Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories

My loss has been slower than some because I need both knees replaced but I finally made it to ONEDERLAND!!!!! It has been a long time since I've seen a one on that scale. So glad I made the decision to embark on this journey!

HELP!! Need to get back on the losing I have Been eating sugar foods and my weight has not been coming off Can you help me get back on track with what to eat again food suggestions I'm 8 mos post op revision surgery Thanks in advance

Hello y'all I started having upper right stomach pains or achy feeling and when I lay on my right side I feel Stinging feeling I'm nauseated my weight is at a stall right now I do have my gallbladder and in the past I was diagnosed with sluggish in my gallbladder and my lower back aches Anyone have this problem??

Stop whining about so-called stalls.... Did you know Diana Nyad eats up to 9000 calories per DAY!!! now admittedly, Diana is an extreme example, however, the formula remains the same.... If you are working out 2 active hours in the gym as some claim, you are doing your health a MAJOR disservice by trying to survive on 600, 800 or even 1000 calories. Stop worrying about a so-called Stall..you WILL lose if you properly hydrate & fuel your body. It isnt actually a STALL, your body is holding on to Water & glycogen for its dear life.... EAT THE food, MOVE YOUR BUTT and you WILL lose! ( which is why when some folks add in good fats that so-called stall is …

The picture on the left is my wife and I, May 2012. The picture on the right this past weekend a combined 160+ pounds lighter. I was banded the end of Feb 2013, my wife had bypass the end of April. So much in our lives has changed... 4 mile walks/jogs, 7 miles hikes, 15+ mile bike rides. And the bedroom... HOT!!! Getting married, having our kids, and making this change... best things we have ever done!

It was May 27 th of this year when I decided "enough is enough". I weighed in that day at 475 pounds and vowed I was done doing this to myself and my family. Forward 10 weeks to this morning when my scale told me in that computerized voice (yes, it talks) -"399.8 pounds". There was something about hearing the number start with "3" instead of "4" that almost made me cry. Then I remembered I was a 42 year old man and not a 14 year old girl! When my weight is on the way down, it fluctuates 2-3 pounds a day, so I may see a "4" tomorrow, but just seeing that "3" made the surgery and everything that's gone with it seem ok. Everyone on here has been so helpful and I hope…

5 months out and I have bones again. It's been a great ride so far and I am looking forward to more.

Yay I graduated to purées today. 1st real meal was some chili. Boy did it feel good to have substance in my mouth. It was great but I'm definitely full on such a small amount which feels great gotta figure out some purée recipes to try out

50# gone!!

Hiya! Ok so today i did a spring cleaning in my closet. And found these skinny jeans which I once bought for "one day" / never even being close fitting into it. So I took a quick pic. Excuse the hurricane around me hehe. Ok so the one photo is at my heaviest - 334 pounds (yup, that whale in the pool). And the other me in the skinny jeans at 255 pounds First pic i am posting of myself, feel nervous!

I just want to tell my story ... nobody get my brags like fellow bandsters. It all started January 2012 I stepped on a scale and realized I weighed more than. I ever did pregnant. I had reached 260. I had started hiding from pictures. Nothing fit right... my kids would make comments like "mommy has a big tummy" or commercials would come for weight loss or tummy wraps to make you look smaller and my daughter would say mommy you need that. I had no energy was depressed. I didn't even let my husband touch me. I had enough. So I went to my Dr we tried a life wellness program. And in it didn't work. In march she suggested I look into the lap band. So I agreed to go to the semi…

I was sleeved August 20th, my highest weight was 317, surgery day weight 281, current weight 258! [ATTACH]17897[/ATTACH]

82 pounds gone (I'm over halfway there!), and I expected my pants to be too big, but now they are too long! I guess I never realized how much my heavy thighs took up my pants. Now that my thighs are thinner, my pants drape and drag the ground! I had always bought the "tall" sizes so they wouldn't look like floodpants, (I'm 5'8", which I thought was tall!) but now I guess it's back to "average". Sigh. At least the overall size is smaller! Have to get used to my shirts being drapey too. I'm trying not to buy every size on the way down.

