Rosie_in_Texas

Hi everyone, I've been looking up information slowly for the past few weeks about getting a Lap Band and finally joined here. I really like everything I've been reading about the Lap Band and am seriously considering it. The problem is that I brought it up with my serious boyfriend last night to see what he thought about me getting it and he totally doesnt like the idea. He thinks that any type of weight loss sugery is pointless and that anyone can lose weight just through serious diet and exercise. So he is not supportive of my wanting to get a Lap Band and I have no idea what to do.

I feel the same way. I know my mom would be supportive, and my dad is the one who suggested I look at Lap Bands, even though I had been looking at them before. But just like you said, I really dont want to get the lap band without him behind me all the way. As to if he is overweight, he is maybe 25 pounds over what he is supposed to weigh, I think. But that only means he has a slight gut, which he normally loses over the summer because of his job. But hearing all of this from my boyfriend over the phone I just started crying and couldnt stop. I felt like he couldnt understand that I've tried diet and excercise, for over six months at a time, and only lost about 20 pounds. But when I stopped I gained that all back plus more. Hearing his opinion I just felt crushed and slightly betrayed. He doesnt know what it's like to be close to 300 pounds, and all the things that come with that. He just thinks that if I work really hard at diet and excercise and never quit I will lose it all. I dont know what to do. I didnt eat anything yesterday because of how upset I was.