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I had a open & honest discussion about my weight with both my dad & husband.

My dad is starting to come around to not being in denial about me being 115 # overweight. I carry almost all my weight in the abdomen & have only slightly chubby arms. He keeps telling me I'm not big enough to need this even though my bmi is 41.7 & I have high BP & Pcos. My dad keeps trying to put me off by every meal we have saying by couldn't have this or that. I then explain how to modify my meal to make band friendly.

My hubby is fantastic. We are working on managing his expectations but he did comment on that If I get within 20# of goal by our wedding anniversary he'll take me to a second honeymoon & " bang a baby into me" !

That was big for me to talk about my weight directly & not just as a inference.

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So great to hear these stories!!! I am back in the 260s and it has been at least 4yrs since I've been there. Just losing this first 26 lbs has been amazing. I can go up stairs without my knees hurting and my blood pressure which I'd never had a problem with is back to 118/78ish. It had started to creep in the 130/80s range at my heaviest.

I need to do a better job of working out as I know that will make this journey an even better success but so far I am loving my life and looking forward to the rest of this journey.

Starting size - squeezing into 24s - now 24s falling off!!!

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I went from a size 18 to 14 in 4 months :-)

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I went from size 24 to 20 in 3 months:-D

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I had a open & honest discussion about my weight with both my dad & husband.

My dad is starting to come around to not being in denial about me being 115 # overweight. I carry almost all my weight in the abdomen & have only slightly chubby arms. He keeps telling me I'm not big enough to need this even though my bmi is 41.7 & I have high BP & Pcos. My dad keeps trying to put me off by every meal we have saying by couldn't have this or that. I then explain how to modify my meal to make band friendly.

My hubby is fantastic. We are working on managing his expectations but he did comment on that If I get within 20# of goal by our wedding anniversary he'll take me to a second honeymoon & " bang a baby into me" !

That was big for me to talk about my weight directly & not just as a inference.

congrats those conversatios are hard to have my dad and hubby are really supportative with the band and with the amount of weight Ive lost almost 90 pounds march 30 2012 and still trying my best :) wish you all the best

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I went from a size 18 to 14 in 4 months :-)

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wow :) what kind of diet did you follow if u Dont mind me asking ?

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Just a low carb high Protein diet. Lots of fish EAS Protein Drinks and low carb veggies. I love pickles now I buy smoked turkey weight watcher cheese. Since I have no fills I can eat anything but choose only these to eat. Good luck!

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Thanks!

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