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omg congrats! hope all went well

I am so happy you are focused and dedicated, I can understand your frusteration with the having to gain back weight and pretty much cheat. Just think soon you'll be getting your band and you can really rock it then! Best of Luck!

I am just beginning my journey and have been feeling like no one really gets what I'm going through at home. My fiancé is extremely supportive but it's hard for him to really get what I'm going thru. I've been overweight my whole life and was picked on more like harassed my whole life he's always been a athlete and always under two hundred pounds. I just need a band buddy who can hold me accountable or just to lean on each other for support. Thanks!

Hey just think of it this way you save a few other people at that doctors office from getting sick and being put through that misery you went thru. Your appointment will come soon just focus on the prep for surgery and your new life after, get into an excercise routine, start drinking the 64 + oz of water, start a new hobby do something productive because you won't be doing to much while recovering. Get those last things in you want to do, hope your luck is better toward your next appointment dear

good luck!

OMG Thank You everyone for the wonderful support, I posted this last night thinking no one is going to read this or care! Happy surprise to get this morning!!!! I have added everyone to my friends list who said they want to get and have support!!!!! I don't feel like I will be alone in this now! You all are wonderful people and I am grateful for the support!!!!!

I would love some support I am still in the begininng stages of my journey but I am trying to get a jump start on the eatin habits and excercisng but I feel like no one supports my choices at home. They say they do the do the opposite of what they say I want to keep motivated and excited but it's really hard.

I know how u feel I do the same thing I research and inform myself about every detail then I psyche myself out w all the bad info. But you got to remember why u r doing this in the first place to be healthy right? To have a longer healthier existence, and not to regret not being to do things a healthy person can do. I have. Baby girl wholl be one nd a fiancé who loves me they are all the reason I need to do whatever I need to do to be here as long as I can. Find that strength, your reason to be a better u and hold to it. I wish u all the best tomorrow, I hope I all goes well.

Keep ur chin up darling ull get thru it, I am pre op but I am changing the way I eat and what I eat now rather than suffer later and it sucks but I know I'll get thru it good luck on ur surgery the liquid nonsense will only be a blink of an eye in the bigger picture.

To start my name is Allicia I am 22 years old, I am a mother of a beautifully perfect little girl. I am engaged to a wonderful and supportive man who has always stuck by me and is going to assist me in this journey. I have struggled for 20 years with my weight trying diet after diet I kept having the same results lose a little gain ALOT. Up until 4 months ago I had just given up and figured I've lived this long being 300+ pounds whatever. Then I stepped on the scale I was 320pounds I was back and determined to try again one last haul for the long road. I did a "lifestyle change" I ate really healthy, drank my 64 oz of water, and excercised a few times a week. After 2 months I weighted myself and I gained 15 pounds I was crushed I broke down crying thinking what is going on I am doing everything I am supposed to. I became depressed and didn't have much intrest in losing the weight until I realized my serious problem PORTION CONTROL! No matter what diet I was on my portions were still huge because I never felt full. I researched gastric bypass (my mother had that done not a pretty outcome) and found the Lap Band once I made myself informed on the procedure/before appointments and the life I would have to have after surgery I made up my mind. I was going to do something smart for myself and my family and get the tool I needed to succeed. I have now gotten my refferal from my PCP to see the surgeon, and I have collected all information from my insurance company on coverage i.e all I need to give them is referals from my PCP and my Surgeon and they are going to cover the before care, the surgery, post care and adjustments! I am thankful this process has been easy, I feel bad for those who have to fight tooth and nail to get insurance coverage or a doctor who is as willing to help me in this process. I hope that things continue to move slowly, right now I am focusing on my plan and getting my appointments scheduled. I hope to use this blog as my accountability resource, and continue to share my experience even if no one will read this it will help me remember the journey from begining to the end.