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HELLO BRUIN!!!!! we are band siblings as you know and I finally hit my nervous stage!! did my first shower with that anti-bac soap ew smelly lol anyways my surgery was 11 am but got moved back till 1 now so we will see! anytime you encounter something as serious like this if your not nervous or doubting yourself, or showing some sort of emotion there is something wrong i believe that might be called sociopathic, so you showing some emotions to the whole process is quite healthy! the day i went to go gt induced to have my daughter I looked at my mom and said I cant do this, I dont want to, I really didnt have a choice at that point but the whole point is she is the best thing that ever happened to me! I cant look at anything even the simplest of tasks and not have some sort of doubt about some part of it. since I was born human I will always question, doubt, reinforce myself that I am strong and I am making the right decision Im just scared. My point is am I nervous now hell ya, do I doubt myself hell ya, but am I gonna die a fat person who cant have fun with her family? HELL NO! Im gonna kick fats ass and get back to being active and having fun! I will be thinking of you tomorrow at 11:30 I know youll be just fine, and the person hiding inside of you will be thankful as well. I would ask you to think of me as well but im sure at that point youll be enjoying some fantastic meds! anyways remember to just breathe.

HELLO BRUIN!!!!! we are band siblings as you know and I finally hit my nervous stage!! did my first shower with that anti-bac soap ew smelly lol anyways my surgery was 11 am but got moved back till 1 now so we will see! anytime you encounter something as serious like this if your not nervous or doubting yourself, or showing some sort of emotion there is something wrong i believe that might be called sociopathic, so you showing some emotions to the whole process is quite healthy! the day i went to go gt induced to have my daughter I looked at my mom and said I cant do this, I dont want to, I really didnt have a choice at that point but the whole point is she is the best thing that ever happened to me! I cant look at anything even the simplest of tasks and not have some sort of doubt about some part of it. since I was born human I will always question, doubt, reinforce myself that I am strong and I am making the right decision Im just scared. My point is am I nervous now hell ya, do I doubt myself hell ya, but am I gonna die a fat person who cant have fun with her family? HELL NO! Im gonna kick fats ass and get back to being active and having fun! I will be thinking of you tomorrow at 11:30 I know youll be just fine, and the person hiding inside of you will be thankful as well. I would ask you to think of me as well but im sure at that point youll be enjoying some fantastic meds! anyways remember to just breathe.

ok so i have been quite frustrated with my diet i lost 8.2 lbs on the first week doing shakes for bfst and lunch, lean cuisine or dinner with steamed veggies m-f, sat gained, sunday maintained so i did a protein day. MOnday i was back a my friday weight, and now its wed and i have stayed at the same weight i only have 3 lbs to lose before next wed but got frustrated and majorly cheated with chinese food and i want good but it was ooooohhhhh so tasty!!! but thats not the point i was frustrated and cheated I can get through the cravings easily but the not losing killed me. not sure what i should do to get those last three off so i went out and got a couple wii games to dance to so maybe ill get to push it over with that idk. i need help what did you guys do? i cant do that much exercise as I have bad knees, but any suggestions are wanted, need and always excepted!!

I am scheduled for surgery on the 16th as well. as of yet im not scared or nervous but thats my usual M.O. I have had an battle with weight for about 15 years now i am having the problems with my knees and the pain in my back and joints, which at this point we are no even sure it will go away after the weight loss but I am willing to try. the reason why i chose the lapband was for the sheer reason that its not permanent and the recovery is ALOT faster. I am doing it for my health and so I can be more active with my family. It pains me that my family has to sy we can go do this cause mommy can walk for a long time or whatever. I need this for me, I need to function more and be more active. This is what keeps me going and what makes me know my decision is solid. I know the waffle syndrome as i call it where i go back and forth on should or shouldnts but at this point I havent had the problem yet but it may happend ive been know to feel that RIGHT before im about to do something. I am glad I have a strong support system my husband is my rock in everything, and my mom has chosen to fly down here to support me and the few friends that i have told have supported me fully! I feel amazing and ready to jump in. I wish you luck on your journey I know its hard but the decision you have made is life changing and never take it for granted but we will feel and look amazign when our journey is over! congrats!

Ok so i started my pre-op diet on the 1st since my surgery is the 16th (yay!), so i was doing AWESOME!!!! i lost 8.2 lbs mon-fri, sat nothing then this morning I GAINED A POUND!!! WTH!!! so now im panicked since i HAVE to lose 10 lbs before surgery and i saying 12 since i gained two lbs sincei had seen the dr dec 15 which was before the holidays so pretty dang good for having all kinds of goodies and only 2 lbs! anyways, now im not sure what to do low carb diet? maybe two ow carb days then go to straight liquids IDK!! eeekkk!!!! what do you all think?? my shakes as of right now are muscle milk vanilla and non fat milk, tho i did buy another powder that is called designer whey, and its low carb, so idk any input is greatly appreciated!!! so ready to kick fats ace!!!!

thanks all! i do drink the muscle milk like but i did buy the designer whey so I may switch over to that, um as for the salt i was on a salt over load for a couple days when i made a tillapia fillet for dinner instead of LC so now im on a no salt kick at least no extra, when I do buy the LC i tend to get the smaller ones so i can fill up on salad or veggies, i did however thanks to the forum find Walden Farms salad dressing, co cal, no carb, and they are actually good!!! I dont do alot of exercise do to that fact that i have bad knees and alot of back pain, HOWEVER i do like to do my Physical Therapy exercises that I got, so I guess it kind works. anyways, i did a no carb day yesterday and i think i bumped it enough, im back down to my 8.2 pound loss im gonna try an all liquids diet today and bump it even more. I definetly know that im losing inches my hubby says he sees it also, my face is thinner that dangit giant dble chin is fading away, and my seatbelt will now buckle!! im very happy!!! I will not let things frustrate me as I can see progress! We are all in a battle to kick fats a$$ Im dangit im gonna win this time!!!!!!!! thanks for all the support guys!!!!

