Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories

Recently, I began to ponder all the amazing things this surgery has given me. I absoutely would get a LapBand again if I had to go back in time. It has been the best thing that has ever happened to me...with the exception of hubby and kids obviously. So I thought I would make a list of all of these things. I know that reading stuff like this helped me to encourage me when I was starting out. Thank you LapBand for... 1. self-confidence-I now look in the mirror or at picture and am happy with the person looking back at me. Seeing the results of my efforts is priceless...I have reached goals I thought were just dreams. 2. control- I no longer feel controlled by food or t…

I'm hesitant to post pics, but after seeing them myself, I actually see a little difference in my body, which is exciting and motivational. I've still got a good ways to go, but this is around my half way mark I suppose. When I started in October I was nearly 400, weighing in at 394. So, I finally took some pictures recently. I was 298 in the second pic, and 394 in the first. I've been able to keep most of my strength, my bench is down to 340 from 375, deadlift is 765 from 810, and squat suffered the most, last max effort was 510, down from 585. My mile time has gone from 16 minutes to 11:40. Been having fun on this journey, not taking it way too seriously and…

I just had surgery Monday and I'm still not hungry at all...this is amazing and scary! I've never not been hungry....this doesn't seem real!

I am sooooo excited!!! 50 pounds ago I could not find a comfortable bra. I had basically given up and only wore one when I absolutely had to because they were so miserable. I squeeeeezed into a 44DD because it was so hard to find a 46DD. Well about 5-6 weeks ago I was able to buy 40DD and they were SOOOOO comfortable. I had to wear them on the loosest notch but they felt great! ALL DAY EVEN!! Over the last couple weeks I had to switch to the tightest notch and now that I have lost even more weight I can no longer wear these 40DDs that I just bought!! I am super comfy in a 38DD!!! I AM ELATED!!! Hooray for happy, comfy boobs!!!

Today talking to my daughter ... In the conversation she mention that I didn't snore anymore ... I was like wait did you just say I didn't snore anymore ?? She was like ... No, mom you don't !! Took me like 5 min to take it inn... Nsv for me ... I had sleep apnea before surgery Happy!!

I'm 13 months post sleeve, Ive lost 104 lbs. I haven't lost or gained weight since January. For me this journey has become about staying the course. About not fading back into what I was & not giving up on my goal to lose 35 more lbs. Im hungry again, I eat more & sometimes I don't choose what I should. Those times I have to acknowledge my choices & forgive lmy weakness, so I can make better choices next time. I won't give in, give up, be that big stranger again. It would be easier to fade into food, but through my WLS experience, I discovered strength, I am capable of living thin. Eat small, Be small! Stay the course!

I went to a wedding on Friday night (floral dress) and Father's day brunch on Sunday (polka dot dress). They are both size 12. Prior to the surgery I was in a size 22 dress. I hate to look in the mirror, but must admit looking at these pics makes me realize I HAVE lost weight. Black dress is pre-surgery and a size 22

One year ago today I changed my life forever and it was the best decision I've ever made and I wouldn't take it back for the world. HW 276 SW 263 TODAY 150 5'8" 21 years old - Kaylee Ann ~ Surgerversary 6/11/2012

[ATTACH]3515[/ATTACH] Yesterday was the happiest Mothers Day aside from when I first had my son... Yesterday, I was healthy, happy and full of energy standing at 249 (82 lbs lost)!!! It was a great feeling!!! Happy Mothers Day to all of you Moms as well!!

This morning's blood sugar level: 98! Very good!

Woohoo! Gastric sleeve surgery 5-18-12. From a size 30 jeans and size 30/32 top to a size 8 jeans & size MD top. From 338 to 181. When I put the 8's on, and they fastened , I seriously sat in the fitting room floor and cried! The sleeve is the best thing I've ever done for myself. I would beg anyone who is struggling with their weight, do not wait, do it for YOU! Kristie [ATTACH]14092[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]14089[/ATTACH]

Tomorrow makes 3 months! Down 84lbs since the start of my pre OP. The first picture is the morning of surgery (I was already down 12lbs). Top picture is 2 months out, bottom picture is a few days ago. Tomorrow makes 3 months! Starting weight:305 Day of surgery:292 last week:221 [ATTACH]14270[/ATTACH]

Hw: 299 SW: 290 CW :209 my surgery was 1/21/13 and happy 5 months to my other sleeve brothers and sisters .. I'm down 90 pounds I feel like my weight has slowed down I have 25 more pounds I want to lose .. The first month was hard but after that smooth sailing .. So to you guys who are unsure all I can say is that this surgery was a life saver and I'm so happy

My nephew just had an elite military graduation, and I'm happy to report that I was comfortable and HAPPY to have my picture taken while there. 70 pounds ago, I avoided the camera at all costs! I'm not exactly where I want to be, but I've come a long way.

