Based on your surgery day weight, what was your BMI on the day of surgery? If you need a BMI calculator you can find one here: Calculate your BMI - Standard BMI Calculator

Also, do you feel the band has been successful for you? Do you think your BMI made a difference - did higher BMI's lose less percentage-wise, did lower BMI's do better?

Mine was 41, now it's 20.8.

WOW!!!! That's awesome! What did you do?

I lived in the gym lol :tongue2:! I hate it but I think it has helped a lot. It has slowed down these last few weeks, I am no losing about 1 to 2 pounds a week which is great of course. I work out about 5 to 6 times a week for 2 to 3 hours.

was banded barely below 50 bmi.. now I sit at 37. Still unhealthy but a huge drop im so happy about. I do feel the band has been successful for me in achieving weightloss, healthy eating, and a more healthy me. Some of the medical problems however are not being resolved, which just means they arent related to my weight. But i will be more healthy to deal with them! Ive 67 pounds in almost 4 pounds and feel so much better. This has changed my life and I am forever grateful

I was banded on 9/12/08 my BMI was 37, now it is 33. I too hope too be in the 20's by the end of the year! Congrats to all!

Wow Jodi, you're doing awesome! I had my surgery the end of last May also....However, I have not lost a bunch yet but I am 1/2 way there anyway. This just may take awhile. Started at 32 BMI, currently 28.

I was about 38

32 and now I am at 28.

I was at 40.5, my current is on my ticker. I'm just about 6 weeks post op and LOVING the results (with no fill). I'm so thankful I was able to have the surgery and it's working (so far). I'm just afraid one day it will stop working and I'll gain my weight back, then I think NO WAY did I go through all this for nothing!!!

I was at 40 or 41 and now down to 28. See ticker for more details.

Chris

My BMI pre-op in March 2007 was 62.2

As of April 17, it is down to 47.5

I got a long way to go, but came a long way too!:smile:

Hi LucLuc

Was you self pay or did you have insurance.

My Highest BMI: 48.3 (295lbs/134kg)

(Thats when i decided to draw the line and started my journey to bandland!!)

Surgery Weight/BMI: 47.1 (287.7lbs/130.7kg):wink:

Current BMI: 27.9 (170lbs/77.2kg)

My BMI from the start to the current has come down 20.4 points!!! (Down 125lbs/56.8kg)

Thats the bmi of a normal weight person lol.. then again the amount of weight lost is equal to a normal size adult woman.. scary when you put it into words like these.. i was carrying the weight of two people on my back and legs and my heart and other organs worked to support two people instead of one... wow what a risk it is to be obese... i never really thought of it that way until now!!!:wink:

Hi LucLuc

Was you self pay or did you have insurance.

i was self pay,