phatkatblue

Hello February Bansters!!! I have two more days until surgery!!! Two!!! I am due to arrive at 5am on 2/15. I have been too busy this weekend to be nervous, but i am sure Tuesday will be a sleepness night!!

i definitely feel you Lovelee! i'm on week two of my pre-op diet and i keep thinking of all the foods i should have eaten/didn't get the chance to eat before i started:( i guess that's what got me this!!!

my husband and i had a week of feasting before i started the pre-op diet! i must say it was well worth it!!! i'm one week until surgery!

Goals... 1. get off all medications i am prescribed due to obesity related ailments-diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia-oh and get off that pesky cpap machine 2. kick all obesity related diseases to the curb 3. lose at least 80 lbs. 4. embrace an active lifestyle 5. embrace a healthy way of eating (instead of being forced!) 6. gain a healthy sense of self and being-you know-confidence etc. 7. soar... Source: What Are You Goals With The Lap Band?

super excited, super nervous! i am on day 6 of my pre-op surgery date and i am surviving. i am so glad that i found this website although i am having some difficulty figuring out how to navigate...congrats to all of you..go us!!!

i have not always been a big girl. and by big girl i mean that i am 5'2 and 1/2 and currently weigh 232 lbs...after 6 days on the pre-op diet. at my heaviest i was 250 lbs. the first weight i remember was 110 lbs. i was 16. i weighed 110 lbs up until i got pregnant at the age of 18. yes...i was pregnant at 18! i gained 50 lbs with that pregnancy and have struggled with my weight ever since (ironically, my goal weight is 160 lbs exactly what i weighed 18 years ago after giving birth to my first child). by age 22 i was at 175 lbs. and i know this because weight mattered as much then as it did now. when i was 23 i managed to get down to 150 something pounds to enlist in the military, where i lost another 30 lbs bringing me almost to my 16 year old weight. another pregnancy at 23 put me back at 175 lbs. i was able to lose about 15-20 of those pounds while active in the service, but civilian life afforded me the luxury to be a slacker and the pounds found me shortly after my discharge. i was consistently weighing in at between 175 and 185 for about two years after baby number two and then i met mr. right...now i'm not blaming him for the poundage that i've managed to pack on over the course of our 10 year relationship but a long courtship/engagement, family issues, work, school, financial woes, and just life in general did nothing but enlarge both of our waistlines. together we have gained over 200 since we met in 2002. in 2005 i was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and was told that i could control it with diet and exercise which would lead to weight loss. i failed. i went through the first line of medication pretty quickly and was placed on a second line which was effective but i could not adjust to the side effects. i quickly learned the trickiness of this disease and failed miserably at managing it. between general life transitions, my disease, and depression i left a lot to be neglected... by 2009 not only did i have diabetes, but i had tacked on high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, fatty liver, and morbid obesity to my list of diseases. i was prescribed over 7 medications for all of this mess and i was 34 years old... in 2010 my employer announced that our health insurance would cover wls. i was uninterested and full of hate. i was going to lose weight on my own. with diet, exercise, and determination i was going to finally put this weight thing behind me. i got bigger and my diabetes spiraled out of control. in 2011 my doctor warned that insulin was on the way and we had a conversation about wls. she was surprised that we had never spoke of this before and i found that she was banded. she suggested i attend an info session on wls to get more info and she made a referral. i had my first dr. consult in 6-2011 and was still not sure that this was my path...i felt like a failure. why can't i just lose stick to a plan and lose the weight. i tried bootcamps and any number of diets out there that you can think of. success was small and never-lasting. as my disease progressed i knew that i had to make a decision and i started the classes in preparation for my surgery in 9-2011. it is hard to believe that i am less than two weeks away from my surgery...

Goals... 1. get off all medications i am prescribed due to obesity related ailments-diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia-oh and that pesky cpap machine 2. kick all obesity related diseases to the curb 3. lose at least 80 lbs. 4. embrace an active lifestyle 5. embrace a healthy way of eating (instead of being forced!) 6. gain a healthy sense of self and being-you know-confidence etc. 7. soar...

i am not sure if you have to drink a specific shake but the premixed slimfast shakes are delicious...if it's not a matter of taste, then is it a matter of space...i have to drink 4 shakes daily on my diet and i sometimes start at 7 a.m. and drink one about every two to 3 hours until they are gone...also pace...sometimes when i feel like it's just too much i just sip the shake until it's gone...i am also starting week two of my diet tomorrow...

my surgery date is also feb 15!!! is there is a forum or site for february bandsters?

this is so amazing! thank you for the well wishes. i have began to read your blog...fantastic! i am planning to start one as well. so we are able to keep drinking the slimfast shakes right after surgery?

outside of my brother no one in my family knows that i am having this surgery. my mom is going to go nuts when she finds out...she is so critical and i just don't need that right now as i have already made such a big, life changing decision to have wls. what was your brother and sister-in-law's response?