Hi guys. I joined not too long ago, and I'm currently waiting for my insurance to start (I had to re-join my mom's plan in order to cover lap band) coverage before I can get started with this.

I haven't actually weighed myself in about a year and a half, but I knew I was getting bigger, as I had to move up from a 24 to a 26 in jeans about a month ago. I still, for some reason, thought I was under the 300lb mark. Well...

I went today to buy a scale because I figured I should have one. To my shock, I weighed in a little higher than I thought. I'm 5'7" and I'm now at an all time high of 315lbs. That alone was enough to shock me out of any bad eating habits that would normally occur this evening. :faint:

I'm pretty disgusted with myself at the moment, mostly for letting myself get this high. I can't wait to get my band, and my goal before getting it is to get back down to 300. Guh. What a downer.

I'm sure I'm not the only person that's had a little shock like that. I feel really comfortable on here, and it's nice to be able to discuss weight in an open and friendly atmosphere. Good luck to everyone!

Many of us share the feeling of shock when something like that happens. Mine was many years back walking through the mall, I thought to myself, 'wow that woman sure is built wierdly'----imagine my surprise, when I realized it was a mirror on a column---and it was myself I saw at a distance. I have dressed, and walked differently every day since. I wish the band had been available back then!!!

Good Luck in your effort to lose down prior to surgery---you are young you will bounce back into health quickly---I commend you for taking control NOW!!!

Kat

I hear ya, I hadn't been on the scale in a couple of months earlier this year and when I got on, I couldn't BELIEVE when I saw 371!!!! I was upset enough about the 347 I had been the last time I was on....

I rarely weighed myself,,,Denial aint a river in EGYPT!!!! I kept telling myself,,I AM NOT GOING TO GET ANY BIGGER!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah,,right.

My alltime high was 331,,my weight the day of surgery. Here I am 2 months and a few days later,,,31 pounds lighter and my clothes are alot looser. It was sooooooo great to see the 200's again! The scales I bought are crap,,no one can vary 8 pounds in an hour,,I got frustrated with them and just stopped weighing myself. I go to see my MD on April 12th,,I'll do the best I can each day(which hasnt' been so hot lately)and weigh when I see him. If I do what I KNOW I should be doing,,,I know the weight will slowly slough off.

Banded 1/29/07

Dr Ken Cleveland-CMMC-Jackson, MS

331/298/150

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Yup been there. Well not that weight-- I got the band before I got that high. But close. Last year I was put on Lyrica for my fibromyalgia. It was a distaster for me (the culmination of which was the blackout sort of car accident I had). In the few short months I was on it I gained 40 pounds. Now 20 pounds I could easily have done on my own in that time. But 40 even I needed help for. When I did step on a scale at last I was shocked. I also have a graduation picture or two from them and I don't really recognize myself. Who is the girl in the blue tent (aka graduation robe)? Its me. Same hair maybe but fatter face and much bigger body... Different proportions too (it seems that weight likes to accumulate around the middle).

It sure is nice now to see the scale move downward to places it hasn't been for quite a while.