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SkinnyMiniMe    63

SkinnyMiniMe
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So I am having pre-op blues. My weight keeps going up WTF?!?!?!?! My first appointment with the surgeon I was 254 and now I am 257. I am having my second appointment next wednesday (11/16) and I don't want to be heavier. Why can't I get it together? I know its all mental because I know I can do it. Is it that I am eating like its my last meal or that the I will only take it seriously when the doctor finally puts me on the pre-op? What a mental brain fart!!!! ARGHHHH!!!! I just hope that I am not doing this for anything. The Lapband better b*tch slap my a$$ into gear :) Off to change my ticker in the wrong direction.

Ok now I feel better that I vented....moving forward....and motivational thoughts and stories always appreciated!

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Chubbywithmuscles    20

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Picture yourself butt-booty nekkid with the body you dream of having......then look in the mirror.......thats what did it for me......had hiccups during pre-op.....but when its gets down to crunch time you'll make it happen....

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SkinnyMiniMe    63

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I have thought about that and the realization that I can have a whole brand new body in the next couple of years is acutally looking attainable. I think its the "failure diet" thoughts going on in my head that keeps sabotaging me. 16 years of dieting and failing ....its hard to break that thought cyle.

Picture yourself butt-booty nekkid with the body :D you dream of having......then look in the mirror.......thats what did it for me......had hiccups during pre-op.....but when its gets down to crunch time you'll make it happen....

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SkinnyMiniMe    63

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BTW a good point my best friend made...maybe I needed this weight gain to realize how much I do need the Lapband...talking about seeing the glass half full. :)

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curious46    0

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BTW a good point my best friend made...maybe I needed this weight gain to realize how much I do need the Lapband...talking about seeing the glass half full. :)

I have the preop blues too although I can't really find the source either. I am due to be banded December 16. Just wanted you to know you aren't alone.

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SkinnyMiniMe    63

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I just found another similar thread. I suppose to be banded 12/19. I guess it because all the diets I failed in the past, I start to second guess myself with the Lapband. Especially after gaining 3 pounds. I know is not alot BUT this is far far the heaviest I have ever been!

I have the preop blues too although I can't really find the source either. I am due to be banded December 16. Just wanted you to know you aren't alone.

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xavier    153

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Dear Skinny, Yes you are right, I think, about your 'cheating' reinforcing the idea that the band is what you need. If I could have kept weight off or followed a diet for very long I wouldnt have had to have my gut lassoed! I am a complete failed dieter over 20 years where I lost a signif amount of weight many times but always gained it back plus a few. I was scared to death my failures would mean I would fail the lap band!

I never dieted or exercised since I have had the band and I still dont. My band makes me eat less. Period. I still take my jeans out of the dryer thinking they are a child's size and that they will never fit (I have two pairs that are a 4, most are a 6!) but they always do fit! They arent even tight when freshly washed and I have no gut whatsoever to suck in when I zip them up...

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SkinnyMiniMe    63

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Xavier you keep it real and you are definitely a great source of inspiration making you one heck of an inspirational friend. THANKS!:)

Dear Skinny, Yes you are right, I think, about your 'cheating' reinforcing the idea that the band is what you need. If I could have kept weight off or followed a diet for very long I wouldnt have had to have my gut lassoed! I am a complete failed dieter over 20 years where I lost a signif amount of weight many times but always gained it back plus a few. I was scared to death my failures would mean I would fail the lap band!

I never dieted or exercised since I have had the band and I still dont. My band makes me eat less. Period. I still take my jeans out of the dryer thinking they are a child's size and that they will never fit (I have two pairs that are a 4, most are a 6!) but they always do fit! They arent even tight when freshly washed and I have no gut whatsoever to suck in when I zip them up...

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