Hello all! This is my first blog so far so I'm not totally sure what to write about, so just bear with me

I'm getting banded January 4th, 2010 and it's coming up very quicklY! My surgeon is Dr. Jeff Baker and he is just fabulous! I've only officially met him one time but I have so much confidence in him and he has an amazing reputation for his work! Anyways, I went in to see the nurse practicioner, Lynn who I also adore, and weighed in at 264.5 which is about 15lbs lower than my highest weight since I've been considering surgery which was 281. Lynn told me that my surgeon would like me down to 259 before surgery which I was thrilled about because that is a very realistic number! So I went in last week for my educational appointment and to meet with my surgeon and officially set the date! I was only down to 263, but hey it's improvement! Well when I met with my surgeon he was like 'I think you're doing great and if you could get yourself down to 255-257 that would be ideal and you can definitely do it!' Oh great, another 6-8 lbs to lose over Christmas...

So here I am about to start my first official day on my pre-op diet. I'm drinking 3 protein shakes a day and eating a Lean Cuisine for dinner which I think is pretty realistic and is still about 1000 calories total! Today is also day 1 of my exercise that I'm starting to hopefully help shed some pounds. Lynn told me that I need to exercise 90 minutes a day to start losing weight which also is realistic. I'm a college student who is on winter holiday right now so it's not like I have anything else to do.

I'm just slightly nervous because I have an appointment with my surgeon on December 29th as sort of a check up to see how I am doing with the weight loss so if I'm not doing good I'll go to an all liquid diet. I just hope that I will have made some improvement and he won't make me do that but I know I'll get out what I put in. So with that being said, I'm off to the gym!

Luck and words of encouragment are always appreciated!

Good luck to all of you as well!

You have a great attitude so that will surely help! I hope it all goes well - I am sure it will - and keep us posted!

Got my band Nov. 10..... down 28lbs

don't worry, as soon as you start the pre-op diet the pounds will come off. I lost 14 in 14 days. No I didn't stick to the diet, I did't cheat twice. I was so hungry.

Keep up the good work and you will be glad you did this. Remember to be around possitive people.