A thread for super-sized bandsters - starting BMI over 50?

[PhotoNut 7]

Welcome to LBT Mom2Blake and Jantique!

Jantique, grats on getting your band! Hope things are going smoothly for you.

Mom2Blake, Monday morning! That's Dawg's birthday! (my hubby) I'll be thinking about ya! Be sure to let us know when you get home and how you're doing ok?

Get in, sit down, and hang on tight - It's a great ride!

[PhotoNut 7]

By the way, I posted these on another thread for Josette. These are sites where you can buy scales that go up to 400 pounds. They probably have some that go higher, but that's all I was looking for at the time.

http://www.scale-it.com/mechanical.htm

http://www.allegromedical.com/diagno..._hd351.P211099

http://www.allegromedical.com/diagno..._hd372.P211100

[Mystjin 0]

I too am "Super-Sized". I use to think that I was 5'4 1/2" but last month I was measured at the hospital at 5'4". Then about 3 weeks later when I went to the Dr. they measured me at 5'3". Now, I do believe I could have shrunk 1/2 in. but I don' t think that I lost an inch in one month! Anyway, I digress... I weigh 294 and my BMI at the Dr. office at 297 was 51.5. I was thinking the other day about how much I would like to be around 200 lbs again. The last time that happened was in the 90's when I was on phen-phen :phanvan !! Then I got to thinking about it and realized that that weight was 100 lbs away! That is depressing! I'm not banded yet but have gotten the ball rolling. Had all my blood work, etc. done and I called the Dr. office Monday and the nurse told me she was going to get all that together this week to send in to my insurance. I don't think there will be a problem being accepted because I know someone that has already had it done that works at the same place. I have no idea how long it will take the insurance to get back to them. I work at a school, TA, and am hoping to get it done at the end of May. I love LBT and the threads here are always interesting! I have learned a lot here. PhotoNut, I see that you are on here... you must live here! I feel like I know you already!

[CLOE 0]

Im glad I found this thread, I have dial up internet so I'll be lucky to see all the threads in the next year:phanvan . However, Im just starting out, and looking down a loooong road:eek: . My banding date is set for May 26:clap2: , I wish it was sooner. I weighed in a 347 lbs:omg: , with a BMI of 58!!! My goal is 150 lbs. That means I need to lose 197 lbs, Is this even possible:confused:? I havent seen all the threads yet, but is there someone out there, who's done it, I would love to hear from you:ear: .

[PhotoNut 7]

Then I got to thinking about it and realized that that weight was 100 lbs away! That is depressing!

That means I need to lose 197 lbs, Is this even possible:confused:? I havent seen all the threads yet, but is there someone out there, who's done it, I would love to hear from you:ear: .

I sure hope it's possible. I started with 177 pounds to lose, and so far I've lost 52. Sixteen pounds of that was from the pre-op diet, but the rest has happened since Jan 9th this year. Yeah, I think it's possible. *winks*

PhotoNut, I see that you are on here... you must live here! I feel like I know you already!

*laughs* I feel like I know so many people here, and I'm getting quite fond of many of them. I started a thread once about being addicted to LBT. That hasn't changed!

[Wheetsin 714]

Originally Posted by CLOE

That means I need to lose 197 lbs, Is this even possible:confused:? I havent seen all the threads yet, but is there someone out there, who's done it, I would love to hear from you:ear: .

CLOE, we have similar weightloss goals. If I lose 200# from my surgery date I will be at 180. Several months ago I posted on another board asking for people who have lost that much to speak up and I got a TON of responses, it was so great to read! You might want to see this thread. It's posted for 100+, but there are some who have lost around the amount I'm looking to lose.

[FunnyDuddies 6]

I want to lose 220, it better be freakin possible!! LOL

[Daisybelle 0]

I want to lose 220, it better be freakin possible!! LOL

Me too. I'm not even looking to get "skinny" I just want to be a healthy weight.

Made it through one more day on my Quest to break the sugar addiction again. I did have a bite of my husband's dessert last night.. but only one bite. I feel the control returning! :confused:

[Teresita 0]

There is no way I am going to be skinny. I just want to look and feel good.:humble: Whatch Out Now!!!

[Wheetsin 714]

During one of my pre-op psych visits the doctor asks me, "So how would you feel about 160 - 170?" I just stared at him. Blinked. Mouth slightly agape. "Are you serious? I'd be thrilled with 180, 190 - hell, 210. 160 seems impossibly far away."

I'm just a hair over 5'10 and I know that 220 - 240 I'm a loose size 20 (by LB's sizes) or a tight 18, and 200 - 220 I'm in 18 comfortably. I think I'd be happy at an 18, thrilled with a 16. I can't remember, it's been abolut 9 years since I was there last. I don't see myself getting below a 14, period, unless I have my arms & legs cut off.

[Jantique 0]

Hi Guys,

Wheetsin, I totally understand being able to tie every significant event in my life to my then-weight! I can also remember so many strings of days when I've known what I was doing but ate as if I didn't care. That's what I need to avoid in the future.

Photonut, Thanks for the welcome and asking how it's going. Well, I realized I haven't been going for a few days, and the scale is up because of it. So last night I took x-lax and prune juice. This AM --and this will either cure or kill me -- I used the blender to grind up 6 oz of boston baked Beans into a nice mush which I ate alongside 3 oz of prune juice. Would probably be best if no one drops by today. I'm currently nursing an Atkins shake, but I think I'll concentrate on drinking lots of Water for the rest of the day, stay on clear fluids for the weekend.

DaisyB, sounds like you're pulling out of the doldrums!

[Teresita 0]

I want to lose 220, it better be freakin possible!! LOL

WOW FunnyDuddy you are doing great. You are already down more then 20 pounds. What are you doing?

["Just" Paul 1]

I was in a 56-58 waist pants in November, at 371...

Today I sit here in my comfy 42s at 259.

Ahhhh. clothes from a regular store!!!!

I thought that a 182 pound loss might be unrealistic at first, but the more I lose the more possible it seems!

[FunnyDuddies 6]

WOW FunnyDuddy you are doing great. You are already down more then 20 pounds. What are you doing?

372 was my highest weight. that was three months after my daughter was born. i didn't weigh for a while after that because i got pregnant with my son. then i weighed 3 months after he was born and the pregnancy made me lose weight. i got jazzed from that and started working out and eating right. i got all the way down to 287. then i stopped losing. i got so frustrated. then my business failed. i went back to 320. then we moved, then moved again. we were trying to get into cheaper apts so we could save all we could to buy a house. the bankruptsy from the business got a declined loan. by this time i was back at 350. then we said "to hell with it all" and quit work, took our savings, and moved to florida. I got a job as a bartender (my old fall back and what i really enjoy doing) and lost all the way back to 325. Then DH finally got a job in tampa, we moved there, i quit working and gained back to 335-340. then emily got sick and i spent 2 weeks in the hospital. BAM! 350.

i am not really doing great. yeah i am down from my highest. but i am up from the blessed 287 i used to be.

my lowest...16 years old and i weighed 107. yes...107. and i thought i was fat at that point. i can't beat myself up enough for that.

[TheWomanWithin 0]

:biggrin1: Hi Amy, I live about 15 min N of Tampa - glad to see someone else is from this area.

Nosey question, what happened to Emily to be in the hospital 2 weeks? how old is she? Our son was in the hospital 4 days and I couldn't stand it, makes me sad when kids are sick like that.