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Today is my 3 year bandiversary...woo hoo



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So...3 years ago today I was under the knife. Today I am sitting at work in my size 8 sundress sipping on some Starbucks and absolutely LOVING life. My life has changed sooooo much in the last 3 years, I could probably write a book about it. In a nutshell...April 30, 2007 had lapband surgery...April 14, 2008 found out my husband was a cheater and having an affair...March 7, 2009 kicked my husband out after a very unsuccessful attempt to save a horrible marraige (at least I tried...lol)...April 14, 2009 (exactly one year after finding out about the cheater) had a lower body lift and breast lift with augmentation...May 26, 2010 divorce hearing. Life is GREAT and I can't imagine where I would be if I didn't have my band...I love life and myself.

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Congratulations! You look great and I can't wait to be where you are one day! :smile:

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Happy Bandiversary! What a success story- thanks for the inspiration!

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Awesome!! You go girl!

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Thanks everyone...it feels so great to get compliments these days...I love my new life (and will love it even more after my divorce is final...lol):smile:

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You look amazing...thanks for sharing. If you don't mind me asking how much weight did you lose in all.

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Thanks! I lost 131 pounds but gained a little bit back after being stuck inside with a ton of snow this past winter. I would like to lose 10-15 lbs.

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mumof2boys - You are truly an inspiration! I am a 53 year old male and I'm "celebrating" just my 3 day bandiversary. So far, so good and I feel much better than I thought I would after just 3 days. I know not to count on it, but so far I'm already down 6 lbs. The only draw back so far is that I have been getting some hunger pains with just liquids allowed so far, but once I heal a bit more, take on a little more real food, and have a band fill, I'm confident even these minor discomforts will go away or be less frequent. I have to say that from your photos you look fantastic and it makes me very hopeful that I can follow in your footsteps. Thanks for posting them!:thumbup:

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Congrats! Your weight loss is an inspiration to all of us just starting our journey.

And by the way your Ex husband is an idiot. He has to kick his self everyday seeing as how your now super duper hot.

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:thumbup: CONGRATULATIONS!!! You look great!

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wow!!! haha to your cheating ex...YOU look great! Congrats on the success of looking beautiful AND loving yourself during this time :thumbup: How long did it take you to lose the 131 pounds? How is maintance, do you find it difficult to maintain? I am 9 months today and down 77 pounds....25 to go and hoping it won't take too long. I got "comfortable" but am really working it these days. You have further motivated me, thanks!!

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You look great and it looks like you were never overweight.... I also wanna be size 8 by the end of the year. :thumbup:

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Happy anniversary! Here's to many more happy years!

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