lleighton5

i am soooo utterly excited!! I cannot believe the day is finally here!! I am not nervous about tomorrow..well not really. I keep having this thought that the surgeon decides my liver is still way too fat (i picture it like filling my entire stomache) and i wake up without a band. I have lost 8 pounds on my preop diet so i really dont think i need to worry but there is always still that thought in the back of my head. My mom keeps asking if i am nervous or anxious. I tell her i am not but inside my entire body is on cloud nine! I am just soooo ready to get this weight off and begin living my life. Anyone else out there who simply cannot believe you will be banded in the next few hours or days?! -Lindsey!!!!!!

hey bookie! I am the same starting weight as you and we are having surgery on the same day! I have been on protein drinks for a week already AND believe me... its getting old. GOOD LUCK with everything. let me know how you are doing with your preop and after surgery okay! -Lindsey

I guess i am lucky... I get 3 Protein shakes a day plus a meal inclusing 3 oz chicken, 1 cup veggies, 1/3 cup whole grain, and 1 piece of fruit. All day I crab and whine about what i wish i could be eating (for some reason it has been weird things like brie cheese and refried Beans lol) but at mealtime i am the happiest girl in the world! haha BUT as soon my food is gone i am back to my complaining. I find myself also getting really jealous of what everyone is eating around me. Oh and has anyone been to the grocery store? LOL hardest experience of my life. Make sure you are DRINKING A Protein Drink WHILE YOU SHOP...or else you will want everything in sight! Its badddd....but we will get through it and look fabulous! Keep up the good work future bandsters! -Lindsey

July 22 can't come fast enough!!!! Its my day too!! i simply CANNOT WAIT! good luck everyone! -Lindsey

thank you all who responded! i start the preop diet tomorrow and i know this is the first step towards a thinner, sexier, healther me! good luck to everyone! i am sooo excited to hear of everyones weight losses!!!!

hey bandsters. i am being banded july 22nd (!!!!) and i am SUPER excited. but like most people, i am getting a little nervous as my date creeps closer...not about the surgery though, about post-op and the lifestyle changes and everything. i guess i just need some advice or guidence from someone who has actually been through it all. my mom and i were talking today about after my surgery and while she is sooooo supportive, my mom kept saying things like, "do you think you will actually be able to loose the weight? & "what are your expectations?" & "are you really going to commit to it?" not that she thinks i won't be able to lose the weight, she just doesnt want me to fail again like i have a million times before. it just got me thinking... i guess i just need to know that i am not the only one who thinks these things pre-op and that somehow we bandsters find our way... i am just nervous....Lindsey

CONGRATS TO ALL THE JULY's!!! I am scheduled for the 22nd!! I can hardly wait. I only have barely a month to go! I can't wait for all of us to be skinny and HOTT!

i live in san diego, CA. so the bottom, and what i like to call the 'best' part of CA. its crazy going back and forth from CA to WV...but i do it. i really hope you (and I) are both REALLY lucky and get our surgeries done in may. be SURE to keep in touch! i want to hear how you are doing and if you get your may date!!!!

hi everyone my name is lindsey! i am a student at West Virginia University but i am getting my surgery done in my hometown of san diego, CA by dr. mueller. i just got a call from the surgeons office telling me the insurance will pay 100% and now all i have to do to get this done is the appointments!!!!! i hope to be banded by the end of may so i can be a may bandster! i so am ready to just get this done and start REALLY living my life. btw...i loooove the name!!! the may flowers. so cute! good luck everyone!