I know it may be wrong of me but this is the R&R board. I have been hearing more and more stories of people just barely over 200 or under 200 getting lapband...do you think this is normal or needed etc. Let me know YOUR opinion.

The results are private in the poll...feel free to be truthful.

Voicing your opinion is allowed too.

And I am talking people completely healthy and average height or more.

Edited June 29, 200818 yr by Froggi

But the problem is that some people think - if you're only 200 lbs just diet - well my 200 lbs (because I'm short) is your 300 lbs. I have the same problems that you have at 300 Lbs - both physcially and mentally. So again - YES 200 lb people should be able to have the surgery.

Also, if you are happy at 200 lbs - you might need your mindset changed. Unless you're tall - 200 lbs is still a lot of weight to carry around.

Good luck everyone!:tongue2:

Hey that is what this forum is for right? To ask questions and see what other people might think and may be able to help. I was at BMI 34 when I got banded and just over 200lbs. I am 5'8" and still considered obese and still feel obese. Degenerative arthritis and a heart condition, hypertension, etc. all allowed me to get banded and my insurance paid. I have lost 17lbs. and still have 57lbs. to go for my first goal. Then I want to lose about another 20lbs. if I can. I am going for it anyway. I was thin my entire life until about 10 yrs. ago. I am 50 yrs old now. It is not fun to be overweight for whatever you feel overweight is for yourself. Each person is different and no two people are going to feel the same about it. But I am glad I got banded and can't wait to get filled.

Well, I am close to 200 pounds right now, and I do not want to stay here. If someone else thinks this is a good weight to be, they are very wrong!

i think if it is a self pay than you should be able to do it under 200 lbs, but if you expect your insurance company to cover it, i think you should be at least in the mighty 2's if not steadily in them

Yeah I'm doing it!

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Well, I am close to 200 pounds right now, and I do not want to stay here. If someone else thinks this is a good weight to be, they are very wrong!

AMEN! I am right at 200 pounds NOW.. (after having lost 83 pounds).. I am sooo much happier, more active, and FEEL BETTER THAN I HAVE IN YEARS... But........ 200 pounds, as stated, is still a lot of weight to carry around on these old joints/bones! I intend to get down to my NORMAL/HEALTHY weight and STAY THERE! I just wish I had this choice years ago BEFORE I BECAME NEARLY 300 POUNDS! Kudos to those of you who are doing something BEFORE it gets to that point!

Quite honestly losing weight is hard, I'd say anything over 30lbs is pretty hard. For instance I spent most of my young life with only 30lbs to lose. Except I worked my ass off and got nowhere. I was always still hungry and I'd lose and gain and lose and so on. Then my thyroid went crazy, as did my horomones...and I ballooned up to 267 at 5'4". I realize I didn't spend as long being fat as a lot of people on this board, but my family has crazy insane health risks and just being fat for that short period of time was destroying me. And even at 267 that same cylce of lose,gain,lose, gain...kept going. So I say if the person has health problems and has tried like mad to get it off, I really think it's a decision for that person and their doctor.

200 pounds a 5'2" was a problem for me so much so insurance thought it was severe enough to cover it. I think it depends on a lot of factor but in most cases I would say yes!

for a 6' tall male that weighs 210 - no

a 5' woman at 200 - yes

It obviously would depend on height (bmi)...

Even for a 5ft 10 female ........ I was darn fat at 200 .... rolls round the stomach, big floppy boobs, dimply thighs.

Heck, I was still pretty darn fat at 180.

At 150, I've STILL got weight I could lose. I'm no longer overweight, but I could stil reasonably trim off 15lb or so (without becoming underweight).

It also depends totally on your body type. I'm meant to be skinny, I'm finely boned and muscled and I just dont carry any excess weight well.

There's no point for me calling it curvy or anything - its fat. It may not be on someone else.

My daughter is 5'7" and has had to battle her weight, just like her mom, all her life. She is about 30lbs overweight right now. Her major problem is that she can't control how much she eats and she is a carb addict. My dr told me he believes her to be the perfect candidate for a LAP-BAND®, but that the AMA wouldn't allow him to do it because they feel she isn't obese enough.

well I think anyone who needs and wants the surgery should have it. I myself am just 5'2" and my BMI is 40.5 so I just made the cut off for surgery. I've been overweight since I was 10 so 30 years of trying to loose weight and keep it off.

I might not have co-morbidities but I can not do yo- yo dieting anymore.

Just asking this question pisses me off. I really hate it when people try to grade "need" like this. I hate it when people moan that they are so heavy that they really *need* this surgery because they are 200 lbs. overweight while other people are "only" 100 lb. overweight and don't deserve it as much as them. That's just as ridiculous as this question.

ANYONE WHO IS OBESE DESERVES AND NEEDS WLS!

You go with your bad self! I completely agree. It's not for anyone to judge what is or isn't appropriate based on numbers...there are exceptions to every rule. I'm just starting my 6 month diet pre-surgery, but *sheesh*. Just because my numbers are in the 200 vicinity, doesn't mean that I'm not going to have a heart attack or stroke. My blood pressure is high, my sugar is low, and after years of the yo-yo dieting what would you suggest? I've heard, "If you really TRIED". WTF???? Do people really believe that alternating between starvation and deprivation isn't trying? It's down right desperation.

As far as this poll is concerned, an old Indian proverb says, "Do not judge another until you have walked a mile in his moccasins."

I've been reading posts almost every day for about a month and finally found one that I HAD to reply to...heck of a first reply, huh? Sorry!

Its a hard one Froggi. I have heard of celebs being banded when they are considered underweight and the doctors seem to think thats it Ok because it is for work reasons. I was well under 200 when banded but that was only because I had lost my weight with Reductil (7 years)and it was losing its effectiveness and I knew I would be right back to my top weight and as I have considerable health problems at my top weight the doctors were obliging enough to do and not wait for me to gain the weight back before they operated. I havent lost much weight on the band but I havent gained either. It is much harder work than the Reductil was when it was working but I dont really have many choices left if I want to stay healthy. So at the moment I am working hard with it. Despite max fills I still feel hungry and the only restriction comes when I feel like I will vomit so I know I must be at peak and then I stop eatingeven though still hungry

I voted dont know and dont care. Everyone is an individual. Let the doctors decide.

I had a close girlfriend who was the same height and same weight as I was. She wore a size 32, I wore a 22. Personally, I think BMI is very rudimentary. There is so much more that goes into health than weight/BMI.