ok as of todat I have lost 38lbs thing are slowing down, but I have not started to exersise. I need to get motovated some how. I have noticed that when I go to the stores I am not as tired and my legs and back are not in pain like before. I go for my next fill in about a week and a half. I am still eating small portions but I can eat about a cup of food instead of only a half of a cup..

GREAT NEWS My Sister is getting ready to also get her lap band. She has been over weight all...

Bumblebee

I was banded in 2003. At first I had good success. I had lost 75 lbs. I started to learn how to cheat the band. Then I had a slip. I have been completely unfilled since 2006. I have gained back 45 lbs. I feel horrible about myself latey. I decided to go get another fill, which I will on 4/16. I just do not know what to eat! I truly do not know what to eat as a banded person. I know bread, potatoes, cokes and ice cream are not my friends! It is just me and my daughter in the house and she is leaving...

momintx

Hello World! I am so excited to be begining this journey, finally! My name is Michelle, and I am a 25 year old wife and mother of one (which at this time is quite enough, lol) living in New York, about a hour and a half north of NYC. My story is pretty standard for most overweight people in many ways. I have been severely overweight nearly my entire life and have fought like hell to just be normal, while always falling just short of success. Everything that I tried has failed in the long term, and...

Miss Michelle

I finally meet my surgeon this Friday, April 11. That means a surgery date can't be too far behind! I am excited, but nervous as well, which I think is only natural. I keep thinking about so many things in my life (past and future) that have led me to this place. All of the eating triggers - who knew there could be so many?? All of the pain and emotion I have stuffed inside myself instead of dealing with it - if tears were Prozac, I would have OD'd years ago. Now, to have...

kathystrick

Hello fellow weight watchers,

My name is Annie Jenkins, and I have recently decided to have surgery through http://www.mylapbandsurgery.com . Can someone tell me if going to mexico for my surgery, safe and why I can't have it in the states?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Annie Jenkins
anniejenkinss@aim.com

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