I'm so proud you are getting to go through this experience. You are a young woman and this will give you so much confidence in yourself while on this lap band. I still find myself going in the big girl sizes and after four years I am down 130 pounds. I could have lost more faster but I will tell you I ate what I wanted just not as much, I never kept a food journal and I have trouble with the not drinking and eating at the same time. There are so many rules I broke I wish I could do over and have done right. Try to stick to the plan and you will do great!