Give me your best "how I did it" lines!

Jack :pound:

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banded July 21-06
Goal Feb 3, 2008

Here's one for you: "I had LAP-BAND^® Surgery." Pretty impressive, huh?

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Spydr

292/184/141

Banded 11-16-05
Dr Jayaseelan Dallas, TX
14cc Band
First Fill 12-14-05 to 6cc
Second Fill 1-14-06 to 8cc
Third Fill 3-16-06 to 10.5cc
Fourth Fill 4-20-06 to 11.5cc
Unfill 5-25-06 to 11 cc
Fifth Fill 6-1-06 to 12 cc
Unfill 7-7-06 to 11.5cc
Fill 11-16-06 to 12cc
Unfill 04-09-07 to 10cc

Plastic Surgery 02-23-07
Breast Lift and Tummy Tuck
Dr David Liland in Dallas, Tx
www.drliland.com

Oh, definitely use one of Jacks! Although, technically I believe this is a love square. Wait, no, it's a trapezoid. ;)

This is such a tricky subject. I'm most comfortable with a straightforward "I had a band put around my stomach to help me control my appetite." Then I quickly change the subject by telling them how great THEY look. :)

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Anne

285/216.5/150

Banded: 7/26/05
Slippage, New Band: 3/21/06
Port Revision: 7/11/06

Just raise your hands to the heavens, lift your head, and cry out "SEX! LOTS OF WILD SEX!"

i promise you will only get a few questioners after that. :)

How about.........

I decided I am worth it! with a sexy smile and a wink!;)

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Tammy

Pray....I am living proof he answers!





http://www.lapbandtalk.com/journal.p...owjournal&j=84

http://laparosurgery.com/

SPRING Bootcamp 2006 BMI Feb 8th 55.8
4-10 ---- 270 BMI 49.4
4-17------273.4 BMI 50.1
4-24------271.3 BMI 49.6
5-1 ------270.3 BMI 49.4
5-8 ------267.3 BMI 48.8
5-15 -----270.00 BMI 49.4
5-22 -----266 BMI 48.7
5-29
6-5
6-12
6-19
6-26
6-30

I use this one when people keep pressing me...


EAT LESS FOOD!!!!!!:p

"I have a tapeworm."

:clap2: LMAO, I LOOOOOOVE that!!! Tapeworm!!!!

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:bandit Yoda :canada:
"Do...or do not...there is no try"


Banded: 21 Apr 06
TLBC - Toronto ON

well I actually dont mind telling people..im proud to have had the band! but I do understand where you are coming from...cause some poeple look at you like you are crazy!!! been there before....but I like what everyone is saying that you have really worked hard mentally and physically and have great tools to help you!

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Cynthia
Surgery date: 11-21-2004
Dr. Hadar Spivak
Houston, Tx. 77003
296/238/180
start/current/goal

Its been a tough ride, but still holding on!!

I don't mind people knowing about the band BUT, I HATE them looking at me from that point on wondering how much, if any, I've lost. The band seems to become my new identity. If I "slip", people are watching....

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Ms. Vicki :flypig:
If God wanted us to be thin, food wouldn't taste so good.
Banded 02/27/06
Dr. Hadar Spivak - Houston, TX
highest wt - 338
lowest wt - 2lbs 6oz (birth wt - teehee)
Height 5'6"
Band size: 10cc
First fill - 04/06/06 1.5cc (.7 remained at 2nd fill)
Second fill - 05/01/06 2.7cc (.7 from 1st + 2cc at 2nd )
Third fill - 08/16/06 1.0cc total fill of 3.7cc

Thread Starter  

Thanks for all the great suggestions, people! Normally I don't have any problems telling people, as long as they're truly interested and not just making conversation. But in situations like this, sort of like a big reunion, it'll be very easy to draw a crowd and I don't want to make my surgery the centerpiece of any conversation.

Spydr, if I had any confidence that my audience would know what LAP-BAND^® surgery was without a lot of followup explanations, I'd be using that indeed.

I'm thinking of something along the lines of "Basically eating less and exercising, with the help of an adjustable gastric band." The words "adjustable gastric band" are technical enough that if someone is not interested in pursuing the subject they can nod and look away.

The Romanian-triplet line is my favorite, but that would DEFINITELY need more explanations.

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~~ Alexandra
banded 8/20/03 -- Dr. Abkin, Morristown NJ
band removed 4/9/07 due to slippage REbanded 8/13/07

340 highest / 210-ish lowest / 255-ish now / 200? maybe?
5'10" -- size 28/30 then, 16/18 now, heading downward once again

hmm say lots of wild nights with the hubby..... Great exercise... No in all seriousness.. .

" I ate less (which is true) and exercised more (also true)"

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Total Weight Loss

I was tired of being fat and decided to do something about it.
I got off my butt and started exercising.

This is what I plan on saying. It's true

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Banded on 4-17-06
Self Pay
Starting Weight 285
Goal Weight 199 @ April 2007
Height 5'11"

Crystal Meth and Ex-Lax. Shuts 'em up every time.

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Jonathan (Austin, Texas)
Banded January 31st, 2005
Dr. Fass (Austin, Texas)
[ 402 | 340 | 290 | 220 ]
http://www.waistingaway.com

ROFL, Jonathan!!! I guess that would get em all right!