A Big Texas Introduction

[SouthernCharm 0]

Hello Everyone!

My name is Erica, Houston, Texas. I found this forum TODAY! I have not started my process for lap band, but i have been reading up on it ..studying it online..and i was hoping to meet some supporting friends that are a little more educated and have experienced it.

I plan on starting a website for my weight loss journey. I have tried EVERYTHING...Diet specialist, Personal Trainer, My own training, Metabolife, all kinds of diet pills...I have even been as desperate as doing the Hollywood diet..do yall know what im talking about...the horrible juice you drink for 48 hours and your suppose to lose all this weight...My problem is...I have no self control...it scares me. When i get depressed i eat...EVERYTHING..Im 24 years old..married...and i dont even want my husband to look at me anymore. Ive been fighting weight gain since i turned 17 and a friend of mine was murdered..i sheltered myself and found comfort in food. I hope that this Journey that i am determined to take will be good for me. I want to recognize myself in the mirror...without having to look past the chunky cheeks and the double chin...or the large belly and Big rear...I want my husband to be proud to have me at his side "ALTHOUGH he says he is always proud of me" but i know..my weight gain has affected him...hes just so good to me and supportive.

O.k...now that i have spilled my guts to you..i hope to get to know you all..It looks like you are all tight knit..and thats the kind of friends and support i need!

Have a Good Day

Erica aka SouthernCharm

[lianna 3]

Erica, Welcome to LBT from another Texan! This is an excellent place for information and support through you journey!

[SouthernCharm 0]

Aww thanks!...i hope to learn a lot..this is going to be interesting :grouphug:

[HeatherGurl 0]

Welcome Erica!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

[sallyjo 0]

Welcome from another Houstonian Erica. There are a lot of us in Houston and a whole lot more on this board.I think we can all relate to your weight problems and useless diets. This is one tool that will actually help us if we work with it. Any more questions just let us know.:grouphug:

[moon goddess 0]

Hi Erica!

I am pretty new here too, have not been banded yet, I am waiting on my insurance approval, and I am also a TEXAN! I am in Austin! You will find this board to be VERY helpful, the people here are very nice, and I am constantly coming in here lately for information, because I want to know as much as I can before I get banded.

Welcome!

Moon Goddess

(Michelle)

[Kat817 19]

Hi Erica, welcome!!! This is the best site around for information and support of the lap band. I feel extremely lucky to have found it myself!! We have a place in TX, in a small town called Comanche, it is between Abilene and Austin. We live in NM tho, going to TX a few times a year.

I was banded the end of April so am relatively new at this myself. I was self pay, and went to Mexico for the surgery. I have a fill Dr./aftercare Dr. in Colorado. If there is anything you have questions about ask away, there are many VERY educated people on this site, about all sorts of things!! And if you have something you would prefer to PM about feel free.

Once again, Welcome and Good Luck to you!!

Kat

[SouthernCharm 0]

Wow..I so do appreciate all of the welcomes...I made my appointment today to go and speak to my primary care physician! I hope he does all he can to get me qualified with my insurance.

[MyKdsDad 1]

Erica, welcome to the forum. I'm the support team and my DW (darling wife) is the banded one. We're sort of in the middle of everywhere. Halfway between Dallas and Houston (we're both from the Houston area), east of Waco, west of Louisiana (thank goodness). Ask all the questions you have, I'm sure you'll get an answer.

[SouthernCharm 0]

I was seriously thinking about doing my own webpage..through the WHOLE process..from starting at the PCP to my first consultation..to getting approved or denied..HOPEFULLY APPROVED! and before and after pictures..i think it will be neat to do..and have my family and friends watch along the way..anyone here done this yet?

[SouthernCharm 0]

Thank you MKD...Yes im sure I will be driving everyone nuts with questions. This is such a exciting and scary thing for me period..Never had ANY kind of surgery in MUH Life. I just know having this done will make life better....If i get asked when im due one more time im gonna SCREAM!

[christy668 1]

Welcome!

Im from fort worth texas and was banded on may 12,2006 in mexico!

Good luck on your band journey!

[MyKdsDad 1]

Erica, what part of Houston are you from? Joy is from Pasadena (or as we say, Stinkadena) and I use to live on the NW side of Houston....Shepard and 14th. The house I grew up in got washed away by Tropical Storm Allison, several years ago.

[MyKdsDad 1]

Christy, my brother is a cop up there.... I hope you don't run into him. *grin*

[christy668 1]

that depends..is he hot??

HAHA