I was measured by my trainer on June 4th, and then today........ Drum roll please!!!! 18.5 inches lost!!!! And I bought my first pair of Buckle jeans.... I am in awe at all that I have accomplished since my banding April 1st.... 67 pounds down and feel so much better! Sent from my iPad using LapBandTalk

My heart is broken. A friend of mine for over 18 years has passed away from a heart attack. He battled with his weight all his life. At his highest I am guessing he was maybe 500 plus pounds. He was diabetic, he smoked both cigarettes and weed, he was depressed and the aches and pains due to his weight was hurting his body, he started to use a cain toward the end to help him walk. At my highest when I said its time to take control of my weight I was 301lbs, I try to encourage him to do the WLS, so that his quality of life would be better and he would say no I don't do well with pain. And when he would see me he saw my weight was going down I would still try and enc…

Can someone tell me how to do a comparison pic? I love seeing the side by side

Went shopping for a new dress for an upcoming wedding....size 6!! Stepped on the scale today and found I have reached my goal weight...great weekend!

I was at my highest weight in 2003, I weighed 298. In 10 years I have lost 76 lbs, 44.5 of that in the last 3 months. I just realized my ticker says I have 77 lbs to go so I am half way to goal from where I started 10 years ago. Ten years of yoyo'ing between 298 and 235, mostly sitting around 245. I haven't been in the 220's since the 1980's, I havent been under 200 since 1982 when I got married. I know the VSG is the best thing I have ever done for myself.

As of today, I am down 81 pounds!!! I had my surgery on October 10, 2012. Shopping is so much more fun!!

I had surgery two weeks ago today and am feeling better than I thought possible. Really, I'm feeling better than I have in about a year! Hit my highest weight in July and since then, I'm down 35 pounds! Since surgery, I'm down 27 pounds! I know harder days are coming, but I'm thrilled! Maybe even better than the weight, is the walking. I started a regular walk the day after I came home with about a half a mile. Each day I have been able to increase and I'm up to about 2.5 miles now! This is the best decision I've made since marrying my husband!

Counting down now that we are in September! Anyone else? I'm also interested in what weight everyone is starting at....I'm at about 220 now - hope to be at LEAST 215 by then. I'm afraid I'm Going to be a slow loser......fingers crossed!

Does anyone make their shakes the night before? I was thinking this would be easier for work but didn't know if they would stay good?

I'm fixing to start testing the protein shakes and I don't want to waste my money on drinks that will go in the trash. What's your favorite protein shake/ beverage?

So I finally got this weight thing in order. For years it's been a struggle but I have kicked its ASS!!!! My metabolism is for the first time in my entire life on track and normal. I eat and I gain and I work out and eat right and I lose and I maintain. I am now building muscle and I am stronger and faster. I am happy. Despite the struggles, I am happy. Maybe not completely satisfied quite yet because I can't quite conquer love but happy with myself for the first time in a long time is well worth the effort I give everyday to keep on going and succeeding. Hope everyone had a great holiday!! I just got off work and I am going to relax with a protein shake and some tunes. T…

I went on a whale watch today with my family. While we were sitting in the section where food is served I found myself watching people stuffing popcorn and pretzels and pizza and hot dogs in their mouths. I was disgusted! Maybe it's just a weird day for me but I can remember when my mom quit smoking - she couldn't STAND smokers. I hope my view continues to be this way so I won't be tempted!! 16 days til surgery - I sat sipping my protein water and thought about that! :0)

Well I decided to let my friends know I got banded. At first I felt that they would be disappointed in me as I had lost 176 on my own. But I couldn't have been more wrong. I got such good support and reactions from everyone. I own a wholesale bakery we make all sorts of pastries, cookies, bars, and cakes for coffee shops and other places including grocery store bakeries. So every Monday I bake and donate and serve at homeless dinner program. One of the other workers at Hopes Table came up to me and said he was so proud of me taking such a step to maintain your health. I responded by saying yes I am cheating for the home run! He said yes, but you had already hit a …

