lea32

Hi All! I am getting banded next week and have been reading this forum religiously for the last month. I'm learning so much stuff (suggestions, lingo, etc.) and I wanted to know what you guys refer to when you talk about your "sweet spot"? I infer that it's kinda of a target for maximizing the weight loss effect? Thanks a bunches!

I had lip twice (arms, thighs, tummy) and a tummy tuck in 2006 and chose to have the extra fat put in my butt. The pain I had to endure to have a little more "junk in the trunk"! My plastic surgeon here in long beach,ca says that only 40% of the fat actually stays and luckily for me, mine did. I love the lasting effects but I seriously wouldn't do it again because the pain was unbearable for a few weeks! Everyone is different though and it might not be that bad for other people but for me, the recovery from the TT was way easier than the pain in my bootay!

WATCH OUT! The hand-on-the-hip pose says it all! You are absolutely stunning! :lb21: Lea

Hey All! I know I have posted a similar concern a couple of weeks ago but I am planning accordingly so can any of you bandsters tell me as to wether or not you arrived at the border at night right at or after dark. Should I just wait till the early morning to arrive to be on the safe side? Thanks guys! Lea

Hey Everyone! I don't really want to stay in Tijuana after my surgery on Friday, May 29th because I am going alone so I'll get there early morning so can anyone tell me if they have done this? Thanks guys! Lea

Thank you all of you for calming my nerves! I want this so bad and I know it's gonna change my entire life. I'm 5ft. 1in. and 170 pounds and though I feel overweight, I'm considered obese and I am tired of feeling so bad about myself. I will keep you guys update and so excited to be part of a such a great group!

Hey All. I have my surgery scheduled for Friday, May 29th in the a.m. I am not so much worried about the actual surgery itself but more so, the trip into Mexico and the violence that is currently going on over there. Can anyone tell me how safe they felt going into the city? My fiance and I are driving from Los Angeles and driving to San Diego to picked up at the last stop before the border and going straight to the hospital. Do we have to stop anywhere from the border to the hospital? Though I have frequented Baja annually up to 2007 for the last several years, I have never stopped in T.J. Especially because of this past weekend's news about those four Americans were were found murdered, I am so fearful that I literally want to get the surgery done and turn right around and go home! I know I sound paranoid but my family and friends are so against my decision to go and damn it, they have put the fear in me. I would appreciate anyone's feedback because I really want to do this. Lea