Looking for some new friends for this journey...

Hi everyone! I am new to this board and I am looking for some friends to travel down this road with. I had my Lapband surgery on April 8th, one day before my 26th birthday! I am excited and motivated but also know this will be hard work! If you have been on this journey for a little while I would love any advice you have. If you are just starting this journey lets challenge each other to a better life! I can't wait for what is yet to come!

I would love to be your friend!!! I am new to all of this too! i just got my surgery date yesterday. so we can help each other from here. good to see you reaching out for support.

Katie

Yay! That is so exciting that you have a date! Which surgery are you having done? It is going to be a long month until you have surgery, just waiting for it to happen! Keep me updated on how everything is going!  I am hoping to fit in some of my old clothes from college by this time next year, I was a size 14/16 then and am now a 24/26. I hate that I let myself get so big but I now have a tool to help me get to goal. I am ready to start exercising, I will join curves as soon as I have healed a little more and plan on going on my lunch break from work 5 days a week!

I am having RNY in Burbank CA. i am super excited. i sort of feel like this month isn't going to be long, but filled with lasts. and then soon after surgery my life will be filled with firsts. The last time i will be sad about how i feel, the last time i feel fat. i am really excited about it. And i was never expecting it to be so close. i actually just got my date yesterday. so its really fun for me.

about the exercise i wish you all the luck i know its going to be the hardest thing for me to get to the gym everyday. i am going to try and get started on it now while i have the chance to get used to it.  good luck with everything and keep me updated!

Katie

Congratulations on your surgery, and happy belated birthday!! I am just starting on this journey myself, but feel free to add me as a friend! I have heard that good support is one of the keys to success with WLS, and even though I haven't had mine yet, I already feel much more motivated to lose weight since I have joined the OH community! :D

Welcome to the board and congrats on your band AND Bday :)  There are lots of surgeries this month and the next.  I'm over two years out and believe, its a journey the entire way :)

Hey, I'll be your friend! Welcome!

howdy and welcome, I was banded a few months before you so I will join your challenge.  with advice the best is that Raspberry Ice Crystal Lite is AWESOME... haha i dont know if thats advice but im drinking it now and its yummy.

CONGRATS!!! OH is such an important part of my journey too...I hope you find the friendship and support and information here that you need to get you through your transition into your new life! glad to have you aboard! xxxBecca

Welcome and Congrats!   There are quite a few of us here who are new these days.  I was just approved last week and I am now waiting for a date!... Keep us posted on your progress and what's going on! ~ Leslie