Hi everyone,

I am Louellyn (Lou for short) from Kalgoorlie and I am a long time lurker but as of today am joining the ranks of the to-be-banded :-)

I am on day 1 of the two week optisfast and have my operation booked in with Dr Watson on 1 April!

I have been following the threads in here as I did enough research to convince myself that the band is the way to go. According to Dr Watson I have 81kg to lose to be the perfect weight for my height, but I doubt that I actually have the build to get to that figure - and it is impossible to imagine 65-68kg when you are 148kg! (gulp putting that in print).

99kg is my aim - oh to be double digits!

You all seem so supportive of one another and I am looking forward to becoming an active member of the board!

Now..hurry up 2 weeks so Optifast can end lol

Lou :-)

Hi Lou,

My fiance and I were both banded by Dr Watson 12 months ago. You're in fine hands. Good luck with it all!

Em

Welcome lou!

I know it's hard to imagine being that much smaller, but it can be done! How tall are you?

I think it's a good idea to have graduated goals - get to 99kgs first, then reassess and see how you're going. You may find at that point, losing that remaining 30kgs won't seem so impossible!

I was also banded by Steve Watson, and I have to say, I am grateful every single day for having taken the step. Good luck with the Optifast diet too - the first three days are the worst, and then it gets easier to bear.

Hi Lou

I'm also a WA country girl to be banded on 17 April by Dr Cohen at Mercy Bariatrics. I don't see his name on this site. Any reason why? I'm doing two weeks Optifast pre-op so running out of days right now. Pretty nervous though but I've learnt so much since discovering this site. I agree its great to see the way everyone is so supportive. Well done!

SusieP

Edited April 3, 200917 yr by susiep

Hi, I was banded by Dr Watson also and have never looked back. Good luck with your journey you have the best Doc for the job. I too never thought I would get into double digits but I have and now I look at the other me in photos at about 130kg and wonder how I was ever that big, I will never go back too much life to live now.