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Hi everyone

I'm getting banded next august, still waiting for insurance to kick in

but I'm looking for some volunteers to help me with my Psychology honors research project

Im completing the final year of my degree next year and I am interested in studying perceptual congruence and body image distortions in people who experience rapid weight loss and change in body size

My theory is that people who lose weight quickly are not able to cognitively process their changing body sizes and therefore they underestimate their weight loss and exaggerate their size, despite shedding the kilos

I would need around 20 individuals preferably from Victoria, that are getting banded early 2010 and who are willing to complete a face to face perceptual exercise before and after their weight loss

I would really appreciate some volunteers!

If you are interested please reply or email me (alycejo31@live.com), I am not conducting my study until next year but I would need to know if I can get participants before I start the research

Hope to meet you all soon!!

Alyce

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i wouldn't mind helping either - however i was banded the end of october -09 and live in brisbane

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thanks for your replies!

if i dont get many victorians volunteering then i may have to expand my search and do a bit of travelling

would love to meet all of you :rolleyes2:

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I would have loved to help, but I got banded in June 09. Interesting tho as I am still having trouble with accepting that I am not huge anymore! I've lost 27kg and have 9 to go, but am starting to realise I am not a huge person anymore!:)

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hi angela

thanks for the reply

i havent been able to find anyone yet :)

but yes that was the whole reason behind my interest in this area

a few years ago i lost 30 kgs on sureslim and i lost it really quickly, but i never accepted my new body and i became overly cocky about it

it was only until i regained all my weight back and was going through some old clothes that i finally realised how tiny i was after the weightloss

i'm sure alot of people can relate, i think with quick weightloss we dont have enough time to processes all the changes happening to our bodies so we are basically in a state of misperception until something finally triggers our realisation

it's a really interesting topic, and it will no doubt help me on my journey when i get the band in august

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I may be able to help?

My son is not yet banded, trying to get a band for him as early as possible this year....

We are in Tassie but will be coming to Melbourne for surgery and post op visits...

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Hi Alyce

If you are short on guinepigs I would be more than willing to help you with your research, I Live in County Victoria and I come to Melbourne for my monthly checkin and could slot you into my day in Melbourne, the only catch is I was banded in September 09 but willing to help you out as I still have a heck of a lot of Kilo's to lose and would find your reseach interesting.

Dewberry

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hi everyone thankyou all for your interest!

unfortunately i've had to scrap this project because my supervisor wasn't confident that i would be able to find participants

hopefully i'll be able to study this later in my studies :smile2:

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