Can you believe it??? :eek: We are beginning to Celebrate one year on this fantastic journey!!!

Name........Surg Date....Start Wgt/BMI.... Cur.Wgt/BMI..... Total Lbs lost

Add your information and then tell us three things that have changed for you in the past year. Before and after pictures would be great!!!

Name........Surg Date....Start Wgt/BMI.... Cur.Wgt/BMI..... Total Lbs lost

Sades.......1 Nov 07......229 / 41.9..........185 / 34.8..........44

1. I am feeling better within myself

2. I am 1-2 sizes down in clothes

3. I enjoy going out again

Photos to come.

Name........Surg Date....Start Wgt/BMI.... Cur.Wgt/BMI..... Total Lbs lost

Sades.......1 Nov 07......229 / 41.9..........185 / 34.8..........44

1. I am feeling better within myself

2. I am 1-2 sizes down in clothes

3. I enjoy going out again

Photos to come.

Congratulations, Sades, and happy bandiversary!. Those are great accomplishments (I know what it's like to hate myself, to dread buying clothes and to cancel dates because I felt too fat, so I know where you've been and where you are), which you have earned with your hard work, and I know there are more to come. Thank you for being here. Bring those photos on!

Edited October 31, 200817 yr by bandpal

Name........Surg Date....Start Wgt/BMI.... Cur.Wgt/BMI..... Total Lbs lost

Sades.......1 Nov 07......229 / 41.9..........185 / 34.8..........44

Cindyg......1 Nov 07......253 / 42.............191 / 35.............62

1. I dropped from a size 18 to size 14 and can wear clothes that I haven't worn in years.

2. I can climb 3 flights of stairs without hyperventilating and feeling like I'm going to have a heart attack.

3. I can look in a mirror without cringing and wondering who that is looking back at me.

Happy Bandiversdary, everyone!! Look how far we've come!!

I'll do my official "weigh-in" on the 15th - that's my Bandiversary. I have two more weeks to wow myself with how much I've lost.

Congratulations, Cindy! By the way, I'll be in NYC next month (Dec 4-17) and would love to meet a fellow Nymph - PM me if it's doable.

That's a crazy time of year for me, Bandpal, but would love to try. We usually get to NYC over the holiday break with the kids before New Year's. I'll keep those dates in mind and let you know as it gets closer.

Congratulations, Sades, and happy bandiversary!. Those are great accomplishments (I know what it's like to hate myself, to dread buying clothes and to cancel dates because I felt too fat, so I know where you've been and where you are), which you have earned with your hard work, and I know there are more to come. Thank you for being here. Bring those photos on!

Thanks Bandpal, it's great being part of this team! For me, it wasn't quite as severe as hating myself, just wasn't as interested in being out there, especially in the last couple of years. Funnily enough my weight hasn't stopped me going out but I have a different confidence to go with it now.

Hey Wendy! I just checked my profile and found a message from you about starting this thread. you left me the message on 10/12 and I just saw it today! Sorry! Anyway, this thread is a great idea.

Name........Surg Date....Start Wgt/BMI.... Cur.Wgt/BMI..... Total Lbs lost

Sades.......1 Nov 07......229 / 41.9..........185 / 34.8..........44

Cindyg......1 Nov 07......253 / 42.............191 / 35.............62

Hollyberries 6 Nov 07.....358/54...............245/36.2...........115

1. I went from a size 32/34 to a size 18/20

2. I love when customers come into my store and ask me if I am still the owner and then realize that I am and can't believe how awesome I look.

3. I love shopping now in any store not just Fashion Bug, Catherine's or catalogs.

I don't regret my decision to have this surgery best thing I have done for myself in a long time. Now, as I reflect on the future, I want to take the next year to get the rest off...for good. Now if I could just stop eating the Halloween candy.

Congrats to all of us for jobs well done. Keep up the great work everyone.

Cindy

Hey Wendy! I just checked my profile and found a message from you about starting this thread. you left me the message on 10/12 and I just saw it today! Sorry! Anyway, this thread is a great idea.

That's okay. I just wanted your input, but figured you were busy. :eek:

Linda, surgery Nov 2, start weight 225, BMI 38.6, now weigh 174, BMI 29.9, 51 pounds lost

1. Went from size 22 to 14 jeans (and the 14's are even loose!!!)

2. Not scared to leave the house without full makeup, sunglasses, and best clothes on - in other words my "armour"

3. Feel like I'm just as good as anyone else now.

Name.........Surg Date....Start Wgt/BMI.... Cur.Wgt/BMI......Total Lbs lost

Sades........1 Nov 07......229 / 41.9..........185 / 34.8.........44

Cindyg.......1 Nov 07......253 / 42............191 / 35...........62

Hollyberries.6 Nov 07......358 / 54............245 / 36.2.........115

Linda........2 Nov 07......225 / 38.6..........174 / 29.9.........51

Stephanie....15 Nov 07.....233 / 36.5..........172 / 26.9.........61

Eh, screw it. The scale and I are not getting along. I don't know what my current weight is. My last weight was 172 - it'll have to do. And I'll just have to be a day early. LOL I'm in a "mood."

1. I'm in the smallest size I've been in since 1997 (size 10).

2. I feel NORMAL when I'm out and about instead of freakishly fat.

3. Haha...I'm young...Guys flirt with me now. :tongue2:

The only before clothed posed pics I had were in my security uniform, so there you have it. I'm with a new company now, so it's a different uniform. The angles are a bit different along with the pic size...but I think you can get the basic idea.

Jeez, Steph, you look great! Put your head on that fairy, and that could be your body!!!

You look fantastic Steph! How tall are you?

Jeez, Steph, you look great! Put your head on that fairy, and that could be your body!!!

Haha...I wish. LOL I sent some face pics to a friend of mine that was making an avatar for me for Myspace. She said I was getting "tiny." LOL I don't feel tiny when I have 42 more pounds to go. Thanks for the compliment. :Dancing_sorry:

You look fantastic Steph! How tall are you?

Thanks, Sades. I'm 5'7".