Banded November 14, 2005

Well, I've been here reading the posts of people who had surgery during the same month I did. I know that some of us are banded and some of us are RNY patients. To those of you who are banded, what has your weight loss been thus far and how many fills have you had? I started out at 308 and weighed 244 this morning. That number fluctuates but its close. There have been weeks that I gained but not many...not many weeks and not many pounds. My BMI is coming down nicely and I've had fills from 3cc as the primer to 5.2 then 7.5 and now 9.2. I've been there since the first week in May. The weight loss is slow and the plateaus linger. So, I thought I'd ask some of you how your progress was. And, if you could give me your best tip for making the band work for you, what would it be? La Wanda

My Surgery weight was 222, I am down to 18 so a 40 pound loss I am down 56 pounds from my heaviest!! I have 56 to go!!

I was banded 11/23/04 and have lost 93 lb. I have found that weight training has made the most dramatic differnce in my weight loss. I have only been training for 3 months and in that time have lost 45-47 lb! Amazing. In that time I have reduced from a size 18 (woman's) to a size 12 (regular)! The band is a great tool and it in combination with weight training (I go 3x/wk) has made my wl soar.

I just realized in my orginal post I made a type-o so let me revise it my surgery weight was 222, at the time of the post I was 182 a lost of 40 pounds well as of today I am 173 so a loss of 49 pounds I have 48 to go to get to goal I wish you the best in your journey!! Later Heather