Steady Losers 4ever!

[nikki32 0]

hi all

can u believe it december!!!!2 years since i was banded,

firstly jill massive congrats on your baby i feel so bad im only finding out now but at least by now you probably in some kind of routine and xmas should be fun xx

well quick update on me 2 years on

starting weight 270 pounds ..banded on dec 18 06

lowest weight.........126 pounds (i looked like shit)

my new weight .......147 ....pissed off want to get back to 140...my Tummy Tuck jeans (nydj )dont fit anymore...lol

going to need actual tummy tuck to get ass back into them..lol

i had band fixed (after slip ) and i can and have eaten like a piggy at times but meals are usually still fairly small it the chocolate and biscuits i need restricting from :embaressed_smile:but i do have some restriction though no fill and i dont like my doc he from public hospital and i think he soooooo pissed off i went off had it private then crawled to his door to get fixed !!!( my clinic went bankrupt ) i just hope he gets over it ,he quite snappy at times about his role which he seems to think is to keep me well but not to offer a service to help me lose weight so unless i gain a ton of weight i doubt im getting a fill but see him in april again :sad_smile:.hope he doesnt notice my new boobs :tongue:,im off to belgium tomorow for implants ,i hope!!!!1 im loaded with heavy cold so not sure im going to be ok to have them done.

really need tummy tuck but baby too small yet he 8 months i think he needs to get on his feet before i could cope with him and my recovery.

well girlies thats my bit let me know where you all are now 2 years on ......i know we all got on with our lives but even a yearly update be sooooooo good to hear i love you all and wish all the best things in life for you ...MERRY CHRISTMAS xxx

[VABandster 0]

Hey Niki and everyone else!! Great time to check in and see how everyone is doing now that we are 2 yrs out! Hard to believe it's been that long!! Unfortuanately I have not been as successful w/the band as I thought I would be...but I am still down 50 pounds from my highest weight and have been maintaining there. I know the ownus is on me to just get myself on track....and that I can keep doing and get to goal, eventually! But as they say..the slower it comes off the longer it stays off right? I hope by next years anniversary to say that I've finally made it under the 200 mark once and for all.

Happy Holidays everyone!!

[gingerbug 3]

Just checking in! I made my original goal as of this morning and I bumped it back ten more pounds. I figure at this point the band has got me pretty far and I want to go further. I have excellent restriction as long as I am extremely careful about measuring my food and following the rules to a 'T'. I am meeting with a trainer tomorrow to learn about free weights and to design a circuit training type of workout to really build up muscle tone. I look a bit flabby and that has to GO! LOL. I figure I will take it in 10 pound increments. Lose the next ten then see where I want to go from there. A personal best would be 160 (I am 5'11") but I am not going to beat myself up over it, kwim? So that is what is up with me! How are y'all??

[LoveIslovely 0]

Hi everyone, just want to to introduce myself! :thumbup: ALl my info is in my sig! I hope you are all doing well.

[gingerbug 3]

Wow Loveislovely, you are doing an amazing job!!:thumbup::thumbup:

[Donna113 2]

Hi everyone, just want to to introduce myself! ALl my info is in my sig! I hope you are all doing well.

Wow! Amazing loss to date! 75 lbs in only 3 months! That's 25 lbs a month! That's averaging what, 5-6 lbs a week? WOW!

[LoveIslovely 0]

Yea its about 5 to 6 pounds a week. Im really focused on the exercise, that is what works for me. So far this month, Ive lost about 13 pounds. I love my band :thumbup:

[Cassy 0]

Hi there - first of all I am amazed! Can I ask what your exersize routine has been and how much you have in your band. I've been losing steadily and exersizing but not anywhere near the success that you are seeing. I"m guessing I need a better plan. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Yea its about 5 to 6 pounds a week. Im really focused on the exercise, that is what works for me. So far this month, Ive lost about 13 pounds. I love my band :thumbup:

[allielee 263]

Hi everyone..

I wanted to bump this thread since it looked a little quiet.. Congrats on your successes!:crying:

[LoveIslovely 0]

where is everyone!!!!!!!

