I was banded Dec 17, 2009 and lost 26lbs on my 2 week pre-op diet. Surgery was smooth sailing and I was heading home only 4 hours later. It was a 3 hour drive. My recovery time went great and was back up and moving around in no time. Quickly started getting fills and losing weight. I also hit the gym and joined our Y's biggest loser competition to get the competitor in me going. By the time the competition was over in April, I was now down a total of 83lbs and pregnant...with twins! I was a little depressed with the thought of my weight going back up, but embrassed it. My band was loosened in July and in August we found out we had lost one of our twins at 20 weeks due to complications. I had our band baby Dec 16, 2010, just one day shy of my one year band anniversary. I gained 30lbs during my pregnancy. My son is now 4 months old and I have lost all my pregnancy weight plus a little over 40lbs. I hit the gym 4/5 times a week and I also joined our Y's biggest loser competition again this year to get my motivation going again.

I am now 16 months out of surgery, had to take a baby break for 9 months, but am happy to say that I am down 126lbs! That is only 5lbs away from my goal and 15lbs away from my drs goal. I go next week for plastic surgery consultation to have a tummy tuck. After being over weight for a long time, plus having 3 boys all over 9lbs, has put a number on the excess skin I have.

This was me on the say of surgery (actually a little embarassed to even post..but here goes)

Here I was just this past Friday.

I went from wearing a 3x and size 28 jeans to now wearing a Large and size 14 jeans.

Wow...you look great. Younger, too!!!

Fantastic.....congratulations!! Thanks for posting and I love the pictures!!

Mimi

What a great story! Well, except for the part about losing one of your babies. So sorry to hear that! But thank you for sharing your story and for having the courage to post that before pic. You look amazing!

Thank you. It has been quite the journey, but I am so happy that I decided to take it and had a great support system!!

Wow you look fantastic... very inspirational! x

You look stunning! Sorry for your loss.

You look great and so beautiful! Congrats on the baby abd your weight loss:)

You look amazing! And I love your outfit too - I'd love to wear something like that!