Today it's one year since I had my gastric band and I wanted to mark the event. My life has changed so much for the better I would never has lost so much weight without it nor maintained it.
This site has been a massive support whenever I've felt low or struggled to keep positive I open the app on my phone and read through the diaries of all the fantastic achievements and it gives me the encouragement to pick myself up.
I don't comment often but there are so many people here that offer support and help to fellow banders which is invaluable.
I have lost seven and a half stone this year, it seems to have stuck there for the past month, but I am very happy I've managed that. I was a size 24/26 and now I wear a size 16/18. I never ever wore trousers in my adult like and now I bought my first pair of jeans a couple of months ago and wear trousers every day! So many milestones, little things you can do that mean so much, it is only for having this surgery that's allowed me to experience.
There still more weight to loose but even if I stayed the same now forevermore and never gained again I would be so happy.
So, thank you everyone, I'm very very grateful and having a gastric band for me was the best thing I could have ever done for myself and for my family. My children have a fitter happier mum and hope to be a better role model for them being healthier.
This site has been a massive support whenever I've felt low or struggled to keep positive I open the app on my phone and read through the diaries of all the fantastic achievements and it gives me the encouragement to pick myself up.
I don't comment often but there are so many people here that offer support and help to fellow banders which is invaluable.
I have lost seven and a half stone this year, it seems to have stuck there for the past month, but I am very happy I've managed that. I was a size 24/26 and now I wear a size 16/18. I never ever wore trousers in my adult like and now I bought my first pair of jeans a couple of months ago and wear trousers every day! So many milestones, little things you can do that mean so much, it is only for having this surgery that's allowed me to experience.
There still more weight to loose but even if I stayed the same now forevermore and never gained again I would be so happy.
So, thank you everyone, I'm very very grateful and having a gastric band for me was the best thing I could have ever done for myself and for my family. My children have a fitter happier mum and hope to be a better role model for them being healthier.
