I was banded Feb. 24th 2010 and I am down a total of 86lbs!!!!! I went in to the surgeon today and the nurse looked at me and looked at my chart and smiled, she said she has never seen anyone lose as much weight this fast before, I was grinning from ear to ear, and actually proud of myself. The kicker is as of this moring I have had only 1 fill that was last month and the only thing in my band is 1.5cc in a 10cc band, I was down 25lbs from the 27th of arpril until today. I started the surgery day at 338 and at the visit I was at 252 with 40 more to go. I really thought about doing it with no fills but I think as conservative as my Dr. is it will take awhile to get restriction and hopefully I can get all the weight off and by then I can use the band to "maintain" a normal weight for once. I am happy I made this decision and I can honestly say it has been tough not eating what I "can" or want but what I should eat and I have not had one piece of bread, tortilla, alcoholic beverage(heavy drinker before surgery) candy, or anything I would have eaten before. I cant believe it but there are days I eat an entire POUND of baby carrots and still lose weight the next day, I do work out very hard at the gym and I try to get at least 2.5-3 miles on the eliptical 5-6 times a day and weight training some. If there is a day I feel I have eaten a little to many pretzels or fruit I will burn a few more cal. at the gym. I want to thank everyone here, I did ALL of my research on this site and it mentally prepaired me for the journey I am on, I knew before surgery that it would not work with out effort and willpower from myself and thank everyone here again!!!!!!! It can be done:biggrin::biggrin:

Wow!!!Congrats on the fast weight loss.:biggrin:

I am one of the slow losers....I had my surgery last July and am down only 60 lbs. That's a bit slower than my surgeon wants me to lose, but he tries to adjust the band to where I can lose no more than 3 lbs or less than 1 pound a week. He really likes it when I lose 2 lbs a week. So I am going to have to go back for another fill soon. I have 7cc's in my 10cc band now and hope that the next fill gets me closer to the "sweet spot".

I am really impressed with your will power and the weight loss. Don't think I could stand a whole pound of baby carrots, even though I like them a lot!!

What a fabulous uplifting post! Congratulations to you! I was banded on 4/28, so I'm a little early out of the gate, but find it absolutely amazing how much it has cut down my eating and drinking. And I don't miss it! Kudos to you, and best wishes on your journey!

A total inspiration to us all! Suebydoo, I too am only down 16lbs (fighting with a two lb fluctuation) and going for my first fill on the 2nd of June. I look forward to losing a little more when I get my fill. I know though, 16lbs is nothing to shake a stick at.

Kellyjolli----wow we seem to be almost twins! Band date, start weight, goal weight, etc. And my first fill is June 1! I'd love to keep in touch with you!