My name is Lymarie I am 26 years old, hispanic, wife, mother and pharmacy technician living in Orlando. I have been struggling with my weight for as long as I can remember. I found out I had PCOS when I was 17 days after a 91 day menstrual cycle. I had been considering the lap band ever since I found out my insurance would cover it.... Then I was able to lose about 65 lbs on my own, so I stopped my considerations of the lap band... But, that quickly changed once about 37 lbs of the 65 lbs I lost came back...I lost them again, I gained them again and so forth... My highest weight ever, was 321 lbs... I never saw myself that heavy, even though the scale doesn't lie...

I am happy to say that I stuck with my choice in having the lap band. Today 4/4/11 has been 5 days since I got banded.. I am not quite sure how its going to go, all I know is that it's done now. At the time that I started the diet yo pre-qual for my insurance I was 282 lbs, I lost 6 lbs on the home diet in 3 months and after my insurance approved the surgery I lost 16 lbs on 2 weeks of the 800 calorie Optifast liquid Diet.

Right now, the future is uncertain, as I don't know how much I want to lose and in what time frame.. All I want is to be able to enjoy whats left of my 20's, whats left of my youth.. Enjoy my child while shes still a child and my husband while he's still fit and sexy , I want to have another child before I am 30... So I guess the amount of weight I have to lose, is what ever number or amount it is as long as I can acheive those things, amongst other things that being 282, 261 or 321 I would not be able to, such as skydiving or comfortably getting on the rip ride rocket at universal studios without being worried that the seat is going to come open.

I am seeking as much support as possible as I do not know any one who has had this procedure... Im the oddest looking one of all my friends, its always been that way..

Hi LyMarie,

Congrats on getting your band. I was also banded on 03/30. I too chose to have the band after loosing weight and gaining quite a bit of it back. I lost 54 in 2008, by March of this year I had gained 31 of it back. I decided that I needed help in order to get it back off and maintain it.

I believe that I made the right choice in getting banded. I am now hoping that I can follow the plan and be successful in my weight loss journey.

I wish you the best!!!!!!

Andrea

My name is Lymarie I am 26 years old, hispanic, wife, mother and pharmacy technician living in Orlando. I have been struggling with my weight for as long as I can remember. I found out I had PCOS when I was 17 days after a 91 day menstrual cycle. I had been considering the lap band ever since I found out my insurance would cover it.... Then I was able to lose about 65 lbs on my own, so I stopped my considerations of the lap band... But, that quickly changed once about 37 lbs of the 65 lbs I lost came back...I lost them again, I gained them again and so forth... My highest weight ever, was 321 lbs... I never saw myself that heavy, even though the scale doesn't lie...

I am happy to say that I stuck with my choice in having the lap band. Today 4/4/11 has been 5 days since I got banded.. I am not quite sure how its going to go, all I know is that it's done now. At the time that I started the diet yo pre-qual for my insurance I was 282 lbs, I lost 6 lbs on the home diet in 3 months and after my insurance approved the surgery I lost 16 lbs on 2 weeks of the 800 calorie Optifast liquid diet.

Right now, the future is uncertain, as I don't know how much I want to lose and in what time frame.. All I want is to be able to enjoy whats left of my 20's, whats left of my youth.. Enjoy my child while shes still a child and my husband while he's still fit and sexy , I want to have another child before I am 30... So I guess the amount of weight I have to lose, is what ever number or amount it is as long as I can acheive those things, amongst other things that being 282, 261 or 321 I would not be able to, such as skydiving or comfortably getting on the rip ride rocket at universal studios without being worried that the seat is going to come open.

I am seeking as much support as possible as I do not know any one who has had this procedure... Im the oddest looking one of all my friends, its always been that way..