[nikki32 0]

hi im still here

would love to hear from original crew ,december bandsters you still around how did it all go 2 years 6 months on .....

my weight steady now at 160 pounds over what id like but still awaiting Tummy Tuck so im happy with it gone are the days when i freaked out at a few pounds damm it i was 270 cant even remember what that felt like ,i still have fat days where i cant find thing to wear but mostly im proud of where i am and remind myself what i was ,ive got the kind of body now that just blends in NORMAL not so thin that people comment good feed would kill me anymore,and not so over weight they think im a pig !! (though sometimes i am )lol.

i am for the first time since i was teen comfy in my own skin that worth any of the hassle there has been as for my boys they doing great and my little baby now 16 months omg doesnt seem so long you all comforted me through my pregnancy ,il never forget it love you all and even if no one relpys thanks again for that hope you all happy too xx

[beversman 0]

Hey, this might be crazy, but I am trying to find my ladies from all those years ago! it is Brandi!

beversman...

oh how the time has flown by....

well, sadly, i lost my band about 4mo ago.... it eroded into my stomach for reasons unknown. Basically, I got H1N1, swine flu, then got pneumonia, and coughed so hard my stomach ripped along the lapband.

Things were great til then... maintained since my intial loss, but they could not save my band.

the only good news is my insurance is covering a conversion to RnY gastric Bypass...

Bad news... Ive gain about 40lbs over the last year... 25-30 of those in just the last 4 mo since I lost the band... So, I am not anywhere near my beginning weight (still much lower), but the last half of 2009 was not kind to me with the gaining.

fun fun fun :biggrin: but my new surgery is coming up on January 19th and I've tried hard to find RnY friends at obesityhelp.com but I am missing my ladies that helped me so much when this journey began.

December 2008 bandster... Steady Losers! Are you out there?

[nikki32 0]

hi brandi babe

its so good to hear from you ,im sorry to hear that you have been so poorly and i think as wonderul as the band is ,its not without its risks and problems and we all got so excited about ability to fight the flab we didnt really consider what we were actually doing to ourselves i think i worry about long term effects but all we can do is deal with each hurdle along the way ,as you are doing now ,dont worry about the weight gain u know u will lose it again after op its just a bump in the road ive been all over the place with my weight im back up to to 174 pounds i quit smoking gained 10 lbs then had too many xmas chocs gained a few more was a bit upset but... hey im human so now drinking green tea and homemade Soups ,no junk! ,i know this must have been and feels like end of world but you are a fighter you can so do this and i will definately be around for you and i hope when others see that you want our support they be back too ,take care of yourself and let me know how you getting on i want to lose 14lb but instead of being so tight i cant eat solids im going to work at the traditional method of getting it off so fingers crossed . talk soon x

[VABandster 0]

Hey Brandi....good to hear from you, although I'm sorry to hear you lost the band!!! :-( I've still got mine, although it has been a looong time since I've had a fill and I think I have stretched it out.

I"ve managed to maintain my initial weight loss of about 55-60 pounds....give or take a few, but have not gotten NEAR My goal and am really trying to start watching what I eat and how much I eat again. Frustrating to say the least! I still have at least another 60 pounds to go! Ugh...so I'm happy to recommit to weight loss with ya, even if we're both in different situations!

Thanks for posting!

[beversman 0]

Yeah! I found you all! I don't get on as often as I used to but I will definitely be checking in more... as long as you girls will still have me! Since I am becoming a convert! ha

I don't even want to tell you all how much I've gained back in the past 5 months. It is sad. I just cant believe how easy it was to gain it all back once the band was gone.

Now I loved my band. It worked exactly as i should until about 6 months ago. Then, my whole world kind of fell apart. How quickly the weight comes back.

It is scary! Thank God I have a very supportive fiancee now! We are getting married on August 14, 2010. We have been together for about 1 1/2 yrs... just a little more. Got engaged last year :smile2: He has been with me through it all.

Only a week till surgery... well a week and a day. I just want to get back to normal. My normal is not 240lbs. And sadly that is where I am now. I stayed at about 180... Had been at abt 190 until 5 mnths ago... Lost the band and gained gained gained.

They seriously dont tell you that once you've had the band. Your body is USED to only have 800-1000 calories a day. So, if you eat a normal person amnt of food. EVEN HEALTHY food! You gain daily!!!! Scary FAST gain. Even when I was dieting trying to hold it off... going to my weight loss doctor every week. They had my on a diet plan.

I gained on THEIR diet plan.

Ugh, I can't wait til the 19th!