What else have you lost?

[wantshealth 0]

I have been banded 1 month today!

I have lost:

- 4 inches in my bra size!

- 2 clothing sizes

- my being out of breath when I walk any distance or bent over

- My round face (my check bones have resurfaced!)

- my dread at looking in the mirror

- my straight sides - I now have a waist!

- the chip on my shoulder (or at least some of it)

- some of my low self esteem

- my Migraines have just about disappeared

I have gained:

- wonderful supportive friends on the Kaiser-Richmond thread and other new friends at other support groups

- lots of compliments and support from my husband and family

- more gratitude for what I have in my life and my health

- a greater understanding and compassion of the physical and emotional struggles of people who are obese

- a lot of knowledge about bariatrics

- smiles at rediscovering clothes I haven't been in in years

[riley4183 0]

Thanks for the great post, Pat. Love you!!!

[bella71 0]

Well, it has only been three weeks for me, but so far I have lost:

-my cravings for carbohydrates;

-my swollen ankles;

-an inch off of my bra straps;

-my reluctance to set the goal of running a 5k race

(I am registered for one in June).

-the habit of seeing myself in the future as a heavy person.

Keep up the good work everyone! :wink:

[Debster21 0]

The chin hairs go away??????????? Riley ?? is it true???

senora to those!!! i'm so tired of plucking and waxing and whatever else to make em GO AWAy but they keep coming back....

Great post!!! so much fun to read ...very inspiring!!!!

[1unknownperson 0]

I've lost my desire to always be the one who cooks the best dish at every pot luck at work... We always have this option of bringing a dish or donating $5.00 so we can purchase stuff and I always had to cook the largest yummiest dish... For tomorrows pot luck, I am making fortune Cookies with motivational sayings in them and donating $5.00 so I won't be spending a whole day obsessing about bringing the best dish.... Who cares... Order what you want because I'm not eating it anyhow.. LOL....

I've lost my need to please everyone all the time so they will like me...

I've lost one of my triple chins...

I've lost what little chest I had..

I've lost my insulation and now have to layer and bundle up in clothes I wouldn't of dreamed of wearing before becasue I didn't want the extra padding making me look even fatter...

I've lost my need to wear so much make up to Mask myself and hide from the world...

I've lost a few sexual Inhibitions... Like not having the lights on... etc...

I've lost the need to try every single food sample at costco... In fact, I have had the desire to try ZERO since being banded... I figure that by the time you walk through the store you could probably have 400 calories just taking one of each sample... Then a trip to the pizza window at the end of the shopping trip... Nope... None of that for me anymore...

I have lost the need to buy fast food every single day... before banding, Some days, I'd buy two 4 piece chicken nuggets to snack on before I got home to eat dinner... It's only a 30 minute drive from work... Not a 5 hour road trip for crying out loud.... And I was famous for the value menus... ANYWHERE... But I'd still end up spending 3 or 4 bucks after choosing 3 or 4 items...

I've lost 2 pants sizes, 1 dress and blouse size and 1 shoe size and I can now toss the "women Within" Clothing catalog I just got due to the LARGER calf sizes they make for their above the calf boots...

I've lost some of my self loathing and negativity... I still have days when that rears its ugly head, when I don't think I'm doing as good as I should be...

I've lost puffiness in my face...

[Sunnyklydi 0]

I have the lost the backache from doing dishes and the wet stomach from leaning on the counter. :wink:

[JoJo1 0]

I enjoyed reading everyones ideas here. I have experienced many of them also. I mostly appreciate my loss of my obsession with food which I had all my life if I was on a diet or not. I also appreciate that many of my chin hairs have not grown back in. I did not associate this with the band until I read it here. I just thought I had discouraged them finally by plucking them out.!!!! Thanks again everyone, this post is really fun!!!

[LeighaMason 19]

I have lost the ability to eat in public. With the gurgling, burping, need to walk around so I can take another bite its getting embarrassing. When your 15 year old son starts saying things like "good one, Mom" you know your in trouble.

[riley4183 0]

The chin hairs go away??????????? Riley ?? is it true???

senora to those!!! i'm so tired of plucking and waxing and whatever else to make em GO AWAy but they keep coming back....

Great post!!! so much fun to read ...very inspiring!!!!

It's true! I went from 20-30, plucking ALL the time, to 2 - TWO!!! Now I consider them friends 'cause they've stuck with me :-)

[scottyd 0]

I have lost so much along with the weight. Most all what you have lost. Along with my job of 11 years due to the haters. No big deal to much stress anyway. caused 2 heart attacks along with the weight. I have lost so much it list in reality. What I have gained is a Back bone!! I found myself, I do however miss my friends that used me. I however must look past that although it is hard to look past that as I felt needed by them as I was codependent on my job and friends. I however have found I am my own man able to stand on my own. Not needing that job. I own my own business. I have some old and new friends. I don't allow my self to be used. Well to a point still working on this. I will not give in to low self image. I am worth it. I am still a person, we all are worth it. Society sucks, the haters in the world got a new thing coming. I am the one smiling now. I have not turned my back on my (obese)I hate that word) friends and just people in general. I for one still look in the mirror everyday and still see a (fat)man it's something I struggle with everyday. Ya see. I will not loose it, it will always be with me, so how can I turn on my kind, I only say this as, I was having lunch with a friend of mine and he said look at that FAT guy he reminds me of you awhile back. I said don't you think that he has any feelings? You know he did hear you don't you. He said so! I said you suck> After we were finished we got up he left. I went over and visited with this guy. he also is a person I know somewhat not a friend but I know him. He did here him. Skinny people that have been skinny all there lives have no idea what it is like to battle the FAT BEAST with in me. Sometimes I just want to scream.

Oh yeah this man is looking into the band or other wls options.

What have I lost. 185lbs in 14 months

I am off 13 medications

What have I gained. EVERYTHING INCLUDING LIFE'S SECOND CHANCE.

MOST NEVER GET ONE USE IT WISELY.