It seems to me that most people who have the band are around 100 and 150 lbs over weight. I would love to hear the experience of bandsters over 350. I was banded 11/17/07. I started out at 434 and now am down to 370 It seems to be happening fast. I try to stay under 1000 calories a day, but I do slip up sometimes. I also see my self stuffing myself when I cook something that I really like. I dont get hungry often which is good. It just seems such a long road ahead. I guess the good thing is that i am on the right road this time. I am so thankful to be able to tie my own shoes again. I can walk down the hallway and people dont hear my breathing before they see me. Who ever invented the Lap Band .....I say Thank you!

Go to this forum:

Weight Specific Lap-Band Support Groups (NEW!) - Lap Band Talk Forum - The largest forum for Lap Band Surgery Discussion and Lap Band Surgery Support

There you will find the threads about specific BMI's and starting weights (that we previously had peppered all over this board) now concisely grouped together, it's wonderful!

I was banded at 382. I'm now between 235 - 245, fluctuating (but mot changing sizes). Was a size 32 or larger, now I range from 14 - 22. Mostly 18/20 on top, some 14/16. Mostly 18 or 20 on bottom, some 22.

I had a thread specifically for people with starting BMIs of 50+. It was good and had a ton of experience/resources in it, but now for the life of me I can't find it. I hope that when the new forums were setup, that the old information wasn't just thrown away. :smile:

It says it's in the weight specific forum, but just closed.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f139/thread-super-sized-bandsters-starting-bmi-over-50-a-16168/

I wonder why it was closed. Have to see what I can find out. It was a good thread.

Though when you go to the forum, it's not there. I've found this with a lot of the archived info. You can search for it if you know the title or you are searching for a specific term, but it's not visible on the board.

I'd love to have a link to the archives, versus always having to search for things.

I think Alex closed a lot of those longer threads and then just opened new ones when he reorganized things. The longer threads with thousand(s) of posts bog the system down each time they are opened.

I like that there are now subforums for all those sticky's and the hot-button threads that hadn't become sticky's yet (Low BMI for example), but I do wish they weren't hidden from view. Even if they were closed, they should still be easily accessible.