Hello! Congratulations on your date. Get ready for new you it is a wonderful experience. I was 420 pounds when I started my original date was for Dec.8,2006 which was 2 days before my birthday but I didn't lose enough weight so they rescheduled for Dec. 29,2006. I weighed 404 the day before my surgery. I thought my doctor would have changed my date again. I was so Blessed. I know how you must have felt when date was changed. Be Encouraged and You will make it. As of May 27,2007 I have lost 89 pounds since my surgery not including pounds I lost before I had the surgery. Again Good Luck and God Bless.