My name is Robyn, I had the lap band put on on Dec 26,2010. It is the best decision I made in my life. My top weight was about 320lbs. My family doctor has it at 314lb, but when I had an appointment I would not eat for a couple days so I know the 314lb was wrong. The day or my surgery I weighed 295lbs. I just got weighed the other day and it was 157lbs. I lost a whole person I am the strongest, thinest, healthest, and the happiest I have ever been. I thank God everyday for this medical miracle they call the lap band. I tried for years to lose weight with all kinds of diets I lost and gained I felt like a yo yo. It was easy to change my life style when the help of the band. I was told by my doctor that with the band I would only lose about 45-55lbs a year, but with excersise I lost alot more. I never had a goal weight in mind I just wanted to be at a healthy weight for my health. I got about 10lbs to go. I went from a size 26 womens, to a 5 junior, and almost in a size 3. People always tell me I look like I weigh 120. lol and don't want me to lose anymore, in reality I weigh 157lbs. The doctor says muscle weighs more than fat so I am at the good weight but the BMI charts I still have alittle way to go. I FEEL GREAT!!!! My daughter had the stomache bypass and has lost 16-lbs in the years but she is having alot of trouble with vitamins deficency and can't seem to maintain her weight, and also she has 12 cavities in her mouth due to the calcium loss. She does take the supplments but it doesn't seem to help. I tried to talk her out of that surgery, but she didn't want to excersise and wanted to lose it fast. I do have some loss skin but not that much, I am 47 years old. If you listen to the doctors and get excersise, anyone can have the sucess I have had. I LOVE MY LAP BAND, and recommend it to everybody thats thinking of that type of surgery. I wouldn't recommend any other type.

Great success story! Thanks for sharing!

Congratulations on your success.

What an awesome story!! You are an inspiration.

Sorry to hear about your daughter and hope things work out for her.

Awesome weightloss! We love success stories on here

Amazing! Thanks for sharing. It gives the rest of us hope. =) I'm a year out and 88lbs lighter, so I'm feeling pretty confident that I will also make my goal within 2 years. I have been told that is a lot for Lap Band, but it sounds like many of us have been really lucky and blessed by the Lap Band. Congrats on all your success!

Congratulations. You are an inspiration to me and I am sure others. Keep up the great work

Hi Robyn, thank you for sharing your weight loss success story with us! Congratulations on a job well done and to a new you!

Whoo hoo!! Congratulations! That's such a wonderful story You should totally post a pic of your new self!!

Thanks everyone, I'm going to ask my daughter to put up pictures of me before my surgery and now. I have one pair of jeans I kept, and I can actually fit in one leg of them. lol I want my daughter to get in the other leg and have someone take a picture.

So how does it feel having lost all the weight? Did it alleviate any health issues, do you notice a difference in yourself (other than appearance)? I have lost about 55 lbs now and notice a big difference in my energy level. I still have another 100 to go (almost) so I can only dream of how great it will feel when I get there.

Looking forward to the before/after pics! Congrats again.