Hello,

Has anybody had gastric band when at 35 BMI and had good results?

I would be very interested to hear your experience as I have my booked for sept and still not sure of it being the right procedure for a secured weight loss.

I am not convinced I will not loose what I need and/or on the time I would like to.

CrisBela

My BMI is 37 and I am also scheduled in September. I have a good friend who had a similar BMI and was banded in April. She just hit the 50 lb. mark.

i was at 39 when banded.

it seems like most of us with a lower bmi lose at a much slower rate in the beginning. in my experience and observations, most of us are as close to our goal as the higher bmi'ers after two years.

i have only known ONE low bmi'er to lose to goal within a year.

over and over, i read of low bmi'ers being REALLY discouraged with their low numbers of loss the first year. don't expect immediate results. set a long term goal for weight loss and look forward to that.

i lost 17 lbs the first two weeks after surgery. it was over a year before the scales moved again. it has been 2 1/2 years since surgery for me, and i have lost 63 lbs and i am 20 away from my goal of 135.

I've had fantastic results with mine, I've gone way past my original goal weight and I dont have much in the way of loose skin to show for it.

I guess I was a slow loser but I was fitter, stronger and more able to exercise from the get go, I got over the surgery very quickly, I didnt have health problems that would prevent me from exercising, etc etc and I suspect I didnt have some of the enormously challenging eating/coping/emotional problems that come from being severely obese for a long time to overcome either.

Its got way more to do with your attitude and how committed you are to losing weight than it has to do with your starting weight. I vowed never to diet again and I havent, I eat what I want in small quantities, I choose well 9/10 of the time and I exercise regularly. Commitment to that is all it took for me.

I'm so glad I read your response! I will be banded in September, and I've really tried to get a feel from reading this forum about how people handle the emotional attachment to food afterward. You're right it has to be about the attitude and not about "beating the system" and how you can cheat. It's a tool to develop better and healthier eating habits.