Healthy4Life!

Thank God for this post! It stopped me from posting an "I'm freaking out post!" I was just banded 2 weeks ago, and started to get my hunger back a few days ago. I have 3 weeks to go before my first band fill. I was self-pay, so it is also a financial burden on top of all the usual how much have you lost questions. My husband is supportive, but he's afraid I went through all this just to fall back into bad habits. Even though I've eaten a few things I shouldn't have the last few days, it's still head and shoulders above what I used to eat. I'm trying to stay positive, and hope my first fill gives me some restriction. I've lost 21 pounds so far, 15 before surgery, and I'm starting the old habit of weighing myself throughout the day...you know after I pee :smile: just to see if I dropped a pound. I know it's foolish to do that, so I'm going to follow some of your posts advice, and put the scale away for now. This is a life-long change, and I needed the reality check posted on here. Thanks!!

Hi everyone! I was just banded yesterday, and I'm freaking out a bit that I actually went through with it. It almost seems surreal after months of prep time that I'm finally on the otherside now. It's weird and a little scary to have a foreign object... this piece of plastic wrapped around my stomach for the rest of my life! My BMI is 37 and although my family and friends have been supportive, none of them thought I should do the surgery because I wasn't that big to start with. Although in my mind, I've struggled with dieting and obsession with food my whole life, and I just want to be healthy for a change. I have 2 small children, and I want to set a healthy example for them. I'm also having a hard time getting in all the Protein shakes and staying hydrated. I've been sipping away, but I get full so fast it's hard to drink all the chicken broth and shakes. Just looking for a boost of encouragement. Thanks!

Thanks for all your responses and words of encouragement! It's nice to know I'm not the only one feeling this way. I love the idea of positively accepting the band into my body as a part of me know that will help me be healthy instead of thinking of it as this strange new object stuck inside me :laugh: God Bless You All!:thumbup: