Tanya Danielle

My pre surgery Friday routine is a trip to Wegman's for lunch. Now, if you don't know about the Wegman's food bar you missed out.... My surgery was scheduled for March 4th but was postponed until March 25th. I was bummed and spiraled out of control for a minute. The food bar consist of just about anything you could want to eat- from pizza, to Soup, to chinese, to suishi, to salads, fried chicken, meatloaf, mac n cheese, been burritos, veggies etc. You get the drift. Every Friday I go here with co-worker for lunch. I try to make good choices but the chinese food calls my name. Now that My surgery is a about a week away I am worried about my lunch time ritual. What do I do now? This issue hit me today as I prepare for lunch. I'm not scared of the surgery itself. I know it will be uncomfortable (already had ban and had it removed in November) I'm scared that I won't/haven't dealt with my food issues. How exactly do you deal with them anyway? I'm scared that my bad habits will outweight the tool. I'm scared to fail... again.... I'm scared that I won't have the will power to make good choices especially since I don't think I will have good support at home (when I had my first surgery my husband stopped for fries and cheese steak with me in the car) I'm scared that every social event in my life is usually built around food/alchohol(not scare not to drink as I could care less about alcohol). So, How do I deal with this fear? How do I get passed it? How do I deal with the urges that I can have just "1 fry" just "1 potatoe chip" just "1 piece of fried chicken/fish" I really need to know how to deal with that. I want to be sucessful. I know my Friday lunch trip to Wegman's will be a casualty to my new life to be and that saddens me.

Surgery went well on Tuesday 3/25/14. So I am 2 days out. Not really hungry but finding I can't drink water. Just doesn't sit well. Having tea is saving me. I'll start making watered down tea so hopefully that will help. I'm still scared of failure. I will be praying every for my health and the power to make the right choices. This just got real!

Hi JerzieGirl. My date is March 4th. I'm from Philly but having my surgery in Las Vegas. I also had a band which I had removed in November. The plan was to revise at same time but the band had a severe infection so they took it out and closed resulting in my 3 month wait for bypass. I'm sooo excited. This time next week I'll be in Vegas preparing for surgery. Prep hasn't been good for me. Confession: I've been cheating.... ALOT. I woke up this morning and got my mind right so I'll be following the plan until surgery date. It's hard for me to get all the Water in so I downloaded a water app on my phone that is an alarm to remind me to drink. I hope you are OK from your Cyst. Wishing you good luck and speedy recovery. I'll follow you since we will be going through the phases at the same time. Now, time to drink some protein!

March 4th for me. Band conversion but I had the ban removed in November now going back. Can't wait. One week to go!

I live in PA but having surgery in Las Vegas. March 4th is my date

Who am I: Tanya Danielle How much do I weigh: 245 Highest weight. 255 Most recent surgery date. 3/4/14 So, my weight has been an issue as long as I can remember, probably since I was 12 years old. Name the diet, I've it. I had good success with phentermine and South Beach. They all work as long as you follow them! Fastforward to july 2010 when I had a Lap Band. I NEVER had success and in fact had many issues. One in particular had me thinking I would die from chocking (literally chocking, eyes watering, not breathing). I had it removed November 2013 and was hoping to have bypass at that time but the bad was severely infected(surgeon said he has never seen anything like that and it was most likely not sterile when it was put in) so I could not do the bypass. I'm excited about this part of my journey but I would be lying if I didn't say I was also scared. Not scared of the surgery itself but scared that even with this I won't be successful. What make this different from my other attempts? I know plenty of people who have had the surgery and gained EVERY pound back. Could that be me? How embarassing would that be? What am I going to do differently so this change/lifestyle is permanent when I still like pizza, fried foods, and chips? In my mind I've so many times at this one thing that I can't fail again, I just can't. So, what will be different this time? I don't have all the answers. One thing in my plan is get rid of all clothes that get too big. I will refuse to buy a size 22, 20, 18, etc again. This would be so much easier if I lived alone. But, I don't. I have a husband and kids who all want those things that are not good for me. How will I manage that AND all the goodies at work? Will power? If I had that I wouldn't need surgery. So, that being said I know what I have to do. I just need people to keep me accountable. The fitness part of the journey will be easy for me as I already do that.. I might be big but I run 5ks (goal to cut time down) and I weight train and do boot camp. food choices will be a constant battle for me. I think I need to have a funeral with food. Anyone that has these feelings or has conquered them please share your tools/secrets as I want to be victorious over this weight fight.

New to the site. Surgery March 4th