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i am 19 and just got banded my biggest concern is excess skin and that i will lose my boobs and then theyll b ugly too:( i am about 5'9 close to 5'10 and my starting weight was 275 before my surgery i was very active im a cheerleader andd i love to swim i have fairly nice size boobs and its my favorite pre -op part of my body im scared that i will lose them and i scared about my arms and ....well all of my body extra saggy skin is like one of my worst nightmears.

can you tell me how to make one of those weightloss trackers

Hello from another Texan. Get into a seminar and arm your self with as much information as possible. Then make your decision. You are the only one that can make this choice, but you already know you have your father backing you and that is HUGE!. From your post I think you are an excellant candidate for lap band. You have very similar stats to me post op. I weighed in at 187 and 5' 3 and 1/2" tall. I am down to about 156 now and still losing. My blood pressure is so much better now and I feel better too!

Wishing you the very best with your decision and surgery if you decide to go ahead! Keep us posted!

Take care,

Sandy

hello ok that was alot but in the end it is your decision i know that when i decided to get the surgery it was for reasons for myself im only 19 and i just had the surgery on the 15th i went through alot to get the surgery with my insurance i had to go to a nutrionist once a month for 6 months and i had to have test done and i had to go to a therpist with ur history of deppression im not sure if the lap band would b a help to you and the reason i say this is because with the lap band u can still eat whatever u want you know its not like the gastric bypass that causes u to get sick if u eat fats or sweets its NOT A QUICK FIX there is alot of work to be done after the surgery and its not easy if you were successful dieting and working out then i would suggest u try that but dont go on a diet because thats how ppl gain the weight back because they get tired of the diet or they just stop just start eating right eat heathier and work out a good thing that i suggest is to look at the lables and cout everything u eat on a normal day and then if is alot like more than 2500 calories cut them in half my doct. told me a good amount to shoot for is 1500 if trying to lose weight. and if this fails to work then go and check out a seminar they are wonderful about giving you the nformation needed to know a website that i studied alot was http://www.lapband.com/en/home/ it tells you so much about the surgery that when i went to the seminar i alreadyknew alot of what they were saying do some reay good reasearch before you commet 100% to it BUT IN THE END IT IS 100%YOUR CHOICE please keep me posted on what u decided to do and how ur progress is going i love this site

hello so good news and bad news i was banded last week on the 15th and i feel great it was my firt surgery so i wasnt used to it and i guess i was expecting alot worse but im doing great i only have pain when im bending over alot or for a long time i do get some presser under my chest that is a bit pain full and eally bad "gas" pain in my shoulder put thats what pain pills are for so thats the good news o and i lost 15 lbs in the 1st week also good news now the bad news as many of you that go through the surgery know the liquid diet is terrible im so sick of Protein and not being able to eat im amost at the point where i want to just get a my first fill and go on with my life that will b a great day that i cant wait for

yo can chew gum i didnt know omg im going to go get a pack right now

I hear ya mate! I'm at day 13 post surgery! 1 more day til next stage and trust me it's hard... Got to the point where I would prefer not to eat at all than another shake... So swapped it up for some liquid yoghurts, V8 juices, Soups, chewed gum and up & go's! Made the world of difference... Hang in there u will be at day 14 before you know it!

guys how did yall do it i have been on this liquid diet for a week now and in the begining it wasnt so bad because i was still a little loopy from the surgery but now i feel better so its harder for me to keep to this liquid diet i just want to chew sumthing how did you get thru this stage its so hard these protien drinks are killing me i am so tired of drink Protein its not funny any suggestions on how to get through the food cravings