Losing in Kansas

I am new to the board and I am just starting to find my way around it.
I am getting banded the 29th of December at Malley Surgical Center. I am so excited!!! I have a lot to lose, 150 lbs.
Saying that outloud scares me, but I am done with this body the way it is. I have had it with feeling terrible, self concious, unhealthy. I am ready to spend my next 50 years feeling a WHOLE lot better!