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Well my MIL brought up the topic of my surgery this afternoon. I explained alot of things to her and I feel she is more understanding now. Now that she understands I am not having a bypass or something as drastic. I guess the 3 days she has been gone have given her time to clear her head. I am down 7 pounds today. Following dr's orders of low carb diet. It is very hard to skip a whole food group but it is encouraging to see the weight go down. I don't ever want to go back to eatting them like I was. I am addicted to them. They consume alot of my thoughts, too many. Also had my preop today. I was pretty nervous talking to the staff and being in the hospital. I have another preop on wed. This one is with my surgeon. He always makes me feel good about my decision to do this. I really feel like he understands what it is to be fat. He use to be fat himself. I am ready to get this over with. Also my Dad actually contacted me and invited us over christmas eve. He hasn't called or talked to me in prbly a year. He and my stepmom just got divorced and he has been "celebrating" I guess you could say. Hanging out and drinking, meeting women. Just been to busy for us. It will be weird to see him again. Don't think I am gonna tell him about the surgery. I don't really want everyone to know. Although those who know me will probably fiqure it out.

I had to get special soap but my Doc gave it to me. I have to use it 3 times, the day prior and day of my surgery. It is hepiclense or something like it. I am scared too. My surgery is Jan 4. I am nervous about everything going smoothly, PBing, getting stuck and wether or not I will actually lose weight. All I can do is give it my very best effort but sitting on the couch watching fat people on discovery health isn't gonna do it. It takes action and I am ready for it. I just have to tell that negative voice to simmer down and focus on all the wonderful things that should come. Big rewards sometimes take big risk.

My MIL saw I got the Wii fit plus over the weekend and brought up the subject of my surgery. So far I have lost 7 pounds. At first she said if your losing weight then you prbly don't need the surgery. Then she started asking me questions. She seems to be understanding now that I explained my situation physically and about the insurance covering it. She asked me what surgery I was having and I told her about the band. Told her it will make me feel full faster and longer. That it will limit how much I eat. She said your suppose to limit your food intake to lose weight. Then I said the lapband is gonna help me with it. Anyway now she seems more calm an understanding of what I am doing. I had my preop appt this morning. I am getting more nervous cause it is getting so close. I keep asking myself "are you sure you can do this?" I just keep reminding myself I have done alot of things in my life that are hard but in the end worth all the work. This will be one of those things. Also took my son to the zoo today and got some serious walking done. Today I was down 7 pounds in the past month. I am hungry all the time. I just don't want my doc to cancel my surgery so I am sticking with it.

I am down 6 pounds. 9 more to go. 11 days. I got a Wii balance board and Wii Fit Plus friday. I have worked out an hour everday the past 3 days on it. Mostly doing balance games. I hope to do more aerobics on it this week. I love the yoga. I hope you are making more progress on your goal.

Don't let it get you down. Continue to talk to your doc and you can find out what is going wrong. I would call and get an appt as soon as possible. Hopefully your not drinking with meals or eating "slider" foods.

Good luck on your journey.

Wow 3 hours of post op education. I hope my Doc doesn't do that. He has done alot of preop education though. Sorry your hurting today but I am glad to see your spirits are up. Congrats on getting your lapband.

I am in college also.I have my band scheduled a week before next semester. I don't plan on telling anyone but I can imagine it is a hard secret to keep when your dropping the weight so fast. I take my lunch to school so I will probably just take a protein shake for awhile after surgery. I also plan on getting a rolling backpack so I don't have to carryu my books. I will let you know how things work out for me so you can be prepared.

