Hello lapband family. I hope all is well for you out here. I am doing okay. I cant believe it has been a year. It has gone so fast. I wish I had done this years ago. That is my only regret from the year. I have not met my goal. That is a litte dissapointing for me. I am truely happy and feel blessed for the changes in my life despite the fact that I didnt reach my goal of 100 pounds loss. I was a size 22 (bout to explode out of ) when I began my journey and was 258. Today I am generally (notice I say generally because I do fluctuate 2-5 pounds from day to day with fluid) about 173. So I am down about 85 pounds give or take a few. And I am comfortably in a size 12. It has been years and years since I could say that. I feel better about myself now than I have in ten plus years. I no longer take blood pressure meds. My cholesterol was sky high. It is now normal. I was borderline diabetic. Now not even close. I am healthy and happy. I want to lose 20 more pounds and I get really frustrated because these last 20 have hung on for months and wont budge. I cant get another fill. I am so tight now I can barely get regular food down so I think I need to concentrage on the protien and excercise. I walk two miles a night. When i first started, one almost killed me. Now alot of nigts I walk up to four and still feel really good. I know how blessed I am and I am not trying to whine but part of me does feel a little let down because I feel like I let myself down. I didnt quite make it. When I look at the big picture, I did pretty darn good though and this was one of the greatest things I have ever done. If you are debating it, DO IT! It is not easy every day but it is soooo worth it. You are worth it. God bless and good luck. New Mechelle:smile: