Hi. I've been reading all the posts on this site for the past few days and am feeling absolutely inspired. I'm considering getting the lap band now that I have reached a personal high in my weight. I don't need to tell you all that I've been through cause it's the same story as many of you have. I've always fought this battle and this year I believed I was making some big changes but instead gained 30 lbs! I work out constantly, eat normally, but I've always struggled and now after having my son at 40, I just can't do this anymore. I try so hard for nothing! I just can't let this weight creep up any farther. I'm my pregnancy weight at 9 mo. ! 200 lbs. that was such a shocker for me so I asked my doc if the lap band was an option. I know it's not as much as some but I'm so tired of this weight . You know how I feel. By the time I'm 50 maybe I'll be 250 and so on... I haven't brought this up to my husband yet but I'm so excited about this option from all your stories. So my BMI is 32 and I'm guessing I should lose about 50 at least. I just want to like myself again...

Thanks for any thoughts....

I'm not banded yet, but soon to be...and right now i'm at 189, and have decided to do it so that the weight can stay off. My highest was 212lbs and I managed to loose 23lbs on my own...well I managed lose 42lbs all together but gained back 19lbs. so it's a constant struggle to maintain.

So I think you should do something about it now while you can before it gets out of control. besides, with all that loose skin talk when one loses significant weight, I figure the earlier the less skin you have left over. Hope that helped and good luck. This site is very good for support.....