My husband got a christmas bonus yesterday and he let me go out and get a wii fit plus. I have been playing it all day. It is so fun. It also says I lost a pound since yesterday. Yeah! My Doc appt weds was kinda weird. I thought I was meeting the surgeon again. The nurse lead me into the room and there was another patient in there with about 5 empty chairs. It ended up being a group meeting where they explained about the liver, insurance lots of info. Then the doc came in looked at all our weight. Thankfully I lost because the one lady who didn't lose he gently confronted her about it in front of everyone. She apparently wasn't following the diet he gave us all. I knew she was in trouble because we were waiting for the surgeon to come in and she told me she didn't start the diet yet. The surgeon said if our weight goes up he will cancel the surgery. He doesn't want us to have a fatty liver in the way of where he is trying to work. He gave us quite a peptalk and that was it. I didn't get to speak with him personally. My MIL hasn't said anything about the surgery and seems to be acting normal again. Hopefully she has gotten over it. My preop with my Anesthetist is monday and preop with the surgeon on wed. Things are moving along here. Last night I had a dream about getting my lapband. It was so far up my throat I could feel it. Kinda weird.

Hey I am not telling most of my family either. I have a sister in law who told the family one day her doctor told her she was "fat" cause she was up to 110. My surgery is 1/4 and I am new here. I start my pre op diet 12/20. :biggrin: No pigging out over the holidays for me. I am not telling my family either. I feel like my weight is a private issue. I am having surgery 1/4 too. I have already started preop diet. It's just low carb. Then liquids 2 days prior. I did tell my MIL cause she lives with me. She freaked out. People don't understand unless they are in our shoes.

I actually bought a shirt yesterday that is too small but will fit after my surgery. I really don't want to spend money on the inbetween clothes though. I wanna save it for when I reach goal. I will be taking my clothes in as much as possible.

My husband got a christmas bonus yesterday and he let me go out and get a wii fit plus. I have been playing it all day. It is so fun. It also says I lost a pound since yesterday. Yeah! My Doc appt weds was kinda weird. I thought I was meeting the surgeon again. The nurse lead me into the room and there was another patient in there with about 5 empty chairs. It ended up being a group meeting where they explained about the liver, insurance lots of info. Then the doc came in looked at all our weight. Thankfully I lost because the one lady who didn't lose he gently confronted her about it in front of everyone. She apparently wasn't following the diet he gave us all. I knew she was in trouble because we were waiting for the surgeon to come in and she told me she didn't start the diet yet. The surgeon said if our weight goes up he will cancel the surgery. He doesn't want us to have a fatty liver in the way of where he is trying to work. He gave us quite a peptalk and that was it. I didn't get to speak with him personally. My MIL hasn't said anything about the surgery and seems to be acting normal again. Hopefully she has gotten over it. My preop with my Anesthetist is monday and preop with the surgeon on wed. Things are moving along here. Last night I had a dream about getting my lapband. It was so far up my throat I could feel it. Kinda weird.

Well it is probably done by now... Congrats.

That is so awesome. Can't wait to be there with you. Keep up the hard work.

Happy your surgery went well. Good luck on recovery. I took all my finals and the semester is over. So today I don't have much to do but laundry. My husband managed to get tickets to an NFL game. Someone at work gave him club seats. So we are doing that tonite. Not sure how to handle all this free time. Think I will do some reading. My MIL seems back to normal. We haven't talked about it but she is being civil. I had a doc appt yesterday. I thought it was with my surgeon but it was a group meeting with several patients and the staff came in and explained the procedure. My surgeon did come in and give us a pep talk he wants us to get to the emotions of why we are eatting. He is very motivating. I was assured I would be meeting the doc next wed for preop. I also have an appt monday for preop at the hospital. I will have my son home all next week too because my inlaws will be out of town. He usually car pools with my FIL to school. Not much down time with a five year old. We may go to the museum again or even the zoo.

Well I survived my first semester back in school. I did way better than I expected and am looking forward to a break. Next week I have 2 pre-op appts. My in laws are going out of town and my son will be home from school. So I will still be busy. Not to mention christmas. I hope this time flies by fast cause I can hardly wait to get my band.

Well I survived my first semester back in school. I did way better than I expected and am looking forward to a break. Next week I have 2 pre-op appts. My in laws are going out of town and my son will be home from school. So I will still be busy. Not to mention christmas. I hope this time flies by fast cause I can hardly wait to get my band.

