sweetkc85

Oh i'm not a teacher, i am a student! Im in college still, studying to be a Pediatric Nurse!

Hi everyone, i'm also an August hopeful. I have had my psych evaluations and i have seen my cardio Dr. i go back for an EKG later in July and also my pulmonary exam later in july, I need the dietician to get back to me for my 3 visit, hopefully they will all be in july so i can have my surgery by the second week of August too.. I really stressed to the Surgeon, that i want it done before i go back to school which is at the end of August, so hopefully by then i will be on Mushies and can eat the soups and mash potatoes they serve at the Cafe` at my school, My pysch evaluation went really well tho.. we should come up with an August Bandster name!!! Like The August BandIts, or Augie Bandfam, or August Hotties!!! lol just some silly names i have thought of...:thumbup:

Yeah you tell girl, it's not the easy way out, it's the smart way, while u are losing weight they will still be gaining, looking dumb! eventually they will be jealous and then be monkey see, monkey do! ur imitators!!!:smile2:

ok so i've started drinking my shakes in the morning, i have chose the slim fast shakes but now im thinking i need a protein shake being as though i get hungry after i drink the shakes, but today i really didnt get hungry til about 12pm so that's lunch time, i guess my body is getting used to just having it in my system, i haven't join the gym yet because i ran out of money this weekend but hopefully i can get my brother to give me like $40 so i can join! hopefully, i am still excited about joining especially since i just found my workout shoes at my grandma's house.... LETS GOOOO!!!! I can do this, i know i can!:smile2:

Congrats on your successful weightloss, i hope to lose half of my weight in two years.. ur updates are such an inspiration, but of course i will have to work out!

LOL @ the post above!

Today i am goin to start my protein shakes, i am going to start off with one shake a day preferably in the morning, as i progress i will do one in the morning and than one for dinner at night! well up untill i start my pre-op diet. also i will be joining a gym.. hooray! this gym stays open 24hours 5 days a week, so i can go anytime i feel like it during the week.... Does anyone know of any good tasting shakes? i don't want to start with anything nasty...

Ok so i decided that i want to start a blog, i think this will kinda calm me down during my journey to be banded...i am an inpatient person sometimes, especially when it comes to wait for something to happen, i just want it done now without all the extra stuff that's involved but i know i have to be physically, and mentally ready for this surgery so it is for the best:rolleyes2:.... N.E.Way i had my pysch evaluation yesterday and it went pretty well. The Doc, thinks that i am ready for the lifestyle change and can see that i am not BSing about it.... Good! The surgeon is looking to do the surgery in August, i hope before i go back to school, i know that in school i can make a healthier eating choice than i can at home (my mom love to eat, but she's a twig) why couldn't i have had her Genes like my brother and sister? Next month i have my other appts. and i have to see the dietician 3 times before the surgery, i know my insurance will pay for the surgery so i am not worried about that at all, what i am worried about the most is sticking with the routine diet and exercise, when i do diets i stick with it until i see that i have lost a good amount of weight, then i get bored and stop... then gain it back plus some:eek:... i am tired of the vicious cycle so i have to be determined to stick with it... i dont want to be too skinny i just want to be healthy and out of risk for everything.. i think maybe a size 8-10 would be good:cool:... Is there anyone else out there that don't want to be too skinny or is that just me?

Hi, i think you should consider the lapband, but in the end it's ur decision... I am 25, 5'5" 1/2, n i weigh 300lbs, i will be getting the lapband done... i chose this because i have 150 to lose, maybe if i were 400lbs or more i would do gastric, but lapband is much safer, and a more healthier way to lose weight.. just my opinion!

I totally agree with you, don't go to comfort eating because you gain weight, that is only going to put on more weight... some people gain too.... u have to control what and how much u put in ur mouth, learn to restrict yourself and not rely on the band restricting it for you.. once you get to ur sweet spot than maybe ur will find peace with you band! stay strong, and put up a good fight with weight loss, don't let it defeat you!

Hi Kelsey, I'm Koren... WELCOME! i am not banded yet either but i don't have to go thru six months of stuff tho... Hopefully i will b banded by August (fingers crossed)... so how do u like the site so far?

i totally understand what u mean, today i just told one of my friends, and he basically grilled me and was like ur not willing to put in the work, i kept reassurring him that this will be hard work but he thinks its just the easy way out... so i am not going to discuss anymore with him, if he can't support my decision than so be it, i am not doing it for him, im doing it for myself! plus he dont know what i have been through in my past, and what i am going thru physically right now, so his opinion is automatically kicked away! I have done my research and asked my questions, now all im waiting for is my surgery date, hopefully it will be by august....