Hi!! My name is Melissa. I am 32 and have been overweight my whole life. I am having gastric banding done on May 11 @ 7am!! I am so excited! I am currently on a liquid diet and I have lost 6 pounds in 2 days LOL!! My starting weight as of Tuesday was 237. I am so ready to get this done and be healthy and skinny!! I have started a blog about my journey but I am also looking for others who have had or are going to have the surgery done. Please feel free to email or message me at anytime. Thanks and I look forward to meeting all of you!!

Hi Melissa! Congradulations on your surgery date! My name is Jackie and I just had surgery on April 22nd. Everything went really smooth. congrats on the weight loss so far! I lost 11 pounds on my pre op diet and 8 more since surgery last wednesday. I am now on mushies and feeling great. Would love to chat with you sometime. I started this at 240 and now I am at 222. On my way!!!! Good luck to you!!!!