I've read this thread with much interest. I am as curious as Mal as to what benefit you believe you will get from the surgery. You are losing weight now and that is a good thing.
I also know of a couple of people who have gotten the band. Their
weight loss has not been faster, nor has is been easier for them. Both are struggling to lose what they are losing.
The thing is, to lose the weight, they still have to eat healthy and exercise. One is still consuming a bunch of his
calories in beer. They've tightened his band because he has not lost the weight. He spends time throwing up what he eats if it is too heavy. The beer seems to sit ok, or he just hasn't decided to drop it yet, so he continues to fight with his weight.
Neither can eat more than a few spoons full of food at a time, and yet they still struggle.
What I don't understand about the procedure, and maybe I don't know enough about it, but how do you figure that if you cannot eat the healthy foods now, that you suddenly will be able to after surgery? It hasn't seemed to happen for the one person above.
Whatever you decide, just keep this in mind. Without the surgery, if you decided to binge on cake or pizza or whatever, you can do that. You can go to parties and enjoy what everyone else is having. If you have the surgery. Sure you can try to binge on those things, but for the most part you probably won't be able to eat them without a lot of pain or throwing them up. You may feel left out, when others are having things you used to enjoy.
I'm not saying that'd you'd want to eat those things all the time, as you are trying to lose and maintain a different weight, but what do you do about special occasions?
And coming from one who's husband has to have a very strict
diet, do to other health problems, believe me, most people won't even think to make accommodations for you and they will be irritated if you even suggest it. And his is do to a serious illness. They know that.
All anyone here on this forum wants for you, is for you to be happy and healthy.
