Thanks! I definitely think doing this now while I'm still in otherwise pretty good health is a sound plan.

I can't talk to my family about this (my husband is totally supportive, if a bit nervous). They do not have the metabolism (or lack thereof.) that I do and have never had problems keeping at healthy weights for them. I used to joke that I could starve for a week and lose 5 pounds, and gain 15 back just smelling a piece of pizza. No amount of dieting or exercising has ever changed that. When I had my mammaplasty I heard a lot of "I know when I lose a few pounds my bra size goes down". I had 14 pounds of boob taken off that I'd been carrying around since puberty. Nothing but surgery was moving that mass - lol!

I'm on the same health insurance that approved my mammaplasty and my BMI is definitely in the zone for an easy approval. I just want to make sure I'm ready for what this entails - in the short and long term.

So I'll be reading your posts and blogs and talking to doctors and nutritionists and all that good stuff. :)

 Thanks for the invite.  I can't make it.  We have an Alumni party the same night.  Sounds like it will be lots of fun.  ENJOY!

Congratulations! Looking good.

Yes yes yes.... thankful for my great surgeon, losing 138 pnds.... being healthy and active.... and a size 6/8 !!!! 

CC

thanks Maria.  I loved the band when it was woring and I swore the band allowed me to maintain that 50 lb loss over 8 years whcih i have never been able to do on my own.  For me, the bypass just worked so much better.  You've done great in a year.  Take care.  Maryjo