Hi,

My name is Vickie and I had my lap band placed two days ago 9-23-08. I am so excited to start this journey to a better me. I am excited to become a healthy person again, and it wont hurt to look great again. I was skinny (even did a TV commercial) until I got pregnant and had my son 19 yrs ago..from that day forward I never lost that 100 pound baby weight.....lol. I am a single parent to two grown children...I want to lose 70 lbs......My journey begins and I am on that ever lovely clear liquid diet then will upgrade to full liquids on Monday. I would love to hear some success and uh ohs from people that have been on this journey awhile. It is great to hear successes but I feel it is just as important to hear about the uh ohhhs, because that is the behavior we all have that has to stop. I am looking for an experience lap band buddy to communicate with and guide me.

Thanks for taking the time to read about my journey and hopefully we can talk soon.

Vickie:smile2:

Hi Vickie,

Welcome to the bandster club! You've begun a really exciting journey which will transform your life. Good luck with it.

Please give yourself a reasonable time scale in which to lose the weight. I gave myself a year to get to target. Eat Breakfast - for me the most important meal of the day. Build in some cardio and conditioning exercises when you have the all clear to do so.

Above all, enjoy the experience of weight loss. Try to stay positive when you have a plateau, take the love and support of your family and friends and try to balance weight loss with the other important things in your life. It's easy to become obsessed with weight loss to the detriment of other things.

You will find experienced and supportive people on this forum. I found them essential reading when I needed support and answers.

So well done for your operation and it's time now to look forward to an exciting and better future.

Congrats and welcome. You can get it all from this place. You are not ALONE.I was banded 1/18/08 I have lost 60lbs. 20 more to my goal , that is the tough part that last bit. I am at 32 % body fat using the Tanita scale. I have gone from size 16/18 to size 6/8. loving it. I do have to exercize like crazy or I feel guilty. I still make some "poor" food choices from time to time. You will recover. Walk a lot of short bouts 3-4 x a day. until you work up to the longer bouts. Remember cardio burns more fat as long as you are able, the more the better. Keep reading you will find answers if you need them. Good luck on your Journey. I had my band "wrapped" in Pinehurst.

See ya round,

Marsha

Hi Vickie, i just had mine on 9/22...you sound so optimistic! Good luck in the coming weeks...i find liquids hard ..always hungry..but am happy to be on my way. Keep up the positive thinking...

hey excited in nj! my name is kadejia and i am also from nj. I now live in florida though. lol Im being banded on October 1st and i am so nervous and excited as well. I only have to do the clear liquid diet for 2 days pre-op though. After the surgery im not worried cause i hope to not have an appetite anyway. lolol What part of nj are you from? Im from neptune.