:tongue: Just joined the group hope to be banded in Mar or late Feb... but am planning a trip to Las Vegas and think it might be a good idea to wait??? have found a lot of helpful info on this site, I am glad to know I am not the only one who is so nervous about the whole thing ..am having trouble giving up the junk food (esp. sweets) and diet pepsi...it has been 11 days w/o diet pop and its killing me

I was never a soda person but the thought of not being able to tolerate bread scares me 8X LOL but think of how much better being heathier and looking better will be than soda or bread :tongue: LOL I wish I could keep up with my friends when they go running off way more than ever eating a sandwich again. Good luck :thumbup:

Thats what I keep telling myself to be healthier and be able to walk w/o being tired all the time and all the other benefits oh by the way I like bread too! lol

Thats because bread is awesome... when I am not on the scale atlease I am sorta in the same place as you on our journey except you are going to beat me because my insurance requires a six month dr monitored diet. I think it is normal to be nervous but I have yet to find anyone of the banders that are at goal saying that they would take back the weight even for a sandwich, soda, and all you can eat candy bar LOL we can do this Feel free to PM so we can support each other through this

Ashley

Believe me I am the junk food king! But I knew that if I didn't make a change then I would probably get bigger and bigger. I have been banded for a year and 3 months. It is challenging at times but once in a while I can eat junk food but just not splurging like I used too. You just can't. Sometimes you miss it because you see your friends take huge bites out of hamburgers or pizza. You will never be able to do that again. For me it was emotional because I missed being able to do those things. It's okay once in a while to eat junk food but if you can't see yourself accepting moderation well I would re consider this surgery.

ah I feel for you with the diet cola addiction. You won't miss it to be honest. You won't miss the bread either. You'll not be able to eat much more than broth/water/jello first week after surgery. After that, it's all uphill from there... you focus on what you can eat rather than what you can. Unless your a glass half empty kinda person. So try not to be that guy.