Hi I am new to the board and I was banded 3/16/06 and I am excited. I am still sore but not too bad. I look forward to making some new friends who understand. I love to chat and look forward to hearing from all of you.

I am a mom of 3 and have been married for almost 14 years. I have been fighting my weight since my 1st child where I gained 65lbs. I weighed 98lbs at 15 yrs old and at 16 right after my son was born I was 149. I lost some but gained it all back plus. All my nurses and docs did during my pregnancy was shake thrie heads when I stepped on the scale. I am very resentful of that. I went fron dancing with my friends 5 hours a day to sitting around while my man worked and we lived miles and miles from anyone I knew. I'm ok with that because we were together.

I had 2 more kids and gained the average reccomended amount of weight but I continued to lose and gain. I made it down to 145 on the Atkins diet but hit a plateau and no matter how much I worked out or dieted the weight went no where. So, after more failures I figured that the problem has always been me, I have poor control and the band seemed like a perfect tool for me. I wasn't big enough or brave enough to go for the RNY surgery but I remember seeing the band on one of those medical shows years ago and thought I would research it and thought that it was for me.

Anyway, enough of my rambling. I am 1 week post op and doing alright. On tuesday, 5 days post op, I had lost 4 lbs . I have 82 more lbs to go.

Ok, I am done rambling. I look forward to chatting with everyone.

Welcome aboard. You have made the right decision.

Thanks, Glad to meet you:biggrin1:

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Hey Mia, gosh, we sound like we are in the same boat. I was tiny before having my first child at 18. i was a cheerleader, still have my old uniforms. the skirts fit around my thighs now...lol. how tall are you??? I have to lose 80 lbs or so also, but I am thinking I will be happy at around 60 lbs of loss. I have big hips, and when i was tiny, I always thought my butt was too big, but when I weighed 135-140, I thought my junk was just right! Besides, my goal here is to be Phat, not fat.

well, good luck girl! This place is the BEST support system I have found. I have lots of fun on LBT!

Another "by the way", I was just banded on 3/13/06....and I have been married 14 years this october, with three kids!!

Congrats and I best wishes on the band being everything you hoped for. :-)