kelkeljr

It has been 11 months and i am down to 196!!

Band date: 8/10/2011 to now 7/2012 im down 122 lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think its a great choice. i just wish i had done it years ago. its a big decision but i am sure if you have it you will be very pleased.

Thanks ladies!

honestly, i feel like i have no clue what im doing. i try to eat very slowly and very small bite sizes. one month they filled my bad to tight and i didnt go back for 2 months i lost 18lb that month but after that month i got sick a lot so not i think i am scared to eat to much afraid i will get sick and i hate throwing up. i try to stay active too. i dont go to the gym. i know i should. good luck!!

ok from what my doc told me he bands me like normal but the bottom part of my stomach he folds over several times and stitches it to make it smaller. he said my lower stomach was only 4 oz. he informed me that i could stretch it out. but i havnt had any problems with it. if he would have never told me he was doing it, i would have never know.

6 months 80lbs!

I decided to be banded in January 2011 and started the insurance process. I was banded August 10, 2011. I was more than ready and it could not come soon enough. My surgeon had offered to do the Plication along with my band he said he was seeing 20% more weight loss with it. All I was wanting was to lose it so i was all for it. I love everything about my band and my journey. I started at 318 and went in this week for my 6 month fill and i was at 238. I was so excited to hit 80lbs. I am ready to party when i hit 100 and then when i get to 200lbs... watch out! i will definatley be celebrating. I have a ways to go but i know i will get there. I am not stoping until I do. I tell everyone about my band. I really thought getting surgery would be the "easy" way out. wow was i wrong. its just as hard at times, BUT its the BEST thing I have ever done!

I had the lap band with Plication on Aug. 10, 2011. Since then i am down 80lbs. I love my band. I did not plan on getting the plication but my surgeon said he seeing 25% more weight loss with it. GOOD LUCK!