324 21 year old and heading down! Hopefully!!

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Hi!

I just wanted to introduce myself to eveyrone!! I am Jessika, very excited about having this surgery on the 14th. I havent been approved yet, but my doctors are moving so rapidly that I am sure everything is a go. I am glad they gave me a date. I am more and more excited as I have been reading everyones profile!! I have lost 40lbs on my own since last december and I am proud of it..this is something great that I can say I accomplished on my own. I do need to lose 120lbs still and I know I can do it, but it will be alot easier with this LapBand. I am super excited. Does anyone else have Carefirst PPO? They said that they cover it 100% but did anyone have a problem getting approved?? Also I was wondering even though I am very heavy, what do you think about my skin? My doctor says that if I do the right type of work outs my skin wont sag so bad. Is there anyone that didnt have saggin skin?

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Hii !!

I am 21 years old too, I am getting the lap band on July 22nd. I asked my doctor about the skin issue and he said that age is definitely on our sides so it should not be too bad. A lot of things factor into sagging skin like if you had kids before, health, age, etc. There seems to be a lot of people who needed to do plastic surgery and then the same amount who are fine, I guess its just random? Anyway, good luck with the approval :biggrin:

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Thanks soo much...I was thinking about doing P90X after I get the surgery done..I figure if I work out hard enough it should snap back...but seeing as I have always been fat, I am not exactly sure what it will snap back to..lol

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Good luck to you. This website is an excellent tool for information and encouragement. My hightest weight ever was 368 pounds about 10 years ago. I am now 40 years old. On surgery day 1/19/07, I was 300 and today I am 220. My personal goal is around 195 & to comfortably stay below 200. The band has made a major difference in my life. You are so lucky to have it as an option at your young age.I wish it had been available when i was still in my 20's. But right now, I kinda feel as if I am at least 10 years younger so it's never too late.

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Congrats on everything! I hope it all goes well for you! I saw that you wanted to do P90X and I just thought I would say go for it! I just completed day 5 of the program and it is kicking my butt! I am 24 and started at 325 on surgery day. I am dreading the extra skin so I wanted a high intensity workout to help tighten the skin as I lose. I am hoping that it helps. So far, it is an awesome calorie blaster! Good luck and let me know how you do!

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Thank you so much for responding..I just hope everything goes awesome! I wish I could have done it earlier, but if I get it now, a year from now I know I will be happy with my body.