Here ya go - my 40 year old carcass after almost 2 years of banding. I wore this bikini last week on the beach in Byron Bay, it was perhaps the sweetest moment since I was banded!

You look AMAZING!! Way to go, on the bod and on the confidence. Woohoo!!!

:hail: :hail: :hail:

:scared:Congrats, Jachut,

You look wonderful. I was just happy that I can now wear my daughters clothes, if I can get your size, I'll be smaller than her. LOL

Jaque: I saw your new avatar today and I thought..... HOLY CRAP she's in a bikini!!!!!!!!

You look beautiful, amazing, wonderful, inspiring and HAWT! Thanks so much for continuing to post and hang around for all us newbies!

Whoa, I just saw this thread. J, you look fantastic! Congrats to you!

You look awesome! I'm just a little jealous. I can't wait till I get that small.

Wow! Hubba hubba! You look BEAUTIFUL and HOTTT and amazing!!!

My DH is drooling on the laptop...

You go girl!!!!. How awesome is that!?????

Oh! You give me hope!

You look soooo good! And I bet you feel great...

All of you look so good! You have the bodies that the rest of us are striving for. You all have definately inspired me!!!

Ooooooooooooooooh myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, you look so fantastic.

It must feel so freeing to wear a bikini.

Congratulations, you are the pin up girl today!

WHO HOO!:clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2:Well done:clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2:

I am totally jealous, I can't see any scars.

My scars are still wide and red, over one year out now.....

YOU LOOK SOOOOO GOOD! It's so nice to read and see a success story, sometimes these lap-band site can be pretty depressing.

You cause me to really believe all the hard work and money will be worth it.

Thanks so much for sharing, it's just what I needed today.

Connie

Holy crap Jacqui, you look incredible!!! If I looked like that in a bikini, I'd wear it to the supermarket, post office, bank, and so on. Seriously, you look beautiful and are such an inspiration!!!

Jenn

OMG! You look FABULOUS!!! :clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2:I can't wait to wear a bikini and not be ashamed of my big tummy. Did running achieve such tight skin? I hope so, because I'm just starting. Do you have any before pics?

Jeanie

You look amazing!!!

Congrats!