Good evening everyone! My name is Angela and I'm from upstate NY. I had my surgery on 05/09/11 after a good year long process of neverending appointments! Now that all of that's finally behind me, I'm so excited to be starting a new me. At my first appointment, I weighed 252 pounds. I just had my first fill on Monday and I'm down to about 213 now. I'm so anxious to see a "1" as the first number when I step on the scale! Anyone out there have their surgery around the same time as me?

Hey Angela, I'm also from upstate NY. I have not been banded yet but hoping to be before the summer is over. Congrats & best of luck on seeing that 1# real soon.

Good evening everyone! My name is Angela and I'm from upstate NY. I had my surgery on 05/09/11 after a good year long process of neverending appointments! Now that all of that's finally behind me, I'm so excited to be starting a new me. At my first appointment, I weighed 252 pounds. I just had my first fill on Monday and I'm down to about 213 now. I'm so anxious to see a "1" as the first number when I step on the scale! Anyone out there have their surgery around the same time as me?

I am originally from upstate NY, my husband and I moved out here to arizona 7 yrs ago and I was banded almost 3 yrs ago. I am 5'4" and started out at 235 pds. I initially lost 90 pds but gained 5-6 pds last christmas holiday that I have been playing around with. I have gotten use to eating nuts for Protein but they are high in calories and weekends I tend to cheat with chips. I need to get back to basics and get back down to my beginning food choices. You will do fine and you will see the "1" soon enough. It was a delight every month finding clothes I used to wear from NY when I was thinner and eventually lost too much even for those clothes. I am off all meds and enjoying life, but get very panicky about this weight gained back. I guess we always have to watch what we eat even with the band. The weather here has been triple digits for so long that we stay inside a lot on weekends and that does not help either, but fall is around the corner and I will get this weight off! Good luck on your journey and keep focused.

Congrats on your weight loss!!