So I went to my first visit on Dec 3rd. It went well untill I got the news that I was put on a trial period for 2 months. I was hoping the process would go a lot faster. I have to lose 10 lbs in two months. I'm good at short term as far as losing weight. But long term is my issure. The reason for me deciding on getting the surgery. Oh well did anyone else get put on a trial preiod in order to approve surgery? Tell me your stories and if you reached the goal of losing weight brfore surgery.

Let me say first I have no regrets regard getting the lapband. To me 2 months is not that bad because my insurance required me to be on a 6 month supervised diet. There was no certain amount of weight that I had to lose so I joined a weight loss program locally. (like weight watchers) I started exercising (mostly walking 30 mins each day). I loss 33 lbs during the 6 months.

I've loss 102 since I was band in Oct 2007.

I wish you much success during your journey. Please keep me updated. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

Congrats on this life changing event.

I had to lose 5% of my body weight per my doctor. He said that small amount of weight loss will cut the fat around the liver so much that the surgery will be easier.

Take your time, write everything down that you eat and remember that since you have decided to go ahead with this process, 2 months will fly by and those 10 pounds will come off.

If you want to process to go by faster and not go longer than the 2 month---just remember that when you want to eat something high in fat or calories.