Hi friends,

Nothing like being with your people, and you are like a family I have never met but relate too. I am scheduled to be banded 2/25 and have no idea what to really expect. I see your posts and hope I do as well as most of you. I have about 11 days to go and still eating sugar. I want to start now to lean into a different diet to prepare for the liquid diet 5 days before. Still procrastinating..

Have any of you felt you would not be successful but found you are staying on course? This comes from a girl not famous for sticking to "a plan". ....One more question- what does it feel like to have the band when you first wake up out of surgery???

Hopeful in Austin-thanks for sharing!!

Luchay

I had surgery 1.30.09 and there isn't any feeling from the lap band that I had just feeling like I had done 2000 crunches and was sore all over my abs. It has only been two weeks but my band makes me very aware of what is going in my mouth even at the liquid stage. I realize that my problem is what lies in my head and that is what I have to work through. I have lost 18lbs in two weeks.

Below is my post and I think I will add it to my blog. I wrote this in August when I decided to do this and I was banded in October. I have lost 66 lbs so far.

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"I'm sure this is something you have either heard before or have experienced. I am scared of getting banded. Not the surgery or the change in lifestyle, but....what if I don't succeed? Am I hiding behind my limitations and once I have this there is nothing to hide behind? I have lost weight and gained weight and lost it again and

found it plus some. I know how to lose weight. I am looking for the tool to help me make this a change of LIFE...."

thank you so much for your response. i have trouble picturing myself being my natural weight, i never have been. i like your name destined to be thin, i will choose a name to describe future change. the changes in my head our my biggest challenge, and how to deal with them. the band is a tool for life change, i will remember that. your weight loss is exciting-keep up the good work!