This group is for weight loss support for lower bmi bandsters (of course anyone is welcome!).

For encouragement, tips, accountability.... Give stats, helpful advice, etc.

How much weight you have lost, how long it took. etc.

In some case I have found it takes a lower BMI patient a lot longer to lose the weight.

Introduce yourself and jump on in!!!:welcomeB: :welcome2:

Audree

I'm in.=) I've lost about 40 lbs. in about 4 months. Unfortunately, the loss has come to a halt in the last month. I started at around a BMI of 35. I was too tight for a couple of months. I don't recommend losing like that since you risk slipping your band. Luckily, my band is fine.

Congratulations on awesome weight loss! I look forward to learning from everyone! I always would hit plateaus with weight loss, so now it will be awesome to hear how people with lower bmi's get past those plateaus and get the weight moving again!

Audree

I agree. I was a little higher than that, I started at a 39bmi and lost 50 pounds the first 4 months then my fill last month was too tight and I got a slight unfill Tuesday but my losing has came to a halt. Hopefully when my band gets more adjusted to this fill it'll start back up.

Anyone else have any advice for those of us starting or getting to the lower bmi's? Audree

My BMI was 37 and I have lost approximately 8lbs since being banded 10/31/06. I will be going for another fill on 12/28 so I am crossing my fingers that this one will do the trick so I can see some significant weight loss.

I started out at 36 and am now at 31. I am a big girl still, but I am 5'11". I still have about 60 pounds or so to lose.

I was a self pay for several reasons. My insurance required a 40 bmi for one thing. I had rather pay for it myself than to gain the weight to have the surgery. Kind of crazy, huh?!

Thank goodness my insurance paid w/o me being at a 40 BMI, but I had at least one co-morbidity which was borderline hypertension that allowed me to be approved.

Julestwu:

Hi! I just wanted to know how you lost your weight? Do you eat low carb or do you eat whatever you want in moderation? Do you exerciese regularly? It seems like those who really "stick" to the rules do best and I wonder if for the lower BMI's, if that would help the weight come off quicker.

I used to exercise about 4 times a week for 2 hours, but after my kids had Thanksgiving break and then sick (two weeks), I couldn't get my butt back to the gym. I still can't. I just need a kick in the butt or some major accountability. Maybe we can check in with each other, write what we ate, what supplements/vitamins/appetite suppresant, how much fluids we took in and what form of exercise we did.

Also, how we feel, mentally and physcially. I know it helps me to journal my feelings, emotions, anger, etc then I can relate it to me or the food issues.

As for me, this is what I ate today:

Breakfast: 1 Protein shake 240 calories

Lunch: Lean Cuisine 320 calories

Supplements: Glacial Milk liquid Vitamins, liquid B's vitamins, 1 cod liver oil pill, 2 Green T appetite suppressants(one in the morning and one at mid day).

H20: So far about 20 ounces

No exercise yet! Please kick me in the butt someone!!!!

Audree

I can't kick you in the butt Audree because I would have to kick myself first. I just can't get it together when it comes to exercising.

Here's what I've had today and it's 4:00pm.

1 slice low calorie bread with cinnamon sprinkled on it 90 calories

1 mini bagel 60 calories

24 oz. Water

I am starting at a bmi of 41

not as low as some but I have heard it is harder the less you have to lose hopefully that is a myth because I need to lose this weight

I was banded on 12/04/06. My BMI was a 36 and I am a self-pay. The day of surgery I weighed 205. I weighed 193 this morning. I started exercising 3 days ago (30-40 minutes on treadmill) and I feel better everyday. At this point, I have no regrets!

Hey fellow bmi bandster! I am almost close to you. My bmi was something like 32 or something. At 5-6, my surgery is 12/20 right after yours. I am going to mexico as well. I can't wait!! I can't sleep thinking about it all the time! How are you feeling?

My bmi was around 36 I am 6ft tall so i carry the weight differently. I am stuck around the 26lb mark. I contribute this to a stint with a slipped disk (hence steriods and bed rest) and a bad cold (hence medicine and bedrest.. also eating more cause i cant tell if i cam hungry or not)

I keep thinking i will get moving again...it is just a little slower then i thiought.

I expect to loose a little less quick as some of the very round group. I already had a great diet... just too much ...i think a complete rehab of your diet makes you lose a lot more faster.

I would love to join a little bmi group

I started with a BMI of a little over 37 and was banded in November. I've lost about 12 lbs post-banding. My first fill was on 6 December and I returned to my exercise program last week, but the scale has not moved. My next fill will be tomorrow, 13 December.

I started with a BMI of 35 and I've lost 65lb in a year, I have about 16 to go but its not moving.

I eat whatever I want in moderation, and yes, a stricter "diet" would probably do the trick for me now, but I cant be arsed to do it. I hate diets. I eat well, I like healthy food but I hate obsessing over calories and measuring and weighing and it will be a cold day in hell before I touch a Protein shake.

I exercise a LOT - I run regularly and do weights and am pretty active incidentally too, I'm 5ft 10 and looking pretty OK at the weight I am so I'm not going to stress about it, I'd say I'll slowly lose the rest over a much longer period of time.