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

[misschrissie67 0]

I dont really worry about failing. I know I will be successful with it. I also know it is a long road. I have been overweight all my life. I think others expect me to fail, which is discouraging and disappointing. I just wish others would keep their mouths shut if they cant be supportive.

But I will succeed. Dammit I will !!!

[Teresita 0]

People ask me all the time how much have I lost and I am usually saying the same amout. LOL I looked a chart I created and I see how much time I been wasting not exercising. I lost 32 pounds for the calendar year of 06. I am not happy about that. I was not consistant with my exercise and would eat when my band losened. Now I see my mistakes in the past so I am trying hard to be consistant. I have set some short term goals and I am going to reach them because I know how now.

I don't worry about other people anymore because I now realize that this is a SLOW Journey. You get what you give and I plan on giving a whole lot more this year.

Wisdom is a wonderful thing.

[tann 2]

Good for you Teresita, you are such a strong, bright and upbeat lady, and I know you can make this a great weight loss year for yourself, I believe you can do it!!:thumbs_up: :scared:

[AngieM 0]

Okay I want in on this thread! It feels like it will take forever to get all this weight off! I see people starting weight at 240 (my current weight) My starting BMI was 57 (I think) I started at 360. My insurance wouldn't pay for the AGB till I lowerd my BMI to 50. I am glad that you started this thread. Thanks!

[Nykee 13]

well, i have FINALLY lost 100 pounds.. but i cannot even take any decent before and after pics cuz the difference just isnt that grand...

I have weighed the SAME, give or take 20 pounds ofr months on end..

I think THis is it.. the band has helped me with 100 pounds..

Too bad I need to lose another 150 pounds!

grr

[Gerbera 0]

well, i have FINALLY lost 100 pounds.. but i cannot even take any decent before and after pics cuz the difference just isnt that grand...

I have weighed the SAME, give or take 20 pounds ofr months on end..

I think THis is it.. the band has helped me with 100 pounds..

Too bad I need to lose another 150 pounds!

grr

Nykee: 100 pounds is absolutly amazing!! Hang in there your just under half way :confused: What's another year in your life, if it means acheiving your goal :confused: I can't wait till I can say I've lost 100pounds CONGRATS!

[Gerbera 0]

I dont really worry about failing. I know I will be successful with it. I also know it is a long road. I have been overweight all my life. I think others expect me to fail, which is discouraging and disappointing. I just wish others would keep their mouths shut if they cant be supportive.

But I will succeed. Dammit I will !!!

AMEN!

misschrissie, I LOVE YOUR SPIRIT!

[2bthinagn 3]

well, i have FINALLY lost 100 pounds.. but i cannot even take any decent before and after pics cuz the difference just isnt that grand...

I have weighed the SAME, give or take 20 pounds ofr months on end..

I think THis is it.. the band has helped me with 100 pounds..

Too bad I need to lose another 150 pounds!

grr

That is great!!!!!! I know how hard that was to lose that much! I am not banded yet, hope to be this spring in Kansas City, but I have been big all my life and I know how much of a struggle it is. Dont get discouraged everyone here knows that 100lbs is a BIG DEAL. You go girl!!!

[kim2bhealthy 3]

NYKEE!!! So great to see you posting here on LBT again! I've thought about you often! Congrats on being down 100 lbs! Keep up the great work and keep posting!

[tann 2]

Congrats NYKEE, a 100 lbs is a lot of weight. You'll like me, when I reached the 100 lb mark I didn't see much of a change either. But people around me are telling me everyday how much I've lost or how good I look. I've had about 6 people to tell me that they really did not know WHO I was, they didn't recongize me. I'm like :wow2: So even tho you can't tell much of a difference but I bet those around you notice a difference.:clap2:

[nursiepooh 0]

Hello all. I was banded oe week ago today. My BMI was 56 I was 350 pounds at the start of it all. :phanvan On the 16th I was weighed at the doc. I waa 345. I jumped on my scale today which won't register over 330 pounds. I weigh in at 320! :clap2: Is that possible? Well hell I'll take it for now. Thursday I will go to MD and see.

I started purees today. Hope it goes well.

nursiepooh

[okiefamily 0]

Congratualtions nursiepooh!!

[Wheetsin 714]

Hey Nykee, it's great to see you again. Seemed like you took a bit of a sabatical from the board. 100 lbs is great. Would you like some help brainstorming what's going on? Don't give up on the band. Plateaus can be brutal. Stalls can be even more brutal. I once stalled for about 7 months. It's hard to keep going when you aren't seeing anything to motivate you. I think we can all sympathize. And trust me, there's NO WAY 100 lbs isn't noticeable. I look in the mirror and think, "Same old fat me"... and then I look at the pants I"m going to wear and think, "They're so tiny, there's no way they'll fit"... and they do. It just takes a while for our brains to catch up with our eyes.

2bthinagain - have we talked before? I'm in KCMO. Are you in KS or MO? Do you have a surgeon picked out?

Well - after my emergency unfill the week before last, I'm going back in for a fill Wednesday. There will be a learning curve, I'm sure... because even though I'm still at 2cc in my 4cc band, I have virtually no restriction. I hope my behaviors haven't slacked. I've maintained the weight...a ctually up 2 #, but that's a WELCOMED gain, because during the 4 days I was too tight I drank a total of about 8 oz water... I'll take a few pounds if it means I'm hydrated again.

My loss is really uneven. Enough that - while heavy I was always proportionate, I'm now disproportionately large on bottom. By nearly 2 sizes. :omg: My pants today are a 24 jeans (no idea what brand but I bought them at Gordman's... holy cow! I didn't have to go to a fat store! Just the fat department in a regular store!) LOL And my top is an 18/20.

I was trying to scratch that elusive spot on my back lastnight and realized - wow, I can actually feel my spine. I'm not talking vertebra, but a long "lump". My back has always been too fat to feel it before. And my shoulderblades actually stick out now. Wtf is up with that? But on the flip side of that, my butt & thighs still look like a big white sock full of quarters. :faint:

[lizrbit 0]

Nursie, i dream of losing one hundred, of what thats like and the possibility of KEEPING it off this time. outstanding.

You guys are so supportive. Im glad i found you.

im still trying to get approved. I keep hearing this voice in the back of my head trying to prepare me for the fact that my insurance likely wont do an out of network referral...but today i got a deal from my pcp and his nurse saying she faxed the requested letter to my physician as well as to the insurance!!! Its possible this might happen!

Im back on the book!

im just about done with all my tests. Im trying to be patient, im trying to eat smaller portions so that ill be ready for the liquid diet (which i already have been told the surgeon will make anyone over three hundred do) and i know...so...tomorrow i do the sleep test, and i see the surgeon Feb 5.

im trying to be ready.

i want this so very much. Im ready!

[nursiepooh 0]

Hi there Lizrbit,

My insurance company said i had to be between 40 and 50 on a bmi. My surgeon pursueded them and I got my surgery. If you use an out of network surgeon sometimes the insurance will reimburse you 80% and you pay the other 20. however I will tell you the surgery is expensiv and the post op room is 16,000 on average! If you can find a surgeon in network I suggest switching. Also find Lap Band support groups in your areea and talk to the people. find out who they used. I would never use a surgeon I didn't know, or didn't have reccomended to me.