Newbie Intro

[Bandedbibi 7]

Greetings All!

I'm Bibi and I am getting banded on the 20th (this Friday!)! I am very excited and a bit nervous too. I am 43yrs old and I live in Largo, FL. I am on day 9 of my pre-op liquid diet and I have lost 15lbs. I lost the 15lbs in the first 4 days and now I think my body freaked out and is holding on to all fat stores . I am happy about the 15lbs loss, but wondering if it should be more.

I have been reading a lot of blogs and lurking on the boards learning from everyone's experiences. I am grateful that there are so many people who are willing to share their successes and failures. I am really anxious about moving forward, but I know that I have to let things follow their course.

Best wishes,

soon to be banded, but for right now...

Bibi

[☠carolinagirl☠ 18,721]

hey BiBi

nice to meet you. i wish you all the best come friday

here is to the new YOU.

[Jellyfish 17]

HI Bibi, welcome to the forums! Congrats on your surgery, try not to be too nervous I'm sure everything will work out fine. Fifteen pounds in four days!? Wow!! Great job, you must be doing really well on your diet. My doctor only requires that I lose ten pounds in two weeks, so if yours told you to lose 15 I wouldn't worry about it. You've already done what they asked! Losing 10-15 pounds in such a short time is hard in the first place, you should be proud of your progress. Just make sure you don't use it as an excuse to cheat even a little. The pre-op diet is required to make sure that the surgery goes as smoothly as possible. Best wishes to you.

[band4me2 2]

Good luck Bibi! I just had my surgery on June 29 and I have been stalking the boards as well.

[Meowmom 14]

HI Bibi

I am getting banded on the 19th, so we should stay in contact thru the process. I only have a 3 day liquid diet, so am halfway thru the first day. Not too bad so far, and I believe keeping busy is the best thing to do to avoid the hungries.

I think 15 lbs. in 9 days is amazing. Feel proud of yourself. Just think this as the beginning of your new life. I am sure it is all going to be great!

I will think of you Friday.

Rita

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

Welcome, Bibi.

Losing 15 lbs is fabulous - please don't torture yourself about losing more. If it happens, that's good, but if it doesn't, that's OK. The main point of the pre-op diet is to improve the size and texture of your liver so it's easier for your surgeon to handle (thus making surgery safer for you).

[lassie 247]

welcome to the forum, will be looking for your future posts

Lassie

[marieistre 20]

Hello everyone. I am Marie & I had my surgery July 11th. I was very nervous also about the surgery, but everything went fine. I am new to all of this so please be patient.

[Bandedbibi 7]

Thank you All!

I appreciate the welcome and support. I look forward to this new part of my life!

Bibi

[Sarah72 21]

Hi Bibi!

I am another newbie and haven't posted anything but my intro thread.. I should get to work on that!

I started my pre-op diet last Wednesday, July 11 and have surgery a week from this coming Wednesday on the 25th. I had my preop today and I'm down a total of 39 pounds from my all time high weight. I was 383 when I started this whole process 6 months ago.

We should stay in contact. My surgeon told me I had to get my BMI below 60 for him to do surgery. The goal for me to meet was 349 and, to be honest, I NEVER thought I'd get there. I'm there. I'm so excited! So excited to continue on this journey!

Nice to "meet" you!

~Sarah

[kbells85 0]

Congrats on your recent/future bandings!!

The thing I struggle with a lot still after being banded for a year and a half is trying not to get down on myself for not losing as much as I had hoped to by now. I read posts and see that some people have lost significantly more than me in a shorter amount of time, so my biggest advice to all of you is not to let the progress of others get into your head. Your weight loss will be at the speed/amount that it needs to be for you to be healthy. If that means that others lose more before you, try to mentally congratulate them and move on rather than beating yourself up because we all know that we are often our own worst enemies. And when we feel attacked, we don't always make the best food choices.

Good luck to you!!

[valerie34 4]

Hi im valerie and im new to this and I dont get my band til oct so im halfway done i have lost 4 lbs im so happy for everyone hard work good job

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

Hello everyone. I am Marie & I had my surgery July 11th. I was very nervous also about the surgery, but everything went fine. I am new to all of this so please be patient.

Be patient? Oh, no, that's not how it works. We're gonna make you drop and give us 100 push ups every time you ask a silly question.

Just kidding! Everyone here was a newbie once, and we'll do our best to support you and answer your questions (even the silly ones).

[lassie 247]

Hello everyone. I am Marie & I had my surgery July 11th. I was very nervous also about the surgery, but everything went fine. I am new to all of this so please be patient.

Hi Maris welcome to the forum. we all were a little nervous with our first post, at least I was. glad you are doing well, God bless

Lassie