Hi guys!

As we have been discussing, this is our thread to post our before, during and after pics of our banding journeys.

For those of us who are not yet banded or just starting out, feel free to just post your before pics, and you can add after pics later on as you wish. It would be great to put faces to names too!

I think it will be great to have our own thread to encourage and support each other, sometimes the numbers in our signatures don't reflect how much of a difference it has actually made to how we look!!

Edited April 19, 200818 yr by She Smiles

Wow, you've done that in such a short time. You look half the size and very pretty in those green flowers. Any advice for someone who's lost 30 but has around 40 to go? I'm getting mighty impatient.

i have been told to chop and change what excersise i do at lesst every 12 weeks, as your body gets used to one form of excersise then the effect wears off, so for 3 months i swim, then i dance as well as swim, i then walk and dance, (i do tap and jazz).

thats been my main secret as my body is no longer benifiting from just dancing alone so i rotate my dance classes with additional excercises such as swimming, walking or boxing

i wont say its easy and i still dont totally love excersise lol but it works

Uh. Cherry... That's not Lana... It's me. She quoted my post.

Sorry, i am new at this :-)

You look stunning, my goodness, so much younger aswell, atleast 15 years younger, congrats Chickie!!! I am getting banded in mid Jan:help:

Wow You guys look great, such an inspiration

<p>This is my "before" pic taken after losing about 5kgs</p> <p></p>

Hey Blocka. You'll be happy you have that picture later. When were your banded because your scarring seems minimal?

Thanks CCW. I will try to change my exercise as I have been doing the same thing for months.

I probably sound dumb but where are the pictures? Is there a link that Im missing somewhere

Forget that last question as soon as I hit post they all appeared and I must say they are very inspirational

hi guys.. i am gonna give the pic posting a shot too...

so far have lost 25.9kgs - was banded in september

this is me on the left a few weeks before banding in late August

and this is me on the right 30/12/07

its so weird cos i still think the same... like i still feel like a fat girl if you know what i mean??

Sorry I haven't been around for awhile, but thanks for all the lovely comments:smile:

LOL at Insubordination re: my fat butt. Hey, it's still there, but at least it's no longer THERE!!!

Amy, I haven't done too badly with the loose skin. I do think that doing weights & toning up has helped. I could do with a little tuck to the upper arms & stomach, & my inner thighs & butt are a little southbound too, but at 40, I didn't expect my skin to spring back so well. I can live with it.

My face has aged a bit which I wasn't too impressed about (those face pics are only 1 year apart) I think the fat was plumping out the wrinkles lol

CCW & Nikki, you both look gorgeous! Oh, & I can relate to the 'still feeling like the fat girl' comment.

Blocka, congrats on the band, & looking forward to seeing your progress!

I just had my first 'refill' after about 9 weeks without. I had 5ml, but definately need more. I was at 6.9 when I was unfilled. I struggled a bit, & ended up putting on 5kg in that time. Looking forward to the home stretch of my journey!