Thanks for posting and showing your progess. I am new to this site and hoping to be banded August 2nd, am very nervous, my starting weight is the same as yours, I'm 37 so close to same age and just nice to see your progress. So many different opinions of this, so hard to decide what is best. Just ready to get the surgery part over with and working with it to lose the weight. YEAH!!!!!! How was the surgery and recovery for you?