It is here my BIG DAY and I must say I am so energetic I can't sleep I have to be at the hospital at 5 am in the morning June 24, 2008 and here it is 1134 and I am wide awake. I feel like just staying up until it is time to go but I am going to try to take a nap or something I hope. Good luck to all who are getting banded on June 24, 2008 I pray that everything goes smoothly for all. God bless all. We are on a journey to our new bodies.

hazelbwneyes

I did a triathlon about 5 years ago. It was a great feeling!! So to that end...

I've decided that I need a focus regarding exercise. I might be crazy but I have to challenge myself and be accountable to something.

This is not the big IronMan type. It is the sprint length, not that I will be sprinting. 400meter swim/6mile bike/2mile run.

God, I hope I don't make a fool of myself.

ajoneen

I am having the procedure 7/2. i am a little concerned about what happens after as far as diet and food.

denysefromny

I haven't allowed myself to dwell on why I might fail, or why I have periods
where I am not succeeding as well as I may have been in a prior week or
month. Why? Because good or bad, success or failure, what happens to me is based on the *choices* that I make on any given day. And because I didn't get banded so that its presence around my stomach would rule my life or make me obsess about how anything I do relates to the band. I was banded because I needed a tool, unlike any of the other...

ajoneen

Just back from the doctor for this month and low and behold I lost for the first time in almost a year. I lost a total of 8.2 lbs. I really do feel as if I have restriction for the first time. I hope this continues for sometime to come. I didn't get a fill this time, I will go back in 4 weeks and see how I'm doing. If I feel I need a fill (I'm eating more, or gaining weight) I can go back sooner. I have spent so much time with no restriction. I can't believe it took this long to get restriction....

carol1951