Hi, I am Babs and I was banded on Dec 20 in New Jersey. I have lost 50 lbs so far and learned about this group through a friend of my mother's--JudiM who is a member of the August club. She has a great blog that I started reading before my surgery and it has really helped me. Stories from the road.......

The only people who know I had my surgery is my mom and my sisters and Judi (who I only know through the internet). I am coming here to meet others and possibly find some friends who may live near me too. Because of the kind of job I have and the people I associate with because of my job, I could not tell anyone about this. It has been a very lonely stretch. I am looking for this wieghtloss to change my life. Just coming here and saying these things is probably a good start to changing. I would have never done this before. I really want to meet people and maybe even that one special person (not an advertisement, please know)

Thank you and I look forward to being in your group.

Babs

Welcome Babs,

And congrats on your band !

Welcome babs! It's always nice to see new posters around here. Look around and find some special interest groups, they are helpful when the going gets tough!

Welcome to the Merry Losers group, Babs. There are some wonderful people in here and all over the forums - I'm sure you'll get the support you're looking for. I know this place helps me enormously, so I'm confident it will do the same for you.

Hi there Babs! Welcome - and chime in any time you want . . . we have stories, opinions, confessions - we've got everything to keep you happy!

Chris

Welcome to the group babs.

I think the suport from people doing it at the same time is great!