I am scheduled for surgery in about 4 weeks. I have been obese since i was a child. I have been an every diet you can imagine. I have been always been able to lose weight 20lbs here 30lbs there but always gain it back. I have never been able to keep it off. I am so excited to have this surgery after years of struggle, but i am so afraid that i will fail at this just as i have done with diets in the past. I am so afraid that i will gain the weight back. I know it is a mind set and i have to think positive. Does anyone else feel like this

Nobody here came to the decision for a lap band as their first choice of ways to address their obesity. You're in good company. We've all lost and gained, usually more than once or twice (or more). I don't anybody here will say this is easy. You still have to make good eating decisions -- protein instead of ice cream and cookies for example -- and you could give up on good decisions and eat whatever. But the band will limit how much and if you can work with that incredible aid, and choose good things to fill you up then you can and will be successful. I lost more than 100 pounds twice before and about 70 twice as well. And 20-3o plenty of times. I have consistently "fallen off the wagon" after about 25 pounds and then regained it every time. But here I am 2 months after surgery and I've lost 51 pounds. There've been days I ate a bit of something here or there that wasn't perfect, but the slips were small because I couldn't just eat as much as I could stuff in my mouth. You can do this! This is a healthy way to do it! And you have chosen to get a great "helper" to accomplish your dream.