Hi

I have decided to get the procedure done - just have to save up for it. I live in uk and want to go to Brussels as it seems cheapest and safest there. Anyone know of the above?

Thanks

Cool, well.... we all go the pub in Preston Friday dinner and after work (can you tell I'm a Civil Servant, lol). Feel free to give me a shout if you may have to do any waiting about.

I managed to get a friend of mine to come with me yes, I was a bit dubious about asking him, I didn't want anyone to know I was going to be honest. I'll probably tell more people after the event. Anyway, after giving me a hard time for a couple of weeks, telling me I don't need surgery and I should just diet, telling me I'm not big enough for surgery... and the list goes on.... (he's built like a bean pole) he finally agreed to be my bag carrier, lol.

You know G that Kent is the garden of England?

Don't forget about Baarbs either, i have heard that having a Cougar is all the rage these days!

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i am quite sure it is.

Love that word cougar.

Are you you guys on facebook, PM me your email address

gx

thats a good point actually facebook, i only joined a few weeks ago....yes i know im well behind the times but if anyone from this thread wants to add me then my email is carolinejess1983@hotmail.com. afterall i have known most of you for months, new friends welcome to xxxxx

Thank you Carrie, I've added you, I hope you don't mind. Your journey is almost identical to the one I'm hoping to have (roughly the same starting BMI). I hope I have even half the success you have had, you look incredible!

Thanx Gillian, love you too, cheeky mare

A civil servant eh Jojo, that was me too until I took the severance, I worked in the Dept of Employment in Personnel.

Big Sister is also a CS. A lot of us about, maybe cos its a sitting on your bum job lol.

Thanx Gillian, love you too, cheeky mare

A civil servant eh Jojo, that was me too until I took the severance, I worked in the Dept of Employment in Personnel.

Big Sister is also a CS. A lot of us about, maybe cos its a sitting on your bum job lol.

Yup!!! Put on a stone a year for the first 5 years of working there!! 5 more years on and it's time to lose it again, lol.

I was always slim before I worked there, too many excuses to eat, too much temptation, not enough exercise. I'd love to take voluntary redundancy but it's not on offer at our place at the moment (HMRC). I'm in the middle of doing an Open University degree in my spare time though, which will hopefully be my ticket out of there once completed.

Hey JoJo

No probs glad to have you on there! 14 months from now and you will be done!!! xxx

Hey JoJo

No probs glad to have you on there! 14 months from now and you will be done!!! xxx

I am so excited about it!!! If my plan goes ok, I can wear a nice dress at Christmas, that's my goal! I know I won't quite be to target, but it will be nice to go shopping for a relatively "normal" sized dress instead of passing rails of floral tents hoping to find something reasonably fashionable.

I'm really chuffed actually, I've managed to get my BMI down to 36.9, I thought my surgery BMI was going to be 37.8. I just wish I could sustain this without having to go through surgery!!

Brilliant Jojo, brains as well as good looks, good luck sweetie, in everything.

And you are correct, in our office it was any excuse for cream cakes or a meal out, just for the hell of it. lol

Well my my how things have speeded up on here that brought a bit of spice to the forum the last few pages lol.Good to see you back on Gillian wheres the other half big sis.?How are yous getting on?

By god Gary you wont be able to get your head out the door with all these compliments your getting.Your going to need a new engine in your car with all the miles your going to do with all these women fighting over you. hahahahhaha

Good to see a new batch of bandsters on the forum .Good luck to all you newbies who have there ops coming up soon you wont regret it .

And well done shoes on that weight loss 7 and a half stone since march thats brill.

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:frown: Thanks Freckles, though I'm not sure about the looks OR the brains! I just hope the next couple of years are transformative in more ways than one. I've wasted too much of my life already, don't want to be feeling the same in another 10 years. Thank you so much. You have done brilliantly so far and I'm sure you will continue to do so.

Thanks Bobo, I already know I won't regret it!!

Well my my how things have speeded up on here that brought a bit of spice to the forum the last few pages lol.Good to see you back on Gillian wheres the other half big sis.?How are yous getting on?

By god Gary you wont be able to get your head out the door with all these compliments your getting.Your going to need a new engine in your car with all the miles your going to do with all these women fighting over you. hahahahhaha

Good to see a new batch of bandsters on the forum .Good luck to all you newbies who have there ops coming up soon you wont regret it .

And well done shoes on that weight loss 7 and a half stone since march thats brill.

hi mate

i can only wish, there all just teasing me, its easy done.

hope u and family are well, i am needing a wee fill me thinks been of trck a little in jan but only put on 2 pun.

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Thats what I enjoyed Jo, fitting into a size 18 jeans and I still have a few stones to go, but I will get there, I'll be happy with a size 14 at my ripe old age.

Woot...bring on the next fill Freddyboy, when i can afford it lol.

I am so excited about it!!! If my plan goes ok, I can wear a nice dress at Christmas, that's my goal! I know I won't quite be to target, but it will be nice to go shopping for a relatively "normal" sized dress instead of passing rails of floral tents hoping to find something reasonably fashionable.

I'm really chuffed actually, I've managed to get my BMI down to 36.9, I thought my surgery BMI was going to be 37.8. I just wish I could sustain this without having to go through surgery!!

Well done, trust me you will, it will be amazing. I know we all wish we could have done it ourselves but the the best thing about the band is that is takes away the fear. I have lost large amounts of weight in the past and then put it back on. I could never enjoy the feeling because i was so scared that i would put it back on again, which of course i did. The reason i am so happy now is that i can enjoy it because that fear is no longer there.

Being able to wear great stuff is the best and going shopping is so theraputic now and not panic inducing.

Gentlemen cover your ears....I went to get re fitted for bras today which i have had to do loads and i have gone from a 40E/F to a 32 DD now. I also bought thigh high boots today aswell. Its not the buying of things that's important its the fact that before i had the band i had never owned a pair of boots because my calves never fitted in them. Now i have 6 pairs! it's the small things like this aswell as the big stuff like health etc that make me smile now!

That's brilliant both of you!

I know exactly what you mean Carrie, I'm probably differently proportioned to you though, my main gripe at the moment is the leg size of pants. If they fit my waist they look like clown pants. I can get hold of great big handfuls of material around my thighs and calves and bum... I want to wear pants that fit properly all the way down (skinny legs look ridiculous on this body!)

Bra sizes, used to love being a 34D, hating the 40F, with the band squidging in between my back fat dreaming of the day all will be smooth!!! (ish). Just hoping for not too much excess skin.