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Hey! im getting banded on Wednesday!

Im so excited, but i keep hearing about how important support is and how great it would be with small group meetings. I do have my family and my wonderful husband to lean on but..they dont have weight problems, on top of that I just moved from CA to Germany. So my question is are there any people on this site that are living in Schweinfurt ,germany and are possibly military spouces as well?

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Hey! im getting banded on Wednesday!

Im so excited, but i keep hearing about how important support is and how great it would be with small group meetings. I do have my family and my wonderful husband to lean on but..they dont have weight problems, on top of that I just moved from CA to Germany. So my question is are there any people on this site that are living in Schweinfurt ,germany and are possibly military spouces as well?

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Hi, did you find a buddy? I'm not in Germany but I am the spouse of a retired Air Force Major. I was banded on August 31, 2009 and have lost 95 lbs, most of that in the first year. It's coming off much slower now but still coming off and I think it' the best thing I have ever done! You must have been banded already. If you want write back and let me know how you are doing. I know there are always lots of questions at first. Good Luck!

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Hey! im getting banded on Wednesday!

Im so excited, but i keep hearing about how important support is and how great it would be with small group meetings. I do have my family and my wonderful husband to lean on but..they dont have weight problems, on top of that I just moved from CA to Germany. So my question is are there any people on this site that are living in Schweinfurt ,germany and are possibly military spouces as well?

I am in Ramstein hopfully getting banded in April

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I am in Ramstein hopfully getting banded in April

We visited Ramstein once while we were stationed in Italy. I was always jealous of the people stationed in Germany because I liked it a lot more than Italy. Do you have to do through the whole liquid diet and get the psychological test over there? Even though I still have TriCare, I used my insurance at work so I don't know what requirements TriCare has or, I guess, you would just be using the military hospital. It's all worth it in the end anyway!

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hey! i did get banded! the first five days were the hardest now im doing pretty good! i fly home to germany very soon and im nervous! my hubbys made all these plans to show me all the amazing restraunts hes found and I love him but he just doesnt fully understand how much ive already changed eating habbits. I hope I have the will power to get through the first couple months!

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