Need encoragement.... Or reality check?!

[Scoobie 0]

Hello

I'm scheduled to be banded in early December. Although I have spent the last 3-4 yrs researching lap band and mostly feel confident with my decision, I still have some nagging doubt lingering. Mostly, I am actually going to lose the weight, and keep it off? I'm just putting that out there and "voicing" my concerns. Maybe this is just pre surgery worry...

Also I'm concerned that losing weight/lap band is going to become an obsession. Now my obsession is food and eating. Will my new sole focus be my band and the scale? This scares me a little. I just want to be at a normal healthy weight and live a normal life, without trading one obsession for another. Does that make sense? I read the good, the bad and the ugly on these posts and so badly want to be a success and turn my life around -- get out of this fat suit forever.

[icequeen813 3]

Hello

I'm scheduled to be banded in early December. Although I have spent the last 3-4 yrs researching LAP-BAND® and mostly feel confident with my decision, I still have some nagging doubt lingering. Mostly, I am actually going to lose the weight, and keep it off? I'm just putting that out there and "voicing" my concerns. Maybe this is just pre surgery worry...

Also I'm concerned that losing weight/LAP-BAND® is going to become an obsession. Now my obsession is food and eating. Will my new sole focus be my band and the scale? This scares me a little. I just want to be at a normal healthy weight and live a normal life, without trading one obsession for another. Does that make sense? I read the good, the bad and the ugly on these posts and so badly want to be a success and turn my life around -- get out of this fat suit forever.

Have you had your psych eval yet? If after 3-4 yrs researching the lapband & still have lingering doubt... I think you might be trading your obsessions. IMO it appears that a large percentage of lapbanders have an obsession with the scale& they weigh daily,sometimes several times a day! Personally I think that is a setup for frustation & possibly failure. You have a low bmi,not a huge amt of wt. to lose, get the surgery done, stay off the scale until MD visits. If you want to be obsessed with something, make it following your MD's instructions.

Edited November 12, 2010 by icequeen813
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[david314 0]

Hey Scoobie,

I was banded on September 27, 2010, and have never looked back. I've lost 39 pounds as of today and feel so much better! I have not exercised everyday but have now joined a fitness club and doing much better.

I believe the feelings you are having are absolutely normal. I went into this like a locomotive and just laid track as I moved forward. I admit, I had some second thoughts and some fears, particularly about the anesthesia, but the more I researched this area, the more I realized that there was really very little to fear. The area of anesthesia has advanced so much in the last few years that there are really few complications.

I have absolutely no regrets and would do it again without hesitation. I can't really advise you on what you should do, but just know that the feelings you are having are completely normal. The only piece of advice I can offer is, if you decide to have the surgery, don't look back once you have it done. Just look forward with this new opportunity and do the best you can.

I wish you the very best with your decision.