Hello everyone! Here is my "I am almost there" photos. This photo is more for me, as I am right now, today, after a trip to the gym as I still struggle with my mirror image. I still see the same person in the mirror I always was so I'm hoping by popping up a before and after my mind comes to grip that I have lost almost all of my excess weight. As of now I have lost 120 pounds at this point. I wanted to lose another 12-22 pounds to get to my personal goal but the scale will not budge, and hasn't for a few months. The doctor says I'm at a healthy weight, so right now I am more focused on trying to reduce my body fat percentage as it is still super high. Once …

Yesterday for the first time ever, i balanced with my husband on the teeter-toter at the park when we took my granddaughter there!!! 27 years together and that's never happened! Love this!lol

I have been struggling with noticing the changes that come from weight loss. I have now lost 67lbs and still had trouble seeing it. Till now, I was looking at old vacation photos and saw how large my face was only 10mnths ago. I have only been banded for 6 months but this was an eye opener for me. [/img]

Tomorrow makes 3 months! Down 84lbs since the start of my pre OP. The first picture is the morning of surgery (I was already down 12lbs). Top picture is 2 months out, bottom picture is a few days ago. Tomorrow makes 3 months! Starting weight:305 Day of surgery:292 last week:221 [ATTACH]14270[/ATTACH]

i work in a 4 story office building across the hall from us was an office who moved from the first floor to the 4th floor. this lady i use to talk to all the time in the hallway/ladies room was in that office. she was as sweet as can be and she was my size/height me and her together resembled a football defense line up. i adored her as she was the nicest gal...since they moved upstairs, i rarely saw her anymore today, i passed her in the hallway, she said who are you? do i know you? i said yes, its me gloria....she said what have you done to yourself?? i told her the truth, i changed from eating junk and fast foods to fresh and started walking (i do not know her wel…

Several years ago I asked my dad what he wanted for Father's Day. He told me that he wanted me to lose 50 pounds. Now he wasn't mean about it or ugly in any way, he just wanted me to be healthy. I've dieted off and on since then but never lost as much as 50 pounds at one time or even anywhere close to Father's Day. This year for Father's Day I was able to tell him that I've lost just over 80 pounds since the end of February. He cried when I told him, then he laughed! He told me that my overall health was the most important thing to him first off, but #2 just how much plastic surgery was I going to need to keep me from flapping in the wind?!? LOL! That, Daddy, is ye…

Hello beautiful people i am getting ready for the Lapband surgery. I just wanted to come on here and ask which lapband do you all have and how much weight have you lost? I follow 2 girls on youtube and they both have the realize band and have had success! :-)! Which one do you have the realize band or lapband! Thanks!

surgery was march 5th and everything has been great so far- down from 230 pounds to 185 pounds! I guess I wish it was faster but I am not complaining- just impatient. Feel better than I have in years! Would do it again in a heartbeat!

I found doing the calculation below really useful and motivating Weight loss Starting weight 112kgs / 17.6 stone / 246.9lbs Banded 12 Jan 2013 Weight 16th June 2013 90.6kgs / 14.26 stone / 199.7lbs Lost 21.4 kgs / 3.34 stones / 47.2 lbs Lost 57% of target weight in 5 months Target 75kgs / 11.8kg / 165.34 lbs From beginning weight needs to lose 37kgs / 5.8 stone / 81.5lbs 33% reduction in overall body weight From 16th June 2013 need to lose 15.6kgs / 34.39 lbs / 2.4 stone to get to target weight So 5 months in I'm over half way in the aim to reach my target weight. I've gone from a BMI of 38 to 31.6 - very nearly 'fat' rather than overweight.…

I'm 5 months out today down 73 since surgery, 123 total. I tried on my pre-op goal shirt today. Nerd alert! The picture on the left doesn't look so bad due to meticulous appropriate angling of the camera. The picture on the right makes me really glad that I work for plastic surgeons and my favorite one said he'd give me a good discount on an arm lift. Yikes.

Ive had the band, had great result with that until it slipped, since have gained all the weight back plus 100 lbs, now im getting ready to have weight loss surgery and cant decide if the sleeve or bypass is the best choice for me...how did you decide to go with the bypass...any info you can pass onto me is appreciated!!!! Im a mom of 4 active kids, I work full time, and im very excited for this new lifestyle just cant decide which is the best way for me to go..

Day of surgery 330lb, in vegas w wife 196lb. This surgery is amazing [ATTACH]14195[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]14198[/ATTACH]

I would like for her to do the surgery and she want to do it to does anyone know any good surgeon in Columbus Ohio thank you

I know it's just a number, and I know I still have a ways to go...but I got on the scale this morning and it said 199.2. I am under 200 lbs. Wow...I never though I'd see it. Thank you lapband, and thank you to all the great folks on this forum who have supported me on this journey. I know we're only connected virtually but the first thing I wanted to do after seeing that number was to let you all know that I reached a significant milestone. Have a great day everyone!

