Today is 7 months and 3 days since my banding. It has taken that amount of time for me to lose almost 55 lbs.

I know, compared to some, I am losing slow and sometimes that does get me down but I have to keep in my mind that I didn't gain this weight overnight and I am not going to lose it overnight.

But today my daughter and I went shopping. She and I tried on the same shirt and I could almost wear the XL in misses. She thought it looked fine, but I wasn't quite comfortable enough yet to go there. She bought the L and said when I am ready, she will loan me her shirt.

I am so chomping at the bit to be out of women's sizes. I cannot wait to be there!

Anyhow, my whole point I wanted to get to is that when I started this process my BMI was 50 :eek:. It is now almost into the 30's (40.2) :wink2:!

I am so happy that I am getting healthier!!!

I am so grateful that I made the choice to do this band for ME! :laugh::smile2::laugh:

hey, congratulations on your weight loss!!!! i don't think it is too slow. I know we all want to lose 5 to 10 pounds per week, right!! but like you said, it took longer to get it on so it is not all going to come off immediately. keep up the good work!!!!!:laugh::wink2:

congratulations!!!

It's not a race or a competition; if you do it right, it's for life. So ... you've lost 55 pounds since March? That's GREAT! There have been years when I gained that much in 7 months. How good that you have left it behind!

Won't be long and those XL's will fit, and then the L's! :wink2:

Congrats! You know, the slower the loss, the better chance you have of your skin shrinking without plastic surgery! Keep up the good work! I hope to be like you in that many months!:wink2:

That's wonderful!! Congratulations on fitting into an XL i think that has to be one of the best feelings, when clothes sizes start to go down. Hopefully i am done with going up and down :wink2:

You are very inspiring to someone who is still in the liquid phase of the post op diet and feeling bad because her family is in the other room eating hamburgers for dinner. Thanks!

Way to go Carla! It is such a great feeling when you try on something and it fits or close to it! I am also a slow loser, I am very happy tho. Keep up the great work.

Girl, you are doing GREAT!!! You have nothing to be ashamed of. I have more faith in myself and feel better about myself than I have in years. It is a wonderful feeling to go down a size isn't it?? Makes my day. I like to try on clothes now which I previously avoided. I felt like if you didn't know, it didn't happen. I am so excited about losing weight. I would do it all again tomorrow if I had to. Keep up the good work. Congratulations!!!!!

You should be very happy! That is a very healthy rate of loss. I know it can be frustrating when you see some others losing faster, but time is on our side and we'll get there eventually. I was at just about the same point as you at 7 months out. I'm now at 10.5 months out and hit Onederland today. As the Pantene commercial says, "It won't happen over night, but it WILL happen!" Congratulations!

You should be very happy! That is a very healthy rate of loss. I know it can be frustrating when you see some others losing faster, but time is on our side and we'll get there eventually. I was at just about the same point as you at 7 months out. I'm now at 10.5 months out and hit Onederland today. As the Pantene commercial says, "It won't happen over night, but it WILL happen!" Congratulations!

Fanny,

I cannot wait until I hit Onederland. I was hoping to hit it by January 1st but I'm not sure I'll make it but I am not going to let it get me down.

Like someone else said...using slower hopefully will help with my skin snapping back. So far I don't see any loose sagging so I'm going to take that as a good sign. Its funny that the nurse at the hospital when I had my surgery said I had "good Italian skin" which usually snaps right back. I sure hope she is right :smile2:

Another positive of my loss so far is I worked around my house all day today cleaning windows, curtains, rehanging curtains, etc and it is now 8 pm and I just finally sat down. 7 months ago I would not have been able to go that long.

Thanks everybody for your words of encouragement!