the hood. I was banded last Wednesday and feel pretty darn good. :biggrin: My gut was thrilled to progress from clear to full liquids. Best to you!

This post is really awesome, and a great thing for me to read on the first day of my low-carb pre-op diet.

Now, as someone who has joked about being a coffee drinker and not wanting to give up my java, let me state that I WILL give it up. albeit grudgingly but I WILL give it up, atleast until the doc tells me I can drink it again, then I will drink 1-2 cups instead of my normal 4-6 cups, if I even want to at that point. I mean after 3months coffee free whats the point again?

I am more then ready to make these changes, I can honestly say with dieting the changes seemed so hard and unattainable because I didn't HAVE to. I know with the band I HAVE to make changes or they gotta go in and take the darned thing out. I dislike hospitals and docs just enough to make those changes stick. LOL

This is a great post! I totally agree that we are all committing to a life change, nothing that is worth doing is a quick fix!

For a bit of a funny story, when I went in for my two-week follow up a week or so ago I heard the funniest thing! There was a woman in the room next to me who was explaining to the dietician what she was eating and she mentioned blending up chicken strips! Of course, the dietician made the comment that chicken strips are fried and she really shouldn't be eating those types of foods! The woman was stunned and I couldn't help but laugh to myself while I was waiting for the Doc to come in!

We were all provided with EXTENSIVE written documentation in additon to the meetings with the dietician pre-op so it was astonishing to me that this woman claimed not to know it was probably a bad decision! She also mentioned having cotton candy and whole milk! It was just crazy! But it made me feel better that I knew I was on the right track!

Alisa

I have read a lot of post that someone was doing that very thing and I was thinking hum good idea but then I realized if do the same things I have done before I wiil get the same results. I have to start thinking thin:) I have my 1st Dr. appt on 2/13 and I have been reading lots of posts trying to see what I might expect. I am so excited to finally be able to stop taking some if not all my meds and be able to keep up with my DH again. Summer is coming and I hopefully won't have to wear all the big hot cloths for once in a long time.

You are off to a great start!! Much luck to to and I just know this is going to be the help you have always needed.

Go You!!

Deneicy I am loving your posts. I've come across several and I love your attitude. I appreciate the encouragement. We will succeed!

Thanks!

Thanks

I am so ready to get the rest of my new life started. My insurance just started covering the LBS the 1st of Jan 08 and I just know that this is was a sign that this is my year. I will be sucessful this time.

15 lbs that is unreal I know you feel like you are dreaming and you will wake up to find it not real. I think if my weight comes off that fast I will have to pinch myself. Keep us posted on your progress.

I went to an info seminar last spring and was very excited. However, upon discussing the lap band with my family they encouraged me to try a diet again, so I'd know that I'd given it my best shot. I've gotta tell ya, I didn't last 2 weeks on the diet. Here I am again, I really think the Lap Band is the tool that will help me succeed! I need to be realistic that it's not a magic pill, that it will require hard work and determination, but I will be held accountable and have the support system that I don't have trying to just "diet"... I've been reading through the board and I loved this thread. Just thought I'd join in to say so.

Welcome and good luck. We have to make up in our minds that this is the right to embrace this new way of life and we will succeed.

Hang in there Good Things Come To Those Who Wait.

Hi everyone! I wish alll of you the best. I have been waiting to be banded since august because of my insurance co, and I was finally banded yesterday. I would not consider any bad foods, just knowing all we have to go through to get to

this point. I'm a little sore but soooo happy t is over.