Who Has Lost Over 100 Pounds?!?!

[Larry 0]

116 pounds for me!

Banded 10/27/2008

Dr. Bridget Brady

Central Park Surgery Center, Austin, Tx

386 pounds at first appointment 08/21/08

277 at last follow up on 04/16/09,

270 on 07/12/09

Goal to get to 200 or less

[gone 4 ever 6]

Way to go Larry!  

[nazzy 1]

wtg larry what do u eat in a day larry,if u dont mind sharing

[raeraepa 0]

9 months since my band and I lost 108 lbs.

Only 50 more to go

I started at 316 lbs.

Rae

[BayCityBandster 1]

HOW??? I weighed 312 and now I weigh 290 and it's been over a year. Please help!!!

[raeraepa 0]

Hello,

It is hard at first to know when you are full, alot of times I would eat know I was full and want to continue eating. Sometimes I would get sick. I exercise, The last two weeks I have not in but that is a big part of it. When I was over 300 lbs. I started with Leslie Sansom walk away the pounds and it is a great work out and not to hard to do even at that weight. My fills have been a big part of my weight loss my doctor is great and does the fills just right I have had three. The first one did nothing the second one took me to 70 lbs. lost, I had 36 lbs off already and now I just got another one last week. It is a mind set the band is only a tool not a fix we all know that. I keep a food and workout journal along with a weight and inches loss journal. The journals are motivating. I eat between 800-1000 calories, well I did till my last fill. I am still a little tight so am not eating as much. Don't give up I had a really rough time in the beginning my port got infected and had to come out and I had a huge open wound the size of a plum that I had to pack every day and clean, it had to close on its own. That took 6 weeks then I had to get the port put back in then wait 8 weeks for my first fill. But even going through all that it is worth it. The band tells me when I am full and has turned off that need to eat ALL DAY like I used to. Listen to your band if it is not stopping you or slowing down your need to eat then get a fill. The minute I feel I am eating to much I get a fill because we all know how easy it is to put the pounds back on. Drink your Water that is a big help to. Keep motivated it will come off some faster then others but use the band to its full ability, and dont wait for fills that is why I went with the band so I could control our weight loss with help.

Rae

[BayCityBandster 1]

Rae, thank you so much! I really am very happy for you, and I know I am not doing everything I can. My MD is over 2 hours away, and my fills have all been too tight (couldn't swallow my saliva) or not tight enough, and it is so hard to get back there to keep adjusting, so I am switching docs.

Congratulations. So how does it feel? If you have time, I would love to know how your life has changed.

[raeraepa 0]

Thank you very much,

Even at 316 I was always active but I was very big and didnt notice that I really wasnt moving alot. In 8th grade I weighed 220 lbs so I have been heavy my entire life. In high school I was a 22/24. Now I am a size 18 I was a 5x shirt now I am a 1x. The most amazing part is that I am only 7 lbs from being under 200 lbs. I have a 4 yr old and I am able to play with him. I think I feel mostly proud. I had lost 80 lbs twice before but put it back on. My doctor wanted me to get the bypass but I told him that I wanted the band because I knew I could lose the weight just needed some help to keep motivated. I know twice now since my band if I was on Weight Watchers again or something else I would have fallen off the wagon and started eating again but the band stopped that and I was able to work through whatever the problem was and keep going. I am no longer the fat friend I always was before dont get me wrong I am still heavy according to americia but to me I am alot healthier. I can not believe that I only have 50 more pounds to go, I am at amazement with myself. It was not easy I had to work out and learn to control myself but it has been worth it.

Rae

[gone 4 ever 6]

WooHoo RAE! great job.:thumbup:

[allielee 263]

146 pounds lost! 1 pound below goal! In 13 months! :biggrin: woo hoo.. I am booked for plastic surgery in December and can hardly wait! Congrats to all you 100 pound + losers!! :biggrin:

[LoveIslovely 0]

about 10 months post op, down 121 pounds!!!

[gone 4 ever 6]

    

[sexylips 1]

Hi everyone count me in......i have lost 140 pounds....

and feel sooo good about it, it has ben soo hard but all worth it...much luck to all of you still in the process......

[Fort Bend Band 0]

Sexylips your weightloss ticker at the bottom says "on my way to sexy"...I think you have already made it girl!!!

[speck 1]

Hi everyone count me in......i have lost 140 pounds....

and feel sooo good about it, it has ben soo hard but all worth it...much luck to all of you still in the process......

Yeh right!

Sexylips- Someone must be impersonating you. The pictures you recently posted on this site are the same pictures of a model name Erika Garza. She has the same pictures! lol

Here's a link.

I just found this on the internet- It appears your pictures are also being claimed by Erika Garza. (a model- lol) Click on link MySpace - Erika Garza *La Huerquilla* - 69 - Female - L.A., Nuevo Leon's Finest, WORLD-WIDE, California - myspace.com/huerquilla