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I've been thinking about arms lately. My biceps are 14 inches now. They were 16 inches at my highest. I love weight lifting, so I am sure I will have plenty of muscle, but I am wondering how small I can expect my arms to get (12, 10, 8 inches....?). You never hear much about arm sizes like you do about busts, waists, and hips.

For those of you who have lost a lot of weight, how big were your arms when you started and how big are they now? Are you happy? I've seen some pictures of lapbanders with great looking arms from workouts (TamifromAl) and from brachio (Enterprise), but I have no idea how big their arms actually are.

I'd love to get some feedback from folks....

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My arms are huge... They've always been that one body part I'd change if I could! But having lost 100 pounds (today is my 1-year Bandiversary :eek:), they remain HUGE!! At the droopy part, they started at 23" each, and are 18" each now. And wave on for days after I've stopped. I have a long way to go before goal, so there is still TIME, but how much HOPE is there really that smaller arms without surgery are in my future!?! I'd love to know the magic formula that would spare me even more surgery...but I have a feeling there isn't one! And these arms have got to GO!!!

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Mine were 15 inches when I had lapband they were the Last thing to go but they are now 9.5 inches.

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Zannie - congratulations on that 100 pound loss girl!!! What a great difference in your before and after. It sounds like your arms are shrinking. Maybe we'll hear from more folks who can tell us what to expect.

NurseAmy - also a fabulous loss. You give me real hope that I could one day have 10 inch arms! Good luck on the exciting PS next week!!!

Anyone else out there who wants to talk about their arms?

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26.5 cm which is 10.5 inches.

I have no idea what they were at the start though, but not huge as I didnt really carry most of my weight on my upper body.

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My arms were the indication that I needed to deal w/my weight. I always carried the LBS in my hips/thighs/butt - and when I noticed my arms huge in a Picture I had to do something. Start 15.5 inches, now 11.9 - loosing in the upper part faster than the bottom:)

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Great data ladies. I'm going to make a table and maybe more people will sign in.

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ARM DATA TABLE

Name....... Start (in) .....Now (in) .....lbs lost .........lbs to go

Foofy ...........16.................14.5...............31........... 86

Zannie ..........23.................18 ..............100........... 84

Nurseamy.......15 .................9.5.............. 82............ 0

Sweethot...... ? ..............12&13.5 ...........81 ...........26

Jachut...........?................. 10.5 ..............?................0

Luluc........... 15.5 ..............11.9 .............38 ............37

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Hi there,Im being banded in 7 days time.My pre-op arms are 17 inches. Will keep you updated on any shrinkage!

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When I started, my arms were 16". When I measured after 35 lbs of loss, I was at 14.5". I have no idea what they are now. I didn't do measurements this month (bad month). But when I do them next month on the 15th, I'll be sure to let you know!

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Great data ladies. I'm going to make a table and maybe more people will sign in.

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ARM DATA TABLE

Name....... Start (in) .....Now (in) .....lbs lost .........lbs to go

Foofy ...........16.................14.5............31.............. 86

Zannie ..........23.................18 ............100...............84

Nurseamy.......15 .................9.5............ 82............... 0

Sweethot...... ? ..............12&13.5 ...........81 .............26

Jachut...........?................. 10.5 ..............?................0

Luluc........... 15.5 ..............11.9 .............38 ............37

Steph_co...... 16 ................14.5..............45.............58

JulieNYC .......19.5 ...............9.75*..........217..............5

*Brach

Saturday update! Thanks for responding and congrats on the weight loss!

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I've always carried most of my weight in my upper body. I don't know how much they measured pre-band, but they are a whopping 18 inches now! I measured the biggest part of my arm. I still have about 110 pounds to lose, so it will be interesting to see how much I lose in my arms. Oh, I've lost 69lbs so far.

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ARM DATA TABLE

Name....... Start (in) .....Now (in) .....lbs lost .........lbs to go

Foofy ...........16.................14.5............31.............. 86

Zannie ..........23.................18 ............100...............84

Nurseamy.......15 .................9.5............ 82............... 0

Sweethot...... ? ..............12&13.5 ...........81 .............26

Jachut...........?................. 10.5 ..............?................0

Luluc........... 15.5 ..............11.9 .............38 ............37

Steph_co...... 16 ................14.5..............45.............58

JulieNYC .......19.5 ...............9.75*..........217..............5

xxlaneyxx.......17..................?.................?..............127.9

*Brach

what is a brach?

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