wallflower

Single female in northwestern Pennsylvania, 37.

Las Vegas is on my bucket list!! Actually, if I ever get married I think I would rather do it there than blow a bunch of money.

How far is that from Pittsburgh? I used to go there when I was a kid for summer with my uncle. I loved it.

Or just ask people to hold their computer upside down. Problem solved!

Well I will tell you to edit your pic and make it smaller and that will fix the upside down factor! Good luck and welcome and great weight loss so far!

Anyone on the website? I just registered and I was the only one on. Well it is 1 am, maybe that is why.

There are 14 men registered on that site... ummm There needs to be some serious advertising. I signed up.

My name is TJ, I'm from Maryland but born in Ohio. Smart enough to work for the Man, dumb enough to get back on a motorcycle after half a decade of no riding (one of my major reasons for losing weight - I miss my HD Dyna Glide ).
My nutritionist made the recommendation for August 16 which is about 3 weeks after my program ends. The surgeon will respond soon we hope. Personally, I hope they can push it up because class starts again at the end of August. So I might pick up the knowledge from the insurance and just pay out of pocket with Dr. Kelly.
Stats as requested (demanded?)
26 years old
5'10"
337 pounds prior to nutrition class
306 pounds as of this morning
Im like a life size Teddy Bear
Now I have to read the rest of the thread and figure out who else is in here and who they are hehe.

Newly single, newly sleeved, New me .. I am looking for other single sleevers out there to talk about single life, before during and after the sleeve. Maybe a place were us singles can come together and talk about whatever who knows maybe Someone can find love.. In a loveless world. So if you are single and out there lets hear from you..

I would encourage you to use an app to track your diet, like myfitnesspal. I kno sometimes I'm really surprised by how much more I'm consuming than I originally thought. That's where I'd start first, is to see if my diet needed tweaking and then go from there. Are u using any toppings like butter or mayo?

I would encourage you to use an app to track your diet, like myfitnesspal. I kno sometimes I'm really surprised by how much more I'm consuming than I originally thought. That's where I'd start first, is to see if my diet needed tweaking and then go from there. Are u using any toppings like butter or mayo?

I have a 4yr old daughter and for Christmas she had got me a "mommy and me" necklace. i love it so much but was heartbroken when I had to tell her that it wouldnt fit around my neck. She was a little dissappointed but I told her I would put in a special place till I could wear it. Well today getting her ready for pre-school she asked me to wear the necklace she got me. i was nervouse about trying it on but IT FIT!!!! She was so excited that i was wearing it to work and it is the first thing since being banded that I have noticed about myself changing. She was so happy and kept telling me to show everyone and to let them know she got it for her mommy! I was banded 12/3/12 and have lost 36lbs but I havent seen the changes yet so this was a first!

I know I'm just a baby in the lap banding world, but I had to share. I had surgery on 12/17/12. Since then I've lost 42 lbs including the pre-op diet. I've been taking monthly pics and measurements so I can see a difference. I took a photo last night and was amazed (and may have cried a little) at the difference. This is seriously the best thing I've ever done for myself.

I feel great and am very happy with the progress! Amazing!

There are too many people here with too big of ego's.....I could care less about people's "Cred's" etc,....
This is the Internet...people need to get a life as opposed to making themselves feel important and look to get their ego's stroked.....
I just want to know people's experiences...good and bad...with this surgery so I can live and learn....and enjoy my life....
I also have a few people blocked...these are people who appear to me to be "Know it alls"....with little or no first hand experience.....always ready to tell other people what they should or should not do...what is the right and wrong way......
I just want to know what worked and did not work for other people....
And yes, I have a story to share...but it is my story...not something I THINK should happen.....

I got my surgens office to text me the before photo they took of me! So here is a side by side comparison!
I went from 260 to 158 in 13 months. From a size 22 pants to a size 10

I signed up for the forum 3 years ago. It took until today that I finally got the courage to add a picture to my profile. I was afraid of being seen and "outed" I guess.
My success story is that I have reached a point that I have realized there is nothing to be concerned about. If someone I know recognizes me all the better. Maybe they will approach me and we can discuss what great life choice I feel I have made for myself and I could encourage other who might choose this path to do the same.
For so many years I would avoid getting in pictures over the holidays. I regret now that it is hard to find many pictures with me and my daughters during Christmas over the years. This year I was getting in as many as I could while my girls are still young (8 and 10) to make up for lost time. Looking forward to a happy and healthy 2013 and wish everyone else here the same!!

ok, here goes another silly story that came to realization just today.,
picture you sitting in the drivers seat...your belly so large that you have to have the seat go all the way back..(try being short and not reaching pedals too).. and you have to have the steering wheel turned up to drive....and even turning the wheel, you are doing some belly rubbing.
so today, as i am driving to work, i looked down and saw about 6-7 inch space between my belly and the steering wheel itself......i even put my hand there and measured with my fingers and was like what the heck??
my tummy is no where close to the steering wheel...def made me smile and turn up van halen even louder than normal.
so a huge difference 7 months ago to now.....no more belly rubbing for me...

It has been 7 1/2 months since I was banded and as of this morning, I have lost 80.8 lbs! I am over the moon excited. I set a goal for myself to lose 80 lbs before we go on our cruise on February 10th. I am now moving the goal to 90 lbs. I would have never dreamed that this would be possible. Praise God! Praise God! Praise God! Yes, it is hard work but so worth it. I'm going to be a size 16 when we cruise. A size 16!!!!!!! Happy, happy, happy. Thanks for letting me share with you my friends.

Surgery five months today. 60 pounds gone, 40 still to go. At the gym 5 days a week. Training for a 5K. Looking forward to my summer adventures- zip lining, soaring, and tandam parachuting. Amazing to think where I was a year ago! Just plain happy today!

It almost surreal.... But I am 10 lbs from goal. And it only been 21 months.... Such a short time considering the amount of weight I needed to lose ....
But i am almost there and i have lost 207 lbs! I just wanted to post this so anyone having to lose 200 lbs or more might realize IT CAN BE DONE!!!!!

I'm down 125lbs in two years and had a Tummy Tuck heres my before and after pictures.

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I am very happy with my band and have had little to no complications. I have been banded since October 2010 and have been at or below goal since September 2012.I started this journey in a size 24 W(very tight) and I am now wear a size 2 or 4 skinny jeans. And yes I am really that skinny and no I do not have a lot of excess skin. I have a personal trainer that I have been working out with since March 2012 and with hard work he has helped me lose my last 30 lbs and drop from a size 12 to my current size. I have been on this site long before I had surgery and this is what I learned. The negativity has always been here but instead of getting worked up over the negative comments and all the issues I chose to watch and learn from others mistakes. This is what I learned when I was new to the forums, take what you want from the postings and leave the rest. Learn from both the successful people and the unsuccessful people. This is not a diet and you have to learn to eat healthy to be healthy. If you want to be skinny you have to think and eat like a skinny person. You have to make it a way of life and not just a vacation from the old life.
Why do I love my lap band:
LB has helped me accomplish what I could not with a diet.
LB has helped me improve my health, I no longer take 4 medications for my blood pressure or have difficulty with my asthma, have sleep apnea or joint pain so bad in my knees that I cried.
LB has allowed me to exercise.
LB has allowed me to have more energy to enjoy my grandchildren.
LB gave me back my life that I thought I would never get back.

Honestly I thought I would die just like my brother of a stroke due to my morbid obesity or I would have diabetes before I hit 60.
As i have stated before and many may not agree but I am an addict! I am a food addict, food was my drug of choice and my coping mechinism. I have been successful with lap band because I gave up my drug of choice and now make healthy choices. My behavior no longer controls me, I control my behavior and how I deal with stress and all issues that are placed before me. Food was not the enemy, I was.
So I encourage all of you to embrace the change and really look deep inside and figure out who is in control, YOU or FOOD!
I LovetheNewMe!