Hi everyone...I am new to posting but having been actively reading everyone's advice and couldn't be happier to be going in and getting this part of the journey over with. I am soooo tired of being heavy and hearing people saying "your not that heavy" or "your not heavy enough for surgery".....Well yes I am that heavy and I am heavy enough for surgery!!! The dr's assistant tried talking me into switching to the gastric bypass surgery today saying that the band was going to take more of a commitment on my part than bypass would be and he wanted to know if I was really committed...HELLO I am here and having surgery tomorrow how much more committed can I be. I thought the goal was to excerise and eat healthy???? Anyway enough rambling hopefully I will be home Thursday am and can let you all know how it went....

Hi and welcome to LBT. I don't think people understand just how difficult it is being obese and trying to diet unless they have actually been in our shoes. As long as you are willing to understand the band is a tool and are able to make the commitment to do the work that goes along with it, you should be just fine.

Good luck on your surgery and let us know how you are feeling as soon as you are up to it.