Hi everyone

[joleng5 9]

Hey i am a 31 year old mother of 4 children. 5'7 280lbs and am very depressed. I was doing my 6 months with 3 months done last year when i found out i was pregnant (oops) don't get me wrong i love her to death and wouldn't change getting pregnant with her at all. I just fill aweful i weighed 268 when i got pregnant with her and just this little 12 lbs more feels like alot more on my body. She is 5 months old i am breastfeeding her and am wanting to start the process again sometime in the next month so when i wean her in 6 months or so i will be fully ready to get the lapband. i feel very sad when i think about having to wait that long because i am so ready to get it, i just need to nurse her until she is at least 12 months old, its healthier for her and with 4 kids its so much cheaper than buying formula. Anyways thats my story or part of it. anyone else banded with similar weight and height and age i would love to hear from you.

[KathySoxFan 0]

Well, I'm a bit (okay, more than a bit) older than you--46 soon to be 47, but am about the same height--5'6" and weight--295:scared2:. I admire your tenacity to get the lapband as well as making sure your children are healthy. The wait can be frustrating (I'm in a three month process, after which the paperwork will be submitted to insurance for approval). Even though my wait won't be as long, I still want it done yesterday. Hang in there--it will happen before you know it. And congratulations on having such a wonderful family!

[joleng5 9]

thanks for the reply, i know what you mean by wanting it done yesterday. i cant wait to be able to do more with my children and i know i will want and be able to once i get this weight off. i cant wait to have my life back! to look as i once did and be able to do the things i want to do but my weight restricts me from doing. I am tired of the yo yo dieting and ready to have this tool to help me get this weight off and KEEP IT OFF.

[Day 5]

I'm 28 years old 5'3" And 240 so we have about the same bmi. I too am nursing my daughter and will have to wait 6 months to get the surgery. I know how frustratingly long those six months feel! Feel free to drop me a message any time if you need to talk to someone, ok? We're going to get there!

[joleng5 9]

yeah, i told my husband i am going to start the process again sometime the next month that way when i wean my daughter sometime after she is 1 year old i will be ready to get the lap band. He is ready for me to get it too to have the women he married back, although he is to good of a man to say that i know he feels that way. He has been so good to me he says he loves me the way i am but wants it for me because he knows i feel aweful being this obese. ive been overweight for 10 years just about 60 lbs overweight most years until 3 years ago and my weight has gone up 60 more pounds so im 120+ overweight. my ultimate goal would be 145 but would be happy 160. how about you?

[Day 5]

yeah, i told my husband i am going to start the process again sometime the next month that way when i wean my daughter sometime after she is 1 year old i will be ready to get the LAP-BAND®. He is ready for me to get it too to have the women he married back, although he is to good of a man to say that i know he feels that way. He has been so good to me he says he loves me the way i am but wants it for me because he knows i feel aweful being this obese. ive been overweight for 10 years just about 60 lbs overweight most years until 3 years ago and my weight has gone up 60 more pounds so im 120+ overweight. my ultimate goal would be 145 but would be happy 160. how about you?

Our stories are pretty similar. My fiance tells me the same thing no matter what I look like he'll always love me for who I am so he'll always find me beautiful. And you know what his praise and support is the biggest motivator for me to lose the weight because I love him so much I want him to feel proud of me! I've always been chubby ever since I was a child but in my adult years I started steadily gaining more and more and i had quit smoking just before I got pregnant and gained a LOT of weight in a short period of time. I remember the first time I did my bmi and it said "morbidly obese" I was devastated. I would like to be down to about 130 but with the weight of excess skin added to the final total I'm not quite sure about the number. I think I'd love to be a size six though. That would be ideal.

[joleng5 9]

i was skinny size 5 all through school had my first child when i was 19 gained alot of weight with the pregnancy just a few pounds under 200. lost it all! became pregnant again a little over a year later gained the same amount but breastfed her and gained 15lbs on top of my pregnancy weight. top weight didn't go over 210 for the next 7 years weight was up and down. then me and my husband decided to have another child i gained 38 pounds breast fed yo yo dieted where i lost then gained back and then some until i was 268 when i looked into lapband got pregnant again now im at my highest weight 280. i always say and i thought i was big then. i never imagined i would be this big. sorry for the long story of my life. just wanted to explain part of how i got here.