Somedayslim:)

It is great to feel we are not going through this alone. I am proud of all of you and myself for taking this huge step to improving our health! Here's to be skinny!

Wow that is so true! I always thought I was fat and pictured myself that way growing up. I was a big person (5"7") compared to the little women in my family and always thought I was fat. I look back and I wasn't but now I am exaclty how I pictured myself in my mind. A strong mind has got to play in to the overall results of weightloss

Fear has got to be normal, I think we are all feeling it or have felt it!Just think what the alternative would be if you didn't have the surgery. Doing that seems to give me the strength to turn off the fear and get my determination BACK! Good luck, I will be cheering for you!

Good luck Mary - you did the right thing! Just keep your goal in mind and you will make it. To lose 33 pounds before you had surgery shows you have the determination to make this work! I am happy for you!

If we could all stay on the pre-op diet we wouldn't need the band!LOL I for one don't crave large amounts of food while on the pre-op but I do find myself watching my family eat and asking them if it is good. They have been asking for dinner and I have told them they can have a protein drink if they want LOL. I have adult children living at home who have always been used to me cooking for them! Whatever they want they got. I am a damn good cook and I love food so meals have always been a delight! I hope that once banded I don't feel the temptation as strongly as I do now. I will definately miss having an occasional beer! But it will be worth it to not have this HUGE belly! Surgery is on the 2nd of July - wish me luck, I am wishing all of you a smooth road to being skinny without setbacks!

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Hello everyone, I have been yo-yo dieting for as long as I can remember between episodes of not carring and eating without restraint. I wont bore you with the details but I have been 230 and gone down to 165 and gained all the weight back. My highest weight was 270 and lowest adult weight was 130. At 5'7" I feel good about myself when I am 145 and great at 135. My surgery is 7-3-2009 and I am so excited I can't think of anything else. The pre-op diet is going pretty well, very boring and I am still hungry but I want this surgery to be a sucess so I am trying to be strong!! I am going to Mexico to have the surgery and am a little worried about the trip back. I return 2 days after the surgery. I just pray I stay strong! My sugery is self pay...insurance wouldn't cover it. Thus the trip to Mexico. I feel like I am out of options and want my life back. It helps to see all the stories of banders who have lost the weight and are keeping it off! Good luck to all of us!!

Hello Fellow Bandsters, I am having my surgery on 7-3 and I am on a pre-op diet now(liquid Protein and no carbs)It is very exciting and somewhat scary the closer it gets!! Good luck to all of you!