I hear ya on that one! im not a overnighter but i have a low pain tolerance and a high pain med tolerance so we will see how this works out! surgery the 16th!

muscle milk is what me and the hubby drink, its yummy tho i need to find some sort of savory thing since im not a huge sweets fan, but for a protein shake its great!

you can totally join a group and not be banded im not banded till the 16! we all need as much support as we can take!

the one ive seen that my surgeon does is like at the waist line about 6-8 inches to the left of the belly button but i think that he changes according to person.

my surgeon did give me a diet but the program director said shakes only. but the shakes he told me where the atkins which i hate so im gonna high protein 600-800- calorie a day plan so i can have some sort of savory i cant take sweets im not a sweets person and i dont even really like chocolate, so im gonna isopure, vanilla light muscle milk protein shakes and broth. and if ive had a really low cal day a lean cuisine low cal meal. thats my plan. losing 10 lbs before surgery is ideal. so im looking forward to the 16th!

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Got my approval and getting banded 2/16/2011!! i chose to wait since my mom wanted to be here, yay for op day though!

LOL its san diegans, we are here but no one really stays active for some reason in the san diego topics, dunno why.. cocoabean on my friends list is local, so is moo, they are the most active local friends. i think everyone searches topics, idk. me and cocoabean are east county girls not sure about moo. i thinks she is southbay. any ways HI WELCOME!!

I just have to say that im happy for you, your husband is doing the pre-op diet with you, My husband is going to do it with me as well, he needs to lose a few pounds but not much so for him he sees it as a total plus hes helping me and himself! now i just need to get rid of all the kids fruit Snacks lol. ill jepp a watch on your posts for updates! and yes we are blessed with amazing hubbies!!!

Cocoabean, well I just got most of my pre-op with the 1-800-get-thin peeps but idk if I will stick with them, I liked them becuase they take my insurance and I could get most of my pre-op done immediately but alas i had a horribly visit on sat to do all of my pre-op I had an appointment at 11 am on sat showed up at 10 like i was supposed to after all my other things that happened during the day I ended up leaving at 6:30 at night, so after 24 hours or not eating or drinking and a rude rad-tech I was done, everyone else was great but it was hard, i left balling and my husband yelling at them! the other reason is i was referred to them by my husbands co-worker, she however is having a good experience with them, the ast reason i liked them was becuase they will include an cosmetic procedures after the weightloss with only me having to pay my deductable since im a "hardship". So im not really sure where im at at this point. Im glad to hear they can drug induce the stress test because with my knees there is no way! thanks!

When I was younger about 13 I got told by a ymca counselor that i would be gorgeous if i just ya know lost a little, I looked at him and my words where well when im 18 you can bend over and kiss my a$$ cause im the hottest thing there is! LOL let me tell you he was floored! at the time I was 13 a full 36C and wore a size 8 dress. I looked like i was 20! I have always developed WAY ahead of the other girls. not that long ago i got into a fight at my families bar they own in Oregon and the only thing she could say to me was your a fat a$$ and you should call jenny craig! I was all B&*(h I may be fat but but I can hold my head up high, I am in love with an amazing man, and you are nothing but the waste that gets flushed down the toilet, a 50 yr old woman who depends on a child to take care of her can she cant put down a bottle or leave desperate men alone! Ill be skinny one day and you, youll still be the trash beneath me. she couldnt even understand me. the people that put us down are the people that have worse problems than us! its just easier to pick on us cause they think we will take cause society says kate moss is what a woman needs to look like! We society I am pre-op testing and large and in charge!! My husabnd worships my body and loves me im happy but not healthy THATS why i chose to be a loser, a loser of excess weight that neither defines me nor gives me any limitations to what I can do! Dont ever let them tell you different! as my quote says below..Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself! I live this everyday. It took alot for me not be a victim when I was younger didnt have it very well, but now no one can stop me!

Hi all! im pre-op testing at the moment still, But was looking for some local bandsters to chat with! I am in Mt Helix area, i see some are real close to me thats awesome! anyways im needed now to find a cardiologist to do my stress test i guess but idk how thats gonna work since i have patello femoral syndrome so bad in both knees there is no way they are putting my booty on a treadmill, also with the asthma idk. I have BCBS of MA through my husbands work and i guess they ar supposed to be great for the bariatric surgery at least thats what the center told me. at any rate looking for friends and support, they say im looking at getting banded in January so Hopefuly! Talk to you guys soon!!

Im an east County Pre-op! glad to see more of us!

Im glad you asked cause this is a major issue for me and and the hubby I have wanted a breast reduction since i was 18 to no avail I now have size -drum roll- G! yes thats right I said it the girls are a heavy-to-lift-stand-and-walk-around-G! No dont get me wrong Im a boob girl Ilike boobs i like big boobs not giant boobs but i like big boobs. But I as well am worried about the sensitivity issue after i lose the weight, my hubby and I enjoy them as well. I look forward to reading more replies in here!