I Just Summitted My Insurn Today, And I Was Wondering How Long You Girls Had To Wait Until You Got The Good New??? I;m 23yrs Old Married With Little Girl Named Juliet And I Wiegh 207.00 In The Past Ive Lost 80 Pounds Before On Atkins And Was Finally Skinny For Brief 8 Mnths Until It And More Came Back. I'm Afraid Even With Surgry When You Lose The Weight And Get To Goal You Want How To Keep It Off For Ever. For The People Who Have The Lap Band How Do You Decribe Your Hunger Pains?? Do You Forget To Eat, Do You Have To Eat Small Quanities All Day Long, Are You On Schedule When you eat? Can Someone Pls Tell Me Knw How It Really Is After Surgery..:cursing:

I can only speak for myself, but the band definitely changed a lot of things about my daily eating-- some have been hard, but they have all been good. I don't get as hungry as I used to and it takes a lot less to fill me up-- about 1 cup of food and I'm full. I'm not on a schedule but it helps if I keep close to the same meal times each day.

As far as gaining it back... I haven't reached my goal weight yet and am just starting out. I can tell you that I chose the band because it will be with me forever. If I lose all my weight and start to gain back, I just need to get in for a fill on my band. I have a friend that had gastric bypass, lost 200lbs and gained it all back because her stomach stretched back out. The band is plastic, not muscle and won't change.

Best of luck in your research!

:tt1:I GOT APRROVED FOR SURGREY ONLY 24 HOURS AFTER I SUBMITTED MY PAPER WORK!!!! MY SURGREY DATE IS MARCH 5TH. I/M ON MEDIFAST AND I'VE ALREADY LOST 8 POUNDS ON THAT DIET I WEIGH NOW 198 SO MY SURGREY SHOULD BE PRETTY SIMPLE. BUT I;M REALLY SCARED TO GO UNDER THE KNIFE. :biggrin:

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Yeah. If she dies under nthe knife I wont get the surgery :biggrin: