Hi! I saw that they started a "twentysomething" thread and I thought that was a great idea!

I would like to meet others who are around my age to learn from, chart progress, make friends, etc.

I would also like to know things like when you had your surgery, where, weight loss, age related bandster issues (if any) etc.

I'll start: I'm 33 (will be 34 on date of my surgery in 2 weeks) Married mother of 15 & 16 year olds. I live in Ventura County, CA.

Going to Mexico to have Dr. Joya band me on the 26th!

Thank you!

*bump* anyon

I'm 38 a mother and a momba, banded July 8 at Fair Oaks Hospital, Fairfax VA. I'm doing lovely. Hi:wave:

Nice to meet you Teresita! Wow, looks like you are doing awesome! What an inspiration...Are you lucky enough to stay home with your kids? (what's a momba?)

Hi,

My name is Becky, I'm 36, married, live in Philly, have two cats, and am a marketing director for a Web design company, no kids.

I got banded on February 21st of this year at Christiana Hospital in Delaware with Dr. Peters and so far I've lost 31 pounds.

I think this is a great thread! Let's keep it going!

Roni here...

32 yo with three kids...boy 13 boy 7 girl 4....married for about 90 lbs(or 14 years in layman terms)

banded march 13 2006. slow going right now, but i just started seeing some action. 17 lbs so far, which was 23% of the weight i want to lose, so i am 1/5 of the way there...almost 1/4 of the way there.

funny that you started this thread...i was thinking the same thing when the twentysomethings rung their bell.

maybe we should go toilet paper their thread!!

I my name is Maya from Houston. I'm 35, married, three kids, 8,3,and 2.

I'm not banded but will be in July.

37 here... but heading back to 28 as soon as possible!

I'm married without children... 2 cats and a lab.

Banded Feb 8th 2006, lost 31 pounds so far.

Edited - Things I forgot to tell about myself

I'm in Software Consulting and I travel a lot for my job to help really nice customers set-up and use Payroll and HR software. I work from home unless at client sites so I have a some what flexible schedule. Dieting and even the band have been a bit hard because of the eating junk on the run or eating in nice restruants with clients can be unhealthy. I'm happy to say I don't reward myself for a long hard day with food anymore and I feel satisfied with what I get to eat and how much.

I need a ticker. Can someone tell me how to get one?

HI girls...

Im 35, no kids, just got fired from my job...so..Im opening a restaraunt.

I was banded on May 26th, 2006 by Dr. Sanchez in MX. ( I love that man). I own my own home...have several lovely pets including a crazy parrot and a bi-polar basset hound. I dont have any health issues...but they werent far around the corner.

I dont weigh myself. Dr Visits only. I think the scale is the DEBIL!!

For those of you that need a signature, here's how:

okay, go here: http://www.tickerfactory.com/WeightLoss/weight_loss.php?type=3

1. follow prompts, then next page scroll down to where it says bb code

2.copy the code

3. then go into your User CP section and click on edit signature and paste the code and then save

I hope everyone does tickers so we can see how we are doing. I wanted to do this thirtysomething thread because each age group has different issues related to age. Like 20 somethings tend to lose weight faster then us 30 somethings thanks to metabolism! Also, it would great if we kept a journal to and linked it on signature.

Dena, 29 (for about the 6th time, I sometimes loose track....I think I'll be 36 in October, but I try not to think about it). I live in Dayton, Tx and work as an accountant in Baytown. I have two teenagers, boy 17 & a princess (her words NOT mine) who is 15 going on 25. I was banded by Dr. Spivak 9/16/05 and am down 56 lbs (started at 267). I probably could be doing much better if I would work a little harder with my band instead of me expecting the band to do all the work.......I am married (almost 17 yrs.......yes Josh was in the wedding pictures and I weighed 140lbs, and hadn't lost all my baby fat.....sigh). My husband got his band 1/25/06 and has lost 51 lbs........and I hate him for that (not really, but I am jealous). I'm very excited today, because I found out that Rick Springfield is coming to see me for my b/day......ok, well maybe not me, but for a concert in Stafford, TX. Yes, I'm a groupie. I will be seeing him in Hot Springs, AR in Sept., but will miss the Aug. show in Dallas. Last May I took my daughter (then 14) to see him in Dallas, and she fell in love, she is looking forward to the two upcoming shows.......in fact last Sept. when he was in Lake Charles, she was really mad that she couldn't go (at the Casino)......ok, so I'm way off topic here, but that is just part of me (and I also get side tracked very easily)..........Good to meet everyone!!!!

Thank you Beacheegirl! I'm new at this.

HI Dena - OMG I loved Rick Springfield too! Wasn't he on General Hospital too back in the day? (me, I'm a hip-hop and r&b head now, but I used to be sooo into the "mod" scene when I was young, u know Depeche Mode, Cure, etc. - actually still am, their on my iPod still!)

Hi Maya - Anytime, let me know if you need any tech assistance w/ anything I'm pretty good (i think) at this posting stuff...

Great Dame - That sucks about being fired, but a new restaurant will be cool..I totally dream of being my own boss. I just bought my first home too in beg of '05 - California real estate is sooo expensive! What kind of food will u be srvng in your rest?

Cashley - sounds like a fun job, nice to travel around. LOL at heading back to 28, I still feel so young! I wonder at what age do you start listening to oldies, cutting your hear short, shopping at say Chico's instead of say Express of The Limited? (not like I've been able to do that for a long time but I still try to keep with the trends)

Sunta - Hi! My step-daughter lives in PA too.

I need a ticker too, I just tried it, got a page error mid way........so I give up (I don't have much patience for that kind of stuff).......

Beach.....he was on GH back in the day........but they brought him back in Dec for about 9 episodes, and he still makes guest appearances from time to time.........of course I missed ALL of the episodes! He has a really good website (www.rickspringfield.com) and he puts on an awesome show, if your interested you should check it out!