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.

I looked at a lot of before and after pics an they are great. I see so many different weights that people are down to and what they started out at that I am amazed. In my mind I think if I was at the starting weight of some I would be happy but hey I will be there soon.

My nerves are starting to get the best of me and my mind is working overtime here. I have gone through so many different emotions in the last two days that I am confusing myself. I can be my worst enemy sometimes. I...

This is my first blog ever but I am so excited to have found a site of fellow bander's. At this moment I am 376 lbs but my heaviest was 386 lbs. I am not shamed of telling my weight I am shamed for letting myself get like this. I got real depressed after I had my son, I gain so much weight when I was pregnant with. With the depression I gained even more so this is where I am.

I am ready for this I have tried every diet there is and even invented a few. Needless to say I lost the weight...