cwomack

I had been thinking of Lapband surgery for years, but was discouraged by people,s weight gains after they had lost most of their weight. When I finally made the decision to have it, Idid not realize what a long process it was. During my waiting time, I have of course been going through all the steps, but I have found I am vacillating about the surgery for reasons I believe are fears and anxiety about the surgery itself and also whether I will do everything right. I have been to three support meetings that are associated with the surgeon groups who perform the operations at St. Mary's in Richmond, VA. Yesterday I met with the surgeon the last time before my surgery. He cautioned me again about being an emotional eater. That point was driven home in the last support meeting as well, emphasizing the crucial need to see this as a new way of living and to work hard on my emotional issues with different methods. This i realize is where I have messed up before with diets such as weight watchers, which isn't even that restrictive. I feel like having the Lapband is such a major choice that I will work really hard to commit to my new way of life. Obvioslly, I have begun to work on some of the premiseses and am finding some difficult, such as eliminating soft drinks and not drinking while eating. I am reall practising the steps though and today I started the liver shrinking diet.