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Yeah my Dr. was the same way, he didn't even tell me that i had to lose 2% of my body weight before surgery, my Dietician told me that 2 months after seeing him... I was a lil upset but 3lbs isn't that bad... How's your journey going so far? At least you don't have to do a full two week diet.. This optifast diet so far isnt that bad, everything i have ate so far is pretty darn good, i thought this tomato soup was going to be horrible by the way it smelled, but soon as i stuck it in my mouth, my tongue did back flips... lol i think it even tasted better than campbells. Later on for Dinner ima see if i get the same reaction with the chicken soup... Good Luck on your Journey to bandland..

Ok so everything is back on track again... Thank God, but he always come through, that's why i love him so much! im having really bad gas pains tonight. Hopefully by the morning they will all be gone... August 20th is creeping around the corner, and fast! I am kinda happy i have to work the night before my sugery, i need something to take my mind off of things... Now get this, i have my pre-op meeting with a different Surgeon since my surgeon doesn't have any available dates for pre-op, but this other surgeon wants me to meet him at a spa.... i hope he pays for a massage for me.. LOL. Things i need to do 1. Get a ditigal scale, Mines suck! 2. Go shopping for my post-op diet, Glad i don't have to do the pre-op diet before i go in, but still may do it the week of surgery, just to ensure that i lose the 3lbs i need to, im not sure if im there yet. and 3. Tell my Grandma when my surgery is, i keep forgetting to tell her, even though i know she wont come to the hospital because she don't like them.... It's kinda funny that im having my surgery done at the hospital i was born in. It's like my second birth in the seem place.. well im getting tired, ima take it down for the night... GNE!

Bryce, Good luck with your banding and i hope you have a speedy recovery... You seem to be doing great now so i know you will do even better when the band is in... Again Good Luck, and i'll keep you in my prayers!:thumbup:

Ok so i'm a little frustrated right now, Just found out today that my pcp went on Maternity Leave now i have to wait til my surgeon office gets back with my doctors office, so they can set up an appointment so i can have my medical clearance. Mind you i still need an appointment for a follow up because i just got out the hospital from gallstones and an UTI infection. My dang surgery is next friday and they don't think they can fit me by that time to clear me... What??? but i called you last week and left a message and you didnt return my call... Now if i go with the medical doctor at my surgeons office i have to pay $135 just for him to clear me.... I'm a college student who only work weekends, i don't have that type of money, especially since school is bout to start back up and i need books.....UUGGGHHH FML!!!:thumbup:

Hey everyone! How are the Newly Rushers doing???... i Still haven't found somebody on this board with the same date as I... Is there any August 20th Rushers out there? LOL anyway hope everyone getting banded this week has a speedy recovery! Good Luck Everyone!!!

you have to also understand that people go thru months of plateaus. so the weight may have not came off at first, but than started to pick up towards the end,or vice versa. It all depends on the person and what they are willing to do to change. Some people are more determined to get the weight off than others. some of them think "oh well i go this done, i can still eat what i want just smaller portions"...Well not really... its a lifestyle change so that means Change Your Old Habits... Habits are hard to change but it can be done...You just have to use self discipline with this procedure. Although i am not banded yet either, i know how it works, just from reading these threads. I've been overweight my whole life so i'm tired of seeing nothing but fat all over my body... Everyone has to have some type of motivation to keep them involved with the band...

Guess What everyone, i just went to my first dietician meeting on monday, and i have a surgery date for the 20th. Is anyone else on that date too, i have 3 more pounds to lose, because i just found out on monday after two months of not knowing that i have to lose 2% of my body weight... requirement of my insurance. Now wouldn't it have been smart of the surgeon to tell me that at the first consult.. Thank God i didn't really go on a binge eating frantic, or get that Last Supper Syndrome (even tho i think i kinda did, but i still lost 4lbs off of it)... everything is being rushed now, i have to do labs and go see my pcp who's an hour away, and see the surgeon for the pre-op 3days before the surgery... Thank God i don't have to do the 2 weeks pre-op diet.. My surgeon is not that strict.. Its finally here.. I'm excited and scared and i truely HATE the feeling of being rushed, im on a diet right now, and i finally signed up for a gym to get them extra pounds off now. i have to prepare my mind mentally for the surgery, im just so happy that i still got to get this surgery done before i go back to school, exactly 10 days before i have to go back. My aunt said i am going to be a monster after the weight falls off, cuz i am already conceited. And i think its true. I'm spoiled, conceited and i throw fits from time to time, but i am also caring, generous, and an all out loving person. so i still think i will still be me no matter what... Thank you guys for your advice on here, it really helped pull me through. OMG I'm just so excited i can't stop writing. My new birthday is coming soon and i can't wait!

Congrats Jennay.... hope everything goes well with your surgery, and hit me back up to let me know how it went! Thanks Jmunks. I am on a low carb, high protein diet. with extensive exercise regimen. So hopefully that will help drop a good amount of weight in the next two weeks.

