Bandiversary

[aimeenichole 0]

Hey Guys, my bandiversary was yesterday. I can't believe it has already been a year. If you told me a year ago I would be down 6-7 sizes and 107 pounds I would have fainted. If feels unreal. Officially I have lost 82 pounds since surgery, I have 35 more I want to lose. It's crazy though because I am more critical of myself than I was before, if that's possible. I am still a fat person stuck inside what people call a skinny body (which makes me angry when they say that because I don't feel skinny yet.) I think I need counseling lol. Does anyone else have the problem with still thinking they are big? I am still very proud of myself and I know I have made huge progress, but when I was big I thought that if I got down to a size 14 I would be happy with my body. I am currently I size 10-12 and still critiquing myself. I know its crazy but I can not help it. Anyway the original idea for this post was to see how everyone else progress was going, how much has everyone lost? What goals have you met?

[Brighton Belle 0]

well, I am just past my Bandiversary of 9.9.09, and quite by chance I found some notes I had made pre-LAP-BAND®.

I can put a large TICK through them all:)

Here is what I wrote.

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1. I want to be healthier, and I want to prevent diabetes and other nasties.
   
   
2. I want to sit at my desk without my stomach banging into it.
   
   
3. I want to enjoy buying clothes again.
   
   
4. I want to get back into my size 16 trousers.
   
   
5. I want to look nice in dresses.
   
   
6. I want to stop looking like a stout old trout.
   
   
7. I want to wear skirts and not have my thighs chafing.
   
   
8. I want to be fitter and healthier because I know my daughter worries about my health
   
   
9. If my daughter gets married I want to look decent at the wedding.
   
   
10. I would like to not be a fat bag when we go to Australia.
    

I have actually managed to tick all these through.

My daughter got married and I wore a fitted silk knee-length dress and looked good!

I have reached my first goal of losing 60% of my excess weight. Although I am still losing, it is slow but steady.

I am enjoying clothes so much more! I feel better and my self esteem has rocketed.

Lets hear some more from fellow 9-09-ers.:thumbup: