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myownjourney    47

myownjourney
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So my question is for people who have already been banded. If you have a hourglass shape will losing the weight make you lose your curvy shape?

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Violet953    46

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Well I don't want to loose my curves at all so my goal is about 180..I don't want to be super skinny! I haven't lost the weight yet but I'd say if you loose too much then yeah ur gonna loose them!

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myownjourney    47

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That's my goal too lol... I was actually shooting for 190 just to finally be in the 100s lol... Be sure to let me know how your curves work out when you hit goal

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LarraineM    6

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Nope,just a smaller version of you !

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brenda62    47

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Still got them and I have gone from 304 to 172!

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xavier    153

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I think we all want to look good and vanity is part of that. Your shape will be similar but smaller...maybe like wen you were younger.

But I just want to remind everyone that the real reason for doing this is your health and living a long life to see your kids grow up etc. I dont think we should set goals on how our curves look but rather on health risk...normal BMI means the same risk as everyone else who is not overweight. So if you want your curves and to set your goal in the 'overweight' range you are still at elevated health risk. Just my opinion..

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marfar7    1,533

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I still have the same shape of body - just less of it. I've always been bigger on top and skinnier on the bottm. Hasn't changed. I wish I had an hourglass figure! I wear a size 6 or 7 on the jeans - while I'm wearing an XL on top. Oh well. Better than 3X that I was wearing 2 yrs ago! So, your shape should remain the same just a little (or a lot!) smaller!

Marci

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Violet953    46

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I was very healthy when I weighed 180...I might go lower than that but that's if I can...I'm 5'6 also....and let me add that at that weight I had NONE of the health problems that I do now. The main reason I am doing this is to generally FEEL better inside AND out ...I don't think I need you to remind me, xavier, the reason why I am doing this for myself...we can talk about how we are going to look afterwards all we want...I'm sure YOU did also!

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myownjourney    47

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exactly ! I want to be healthy but health is also a matter of feeling beautiful. I feel beautiful now, I just know that I need to lose weight. I don't want any health problems associated with obesity. I would rather get this handled before its out of control.... but no matter what I think I'll be sexy... it was just a concern... thank you all for your replies

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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