I have a Date! Its on the 20th.. I'm so excited! i practically writing it everywhere on this site, now im bout to go on Chat and spread the news... Good Luck Everyone, and Good luck Amber!:blushing:

Guess What everyone, i just went to my first dietician meeting on monday, and i have a surgery date for the 20th. Is anyone else on that date too, i have 3 more pounds to lose, because i just found out on monday after two months of not knowing that i have to lose 2% of my body weight... requirement of my insurance. Now wouldn't have been smart of the surgeon to tell me that at the first consult.. Thank God i didn't really go on no binge eating, or get that Last Supper Syndrome (even tho i think i kinda did, but i still lost 4lbs off of it)... everything is being rushed now, i have to do labs and go see my pcp who's an hour away, and see the surgeon for the pre-op 3days before the surgery... Thank God i don't have to do the 2 weeks pre-op diet.. My surgeon is not that strict.. Good Luck all you August Bandsters!

i have my EKG done tomorrow... i am not sure of what to expect. like i know they are taking a look at my heart and valves. i hope everything looks good... Update: my first dietician meeting was cancelled, and now i have to wait another week.. so mad about that.. but oh well! I think im kinda getting discouraged here.. I have put on weight in the last two months i think its that i gotta eat everything insight syndrome... Sometimes i wanna cry and just stop eating but i know that wont help... i am not an emotional eater, i just don't know when to say when yet... i need to just stop and slow down and just think for a minute... i have to join a gym everytime i go to sign up i back out... i dont know what i am afraid of.... uggh im bout to cry again:crying:... i THINK i have gained about 10 pounds in these last two months instead of losing the 10 i was supposed to... tomorrow when i go get my EKG i will see how much i have gained.. :rolleyes2::frown::bye::frown:

That is crazy, i been trying to get a Nutrition Class since the beginning of June and i didn't get it til the 26 of this month... Ha No Fair... i was trying to get Surgery done Next month... The Doctor know this and so does Judy... i like their office, i just wish things would of went the way i like it.. i think i have to do three classes so i don't i will have my surgery done in August:frown:.. Anyway its great that you have someone to do this with... Good luck with your journey.. and make sure you inform Dr. Peters about your insurance situation, im sure you can have it done before the first of the year, just make sure you get all you appt. in before your last Nut. meeting... Good Luck!

Hi finally someone from Delaware... if you inform your doctor about the insurance switch he probably will schedule in before Jan... Who is your doctor? Mines is Dr. Michael Peters...:grouphug:

That is a good question, i am also 25 but i don't have kids, i have a hanging belly and i just want it to go back up when i start losing weight... maybe if i suck it in and up when i work out it will help more.... and also where a girdle that pulls it up while im losing weight... i think that may help...

Hi everyone, My name is Koren, im 25 from Wilmington De. Just looking for some people to talk to on a regular basis... i feel kinda lonely on here... i go on the chat but it seems like everyone knows everyone else and have their own little conversations.:cursing:.. I am not banded yet... Hoping for it in August...i really don't have many questions since most of them can be answered on here... i just like talking about reasons of getting this done and my excitment or fears about it.. but so does everyone else... but anyway again just looking for some friends... maybe even people close to where i live...:confused: i'm just Bored!!!

hi, i know some girl on here had got hers done when she was on her monthly, and they didn't even allow her to wear a pad... i know gross but they still did hers..:confused:

Hi, thanks, i been on here since May, i just haven't really got a good connection with anyone yet... i thought i did, but i think she don't even come on here anymore... but i love to read peoples blog and the forums... alot of them are good..i started my own blog on here too, but im not an everyday writer, but i do get on here every night after work to see how everyone is doing... its a great website... glad to be a part of it... Good luck to you too with your weightloss...:confused:

I finally got my first meeting with the dieticican.. although it is not until the end of july. hopefully i can get all my meeting in a row... even better, hopefully i will only need that one meeting.. even tho i doubt that.... i am really pushing for an August surgery but since i can't really get in to see the dietician i doubt it will happen in August.. better yet before i have to go back to school...:smile2:.. i really didnt want to have to take off from school being as though im paying for it... i don't think i will be able to catch up missing almost two weeks of school work, and projects.... All i can do is pray that something opens up and i will be doing my pre-op first week of August.... Today seems to be a bad day for me... i have to dwell on not gettin an august date, and i have to go to work when all i wanna do is sleep.... I hope my travelers don't mind my B!%^& attitude today...

Oh and i have to come up with some money to buy my protein shakes... this time i will be getting protein not the slim fast... i was still hungry with the slim fast

OMG... i finally got my first appt.with the dietician... it is about time... so many things is coming up this month... i gotta get ready...

Yeah i have to give you the slack lol... i am 25 now but i have been dieting and all that stuff since i was 16 years old and believe me i have tried everything, even the things i wasn't old enough for, my grandma got me into it... she was the one who put me on the diet at sixteen, i have did the atkins, cuz my aunt was on it and i did it with her, the southbeach diet... fail, nutrisystem, i ended up losing 25 pounds on it, but could no long afford it because i was eighteen still in highschool and only worked part time hours... Jenny craig... yeah not good i actually gained weight, and i also tried the E-diets.com thing... food was good, but again could not afford it after losing my job...even when i was 16 i was obese, just not morbidly.. but that eighteen mark, that's when i became morbidly, so i really don't think it has to do with age because even if you lose weight in your teens, there is still that 98% chance that you will gain it back when you get older... Anyway if i knew about this surgery when i was 18, (when i became morbidly obese with health problems) i would have gotten the surgery done back than too...

Hi, i am also 25, i have energy but not as much as i used to and i hate it... any if u read the forums and go in the chatroom on this website you will learn so much, i have already start my journey but i am not banded yet, hopefully in August i will be... but you should ask as many questions as you can think of, pick a surgeon that you think is right for you.. have you went to a seminar yet? if not you should do that first.. go to a couple so you can see what surgeon you like... although i have only went to one... and i absolutely fell in love with him. lol Good luck with your journey!!!

ok so already i have fallen off the band wagon of doing the shakes in the morning... BUT the only thing i can do is GET BACK ON! i am determined not to fail so Lets Go Koren!!!! Just some self encouragement....