my name is sylvia... and i love my band! lol

i was banded 7-2-12... so about 6 weeks ago i'm down 38 pounds (that includes pre-op and post-op)... and here are a few little victories that make me smile and love my band...

1- people that dont know about the band have FINALLY commented about how 'great' i'm looking and how i've lost weight. (i had been a little down lately because i felt like no one noticed!)

2- i'm fitting into clothes that haven't work in YEARS! pants that i love and kept in hopes of one day fitting into them... i can FIT INTO THEM!!!!!!!!!! one in particular that made me happy was a paid of tommy hilfiger trouser jeans that i LOVED. and when my now husband and i started dating about 3 years ago, i wore these pairs like once or twice and he loved them and asked me to wear them more cause he liked how they looked on me. well... they were already a little tight and getting tighter (as i gained more) and were too uncomfortable to wear! SO i always had some excuse as to why i didn't wear them (i wasn't about to tell a guy i just started dating that my pants were too small! LOL and , yes, eventually i told him they were too small! and by the time i was banded, i couldn't even get them UP to my waist... much less close them!) so last night i go and try these and other pair of pants on and they all close!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mind you, they are a little tight, but they CLOSE. and in another month or so... they will fit well!!

3- i'm learning to eat to live... not live to eat! i still love food and appreciate it... but its not an obssession (usually). i have been able to say no to certain things and to learn to stop when i'm full and be ok with giving part of my food over to my husband because i'm getting full. (i may or may not have growled/scowled at anyone trying to share my precious food in the past) love it!

4- my husband sees me walking around with pants that are now huge on me and calls me 'thin' (who, ME?!)

anyway just wanted to share these because i'm so excited!

what are you're little victories that make you love your band?!

Congrats! Its really exciting isn't it?! I too have been noticing little changes like you have. My rings are a little loose and I can wear old clothes that I couldn't wear before. The biggest little thing...lol...is that I now have to wear a belt with my pants. Before I couldn't even wear the belt anymore because it had gotten too tight and I ran out of holes. now I can put it on the 3rd notch and be comfortable!!!! It feels soo good!!

Shopping in regular stores, going on a roller coaster, too many to count. But most recently catching my reflection in the mirror during Zumba class and realizing how much smaller I looked since starting in January. I was no longer the heaviest person in the room... A surreal feeling.