i'm glad to hear your surgery went well, you handled it like a champ. you will beat me to get banded by 2 days! so it's nice to see someone who will be so close to my actualy surgery date. praying tomorrow goes well in your recovery as welll.

Thank you Jennifer, I actually feel pretty good...we'll definitely have to stay in touch! Are you super excited too?! Where are you from, what are your goals?

girl i think obsessed is more the word. i've been overweight since i was 8! i've researched the lap band for the past 5 years, so that fact that it's finally happening is surreal to me. I live in a south suburb of chicago. Currently I am in 18/20's and would like to be in solid 12's. I dont have a particular goal weight, moreso a clothing size. Do you have a pre-op diet. I'm on day 4 of my all liquid diet and i'm sooooo surprized at how well i'm doing. today was a struggle at work one of the doctors order food for everyone and it just killed me to sit there sipping on my soup, while everyone around me chomped on sandwiches, cookies and chips. Only 2 people at work know, but no one has reallly noticed that i'm not eating "real food" so far! WHEW!!!! I just wish it was this time next thurs so i could be getting banded tomorrow. where are you from?

I live in a suburb outside of Dallas, TX. I too have been researching the band for quite sometimes. I stayed in denial thinking that I could REALLY do it and STICK to it on my own the organic way. Life continued to show me that I really needed help. My life is full (5 kiddos, full time work, master's program and soon law school), and although I have all of the education (I'm also a certified personal trainer) and years of experience, I'm tired of fighting this fight of going up and down and gaining more back each time. I just look forward to the cruise control of maintaining my weight or continually going down in the scale.

I wear a size 16/18 and I want to be a...ready? 4 to 6. I'm short though, I'm only 5'3 so I think that size would be ideal for me. I'll never be skinny, because I have quite a bit of muscle tone except for my baby housing unit in the center.

I haven't been focusing on the liquid diet at all! I don't really feel that bad because when I went to have my procedure done for the EGD three nurses told me not to worry, that my liver size should be fine. So I've been having my farewell meals with all of my favorite foods this week (with Mexican being my #1 lover :-)

The only person that knows about my upcoming surgery are my parents and my partner I just told my co-workers that I was having a hiatal hernia repaired (which is partly true). I look forward to being a walking billboard so that I can begin training clients again, I love doing it for the joy more than the money (even though the extra cash will help). So I see the surgery as an investment, that I will definitely get a return on! I'm a great trainer, and I know how to show OTHERS how to get some strong results.

Thanks for "friending" me!