AmyH33

oh no bless your heart, I too had that.....OMG the pain....had surgery over a year ago have mostly good days now, alot had to do with my weight, but even being 70lbs lighter i still have to be careful.....best of luck to you

The band DOES have a mind of its own, my last fill was May, i have days that i can eat and other days that nothing stays in, I go 9/19 for another fill, i can say that the weight loss has stopped only 10lbs in 4 months, but it is a loss so i will not complain!!

was going to say dont be nervous but you will be anyway.....follow your doctors instructions DONT CHEAT....i know i know.......its hard its a lifestyle change...i didnt cheat AT ALL for the 2 week pre op diet, have cheated many times after surgery but havent had a soft drink since December.....craved one yes, but drank one NO! You will feel AMAZING once the weight starts to come off, you will be amazed at the things you can do again, like squat down, bend over to tie your shoe, not to mention things in the bedroom, when YOU feel good about you that will be passed on :-) Best of luck on your lifestyle change

would love a nip and tuck when i get to my goal, i stand in the mirror and pull and tug and say oh yeah, bless my hubbys heart for loving me the way i am saggy skin and all......

i cant believe how much better i feel and that i am a "size" 16...from my highest weight i have lost 70lbs

good luck guys! I was banded 12/30/10, BEST thing you could have ever done for yourselves! Please remember this is a LIFESTYLE CHANGE not a DIET. You MUST be ready to change how you did everything in the past this is not a miracle band, not a fix all, please please please do yourself a favor and if you have ANY issues that made you over eat, something that happened in your past, PLEASE seek help for it, if you dont deal with your past you are at risk for slipping back into old habits. I wish you the BEST, it really is worth it, i promise! You will have bad days, you will have days that you will say what did i do? Let me tell you, you saved your own life, stick with it, do what your doctor says, you will be SO happy with the decision that you made!

Banded 12/30/10 down 35 inches, from a size 22 to a 16, down 72 +/- lbs......would like to be @ 100lbs gone by my 1 yr banding date.....thats 3lbs a week, gonna be tough but maybe i will make it close, anything lost is progress!

12/30/10 the day my life changed...would do it again in a heartbeat!

28 weeks since my lifestyle change, wouldn't change it for the Powerball jackpot! (its a lottery game and the jackpot is like 130 MILLION!) has it been 100% easy, no, worth it? HELL YEAH! Highest weight 282 current weight 212 give or take a few, depends on the day. Clothes aren't fitting, underwear are falling off, bras dont have enough to fill them up, but I am feeling GREAT!!!

oh no no no girl, 70lbs? Hell yeah! banded 12/30/10, I too am down 70lbs, just told myself today, yep that fat girl is still in there cause i was stuffing my face with cheetos...ugh! remeber it didnt take you over night to gain the weight its not gonna come off over night either. Look back at the photos of you 70lbs ago and then it will click. My daughter just commented today as she was looking at our album, wow mom you have lost alot of weight, that doesnt even look like you. Keep your head up, you have come this far to turn back....set small goals, dont look at the "big" picture, you can do this!!

it is so funny to hear others with their panty stories. I too finally broke down and bought some new ones, 60lbs later and my panties was sagging. May have gotten the new ones a little too small, but they do their job. Cant seem to find a bra. Good luck! and keep it up

Went into the "big girl" store this weekend and tried on a size 14/16 shirt and Holy ****!! it was too big! I was kinda bummed because I needed a white shirt, but then i was like, OMG for the first time in my life I dont have to buy from the big girl store, kind of a shame cause they had some really cute things. Its a life long issue a life change and I am ready for it.