sparklegirl

Pittsburgh, Pa :biggrin2:

I totally agree! I also want to add sky diving white Water rafting kayaking rock climbing go to the local pool a bikini would be nice, but I just want to be comfortable in any suit and just doing everything I never could before or was too embarrassed to do!

I'm getting the band too and I absolutely do not want to tell anyone besides my family about the surgery. But once you lose like a lot of weight don't people ask? What do you tell people?

I'm 16 too and I have just started my process of getting band. I too hope to have a success story in two years before I go off to college. I'm hoping I can kinda start over in college. I would love to hear an update from you. Where are you located? Good luck with everything!

I'm new here and I have just started the process of getting a band like as close to the beginning as you can get. but I honestly don't think I will/want to tell anyone. Of course my family will know, but I am VERY uncomfortable about my weight and I don't want anyone even telling me "did you lose weight?" or anything along that line. I have no idea what I will tell people. I guess I'm asking others how/what they told their friends and family about their surgery? I am the only "fat girl" among my friends and they have no idea how it feels to be so different from everyone else. I don't know how they are going to react to the surgery. I just recently started homeschooling which I absolutely love! and everyone asks why I did it and I really don't know I was never really teased in school I was just kinda ignored. I think I'm kinda putting my life on hold until I lose some weight. Which I know I know I shouldn't, but I just hate being in public places and being around people anymore.