My starting weight was 482, my goal weight is 222. I am 5'11" tall and I don't want to lose my curves..:smile:. My question is: How many of you weighed near 500 pounds before LapBand/RealizeBand surgery? I always get the question, "Why didn't you just have gastric bypass, you have so much weight to lose?". My answer was simple. I wanted to lose it slowly to avoid pounds and pounds of hideous baggy skin.

However, I have never seen anyone my size with a band always gastric bypass. So, am I the only one? Please let me know as I would like to talk to you. 260 pounds to lose is quite overwhelming.

Thanks!

Hey girl I weighed 464 and Im around 5'11'' tall. I got banded 16 days ago. because of the 3 week Pre op liquid diet and the 2 week liquid diet after surgery Ive lost a wopping 59 lbs.So in about a month and a half Ive lost this much weight.I still cant believe Ive lost this much. I cant wait to get a fill and start working this band cuz Im still starving. As far as loose skin I think as much as we want to lose its unavoidable. I dont care Im doing this for my health. I know in the future Ill need an arm lift and a full body lift. ill just have to remorgage my house lol or my kids will be older and Ill have to get a job.( Im a stay at home mom) either way I think its worth it.

hello im china i use to weigh in the 4s to maybe we can chat. but there is a lady on here named big becky in texas i think she lost like 321lbs i think in like less than 2yrs i think go look under the 200+ weighloss sections if i find her address i will send it to ya

hi there!

i, too, was a 400+ person. my highest weight was 410 lbs, but post-op, I was at 399. After about 3 months since the op, I'm now at 360 lbs. I think that's relatively slow given my weight, but i'm not stressing. hey, i'm 50 lbs lighter! what's to feel bad about, right?

i talked to my doc before getting the lapband, and i really liked it as opposed to GB. i think for us bigger than normal people, we need to lose weight faster so as not to be overtaken by health complications -- that's why they recommend the GB. but, there are so many other the issues arising from GB, that i'd rather take time.

as for the excess skin, yeah. i'm a guy, but i'm fretting over it too. my doc pretty much expects that i'll have to do a corrective procedure for my skin once i hit my target weight range (below 30 BMI, up to 24 BMI).

i have met one of his patients who is exactly my size before, maybe bigger. he was really buffed out now though, weighing at around 210lbs at 6'1 (same as me). he does a lot of weight training, and he only has a small bit of skin in his midsection due to all the exercises he's been doing. so, yes, there is hope. moderate weight loss + better muscle toning, i think.

i'm glad to find people who are in my weight range. :thumbup: we can do it!

What a relief! I am so glad to hear that there are others out there like me. I thought I may be the record holder for biggest person to get banded! LOL Thanks to the band, this is the first year since Biggest Loser started that there was actually someone bigger than me on that show. BTW I have lost (I think, cuz I can't weigh myself everyday) around 60 pounds since I started my journey. I am still trying to find my way "nutritionally". Thanks for the replies and if anyone would like to email me directly, my email address is Latinred71@yahoo.com. Take care, I wish you many blessings and much success!

Hey Latinred there is a sight on the net called Living XL and they have great scales for under $100. Mine I got cost around $80 and weighs up to 550lbs. I love mine

go look on e-bay they had some scales that went up to 500lbs i think and they were alot cheaper than 80-100. i to am glad to have found others lets keep this thing going.

What a relief! I am so glad to hear that there are others out there like me. I thought I may be the record holder for biggest person to get banded! LOL Thanks to the band, this is the first year since Biggest Loser started that there was actually someone bigger than me on that show. BTW I have lost (I think, cuz I can't weigh myself everyday) around 60 pounds since I started my journey. I am still trying to find my way "nutritionally". Thanks for the replies and if anyone would like to email me directly, my email address is Latinred71@yahoo.com. Take care, I wish you many blessings and much success!

I started at 444 and I'm 5'6". I didn't want to have the bypass because it's so extreme to me, and permanent. Too many bad reactions to food even if you only want it once in awhile. I've struggled a lot so far with my band, but it's partially my own fault and partially my doctor's office. I know many people on here who started over 400 and are doing just fine. I think one guy here was 700 pounds when he started, so you definitely aren't the biggest bandster

I was 450 at the end of July, I had surgery Aug 10 I just weighed this morning and I am 373!

I started my journey at exactly 400 pounds, I was banded 6/29/09 and I am down 64 pounds which is 336. I want to lose 100 pounds by Valentines day and I am working hard. I have started to notice my arms starting to become saggy and it is freaking me out...good luck on your journey

There are others on here at that size, but please be aware whether you lose slowly or not you may still have the skin issue. Some peoples skin bounces back some does not, dont know if it is genetics or what but some are lucky.