I did it !!!!

I have lost 122 lbs in 10 months with my band!

I am 36 yrs old and I have been heavy my entire life in 8th grade I weighed over 200 lbs. I had lost the same 80 lbs twice which only brought me down to 245 and then I would gain it back in a matter of months when I gave up and put on even more.

I was always active but always heavy.

I had my band put in and actually my port got infected and had to come out so it was a bad two months letting the open wound heal, packing this hole the size of a plum twice a day and waiting for it to close. Then I had my port put back in. It was one of the scariest things I had ever gone through but it was all worth it.

I have gone from a size 32 pants 5x shirts

to a lose size 18 and 1 x shirts

I think one of the biggest things and changes is that I can not believe how much less room I take up. Every time I sit in a seat that was to tight, sit on the couch and look how much room is left on the cushion or just moving around a store it is amazing to me that I can fit down the aisle with bumping things. It makes me smile.

I still have a 40 lbs to get to goal and I know I will do it. The band has changed my life. My doctor said because of the weight I had to lose I should do the bypass but it was up to me. I did not want to have that done and knew I could lose the weight with the band and I have.

October will be one year since I had my new port in and started my weight lose journey. Every time I walk past a mirror or a store window I can not believe its me.

The band even with the complication has been the easiest thing to do. It has controlled my hunger. I keep up with my fills and it turns off the part of my brain that wants to eat all the time. I would eat one meal and before I was done be planning my next meal. I used to think about food ALL the time and the band has made the difference for me.

Everyone out there keep up the great work and dont give up the band is a wonderful tool if you use it to its best potential. Listen to your band and it will work for you.

Rae

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Start weight 316

Banded 10/08

Current weight 184

GOAL 155

Edited October 12, 200916 yr by raeraepa

Amazing! Hope I can do half as well!

WOW...great story...very relateable! Congratulations on your success...especially since you started with a complication! I'm proud of your success and hope to follow in your footsteps!

Again, congratulations!

hi :frown: Congratulations on your success.! you look fantastic! Dr. Bertha is the doctor who will perform my surgery (if i get approved that is). What was your experience with him?

Hello Stacy,

Dr. Bertha is amazing. Let me tell you through him you WILL get approved. He did my mom & step dads bypass and my cousins band like mine. I am in Pa and traveled to Jersey to have him do mine. My port did get infected and had to come out and a new one put in. But even through that he was amazing and straight forward. He is kind and tells it like it is. He was up front with me that I should have the bypass because of how much i had to lose but when I said I wanted the band he said ok and told me that it was my choice and would help me with my journey. You will be very happy and well taken care of. Keep me updated and good luck to you,

Rae

Rae-

Fix the date of your surgery in the box to the left,

YOU DID WELL

I have the lapband.

What impressed me the most is that you did not give up with the infected port. I honestly, being a NON quitter would have fainted and god knows what?

:thumbup:Very Inspirational :biggrin::thumbup:

Laura

Oh by the way :party::thumbup:You look GREAT!!:wub::thumbup::thumbup:

It is stories like yours that inspire me. Congrats on the loss! You look WONDERFUL!

Amazing

Can you please share with me more details of what you were doing as far as eating and excercising to help make this possible?

I have plateaued at 200 and went and get another fill today. Hopefully I can lose at least another 30 to 40 lbs by my birthday next month.

Thanks for any advise you may be able to provide.

Thanks again,

LaWanda

I would love to know your secret for sucess also!!!!!!!!:tongue2:

Great! What an inspiring story for those who are planning to undergo Lap-Band Surgery and yet still have doubts on going with it. Anyway, it's a matter of discipline and hard work after that and once you achieve the goal, it's worth it. congrats!

AMAZING job!!!!!!!! well done!!!! :thumbup:

amazing job!

wow you look great!! Congrats!

Congrats!!!!:thumbup: You are an inspiration for me.!!!

WOW! You look great!

You look fantastic and should be proud of your weight loss to date. I hope to be banded in August and your story makes me excited and helps to motivate me!