I haven't told anyone except my husband, one co-worker, and parents of my decision to have the band. I am nervous and excited at the same time but I feel like I just have to do it. I don't think about what I will miss eating. I think that I can eat a bite of anything. It's about the portion size and control. That's that way that I am looking at it. No one that I have ever talked to that has had the band has regretted it. So I am going for it.