I am going to toot my own horn because I can so that here and u all get it! Soo I have been very happy with my success and so proud of myself for putting in the work to get the weight off and as a result I spent the entire summer at the community pool with my kids. I never thought u would catch me in a bathing suit again much less galavanting around the local pool!!! My kids had an awesome summer that I actually participated in! And to top it off I went down the Water slide today! They have been asking me to go all summer but I was afraid I was too big! I'm not! And I did it! They were sooo happy to do that together and I couldn't be more proud of myself! Looking forward…

I have often started one of these threads, but would stop after writing a bit because while the LAP-BAND®®® has helped me lose weight and now maintain my weight for nearly two years, it seems crazy to feel like a success. I started with a low-ish BMI (37) and losing 90lbs+ didn't seem significant enough to class me as a success, I thought! And I just felt that I was very fortunate that the band worked for me. Yes, I exercised - 40 mins 3 times a week when I was losing - but I didn't count calories, I didn't do low carb, I just got regular fills, ate when I was hungry and in time, my addiction to food diminished and I just lost weight. The band helped me with portion con…

1. Blood sugar is EXCELLENT! 2. Reduced diabetes meds...less expensive meds:) 3. Cholesterol ALMOST normal 4. Wearing 18W pants (used to squeeze into a 28 at my highest) 5. 14W dress!!! 6. Love crossing my legs 7. Can paint my own toes without suffering oxygen deprivation!!! 8. Comfortable in theatre seats 9. Holding my 3 year old son on my hip and feeling him wrap his legs around me... Wasn't possible with a big round belly, didn't have the "shelf" of my hip to sit on, if that makes since 10. I don't mind having my picture taken one bit 11. Renewed self confidence 12. Improved sleep 13. Sleep through the night without needing to get up to pee 14. Less aches …

Hey guys! I'm still post op but I've got a question for those of you losing or have lost! If you had stretch marks, did they fade as you lost weight? (I apologize if this has been done before but I searched and could not find it)! I'm so curious! Sent from my iPhone using VST

My surgery was last Thursday. I started off this whole thing at 289 pounds. That was in May before I went to the seminar. At the seminar I realize that I needed to stop smoking and that I would be changing for the rest my life my children. I have three children eight years old three years old and a one-year-old. And I would love to be that "soccer mom " That coaches are runs up and down the field. I couldn't do that because I was so heavy. I also couldn't do that cause I have severe chronic neck and back issues. My pain management doctor recommended that I move forward with the surgery. If I lost some weight maybe we take pressure off my spine and I would have less pain. …

I can't believe it I'm down 84 pounds!! I've got 37 more to go to be at goal HW:266 SW: 243 CW: 182

Very happy that I made my goal of loosing 85 lbs in 8 months.. So for my reward I got a breast lift and augmentation !! At age 56 I finally am happy with my new self!! Check out the pics of before lb and after new breasts!!!

Well, I weighed in yesterday and the scale finally revealed that I was at my original weight goal! I have lost 138 lbs. total since July 30, 2012. I have not reached the green zone, but I feel that I am extremely close. I had been on a plateau for about three months, hanging around +- five pounds, but I now have started to lose again. So Pleased! I had a fill about 2 weeks ago and I feel some restriction and strangely I get full signals from my lower stomach now. I have never eaten only 1 to 1-/2 cups of food at a meal, but I have tracked my calories and protein on My Fitness Pro. After this last fill, I am not able to eat as much, which is vey good. I think this…

I wanted to hit 100 by 6 months but I'm definately not complaining about 90 lbs! Very proud of myself

Well I have quite a few but my most recent one is when I was getting ready for work I wanted to wear these Forever 21 jeans I bought while living in Europe . It's been a year since I have been able to wear them . Well I put on my spanx and was ready to huff and puff to zip them up. Lo and behold , they slid right up and was falling down by mid morning . I tried another pair from Forever 21 and lets just say I needed a belt bad - Size 18. 2 months ago I was in a tight 24/26, now a size 18 is too big . Wow ! Had my surgery July 5 th . Pre Op: 319 Day of surgery : 306 Curr: 272 Loss: 47 lbs

Yup. Lost 'em. Not once, but twice during kickboxing today. The first time I was scooting backwards across the floor on my butt. I went back, my pants didn't. The second time, I was concentrating on my punching form so hard, I didn't even notice my pants were around my mid thighs. Ooooops! I am quit certain my martial arts instructor will never let this one go. I can't even kick his arse! Lesson learned. Always wear pretty underwear.

