Before and After LAP-BAND® Surgery - PICTURES ONLY

Hey guys! Here a couple of new pics that were taken April 7th at a camping trip with a large group of friends! Those shorts are 14's!! And the shirt is an XL!!!! WOOHOO!!!! :clap2: I am the one wearing the black halter top with the tattoo on my arm!!! I felt so great that weekend! Had a blast!!
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Kathy
Banded 09-07-05
Dr. Spivak
Start - 223 Goal - 145
Fill 01-04-07 - 2.2cc
One year anniversary - 09-07-06 - 183


http://www.myspace.com/tattooedtxmommy

"The only difference between tattooed people and non-tattooed people is that tattooed people don't care if you aren't tattooed." :thumb:

Ok, Sus - here's mine. I hate these! First 2 are before... 2nd two are now. 45 lbs to go.... Yee haw!
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Kim_8 (Tool, TX)
Dr. Benavides, Dallas, TX 218/207/169/135
Banded 1-12-06

I'm still right around the same weight 39 more pounds to go til goal.

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My~Space
GamerParents Blog
Banded on: 08-13-2004
264 / 198/ 150
Current fill: I'M EMPTY!

Two of the pictures are my Senior pics, I was around 280, then my heaviest at 303 right before graduation. Today I'm at 222.5.

ok, I added the pictures from my computer...hope it shows up on the screen...

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Starting weight 303/height 5'9ish, Banded June 4, 2004 self-pay
2.2cc fill December 2004
2.2cc fill April 17, 2006

This picture was taken yesterday April 23, 2006. Myself (Maudeispam), hubby Burt and our "little boy" Ethan James.

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8th fill 1/2 cc (9& 1/2ccs total volume)1/18/07
Banded July 29, 2005 by: Dr. Andrew Reynolds, Mitchell, SD

Well, it's been almost 5 months, and I'm closing in on 50 pounds...so I thought I'd update my pics. I don't think I LOOK that much different, but, boy do I FEEL different!!!!!!


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***11/05 266# (sz24)********1/06 244# (sz20)********4/28/06 223# (sz16)***

(I have gone from a 26/28 shirt to an 18/20, but I like to talk about pant sizes!!!! hehehee)

Thanks, guys, for all of the help and well-wishes this far!!! I look forward to much more help and support (and hopefully I will get to help at least someone during this journey!!)

Love
~cheri

It's my 6 month bandiversary so I thought I'd update with pictures. I don't think I look that much different in the pictures, but I feel better and my pre-surgery clothes don't fit! Can't wait to see how I look when I lose all the weight and get some plastic surgery!
Thanks for all or your support - couldn't have done this without you guys to cheer me on and answer all my questions! THANK YOU ALL!!!

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Laura
Banded 9/30/05 by Dr. Barker
1st Fill: 11/17/05 +1.6cc's
2nd Fill: 12/1/05 +.8 cc's
3rd fill: 1/12/06 +.6 cc's
4th fill: 2/15/06 +.4 cc's
Unfill: 2/27/06 -.2cc's
5th fill: 8/22/06 +.3 cc's
Total fill so far: 3.5 cc's
Overall goal: 245/190/155
New mini-goals:
1.Lose 25 lbs and be within 10 lbs of goal by Christmas: 190/190/165
2. Work out 3x per week. Started on 8/7/06, so far so good!

Hope y'all can see this.

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Banded 9/12/05
304-308/140/140
5'9", was size 28, now a size 6
Believer in obsessive calorie counting and the miracle of the body bugg personal calorie burn counter

http://flickr.com/photos/puddinpie

Ok, I am really not 100% comfortable with showing my body pics yet. I'm sorry. But I will show you accurate pictures of myself. The first picture is when I weighed 240lbs. The 2nd picture was taken last night at 216lbs. I may take full body pics tonight and show you guys. I did take before's at 240 and they are soooo gross to me. They aren't lovely lady lumps that's for sure.


24lbs gone, 81lbs more to go.

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Telly
(Melinda)
04/11/2006 - Banded with Dr. Rumbaut
H-240/S-235/C-119/G-120

Ok guys! I'm still a work in progress, but here is my attempt to encourage others interested in the LAP-BAND® to go for it!


<img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-1/1136773/Side-By-Side2.jpg" width=600 height=313>

p.s. I'm down 7 lb from the latest photo! ;)

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Banded 3/8/06
Highest: 298
Surgery: 261
Current: 202
Goal: 140

This is me, summer of 2004 and last week (with DH). I'm very close to goal. :clap2:

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Carlene
Banded 11/29/04
-97 pounds

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Guys I think I'm going to revise my goal weight. 30 more pounds might be too much more to loose, especially if my neck starts to look drawn. I know that this weight is still obese in fact morbidly obese but Id need to loose 40 more bls to be correct weight and even my doctor said thats probably too much. I vow not to get carried away with this weightloss thing though. Next thing you know I'll have to start looking for a plastic surgeon !
-106 lbs

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"Dum spiro, spero".....While I breathe, I hope...Cicero
banded March 7 2005 Switzerland
5''.8" starting weight 312lbs
March 7 2005 BMI 48 !
June 1 2006 BMI 30 ! ::)
July 20 2006 BMI 29.5 ! ::)
Aug 25 2006 BMI 29.2

You look great!

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Preview Highest weight: 11/12/04-@ 362 lbs
Band date/weight= Dec 13, 05/ 320 lbs
Lowest weight: 268 lbs- 4/17/06
8/5/08- Last Dr Visit- 287.7 lbs
11-11-09 345 lbs ( First DR visit since 8/5/08)

Here's my latest. I didn't come out looking near as slender as I felt in this outfit, but here's me last weekend in the mountains of beautiful Virginia. With my sweet daughter, age 6. I weigh 182 there.

Could someone side-by-side the before pic? The before was taken in 2000 at my high weight, about 240. Same daughter :p

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Kathy-Dr Kuri~April 8,2005~Inamed 9.75mm/4cc
Fills 7/11/05~10/19/05~11/16/06 .75cc total
242high/223.4surgeryday/173.6current/145goal
BMI~40.1/37/28.9/24
~5'5" 68% of excess weight gone!~
36.5 total inches lost so far! (updated 9-12-06)

I'll try, TBM! ;) You look awesome!!! Your daughter's changed a bit too. :D

The Best Me's pictures:


Before: 2000, ~240, with daughter .......................................................... May 2006: 182, same daughter, age 6