It's funny reading my first blog rant and how much I ate and all that. Well, I'm 55 lbs down and I think I'm doing quite well. Cutting most of my carbs out of my diet has helped a lot and I don't eat anything like I use to. Like that chinese buffet place. Nope. Don't do it. I think I'm going at a good pace.. not too fast.. not too slow. I didn't get the bypass, I got the band.. I'm not in any big hurry to drop 100 lbs.. I just want to be healthy. I have gone from a slightly baggy size 28 to a...

I'm at the end of my LAP-BAND® journey... I have completed all 6 months of dr. visits, dietician, and done the psych eval.

The entire visit with the psychologist was, to me, a bunch of bullshit. We talked for about 40 minutes before the 700 question test, yes, 700 questions! and he basically just went over the same stuff the dietician went over. Exercise and crap like that. But, he told me something that really bugged me. He told me that for me to be this weight that I must consume...