:tt1: live in Melbourne, inner north. Bandered Oct. '07. by Paul Dumbrell. Starting to lose my focus, feeling isolated . Would like to make contact with others in Melbourne for a bit of a yarn:tt2: and mutual support, compare and share experiences. Anybody else feel the same? I'm glad to have found this site , not great with using this technology :bolt: but having a go.

Mary08

That is such a good idea (clothing swap). Obviously when you are losing weight so consistently you dont want to have to replace your wardrobe all the time and I have often wondered what to do with my clothes as well.

I'll be happy to go to this kind of group in the South Eastern Suburbs or similar. I live in Bayside and there aren't too many size 22's mincing around my suburb I can tell you that much. If only Prada did plus size clothing...........lol

That is such a good idea (clothing swap). Obviously when you are losing weight so consistently you dont want to have to replace your wardrobe all the time and I have often wondered what to do with my clothes as well.

I'll be happy to go to this kind of group in the South Eastern Suburbs or similar. I live in Bayside and there aren't too many size 22's mincing around my suburb I can tell you that much. If only Prada did plus size clothing...........lol

Congratulations Megsy on your banding! You are doing so well already. My daughter has just lost 53 kg, I got a lot of new clothes from her. The rest, 6 large bags, went to the Salvos, thewap would have been great.

I have just found out about a weight loss support group not far from me (melb west). The group meets once a month to share successes, concerns etc. Everyone takes lunch so others can get ideas and see portion sizes etc. At the end of the session they have a clothing swap. I'm really looking forward to attending the next meeting. Perhaps there are groups similar in other areas too.

Hi, thinking slim, I would lvoe contact details for the group please.

Hi, I've just joined this site but have been active on a few different Lap banding boards since 2005.

I was Banded back in October 2007, but had a few setbacks during 2008 :thumbdown:and have only had restriction since December 2008.:scared2:

My starting weight was 196kg:eek:, I shed over 60kg using Optifast prior to being banded. I was banded at 132kg but because of the setbacks last year am currently sitting on 166kg:cursing:

I live in Lalor, which is a Northern suburb of Melbourne and have hosted a few get togethers at University Hill in Bundoora.

Anyway I suppose that's my introduction.

Pyretta

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Hi, thinking slim, I would love contact details for the group please.

The group that meets in the West is the Werribee Lap banders. Deb has been running this monthly meet up for a few years now in her own home. The next one is on Feb 8.

Pyretta

Hi Pyretta! What a small world

Julie

159.2kg/58kg

banded May 05

Hi Julie,

how has your journey been going? why not get a ticker up so we can all see?