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hi, I too would like to join the washington group I am up in Bellingham and attend a once a month bandsters group but would like support from others that have been specifically banded in mexico. I was banded May 25th and had my first fill Aug. 7th. I am down 79 pounds, one more pound and I will be half way to my first goal of 170! Dawn

I am also having my surgery on May 25th and am looking forward to meeting the other three people who have posted questions here. I have a very high BMI and have been following a pre-surgery diet for 3 weeks. I have lost 22 pounds all together but that is a drop in the bucket compared to what I need to lose. Some days I did not lose a pound and actually gained a pound! (With no cheating) It has been very good practice for me, for what is coming in following the post-op diet. See you tomorrow! Dawn

hi, I have never posted to a message board before so please be patient with me. I wanted to say that I am also having surgery on May 25th and started the pre-op diet on May 2nd. I have a BMI of 54. So far I have lost 6.5 lbs. I am to follow the induction phase of Atkins for two weeks then a liquid diet for the week before my surgery. Those were specific instructions told to me by Gabriela the nutritionalist. I too am an emotional eater but so far this has been going ok. I want this surgery more than anything and that includes food! If I continued down the path I was following I was going to die and I want to do everything I can to make sure that this surgery is successful. One thing that I did was to reach out to Gabriela, I did not wait for her to call me, I wanted to get started. You may try calling her.