I have been overweight for as long as I can remember. Though I have lost weight before by dieting and doing some exercising, I have always regained all of the weight plus some. Most of you I'm sure are reading this and saying "yeah, me too" and truthfully, who hasn't? However, I know for certain that this is going to be the time I make the change for the rest of my life. The big differences between my previous attempts and this one is that I'm not just on a diet. I know that I need to be fixed in my stomach, but also in my head. I'm seeing a counsellor once a week and she specializes in overweight people. My number one rule is to be honest with myself and those around me - which means not hiding what I eat, and really looking at what I am eating and doing. If I eat a scoop of ice-cream, then I'm going to record it and count it in my daily total, and not feel "embarrassed" and try to hide it. Being fat is embarrassing... eating some ice-cream when I "probably" shouldn't, is not.

I'm very excited to get my band! I went in for my consultation just yesterday, and have my surgery in 12 days! I've been researching the band for 1.5 years and am really happy to have finally made the decision to go for it. I'm just really anxious and hope to meet a lot of good people on here to build a support team. I have a scheduled surgery date of October 1st, 2009.

Cheers,

Tim

Edited September 20, 200916 yr by timmmers
added scheduled surgery date

Hi Tim, and welcome to LBT. It sounds like you are approaching this in the right way, with the understanding that the band is just a tool. I think you will do very well.

Hi Tim, and welcome to LBT. It sounds like you are approaching this in the right way, with the understanding that the band is just a tool. I think you will do very well.

Thanks! I'm actually a bit less anxious today as I was yesterday. However, this is ALL that I'm thinking about right now, and I really need to study (I'm a fourth year university student). I'm afraid that my courses are going to be effected negatively becuase of my obsession with thinking about the band. (unlike you women, I can't think about more than one things at a time :biggrin:). I'm afraid that if I don't think about the band and focus on school, that I will "miss" something important and I'll forget something and I will be less succesful with the band. I think it's going to be hard focusing on both - getting a headache already.

Hi Tim :biggrin:

Congrats on making the choice to take control of your weight and health issues now rather than later. The band is an amazing tool if you learn to work with it and let it work for you.

I just wanted to say that I was also banded at NWWLS and you have chosen a great group of surgeons, nurses and staff to help you on your weight loss journey.

I'm not sure if you've looked thru the rest of this site but there is a 'Canadian' area and a couple of message boards that focus on the Vancouver area. We have a monthly meeting in North Vancouver for those of us from the Lower Mainland (I'm from the Whistler area) and you are certainly welcome to join us any time you can fit it into your schedule.

Feel free to contact me thru the message board or personal email (canadagirl33@hotmail.com) any time if you have any questions or would like more info on the meetings.

Good luck !!!!

Patricia

NWWLS

11/16/06