I told myself I would start blogging "right after" my procedure....I am now 8 days out...and I have had a gammet of emotions!!...I've felt excited, hesitant, sore, punished, deprived and sad....I really don't think we get a FULL grasp of what this journey is going to be like until we're "banded"...you read blogs and posts and think "oh, it can't be too bad"....then when you are banded...it IS that bad!!....up until now I can "start over again tomorrow"....but this time......this time.....I created an intervention for myself with the Lap Band....yet 8 days into this I wonder if there is anyway to "cheat" it....realizing this makes me feel like a junkie....which in essense I am.....I'm a foodie.......I pray through I am a foodie this time I will be able to get it all together and be the ME I want to Be!!!.....I need to find ways to talk myself into success this time.....tell myself failure is NOT an option....not anymore....not to this chic.....I got this device FOR ME....this journey is ABOUT ME....and for once...I will NOT let myself down.....or intentionally sabotage myself.....I deserve this.....don't we all??? *sighs*...just some random "to myself thoughts"

Yes blogging is the best. This is where you read what you have written and hear what other have to say. It is my BEST therapy to say the least. I was banded on June 29 and as of my last Dr visit I have lost 68 pounds I am so happy with myself about being able to work with this tool I choose for many of the same reasons. I had a tight food day yesterday, sad but true. I was not able to eat very much at all. I worked out in the morning and that helped my head a lot. I miss eating a lot of food. The food I tasted was wonderfully delicious. Even though I only ate a little of it. I love my band and I would do it again and again if I had the chance. imaluckydog Best wishes to you on your journey.

AHHHH! You just said everything i'm feeling. I'm 9 days out and uggghh! I've been doing really good untillll YESTERDAY! I ate way too much and I feel so ashamed. Today is a new day and it will be better. Hang in there! Jen

Blog away!!!!! it helps so much. You can do this Neener you have made the right choice towards a healthier you. I know it's hard some days.....you can get through it. Holidays are hard....believe me....Thanksgiving day was my first day back on real solid food since surgery......ironic huh? Oh well it wasn't too bad but boy I was envious of all my family with their heaping plates of food. However, I was much more impressed with myself for my small dish of food and the many complements i got from the family!!!! take care- Leslie

I didn't envy my family's heaping plates at all. I just kept thinking, Thank God I am not doing that again this year and will not have to hate myself for it tonight. That is one of my happiest revelations - I do not hate myself every evening for overeating all day every day! Yeah!

I feel the same way about the heaping plates, I knew I wouldn't be grumbling later on :cursing: