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I have lost 115, have 60 more to lose cant wait!

HIGHEST WEIGHT - 340 LBS

GOAL WEIGHT - 140 LBS

SURGERY DATE - 08/14/2010

WEIGHT ON DATE OF SURGERY - 288 LBS

CURRENT WEIGHT AS OF 01/14/2011 - 240 LBS

I HAVE 100 LBS MORE POUNDS TO LOSE

I made it but I wish i could have gone further

i just got banded in august. I live in santee :thumbup: are you nervous about your surgery? i was when i got mine :smile2: if you want a buddy feel free to send me a message

Yea i didnt care about the seatbelt enough to buy the car lol but it will fit soon which is good I love that car drives sooo smooth. Thanks for the support everyone :smile2:

I got this new car I love it and i think its so pretty and the seat belt doesnt quite fit :thumbup: the belts arent as long as in newer cars but im still excited anyway and thought I would share even if my seatbelt didnt fit i bought it anyway i figured I would share my car which my goal is for next month being able to get that seat belt on its pretty close! So ill just share

:thumbup: Just curious it has been over a month since I had surgery and still kinda like ahhh no maybe in a few days to my husband... How long did you all wait till you started having sex again?

Good luck on your banding :thumbup: taking a step in the right direction! If you need any support hope you pop by and come to the nice friendly people at the forums :thumbup:

Ah you got your band when you were young! well im 28 and feel old already... lol You still liking it? How did your weight loss go in those 5 years?

i paid 15,300 for my surgery and first year of fills and the pre op testing and the shrink eval etc. I got mine done in San Diego only did that because the office is like 15 min away from my house so if i have any problems ill but them in person

bah I ate bad today my mom just had to go buy yummy chicken.. back on track tomorrow really :thumbup:

I wonder if i should have given myself a harder goal hmm.. lol

Well I have Been banded a whole month! I am doing pretty good :wub: Making my video blogs and whatnot.. I go in for a fill in a couple of weeks and im down about 20lbs so im pretty happy with everything! I hope everyone is doing well and timandmich that sounds crazy glad you stayed in their office longer to make sure you had that fill right! my husband is always ready to get out of their building as soon as possible and he always takes me!

That guy was a jerk I would for sure go get someone else's opinion... Doctors hate being told their line of thinking is wrong and this guy couldnt accept your wants/needs so i hope you dont go see this man ever again.. all i can say is god awful!

Its so exciting when you get it all in the works! I was self pay and i was stressed out till i had everything laid out there...! Good luck with your surgery! and keep us posted with how your doing :wub: Look forward to your posts!

Thats really cool! I can tell your looking smaller! can really tell on your front photos :wub:

i havent really heard of gaining from them unless you are doing like the higher calories shakes ? I lost 6 lbs for my pre op diet (which was only 3 days long... meh)

My surgery in San Diego Cal, was 15,300 but it comes with free fills for a year and it was at an out patient thing, to be honest i didnt do too much research but i think they did a great job.. I lucked out if i have to do cosmetic tho.. Ill be looking into that alot more deeply

ah that is so cool i bet you feel like a celeb! congrats!

Hi All,

I just got my date today and its in 2 weeks time.

I have to start the Optifast this Thursday which will be ok I as its the begining of my journey.

I wanted to as, did any of you have uneasy thoughts about having the port under your skin?

I know thousands of people have had this done and I would like to know if any of you also felt uneasy about the port.

Thanks

Gerry:ohmy:

Yea I had thoughts of the port or having the device in all together gave me thoughts like hmm im like a robot person now or something but really I cant even feel my port i dont even know exactly where it is to be honest lol... Ive been banded for about 1 month... You just have to ask yourself one thing is it worth losing it? for me it was yes and im still glad i made the decision... Now im just worried about the extra skin... lol but that will come in time! I think anything that can scare you about the band will do it especially since your surgery is so soon so keep going! and keep us posted ill cheer you on! :thumbup:

Both chocolate and vanilla flavors of Body Fortress (from Walmart) are awesome. I order sugar free flavored syrups from DiVinci.com. There is every flavor you can imagine so you can have anything from chocolate covered cherry to vanilla chai to peppermint patty. the sky is the limit with the sugar free syrups. I have a little Hamilton Beach blender. I fill it with 4 or 5 ice cubes, 8 oz of skim milk, a scoop of Protein powder and about 2 tbs. of Syrup. you can even add multiple syrups like pineapple and coconut with the vanilla and you have a pina colada. YUMMM. I have to be honest, I actually enjoy having them. They are really good.

the syrup site is actually davincigourmet.com the one you posted takes you somewhere else lol but yes its good stuff!

I think you have a good chance of getting in and if you dont get in the first time id try and send a second letter thats usually all it takes dont worry too much about it, it isnt good for you let us know how it works out for you tho ill be cheering you on!

Yea most of the time you meet a man its an accident stop looking and he will run into you thats how i got mine... In a video game lol but weve been married for 2 years now.. nerdy ever after i guess, so pick a hobby and you will run into somone that will find you to be awesome!

I'm in sign me up for 10lb! :thumbup:

I said yes and reason being I've never had the chance to wear one I've been pretty big since I was 9 so even tho I'll probably be 30 by then... I'm still going to try it out!