Yesterday my MIL used my pocket calendar and saw I had written down my surgery date in it. So we ended up telling her about the surgery. Boy was she angry. We hardly got it out of our mouths that it was weightloss surgery before she stormed out of the room. She thinks she has been in my shoes cause at one point she was 30 pounds overweight. She also believes I need to lose it without the surgery. I have over 100 pounds to lose and I want it off before I get diabetes. Diets don't work for me I need to make a life change. Oh well, she didn't even want to talk about it she was so mad. I just don't get it. I could see disagreeing with me but to get angry. This is my body and my choice. I have alot of studying to do and am having a hard time getting to it. I have 2 final exams tommorrow and am not prepared. I just can't stay focused on it more than a few minutes. I think it is partially because I haven't been eating carbs the past few days. Due to the surgeons recommendation. My Dad use to tell me it will only last a few days. He was a big adkins fan. I meet with the surgeon again tommorrow. Will be discussing my blood work and all the other test he ran. Then, next week is my preop. I am still nervous about this. This is going to change my life in so many ways. It feels like getting married. Excited for sure just wondering what will life be like. I guess it is also like a breakup. Breaking apart from overeating. How much more will I be able to experience once I get the weight off. I am hoping this summer to take a mommy and me swim class. I want my son to know how to swim and I don't want to be embarrassed to get in my bathing suit. Going to movies, football games and nascar races and not feeling squished in the seat. I really feel like my realtionships will improve because I will be more present and not always consumed with thoughts of weight and food. http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvljD0toJmU

Cheri, Thanks for the input about my MIL. I know I can't change her. In her mind my husband is "the head" of me. So she takes all complaints about me to him then he comes to me with it. She will wait till she is alone with him then let him have it. Last time he did actually defend us. We aren't gonna see her much the rest of the week then she goes out of town. Hopefully she will calm down. If she does come to me with it I am just gonna be honest. This is my decision. Hubby is on board (now). She doesn't get a say. I wish she would support me but if not I am still gonna do it. I don't do well with yelling and stuff so if she comes to me that way I don't know what I'll do. Hopefully it won't come to that. We are moving out when school gets out for the summer. I don't think I could handle a move while my son and I are in school. My Dad makes white trash every christmas. It is Chex mix covered in white chocolate. I made it the past 2 years and I told my son it was magic reindeer food.

The responsible thing to do would be to tell your doc. He will have your life in his hands. But you do still have a couple days. Take really good care of yourself and see if you can't clear it up before surgery. Good luck.

Yesterday my MIL used my pocket calendar and saw I had written down my surgery date in it. So we ended up telling her about the surgery. Boy was she angry. We hardly got it out of our mouths that it was weightloss surgery before she stormed out of the room. She thinks she has been in my shoes cause at one point she was 30 pounds overweight. She also believes I need to lose it without the surgery. I have over 100 pounds to lose and I want it off before I get diabetes. Diets don't work for me I need to make a life change. Oh well, she didn't even want to talk about it she was so mad. I just don't get it. I could see disagreeing with me but to get angry. This is my body and my choice. I have alot of studying to do and am having a hard time getting to it. I have 2 final exams tommorrow and am not prepared. I just can't stay focused on it more than a few minutes. I think it is partially because I haven't been eating carbs the past few days. Due to the surgeons recommendation. My Dad use to tell me it will only last a few days. He was a big adkins fan. I meet with the surgeon again tommorrow. Will be discussing my blood work and all the other test he ran. Then, next week is my preop. I am still nervous about this. This is going to change my life in so many ways. It feels like getting married. Excited for sure just wondering what will life be like. I guess it is also like a breakup. Breaking apart from overeating. How much more will I be able to experience once I get the weight off. I am hoping this summer to take a mommy and me swim class. I want my son to know how to swim and I don't want to be embarrassed to get in my bathing suit. Going to movies, football games and nascar races and not feeling squished in the seat. I really feel like my realtionships will improve because I will be more present and not always consumed with thoughts of weight and food. http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvljD0toJmU

Well congrats. Forget about celebrating with food. There are otherways to celebrate getting married. Enjoy yourselves. ;0)

Congrats JGF. Good luck.