We need a place where we can support each other through our "more than most" journey. Just as turtles don't get much out of hearing us talking about fast we're losing, maybe it would give us a nice break from "I'm getting banded because I need to lose 60 lbs".

I think we have our own unique challenges, expectations, baggage, etc. -- and we need our own little niche to support eachother. We all have a very long journey ahead of us, and need to band together.

Yup, lots and lots of hoops. Since my BMI is over 60 due to my being so short the nutritionist is requiring extra clearances. I'm determined to do this though, so I'm following my 1200 calorie diet, and making all my appointments

Teresita - My willpower has stopped working!!

I thought that I didn't have any restriction at all, but then today I've had my very first PB!! nothing to be proud of and it's horrible!! I ate stodgy white bread...very nice but not band friendly..

I'm going back to the gym monday as i've been made redundant and no longer have a job. My first fill is thursday, so am looking forward to restriction!! I think I was eating very badly because of all the stress I was under, but now most of it has been lifted I should do ok.

Since my Pb earlier, I find I don't want to eat, so am going to be missing a meal hopefully that will help prevent me from gaining. I'l post my gain/loss on monday...hopefully it will be a loss.

Well done everyone else!!

I'm new, BMI of 54. Will have my banding on Oct 19th. I'm from Ohio.

I weighed in at 446 at my surgeon's office about a month before I was banded, with a BMI of 69.8. I weighed 435 when I went into the hospital to be banded. At my first week checkup I weighed 415. Then, at my first fill 405. When I went in for my 2nd fill on Wednesday, I was 393. When I went back for my unfill yesterday I was 384. My BMI is now 60.1! Cool! I could swear that I'm one of the more heavy patients of my doc. I'm usually the heaviest one there for the support group meetings.

Brandy - well done, don't worry about who's the heaviest, you'l soon be so slim, it won't matter. Keep up the good work!

I weighed in at 446 at my surgeon's office about a month before I was banded, with a BMI of 69.8. I weighed 435 when I went into the hospital to be banded. At my first week checkup I weighed 415. Then, at my first fill 405. When I went in for my 2nd fill on Wednesday, I was 393. When I went back for my unfill yesterday I was 384. My BMI is now 60.1! Cool! I could swear that I'm one of the more heavy patients of my doc. I'm usually the heaviest one there for the support group meetings.

Wow, what a great weight loss! I am proud of you and you should be proud of yourself. Don't worry about how heavy you are compared to other people. You are doing what you need to do for you!! :clap2:

Brandy W I know the feeling. I have to deal with reality that I am always the biggest where ever I go. I started at 459 and 1 year and 2 months later I'm still usally the biggest but I am at 384 also. Yeahhhhh us!

Without the surgery I'm sure I would still be in the 400's..... it is such a lonely place.

Keep going to your meetings because everyone is there for the same reason, weight loss.

I learned from 2 of my skinny friends that weight loss is hard for everyone.

Thanks for the support guys!

I watched a couple of shows on Discovery Health last night with people getting full body lifts after bariatric surgery. I know that losing almost 300 lbs, when I get down to where I need to be, I'll be looking at that. Man, it does not look fun.

Anybody looking at having body lifts?

Did someone say body lift! YES YES THAT WOULD BE ME :wave: I know I am going to need one. I need to lift everything.

I saw that show last nite too,yeah I'm going to need a full body lift too, I'll be sooo afraid of that surgery, it looks so painful. I also so that red head lady who weighed over 600 who had a lower body lift, and she was in so much pain, she was only 40, but she looked much older.

Tann I saw that also, the 600 pound lady. She had a lot of problems.

All I need is some good pain killers. Knock me out and I'll be good. I watched my neighbor heal after breast reduction surgery and that was not easy. Those drainage bulbs get me. Then you have to go back to the doctor and have them pulled out. Yuck, ouch, ohhhh But I have to have this big belly removed. Boobs next and maybe arms, we will have to see about that. I hope my thighs will be ok.

For right now I just need to get to 375.

I went online last night and calculated my new BMI after losing 20 pounds all together. One week after surgery is 4 pounds of that and 16 is pre-op. My BMI was 56.8 and is now down to 53.4!! I am so happy!! :clap2:

hello everyone, well today was a start of a great day i it 299 pounds today out of the 300's to never return . i was banded on 8/11/06 aand have lost a total of 37lbs .i had my first fill on 9/23/06 of 2cc not tight but feel ok . not sure when i will needed another fill ??????????? but so happy at this point. starting bmi was almost 59 now 52 a great start .

Congrats on making it out of the 300's:clap2: It will be a wonderful day for me also to reach 299 hopefully this year.:guess

Greetinsd my super sized friends! I've been looking a bit like the Saggy Baggy Elephant in my droopy tops and pants that only stay up because I have them belted. But at the same time the average lifespan for new clothes is around 3 - 5 weeks before they're too big, so I've been hesitant to buy muchbut I broke down and went shopping yesterday and bought SIZE 24 with room to spare! And had to buy new shoes, too, because I've been walking out of my shoes at work. I was wearing a tight 32/34 when I had my surgery.

And last week I had to fly Southwest (ugh) and know what? I actually had to tighten my seat belt! Let me tell you, I was so happy/proud, I was flopping that extra 4" of seatbelt around like it was a 5ct diamond, making sure everyone could see. :confused: