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I have my first appointment this Monday, Oct. 5. (I attended the seminar a couple of weeks ago.) I'm blessed that my mom is paying for my surgery so hopefully I can move through the process fairly quickly. For that reason, I went ahead and started my low carb, high Protein diet today (I don't know exactly what diet my doctor will put me on but I do know it's an Atkins type). It was a tough day, but I got through it! The hardest time for me is right now....late at night after my husband is already asleep. It's my grazin' time! But I have made a promise to myself to do this right and I'm NOT going to cave.

I also encountered my first bit of negative feedback today which surprised me so much! My husband and family are all so very supportive and there are a few friends that I've been gradually informing about my decision. I told one of them today and the first thing she said was "I know a couple of girls who had that done and they didn't lose ANY weight!" Thankfully, I've been a lurker on these boards for a while now and felt somewhat prepared to deal with this type of response. I didn't dignify it with an argument...only that I was going to do my very best to not let that happen to me.

Looking forward to sharing my progress with all of you!

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Hi Suzy, welcome to lapbandtalk. You are a brave, proactive soul to undertake the pre-op diet before you have to, lol. Good for you. I have my fingers crossed that your process will be speedy. Good luck!

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Good luck! This journey is all what you make it ! You are already making better decisions for yourself, pretty soon they will become habits! Welcome to LBT! There are so many great people on here, ready to help and offer support. You can do it!!!

Good luck! Jodi:thumbup:

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Thanks for the encouragement! I plan to utilize y'all a TON! :smile:

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

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