MyDreamsWillComeTrue

I have been banded since Feb 2010, and the time is flying and so is the weight loss.

I have lost 26.7kgs since mid Feb and am feeling pretty good, but not as good as i thought i would.

I have more energy, sleeping better, life feels good, but i can be down on myself sometimes, i look in the mirror and think oh wow the back fat is gone, this has shrunk this that and the other, and then i begin to pick on myself ugh look at those arms, look at this look at that, UGH.

There is alot going at the moment, i am getting married in 8 weeks, which i have found stressful, not within myself, but more money wise and having everything done in time.

I believe i have caused myself to fall into a bit of a hole at the moment, i was feeling light headed and wobbly on my feet, so after a few days of this i went to the doctor and she thinks i have Migraines, so some drugs and a few days off hopefully i will feel alot better.

I am concerned i haven't been eating enough of the right foods, i think my band is at the filling i need. But i know i haven't been eating enough fruit and vegies, i feel like i have been cheating myself of good food, so its time i pulled the finger out and got cracking on the good food.

Sometimes it's easier to eat crap, as it goes down alot easier then good solid food.< /p>

I am going to have a look at the CSIRO book, and follow the food pyamid.

I'll be back with my progress.

Cheers

I am loving this topic, and would like to take this opportunity to thank the person who created it! :tt1:

I am super excited about my surgery and everyone else's for that matter.

It seems i am one of the last to have my surgery in Feb as i get banded Friday 26th which makes me more impatient but it's great as i will be able to learn from everyone else's experience. I can't believe how fast this time has come around! I have waited a year for this, and it's nearly here!!! Woop Woop :eek:

I have red all the other Feb posts and a couple of them stick in my mind, mostly and it's a laugh but so true, that one person said they struggled to wipe their bum! I had to laugh but maybe in shame as i hear you there! There are so many things i won't miss the list is endless!!!

Some would be: Being restricted to shopping in the fat shops.

Being short of my breath after a simple task

Taking an hour to go anywhere because i get changed 5 times because everything is either to small or makes me look like a tent!

I could make a topic about this it would be interesting to see what people wrote....

4 weeks on Monday till i meet with my surgeon to start shakes! Excited!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bring it on!!!!!!!!! 4 weeks left of food freedom! :eek:

#1. Surgery date: Friday feb 26th

#2. State you live in: Australia

#3. Doctor/Surgery Center:

#4. Insurance or self pay: Private health care, $2,500

#5. Age and height: 25 and 165cm

#6. Current weight and goal weight: 116kgs : 65kgs

#7. What was your deciding factor for having this surgery: What wasn't really??!!

#7. Do you have the support of family and friends: Have kept it very quiet, only partner,mother,sister and 2 close mates know.

#8. Concerns and questions: I think i know a bit. From friends having this done.

.......................and anything else you would like to add! : Yep i cant wait, 8 weeks until i start the shakes, 10 weeks till surgery.

:willy_nilly:

I hope I have done as well as you I was banded on Sept 27th and I am not going to weigh myself until Doctors visit on Oct 27th the suspense is just about killing me but I am determined.

Dewberry

I had to have a giggle at your post here, as i see it's not the 27th of October but yet you have weighed yourself, i wouldn't be able to help myself.

I was weighed for the first time on the 2nd October and in 6 weeks (2 weeks on optifast) and 4 weeks after the op i have lost a total of 22 kilos.

Wow that is a great weight loss result, congratulations you must be so proud of yourself.

I completely understand what you are saying, and I know i should start now and get a head start, i would be happy even if i lost 5 kilos from now until feb, i even joined jenny craig but it just got to expensive so i gave it up. I want to lose weight before the surgery but in my head i just keep thinking, it's okay i'm having lapband surgery soon.... I know i shouldn't think like that but i can't get passed it.

It seems a little aggressive to me if you are going to wait until February.

You could probably do it if you started dieting today and just aimed at losing 1-2 kg a week until your surgery.

If i could lose 1-2 kilos a week on my own i wouldn't need lap band would I?!!!!

I live in Australia, I am booked for surgery on feb 26th next year.

I have been reading books, following blogs and this web site as i learn and prepare for my lap band.

I am getting married in Nov next year and was a little concerned of how much weight i could lose by then, so i decided to do a goal list as follows:

FRI 26th FEB: Operation Day (hoping to be 105kgs on day of surgery after losing about 5kgs on pre-op diet)

4 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 26TH MARCH: Goal = 100kgs= 5KG Loss 1.3KG Loss a week needed to achieve this.

5 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 30TH APRIL: Goal= 95kgs= 5kg loss, 1kg a week needed to achieve this.

6 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 11th JUNE: Goal= 90kgs= 5kg loss, .9kgs a week needed to achieve this. (just before my b'day :thumbup:)

7 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 30TH JULY: Goal= 85kgs= 5kg loss, .7kgs a week needed to achieve this.

4 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 27TH AUGUST: Goal= 82kgs= 3kg loss, .8kg a week needed to achieve this.

4 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 24TH SEPTEMBER: Goal= 79kgs= 3kg loss, .8kg a week needed to achieve this.

5 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 29TH OCTOBER: Goal= 75kgs= 4kg loss, .8kg a week needed to achieve this.

3 WEEKS LATER ON FRI 19TH NOVEMBER (THE DAY BEFORE OUR WEDDING :tt1:): Goal= 72kgs= 3kg loss, 1kg a week needed to achieve this.

MY FINAL GOAL IS 65 KGS....

I AM JUST WONDERING WHAT YOU THINK? DO YOU THINK I CAN MEET THESE? HAVE I AIMED TOO HIGH/ NOT HIGH ENOUGH? ESPECIALLY AS MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE :tt2: THANKS

I was banded 7 days ago and have lost 12.5 kgs since my pre-op diet which started 4 Sept. Im sick of the liquids, its only another week to go until i can start mushies. Apart from having liquids for the past 3 weeks, i have found it to be a positive experience. My recovery is going great and i cant praise Dr Kevin Dolan enough. He is a fantastic surgeon. You are doing great!! Keep it up!!goodluck!!

So therefore is that 12.5kgs in about 20n days? Because that seems like a lot of weight to lose in such a short time!???? That would be equal to at least two dress sizes? That's amazing.:seeya:

You will be covered for sick pay as long as you have a certificate to stat the dates, and of coarse sick hours to use, they can't ask any questions and legally you don't have to give any explanation.