Well I have just experienced bandster hell of another kind. I have been sick with a very sore throat and tired then my band tightened so much I was throwing up in my sleep. Horrible. I tried to just ride it out. I tried to eat softer foods and stop eating a couple of hours before bed. Oh, well, I feel better today. I had chills, aches and headache plus a sick, acidy stomach yesterday.
The good news is that I have lost a couple more pounds. I am at 162 lbs this morning. I can't believe it....

Hi everyone. It has been 3 months short of 2 years since I was banded. I have lost slowly but that has been a good thing as I am not as saggy as I thought I would be. I am still going to Curves and that is helping firm up muscles as I lose the fat. My body is emerging out of the fat layers I was hidden beneath. Who knew I would ever find a slim body after being overweight for at least 25 years. I have always had a weight problem and was a size 16 then went down to a size 12 in high school. I am...

I had a big non scale victory today. I cleaned out my closet. I have been hording all the clothes that didn't fit for years and as you can imagine couldn't fit another piece of clothing into my small walk in closet. I kept thinking that someday I would eventually wear those smaller clothes again.
Well the day has finally come. I threw out size 2X, 1X, 18 and started on my size 16 clothes. I was shocked at how matronly some of the styles were. I was trying to cover up my expanding body and...

It has been 19 months since my LAP-BAND® surgery. I have been slowly going down in size. Even when I don't lose any weight on the scale, I seem to be firming up and getting more compact. I can see shape in places I thought were gone forever. I can fit into size 14 now. I don't think I have been able to do that for over 20 years.
I went shopping and bought size 14 blue jeans that look awesome. I don't think I have even owned blue jeans in over a decade at least.
We went to an FCRV campout...

Well it's been 18 months since my LAP-BAND® surgery and I have slowly been going down. My size 16 clothes are now getting way too big, depending on where I bought them. Sizes vary a lot. I dreamed for a long time of being able to wear all the too small clothes in my closet. Now that I can wear them, I am finding that I don't really like them or they are outdated or better still they are too big. I thought I would never get into them again. It is great knowing I won't regain the weight ever again too....