Hello everyone!

Until I hit puberty, I was as skinny as a rail. Once I did hit it though, I gained weight and kept it on. I guess i was never really "fat" even though I was called fat by classmates and the like, but I've always been bigger than I wanted to be. My mother passed away after a brief battle with cancer last year, and that sent me into a really bad funk where I gained a lot of weight. My wife and I also welcomed our first child near the end of 2012. It was certainly time for a change.

I started this journey at 6'1, 349 pounds. I lost 10 pounds leading up to the surgery, and have lost another 20 since my surgery, which was at the end of June this year. I am currently at 319 pounds and heading in the right direction. I look forward to interacting with you all and sharing the experience together!

Welcome and congratulations for your loss! You're off to a great start!

Heading in the right direction alright -- way to go. Welcome to the forum. There are so many great people here.

Congratulations !! Keep up the good work! welcome to the forum.

Hello and welcome...

Glad your heading in the right direction...great job !!!

You will find many friends on LBT....

Dee

Welcome to the Forum,

Congratulation on your start on this lab band journey. Remember to not get caught up what the scale is saying but concentrate more on how your life is changing.

There is nothing better than being a parent, (I do have to admit Being a Grampa is just pure fun. You are heading in the right direction because you will need all the energy you can muster to keep up with the youngster.

Take care.

Congrats on your surgery and the beginning of your new life! Take it one day at a time, and the rewards will be so worth the effort. Best wishes!

Welcome, and best wishes on your weightloss and on your. Congratulations on your success!

As someone here said their are a lot of great people on here and there are questions if you need to ask just from men in the mens room . as we ladies have a room also , then their are other groups you can join also , so welcome to our bandwagon journey and good luck to you.

Welcome to our World of the Banded! Keep in touch with your Bariatric Center/Doctor and follow their advice and your road to good health will be smooth. If you hit a few potholes the great folks here at Lap Band Talk are great to counsel you. Wish you the best. . . :wub:

Welcome. I find this spot to be comforting, funny

And very informative. Good luck. Ask away. We certainly have opinions!

Hey BDP, my story is very similar so I feel ya. I was thick in highschool, then hefty, then chunky. When I was 21 my dad was diagnosed with cancer. How could my hero have cancer?? Anyway, fast forward three years and three different bouts with cancer he finally passed. At this point I was fat. I went from 220 to 290. Fast forward two more years and I was obese. Tipped the scale at 367. I hated it. Yo Yo dieted for a few years and ended up getting down to 300. Fast forward a couple of more years, a recession, a baby, dissolving a business, starting another business, all the financial hell you can think of and I was back to 330. Losing weight in your twenties seems easy compared to losing in your thirties. I finally lost some and just had enough. I could tell the weight was negatively effecting me and my doc got tires of me bitching all the time. Now I'm a few days on the other side and can already tell a huge difference in how my body feels. Congrats on making such a life changing decision. Stay connected on here. There is an amazing group willing to help.

We all have different stories about how we got here and one thing in common!! We all want to live a longer healthier life with those we love!! Congrats! My journey started the 5th of Sept when I started my pre-op diet!! Surgery was 19th!! So nice to have these support forums to share our experiences!!!

Hello everyone! Until I hit puberty' date=' I was as skinny as a rail. Once I did hit it though, I gained weight and kept it on. I guess i was never really "fat" even though I was called fat by classmates and the like, but I've always been bigger than I wanted to be. My mother passed away after a brief battle with cancer last year, and that sent me into a really bad funk where I gained a lot of weight. My wife and I also welcomed our first child near the end of 2012. It was certainly time for a change. I started this journey at 6'1, 349 pounds. I lost 10 pounds leading up to the surgery, and have lost another 20 since my surgery, which was at the end of June this year. I am currently at 319 pounds and heading in the right direction. I look forward to interacting with you all and sharing the experience together![/quote']

CONGRATULATIONS & NEVER LOOK BACK