Hi my name is Grace and I am 25 years old. I am the mother of 4 beautiful children... 2 of which are band babies! I had my Pre-op in January 2010 with my mother. Her and I decided to do this together. I weighed in at 359 in January! Over the summer I lost 30lbs and then had my surgery on October 25, 2010. I was doing good continued to lose another 15lbs met the love of my life fell in love and bc of a failure with my mirena placement I became pregnant with my third child! She was born a year and 2 days after my band placement! I then lost another 10lbs and was doing great was down to 290lbs and in July of 2012 I found out I was pregnant with my fourth and final child (this one planned). I had her in March of this year and I weighed in at 317lbs two days before her delivery! I have been working my butt off (literally) since then.. Joined a gym went back on my 1200 calorie diet and basically decided that I need to work at this! Got my band adjusted in April and have since lost 22 lbs in a month!! This is something I truly want just didn't know how much it meant to me til I turned 25 and looked at my babies and thought I NEED to be here for their lives, my future grandchildren a lives and my fiancés life! Well that's just a little about me!! Hope to read a lot more stories and make some new friends who know what I'm going through!

congrats on all the babys and taking the steps to get back on track with the band. You can do this!

Welcome to the forum! Sounds like you had a busy life since being banded.lol How's your mom doing with her band?

You are right when you say, you have to do the work. The band is only a tool that we have to learn to use properly.

Congratulations on getting back in game. Wish you all the best. Stick around, they say that ppl that stay with a support group, does better then thise who go it alone. Invite mom to join us too.

Thanks I will definitely tell her to join! And I'm gladiator got back at it too! I also see a support group at the hospital where I had my surgery! My mother is doing great she has lost 115lbs so far and looks great! She's literally my rock! Having her take this journey with me is amazing especially to have her pushing me and me pushing her!