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I am in Jax, Well actually hilliard but all my docs are in Jax and my son goes to school there. I have been wondering if there was anyone on here from the area.

Hi welcome to LBT this is a great site for support. Congrats on your approval. Hoping the best for you.

That is awesome. Congrats. What and inspiration you are.

That is wonderful to hear.

We broke the news to my MIL last night. Only because we live with her. She acted like the world was coming to an end. She was so angry. I just don't get it. It is my personal choice. I have alot of weight to lose and to keep off and this wasn't my first option. I am choosing it because diets don't work. I think sometimes we just haveto accept that others may have a differnt opinion. You know, Agree to disagree. Treatr the topic as off limits for this friend. If she gets really pushy about it I would take some time away from her maybe even for good.

I find journaling my feelings helps. I really love that this site has a blog section. Also a nice warm bubble bath. Pamper yourself alittle. I love to get pedicures. Don't know if you surgeon allows nail polish on during surgery but it is a great way to relax. I expect that it will be hard for me too because I won't be able to turn to comfort food to calm me down. Good luck to you.

She is just this way with her kids. She can really freak out sometimes over decisions all her kids make. She has a hard time excepting her children are adults now. There is nothing we can really do to change her. We will just have to deal with it when she decides to tell us her opinion. I do think I get alot of her negativity because I live with her and am an easy target. Just the everday stressors of living with people can have its toll on a relationship.

You know, I thought I had thoroughly researched this lap band thing. Somewhere in all the excitment I got a little mixed up. The post-op diet takes 5 weeks before I am back to eating whole foods not 5 days. If I can't win the battle over carbs now how am I gonna follow the post-op diet. I feel like I am carrying around alot more weight now. I didn't sleep well last night because I am reconsidering the surgery. I don't want to get the band then hurt myself by cheating, vomiting. So with the lack of sleep last night I managed to get up late and missed breakfast before class. Then discovered today was the day my teacher wanted to discuss death. Memories just came flooding back about my MIMI and how she passed when I was a teen. I was fighting tears all through class, still am. Not to mention I am hormonal because it's that time of the month. Plus I haven't had my psych meds in a week because I have been saving for the lapband. I am getting creepy and depressed feelings again. I am gonna call my doc and try to get samples to last till I get paid. Usually I would take it easy when I get these feelings but I have 2 finals wed and need to study. I wish I could just step out of these feelings and look at everything objectively but I can't without my meds. I can feel the mixed episode coming on.:confused:

My Mimi was my grandmother. I am up early this morning. Had a hard time sleeping last night and this morning. Got alot of studying to do so it is probably a good thing I get up. We told my MIL about the surgery last night and she is mad as a hornet. She couldn't even talk about it. Just stormed out.

I am scheduled for Jan 4 too. I go through ups and downs of being nervous and being confident. For me it seems like it is taking forever for my surgery to come. Glad though I am having time to learn about it. Good luck to you all.

Your prbly at the seminar now. I hope it went well for you. Welcome to LBT.

Congrats and good luck. It is going to be great for you to have someone so close to share this journey with.

Welcome moonlight, The ladies in this group are great listeners and give honest feed back. Just be sure to check in regularly. Good luck on your weightloss.

So far I have only had one appt with the surgeon, one with a fitness lady and one with a nutritionist. The surgeon gave me EMMI and I watched it. I will watch it again. I guess it was just so much info I misunderstood. My second appt with the surgeon is weds. So I am gonna make sure I am clear on everything. Plus, reading everything on here has helped alot. I am now more determined to get this pre-op diet right. All three of us are sacrificing so I can do this. I can't let myself and my family down. I will make it because I am stubborn. Tommorrow is a new day though so I will just keep at it til I get it right. My husband last night actually said he wishes he was as tencious as I am. My family calls it stubborn. I just did a really stupid thing. I stopped taking my psych meds and it has caused me to slowly come undone. I took them today and will be getting back to them. I don't know what I was thinking. Just had a rough one. My professor today was talking about going through the final stages of life. It was so hard to get through without crying. She brought up alot of memories of my Mimi's last days. Normally I can think of her and smile but my emotions are off the track today. She also made us take time to reflect on our relationships and I guess I am just not good at having one. I just feel like failure when I think of my family and how disfunctional we are. No thanksgiving calls or christmas invites. I am lucky to get a facebook happy birthday from a couple of them. I have learned though to take criticisim and try to improve myself. Thats the best I can do. Strive everyday to be better. Hopefully I will get better at relationships. Thinking of my Mimi though, I do remember that at one point in her life she was really big. Her Doc put her on optifast and she lost so much weight and went on a cruise to Jamaica to celebrate. What an inspiration to me. Maybe I should start planning a cruise.:thumbup: I think as far as my In laws go, They know. The doc office keeps calling here announcing they are weightloss surgical center. (I asked them not too) I am gonna tell my inlaws formally, I am just not ready to face them on it. I guess part of it is I don't want to discuss my weight with them. And yall already know the other parts. She did offer to bring me home some Mcd's tonite and I just reminded her I was on a diet.

