Good Morning...i can't wait to get started, i have done so much research that my brain is starting to feel fat...last thing I need is for something else on my body to feel fat...my story is this. I am 48, BMI 39.5, weight 225. I have not always been overweight, not until after my second child in 1980, reached 200lbs in 1990, joined WW Jan 1990 lost 62 pounds by Nov 1990 and became a lifetime member. I kept 50lbs off for 10 years, then my thyroid went hypo and I have never been the same, I have been on every kind of diet since then...yes even went back to WW countless times, I will loose some then gain it all back and then some. I made the decision to have the lapband procedure done after alot of prayer and study. This is not any easy decision, because I am self pay. I have already spent a huge amount of money on diets, now I'm going to spend another huge amount of money...ON THE LAST DIET I WILL EVER BE ON!!!

Please, share any suggestions, tips, advice, and especially encouragements.

Congrats and welcome! Please think of it a a rewarding life style. I too had researched it for a long time - over a year-.. It was the best decision I ever made. Good luck on you journey!

Thanks Diane...WOW you have done great!! Did you self pay?

Thanks Diane...WOW you have done great!! Did you self pay?

No, my insurance finally agreed. First they wanted a 6 month diet but luckily I am a pack rat and have kept copies of all the info when I did Jenny Craig. It went back years showing I would lose and gain it all back. Plus my doctor wrote a letter and stated my high blood pressure, high cholestoral and the fact my sugar just became high. I sent over 100 pages over night to them and in a couple days they approved it. I have Horizon Blue Cross blue shield of NJ. Unfortunately if I was self pay I would not have been able to do it. I am happy to say I am off all my medications and feeling good! I still have an image of myself as very fat. I'm working on that! Sometimes I don't recognize myself in the mirror.

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Hi I get banded March 6th and also am self pay. Hope that we can encourage each other along the way. Best of luck to you!

Jill

Nana, I also joined FITDAY.com to keep track of myself. I am amazed at what is offered there.

Hi Jill, thanks for the suggestion. I hope you are as excited as I am...I don't have a surgery date yet, hope to have one set tomorrow...I am going to the seminar tomorrow, see the surgeon, the nutrionist and the head doc...should only need a couple of blood tests (just had some blood work last week) the surgeon's office sent me all of the paper work to complete before the seminar...and I just got loan approval...it is on like Donkey Kong!!!