laurita

wow soon2b!!! go ahead girl! I was a size 26 and wear a size 18 with some 16's. Bra I am a 38d before a 42d. oh and I can wear victoria secret underwear size L of course other undewear a size 8 before it was a 10. I do have a big butt and hips still lol but shopping at VS was a NEVER before!

i saw all these updates so here is mine! I was banded mid nov 09 weighing in at 315 size 26 . It was rough because i was thinking this was going to be a snap i was going to eat a little bitty cup of food and i was going to be a size 16 in a year.... NOT. this is my own story... i eat now what a normal human being eats. sometimes i can eat a 4th of my plate sometimes the entire thing. before i could eat my plate your plate and an appetizer and a dessert. so this makes sense. however i can eat bread with other foods (like meat, or baked... not soft) and i can drink sodas... yes i know these are no-no's but it is still hard to kick the habbit. i feel shamefull and bad but i am trying. I quit dieting and excercising and ate whatever started drinking cokes for like 3 mos before and gained 15lbs. but I have since then lost those 15lbs making total weight loss of 60lbs. I am actually that I experiences those 3 mos of 'not caring' because it shows I only gained 15lbs... I was kind of shocked but I felt horrible (like low self esteem and bad for gaining!) I am now a size 18 with some 16's hanging in my closet. I do want to lose another 15lbs to feel 'successful' and definately meet the 100lb mark at the end of the year. what I have learned from this band and what I tell others is the band did 30lbs... seriously... and i lost those straight out of surgery... anyone can lose 30lbs (when they need to lose 100+) by drinking liquids alone. the rest is on my own and have accepted it and will continue to try to lose the last 40. From other fellow band friends I see the pattern of an average of losing 4 dress sizes. I have 2 friends who were a 16 and now an 8. One was a 22 and now a 14. another a 22 and a size 16. and me a 26 in a 18. I feel like a failure with my weight loss but then I remember all I have accomplished and how this is not a quick fix and it is literally oldl fashioned hard work but with something squeezing my belly. I am going to make an appt with my dr for another fill. I am going to try go back after another 10lbs because I feel he looks down on me when I havent lost any lol Maybe I need a new doctor? I have literally not gone for a fill in almost a year! I do like to eat I dont want to eat a cup... i want to eat a meal but tell myself NO on stuffing my face! I am happy with my changes and I am happy I made that baby step to lose weight... even tho its only 60lbs and I am 255 now.. I think.... I could be 375lbs instead. now my skin is another thing. I have belly skin. my thigh skin and my arm skin. I HATE HATE HATE it. my back legs look good and my butt but my belly I could literally tell where the surgeon needs to do his plastic surgery incision lol. Maybe one day? I started dating someone last year and we make our one year relationship this month and he is fully aware of my surgery and proud of me he loves me the way I am... He can see my skin and doesnt care. so literally it is all confidence. I figure I rather have 10inches of skin and trade that in for -10 years of life I would of lost from complications of me being morbidly obese! I hope this helps someone! I need encouragement so I slip into my old navy sz 16 work pants and see how far I have come and how close I am to wearing these (in public) lol

hello fellow nov 09 knockouts! i was banded on 11/17/09 i was 312 at highest 300 day before surgery and 286 on 11/25/09. I refuse to be a scale whore so I dont have a scale at home. I am just going to base off the dr office. I have lost some serious inches my work pants legs are baggy and i am down one size shirts and one size on pants. I am scared that I might of gained a lil during my post op diet... I have been doing good on my mushies but I have been hungry!!! so I cannot wait for my first fill on wed, (12/16/09). Anyone have 1st fill yet??