I was taught that iceburg lettuce is all water and little nutrients. I always go for the raw spinach, spring mix or italian mix. Plus I don't like the hard center white part of iceburg it is so flavorless. I was also taught that you need to eat vitamin c with the spinach to improve iron absorbtion so I like to add a little mandarin orange.

I don't have my lapband yet but I say Dream BIG. If it wasn't a challenge you wouldn't be betting 100 dollars on it. Go for it and good luck.I think I will aim for 15.

You have a great sense of humor. I needed a chuckle today thanks for sharing.

I usually make things for christmas gifts too. Not this year though because I'm in college. Everyone looks forward to my bracelets and crochet goodies. With this surgery coming up I also am trying to conserve money. We only bought gifts for my son this year. Our friends have all moved out of state and my parents hate when we give them gifts. They believe once you hit 18 christmas gifts are of christmas past. On another note, My brother will be having a baby soon so I am hoping to get a baby blanket crochet over christmas break. Good luck to you, and take a moment for yourself.

My nutritionist did say a low carb diet will shrink your liver to help with the banding. I have to be on low carb from the very begining and liquids 2 days pre-op. Not as bad as some of yall.

You know, I thought I had thoroughly researched this lap band thing. Somewhere in all the excitment I got a little mixed up. The post-op diet takes 5 weeks before I am back to eating whole foods not 5 days. If I can't win the battle over carbs now how am I gonna follow the post-op diet. I feel like I am carrying around alot more weight now. I didn't sleep well last night because I am reconsidering the surgery. I don't want to get the band then hurt myself by cheating, vomiting. So with the lack of sleep last night I managed to get up late and missed breakfast before class. Then discovered today was the day my teacher wanted to discuss death. Memories just came flooding back about my MIMI and how she passed when I was a teen. I was fighting tears all through class, still am. Not to mention I am hormonal because it's that time of the month. Plus I haven't had my psych meds in a week because I have been saving for the lapband. I am getting creepy and depressed feelings again. I am gonna call my doc and try to get samples to last till I get paid. Usually I would take it easy when I get these feelings but I have 2 finals wed and need to study. I wish I could just step out of these feelings and look at everything objectively but I can't without my meds. I can feel the mixed episode coming on.

You don't have to read this. Just some thoughts. Will my surgery day ever come? It feels like christmas when I was a kid. It is taking forever to get here. I have 3 weeks left without the band.Four days till my next appt. I know my Doc is gonna expect to see some weight loss. Honestly I do too. I gave up soda and have been limiting my carbs and have been working out but the weight just doesn't want to drop. This is the struggle I have been in for years and this is why I am getting the lapband in the first place. Diets don't work. Even the low carb diet the Doc wants me on. I get stuck in the vicous cycle of restriction and binging. I will do great on a diet for a week then I feel so restricted I give up and binge. I am ok with giving up soda. I guess I wasn't as into it as I thought I was but carbs is another story. Every day without carbs the desire for them grows. Then something will happen (like my dinner won't thaw in time or someone will eat all my eggs) and I use it as an excuse to eat carbs. Once I get started I can't stop. I finally told my MIL today that I am on a diet. She gave me no reaction which is good. I was expecting a lecture about my eatting habits. The thing is she isn't telling me anything I don't already know. Just as much as food haunts me so do the negative comments. "It is my fault I am fat.""If I was a better person I wouldn't be in this situation". Honestly, the fat people I know are kinder, gentler, more undertanding than the skinny people I know. So how can it be that fat people are bad. We're not! When will the guilt go away. When can I put my thoughts into things that are more valuable to me? My MIL brought home a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream icing and raspberry filling, I am trying to study but all I can think about is that cake. Maybe I should throw it away. Tell her it went bad. JK I don't usually lie. I am still trying to think of a way to tell her I am having this surgery. I really would rather lie to her and not tell her at all but I don't want to be a liar. I don't think there is anyway to soften the blow from her. Probably a bandaid situation. It's gonna hurt so you gotta pull it off as fast as possible and get it over with. oh well thats just my ranting today.

Congrats on starting your journey. My surgery is scheduled for Jan so we will likely be walking the same road at the same time.

Welcome. I am scheduled to get a lapband in 3 weeks also. I am scared but everyone here is very reassuring. They are helping me get my act together and encouraging me in what I eat and how I excercise. I hope you find the same support I have, Good luck on your journey.

On my first appt I really just met all the staff and they talked alot about Low carb. I have an appt weds and I think that is when we were suppose to go over all this. They want me on low carb right now and liquids 2 days pre-op. Even the nutritionist talked all about low carb and hardly mentioned the liquids. I guess I am making a big deal out of nothing. I only have to do it once. Right now I am fighting myself with every meal over what I will chose. I hope it does get easier with the band like you ladies suggest. I do know It will be worth it to be healthy and vibrant again. Something his morning has just got me all emotional, guess it's that time of the month.

Well, I guess I misunderstood what the post-op diet was. I thought it was going to take a week or two to return to regular foods. Boy was I surprised when last night I was reading about it and it said 5 weeks. I really did research this stuff I guess I saw 5 days instead of 5 weeks. I was up all night wondering how I am gonna make it. Here I am struggling with every little carb. I know I have to do this I just don't know how I can. I am just a little upset this morning. I have to go to class now but I will be back later.