I am having surgery next Friday all my life I have been an overeater I mean just eat because its there I'm just afraid that months or years down the road I will be doing this again . I am using the sleeve as a tool to a healthier life but of course there's always a bit of doubt anyone eating more than they thought ??? or is it impossible because of the restriction the sleeve makes . Sent from my iPhone using VST

Scheduled for surgery June 18th. I'm curious to know if once everything is healed and you are comfortable with the sleeve are there any foods that you cannot eat. Even if you choose nit to eat something could you eat if you chose?

Surgery 3/28. 11.5 wks out. [ATTACH]14125[/ATTACH] starting wt 206, cw 163. I am very active now most days, and feel wonderful! Approx 51 more # to goal.

As a post op I can drink tap water again and it tastes good without needing to enhance with flavor. This is huge. Those that are post op will truly understand what I mean.

This is my before and after slideshow on my current progress.. for anyone who is considering surgery I suggest you watch this video! This was the greatest decision I EVER made!!!

You're BEFORE may be someone else's AFTER!

I'm in love with my new body and I love to show it for the first time in my life. I just hope my success can help motivate some guys out there.

7 days rny post op. Did anyone else have horrible leg pain and light headedness at this point after surgery? Those are my main two issues now. Stomach hardly hurts now

Had surgery March 28th. I don't know what I weighed day of surgery but on march 14th day I started liquid diet I was 340lbs as of today I am 283lbs total of 57lbs down!

7.5 weeks out, 37 lbs down and 2.5 lbs from onderland....this is f'ing awesome! I feel great...I walk faster, my confidence, is back, I can wear my size 16 jeans, my depression has lifted....the world feels brighter....I feel like I GOT THIS! My sexy is back as once again....I am snapping necks when I am out and about........got my mojo back! So....why did I in one day consume 1300 calories when in all the days prior, I could only get in 700! WTF! In my old life prior to my sleeve..,,this was my cycle....lose weight, get my mojo back, gain weight, get depressed, go in to hiding, shut the world out. I woke up this morning....acknowledged that the old self is still l…

The first shot is me in August 2012, somewhere at or above my highest recorded weight of 383. I'm wearing a size 5x (32/34 or thereabouts) pant and 4x top. The second is about two weeks after my October 22, 2012 procedure in early November. The last is me today at about 280. I'm wearing a size 22 pant and a 2x top. I don't even recognize the person in the mirror some days and I no longer dread it when people say I look like my pictures. I've still got a way to go, but I'm very pleased with the results a little more than four months out.

First picture was 4 days pre op and second picture was just now (3 weeks and 2 days post op).

Yay, just about 8 months out and I have hit my initial goal of 100 pounds! I'm so excited, when I started this process this was my goal weight, I changed it a bit so I'm not at goal yet but I am 100 pounds down, Yay, yay, yay! The best part is my husband comes home for his mid tour leave tomorrow, so I get to show of my 100 pound lighter body to him! Here's a pic of the outfit I will be picking him up from the airport in. I wanted to also make sure I said a huge THANK YOU to everyone on here who has been so supportive in this journey. You guys rock!

This is a weird one, but I can link it directly to the surgery. I used to bite my nails. I had gotten it a bit under control, but still had issues. Now I'm not biting my nails, because I don't want to accidentally swallow a sharp bit and maybe hurt my sleeve!

Most of you know my story... Had surgery 02-21-12. Weighed in at a whopping 340 lbs. today I stepped on the scale and weighed 147. For a total weight loss of 193 lbs. I can't begin to express how much this surgery has changed my life.... For the better!! For those of you just starting out... This can be done you just have to stay vigilant to the program and be patient. For those of you still fighting for every pound you are having to lose... Keep fighting. I love this forum more then anyone can believe. It has kept me on the straight and narrow and allowed me to help others

I am wondering if anyone can drink carbonated drinks like mineral water. I am not interested I. Drinking soda but curious if its ok to drink something with bubbles and no sugar

yeah!! he does not have the band... but just found out that my husband won the biggest loser competiton at his work.. 31.4 lbs lost in 10 weeks. very proud of him and had to share.

Had a nice lunch with my mom and then we hit the mall, oh my, it had been a while since I had been shopping and boy was it fun. Ended up in a regular department store, plus size section but regular department store and purchased size 1X shirts, I was so excited. This time last year I was wearing size 26/28 and they were tight and 3X's were beginning to get tight. I still have big arms so I buy 3/4 length sleeves plus I stay cold all the time anyway year around so it doesn't bother me but these shirts were super duper cute. Just had to share. thx.

Today is my Surgiversary. One year later and 101lbs down. Best thing I ever did. Photos on left before, on right after

New video !

CCI00013a.bmpPaul Williams Richard Improta and Todd Hartmann (337lbs). Last photos 192lbs. Winning the weight battle is not a dream... its a reality now! I said on a previouse post it was 3 years... no. Today is 4 years since the surgery!

Left was back in Nov 2012 Right was this past weekend . I've been discouraged lately because I hadn't seen any difference. But I can totally see it in here I've also gotten darker lol.