Introducing myself to you

[BandedBabs 0]

Hi, I am Babs and I was banded on Dec 20 in New Jersey. I have lost 50 lbs so far and learned about this group through a friend of my mother's--JudiM who is a member of the August club. She has a great blog that I started reading before my surgery and it has really helped me. Stories from the road.......

The only people who know I had my surgery is my mom and my sisters and Judi (who I only know through the internet). I am coming here to meet others and possibly find some friends who may live near me too. Because of the kind of job I have and the people I associate with because of my job, I could not tell anyone about this. It has been a very lonely stretch. I am looking for this wieghtloss to change my life. Just coming here and saying these things is probably a good start to changing. I would have never done this before. I really want to meet people and maybe even that one special person (not an advertisement, please know)

Thank you and I look forward to being in your group.

Babs

[Lana24 10]

Welcome Babs,

And congrats on your band !

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,282]

Welcome babs! It's always nice to see new posters around here. Look around and find some special interest groups, they are helpful when the going gets tough!

[Fanny Adams 7]

Welcome to the Merry Losers group, Babs. There are some wonderful people in here and all over the forums - I'm sure you'll get the support you're looking for. I know this place helps me enormously, so I'm confident it will do the same for you.

[christasha 0]

Hi there Babs! Welcome - and chime in any time you want . . . we have stories, opinions, confessions - we've got everything to keep you happy!

Chris

[Cerrin 3]

Welcome to the group babs.

I think the suport from people doing it at the same time is great!