Complete this sentence...

[susansilver 0]

If I knew then (right after banding) what I know now, I would/wouldn't.....

This question is NOT about regrets about being banded, but rather what you have learned from day 1 until present.

Be interesting for all to read.

Susan

[Iluvharleys 15]

Waited so long to get the band! It has helped me so much!

[Chickie 15]

I would do it all exactly the same way.

[CLOE 0]

.............I wouldnt be nervous or worried. I would be 'out of my mind' excited. Oh, and yes, woulda like to have done it 20 years earlier!!

[Yasmina 0]

I would not have been so stressed about the surgery, It was not bad at all !

[Ariel 1]

I would not have doubted it so much.

[Yoda 0]

I would have prepared Mr Yoda better for the new clothes shopping sprees (that never seem to end!!) LOL

[beachgirl 2]

First of all I would not have worried and been scared, was such a simple operation.

Second, I would have done it 5 years ago when I first heard about it.

Thirdly, I would have gotten a little more in each fill instead of inching my way through.

[elm65 0]

Would have done it sooner.

[Mr. Yoda 0]

I would have gone through the proceedure when my wife did and be a new man by now... :doh: instead of just starting the journey...

[edieparks 2]

I would have prepared my head because my band took care of my stomach. You give up food volume with the band.

I have went to about a 8 month funeral for food volume in my head. Just this week (8 1/2 months from surgery) I can honestly say in my "head" I feel like "so what" to food in volume.

I guess it was sort of easy because I don't really have a choice. I guess I could have it removed and gain back my weight plus more. I could tell I wasn't going to stop at my highest of 276 lbs.

Having it removed would be like having a limb removed .

edie

[susieq321 31]

If I knew then what I know now... I would have stayed on liquids much longer than the post op diet said (when I was banded 5 years ago the post op was 3 days clear, 1 week full and then whatever)

I would have joined a gym and got a personal trainer from the beginning.. i was pretty focused on eating right but I am a slacker generally when it comes to working out.. so I need someone like a personal trainer to kick me in the butt.

I wouldn't have travelled as much for work right after post op I would have given my body more time to recover.

I would have started facing my food issues so much sooner... why I eat, what I eat, when I eat, where I eat, what I eat and how I eat... and been honest... why did I eat so much to get so fat

I would have found my core group of friends so much faster people who are in the same head space as I am and in similar stages of banding.. who I relate to and enjoy the company of.

I am sure there is so much more but that is what comes to mind.