I'm new here,so hello everybody!! I had my gastric sleeve surgery on 8/14/13! I am almost on week 3..one problem is nausea!! How can I get rid of it?? I starred getting it once I started the pureed stage. My protein shakes are the cause of it. I changed them and I still get sick..anything else I can take? Eggs also made me sick

It is hard to believe I have lost 74 lbs!! I love my new self !!! Surgery date was May 24th HW:268 SW: 238 CW: 195

Ok, so I experienced 2 minor victories today and am kinda happy about them. 1. Got on the scale and realized I now weigh less ( by 4.5 lbs) than my hubby . Grant it he is 8 inches taller than me but none the less, I no longer out weigh him. 2. Today I went shopping at the MALL! Walked all corridors ( minus the food court) on both floors without having to knock anyone down trying to sit at a bench . (Coming from the girl who only a few short months ago could barely walk into a grocery store from the parking lot, then had to cling to the cart for dear life just to make it around the small market). P.s. it has been over 4 years since I have even attempted to shop …

Hey I'm Just Posting To Update Everyone & At Least Try To Motivate Or Inspire Anyone Who's Still Indecisive About What To Do Is Been A Long Journey For Me & I've Learned So Much Through Out The Months This Surgery Changed My Life In So Ways I Would Never Think In A Million Years I'll Be The Size I Am Or The Numbers I See Every Time I Get On A Scale Who Would Of Thought I Would Be Excited To Get On One To Know My Weight & My Progress Is A Mind Bottling Thing But All Worth It At The End As Previously Stated In My Last Post I Started At 330lbs Now I'm Currently At 174lbs Losing A Total Of 156 Pounds I Guess Dreams Do Come True!!

I have had my band since Jan 2012. I lost about 55 pounds, but I gained about 33 pounds of that back. I have been depressed over this. I felt and I felt like a failure. About a week ago, I decided to take my life back (again). What I failed to realize is that this struggle is mostly mental. I was eating full size meals like I was before, hamburgers..tons of slider foods which resulted in me gaining some of the weight back and I stopped working out. Once I was able to identify my problems, mainly being a emotional eater, I decided that I have to have control over my emotions and not let them control me. At this moment, all I can see is the finish line, even though its so f…

I finally took my measurements last night to gauge my non-scale success and I'm happy to say that I've lost nearly as many inches as I have pounds! Since July 19, 2013 I've lost 38.75 inches - 10 from my waist alone! Ain't the band grand?

I'm approaching my one year mark in November and I remember looking forward at that point to my 21st birthday, which was last week, and wondering where I would be. I am -45 pounds and couldn't be happier. My body has lost weight in places it never has before. It hasn't always been easy but I have stayed strong and done whats best for me! -45 may not seem like a lot in terms of WL surgery but I'm am all around healthier, have more energy, and Confident!! I wanted to share my journey to inspire some of you to make the decision to change your life. Wether or not that means surgery. I regained control of MY life and it's feels amazing! SW: 241 CW: 196 thanks …

Im almost there. I randomly weighed myself today after running almost 7 miles and swimming for 1/2 hour at the gym today. My usual weigh in day is tuesday. We will see what it says on tuesday. Total loss so far 58 pounds woohoo!!! I no i need to paint my toes :: [ATTACH]27825[/ATTACH]

22lbs down and feeling pretty good !

Has anyone that had the lap-band done a colon detoxic and how often.

Well I have my lapb done on 8/9 with 346 pounds and today I am 306 ...will see how it's goes

Im down 22 pounds and 11.5 total inches!! Im so excited, it finally feels real!