Remembering that the LAP-BAND® is our tool, it is not a diet pill that will harm us, but it is our guide to eating smaller portions.

We must change our way of thinking when it comes to the foods we choose to put in our bodies. This is not a journey to just get slim, it is also a journey to good healthy lifestyles. Eating better, and feeling better.

Health and Wellness may be yours and you can add years to your life if you just accept the fact that "To change your...

If you lack the courage to start, you are already finished! I love this saying and it is so true.

We must get started, and if we have started and get off track, the courage to start over again.

I have been up and down two lbs since Oct. 28th, It is down again, but I think that the exercise program I have started is building muscle and that could weigh more.

I want Onderland by Christmas and that is my goal now. A little present to myself.
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Christmas is coming and a Red dress (Sexy) is calling my name!
I want to get into a nice sexy Red Dress by Christmas. I know that I am looking better, all my friends are telling me so, and I could get complacent and just stop right here, but this is where I always Gave Up at before when I was on diets. I AM NOT SATISFIED YET!
I AM HOPING FOR ONDERLAND BY CHRISTMAS! I AM 211.4 THIS MORNING AND I BELIEVE THAT I CAN DO IT!
I HAVE A PLAN, STAYING IN KETOSIS TILL THE POUNDS DROP,...

STRESS AFFECTS MY ATTITUDE AND MY APPETITE! I GET SO OUT OF CONTROL WHEN I SUFFER OR SEE OTHERS SUFFER. I THINK THAT FOOD HAS BEEN MY COMFORT FOR SO LONG, THAT WHEN I AM SAD, I WANT TO EAT AND NOT JUST FOOD, SWEETS! I KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO SABATOGE MY DIET PLAN, BUT THEY CALL TO ME WITH COMFORT. IT IS REALLY HARD, IS ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCING THESE FEELINGS? I AM SO FULL TONIGHT, I HURT! IT SURE FELT GOOD GOING DOWN THO!UNHAPPY WITH MYSELF NOW AND FEELING GUILTY.

No one wants to be a looser! Well I like it! I never thought that loosing would make me a winner! LAP-BAND® AP has made me a looser and I am happy about it.

I have started to visualize myself at 80 lbs thinner, now that I am 40 lbs or so down from my old weight! Next year at this time I will be a totally different woman!

Take a photo of yourself, use a black marker, and trim yourself down! This will give you inspiration to get with the program, stay with the program,...