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Congrats Kathy! You are such an inspiration! Reading your posts gives me hope that I can make it too! Thank you for sharing your journey with us!

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I'm SOOOO glad you posted this! I was a little worried with starting out at such a high weight if I would lose that much with the band. I'm currently 437 lbs and my sugery is June 28th. You give me HOPE! :) :) :)

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Fellow bandsters,

This week I have hit the 200 pounds lost milestone. Yay me! I have 34 more to go to meet my current goal, but I really see the end in sight now. I am starting to think of and see myself as an almost-normal weight person. Well, at least not morbidly obese any longer! I am really happy with my decision to get the lap band. It was truly the best decision I have ever made.

As my reward for hitting this milestone, I am treating myself to permanent makeup: eyebrow and upper/lower eyeliner. Basically it's tattooing on the face. I think I'm almost as scared of this as I was of the lap band surgery! But I am looking forward to it.

AlmostSkinnyKathy (wonder if I need to change my id on this site...)

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wow congrats to all of you that have lost so much! i really hope i have as much success as you guys! im getting banded june 10th and i still dont think it has hit me yet! i cant wait to start living life and quit watching everyone else from the sidelines!

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That made me feel a lot better :rolleyes: I started this journey at 408lbs :blink: (still can't belive that I got that high) and before actually getting my surgery I thought well the lapband is only for people weighing in at 200lbs but thank gosh I made this decsion since MAY 2011 I have gone down 75lbs and am excited, scared and overwhelmed :D here is to the next 193lbs that I want to lose....:P

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