I haven't been banded yet, my sceduled date is Feb 11 (only 3 days away woo hoo!) but I am wondering who started over 300 pounds and have you hit the 100's yet? How long did it take? I started my pre op liquid diet at 329, I went it for a check up 1 week in and was down to 320. I hope to be at 315 on Wednesday. Just looking for some inspiring stories because at this point even 199 looks so far away.

my pre-op diet weight was 386 lbs, i was banded 7/23/09 and I weighed in at 259 this morning. I cant wait to hit the lower 200's. my goal weight was 250lbs but I have since changed it to 200lbs.

I was at 326 when I started pre-op diet on Aug 15, 08 and 309 the day of surgery Aug 29, 08. As of a couple of days ago I'm down to 236. I'm shooting for 230 by the end of the month and then my goal weight of 220 by the end of March.

Wow...that is amazing. Good for you! How much are you working out?

I was 310 when I had surgery in July. This morning I weighed 240.

Yeah Cindy!

Yeah Cindy!

Thank you! My one month plateau finally ended!!!

I was 304 when I started my pre-op liquids on 12/1. My surgery was on 12/16 and I was 290. As of today, 2/9/09, I'm at 264!

Hi:

I weighed 324 in April 2007. I was tired of being tired, having sore feet, etc. I lost 38 pounds before my surgery in July. I hit 199 on 4/23/08. So that you don't have to do the math, that's 125 pounds in one year! It's been slow since then, but I'm so close to goal that it doesn't matter. I weighed 177 this morning.

Good luck.

I love my band!

Sue

Wow...that is amazing. Good for you! How much are you working out?

Thank you!! I jog between 2.5 - 3 miles 3 - 4 times a week. I haven't started weights yet, maybe this week.

My starting weight was 303, on Jan. 7th, and when I was banded jan. 17 i was 294. Today I weighed in at 274. Good luck to you.

april 08,weight 324.

january 13th banded weight 285

two weeks post-op -266

today at first fill=gained 3lbs.

is it common to go up after a fill. cause I got filled thursday and I weighed 274, but today I got on the scale and weighed 280. I don't understand cause I have hardley ate anything.

I started at 344lbs. I am in the home stretch to goal with 49lbs left to go.

Hi,

I weighed 326 on November 1st and I was at 309 on my day of surgery on 11/19/08. Today (2/10/09) I'm down to 259. That's 67 pounds in 3 months.

I work out at least 1 hour a day by walking 3 to 4 miles on an incline of 9 or 10. This keeps my heart beat below 176 but that is for me, you may need to work up to that so be careful and don't overdo.

I haven't been too hungry (so far) but it's been difficult at times not to grab a soft drink during my lunch or supper. I think that has been the hardest thing for me so far. I do confess, when I start to get hungry I get up and walk for a while until the hunger goes away. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't but it's a trick I use to help me.

My initial target is 210 but I may lower that when I get close to that initial target, we'll see.

My wife and I had the band placed on the same day by the same doctor and it's really helped both of us. She is down 40 pounds from her start of 264 and is doing about 15 minutes of walking everyday but keeps her incline down to a 3 or 4. By both of us doing the band at the same time we understand what the other person is going through and we support each other.

At any rate, you will feel sore at first but as time goes bye you will feel better and want to do more and more.

Of all of the over 300's I've read about I'm most impressed with Sue Magoo, Bigpapa2 and Gingerbug! Way to go!

Edited February 10, 200917 yr by Denny_C

my pre-op diet weight was 386 lbs, i was banded 7/23/09 and I weighed in at 259 this morning. I cant wait to hit the lower 200's. my goal weight was 250lbs but I have since changed it to 200lbs.

I think I read your blog a few weeks ago congrats on doing so well and lowering your goal!! :thumbup::thumbup:

I was close at 295. i was 279 morning of surgery. I hit onederland on October 24th and my surg. date was jan 2nd.

WOW Wonderful progress!!!:thumbup:

The day of my seminar on 4/26/08 I was 305. When I went for surgery I was down to 295 on 6/5/08 and today I am 201.5, I am down 104 lbs in 8 mos and 1 1/2 away from Onederland!!