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Thanks! I know this will be a great tool for me to get healthy and be more active for my son. I have a 9 month old that I look forward to the day I can keep up with him. I am doing this now so he knows that being over weight is not the right way to live. I want him to know what a fit mother is and be fully engaged in his life.

Hello, my name is Erin and I am waiting to be banded. My insurance required a 6 month supervised diet. I complete my 6th and final supervised diet vist on Feb 3rd and then start the banding process. My doctor requires a 2 week Medifast diet before surgery. Anyone have to do this? He said I should lose 10-20 lbs alone during those 2 weeks before the band. I am very excited to start this journey. I have been overweight all my life, and now it is time for a new start. I am at 275 lbs right now with a goal to get to 145-150. What I wonder though is that a realistic goal with LapBand? I can not remember the last time I was at that weight. Maybe elementary or middle school. I just do not want to set my sights to far and be disappointed. That seems so far out of reach for me to be at 150lbs. Anyone with any advice or input on this goal? Realitic? Timeline? :-) Thanks!

I finish my 6 supervised diet visit on Feb 3rd and from there I will get my surgery date. My doctor makes you do a 2 week pre-op diet on Medifast. He says the reasoning behind the diet is when you are obese your liver tends to carry a large amount of fat in it which can be dangerous for surgery so a 2 week diet will lessen the fat load in the liver and have a safer surgery. I am hoping to be banded the 3rd or 4th week in February. I started this process last September and I am so ready to get this weight loss journey under way. How quickly do you drop weight after being banded is what I want to know. Liquid diet and puree foods have to make you loose a significant amount right?I am 274 lbs and hope to get to a goal weight of 150. That seems so far out of reach, I was in middle school the last time I saw the 150's!!

Thanks very much for the feedback, I am so excited to start the journey!