I'm Jennifer. I also teach. I teach HS in South Dakota. I am single, but recently had a first date. I had RNY March 6th and lost weight prior to surgery, and am now down 100lbs from my highest and a little over 70lbs since surgery. I have about 50lbs left to lose and have been working out on a fairly regular basis. Sadly!?!? school starts soon and I need to revise my exercise and eating schedule to fit my teaching and coaching schedule. I love this website and my local support group that both help me to stay on track. I have been so lucky not to have any problems since surgery and am glad they took my gallbladder while they were in there. I have always been fairly active and that has helped me to get back into the excercise routine. Good Luck to all of you and thank you for the support!

I had surgery March 3, I have had 2 fills for a total of 2cc in a 10cc band, but not really getting any restriction, at what point should I start feeling this? I have another fill at end of August, I do not know if I should go for .50cc or 1 or 1.50cc?

Hi, my name is Christi. I am 32 years old. I have been happily married for almost 11 years and have an almost 8 year old daughter. My husband has been in the Army for a little over 18 years and I have been working as a Legal Assistant in Orlando, FL for about a year now. Prior to that we lived in Minnesota for 8 years and very much to my surprise - I would move back in a heartbeat!! I started looking into surgery probably a little over 2 years ago and had it on 3/31/08. I done very well staying on the 2 week diet, but I honestly don't think I lost very much weight (and didn't even weigh myself) and have lost 70 pounds since surgery. I started out at 309 and my doctor wants me to be around 145, but I really don't know if it is possible for me to get there. I went from a sometimes tight 24 to a comfortable 18, so far! I will be thankful for anything I lose and don't really have a personal goal for myself yet. We spend a lot of our free time checking out Florida beaches and have passes to and enjoy Disney World as much as we want.

My name is Katrina, I am 46 years young, my son Adrew is almost 21. I live in Houston,Texas. I just celebrated my 10th anniversary with my husband Terry. I am a HR Manager. I started my weight loss journey almost 3 years ago. I had to have a revision to RNY due to complications from a VBG. I have lost a total of 183 pounds to date. I am finally feeling GOOD! I have learned to have patience and to listen to my body. This site has been a life line to me, I always find the answers I need and I enjoy listening to and watching everyones progress. I am 40 pounds away from my goal weight!

Hey folks, this board has been near silent, so I thought this would be a good topic. I'd love to get to know those who visit this forum. Let's liven things up a bit by introducing ourselves on this thread! I'm Lithia, I am a 39-year old high school teacher. We go back to work on the first of August and school starts on the 6th. I've been married 7 years, and my hubby is wonderfully supportive of my needs postop. I am in Arizona, about 35 miles west of Phoenix, and hubby and I hope to move to Washington in a few years. Hubby is also a high school teacher. I started looking into WLS on August 1st of last year. I had to do the whole six month supervised diet, and it was one of the most difficult times of my life (not due to the diet, but due to other awful things going on in my life). I made it through and received insurance approval on Valentine's Day, and had Laproscopic RNY surgery the day after St. Patrick's Day. During my six month supervised diet I lost 57 lbs of the 196 I had to lose. Since my surgery I've been losing fairly slowly and steadily and am down to 52 lbs lost post op. I expected it to be somewhat slower, since I'd done so well on my pre-op diet. I have lost a total of 109 lbs. My current mini goal is to lose 70 lbs in my first six months post-op. I'm about 18 lbs away from that. I would REALLY like to make it to "one-derland" by my 40th birthday on November 24. But I'll settle by making it to that elusive goal by the end of this year. So... tell me about you! All the following are optional, but would love to learn about my fellow March 08 people: How old are? Married/single? How much you have/had to lose? What is your progress so far? Any goals? Where do you live? What type of surgery did you have? Anything else?