I was really hoping I wasn't a turtle but I Excel'ed my weight loss journey and it became pretty sad to me.

06/01/05 - 190 - Put on waiting list for Surgery Seminar /

12/19/05 - 209 - 1st Seminar for LapBand Surgery / Didn't qualify according to their rules

01/16/06 - 214 - 2nd Seminar - Almost qualify / Doctor will meet with me

01/24/06 - 220 - 1st Appointment with Doctor - he let me weight with shoes & jeans on

01/27/06 - 215 - Pre-Op Testing and Meeting with Dietian

02/01/06 - 215 - Started Pre-Op Diet

02/08/06 - 215 - Didn't lose after 1 week of liquids

02/10/06 - 213 - Went back to Gym / 30 minutes of Ellipitical plus weights

02/17/06 - 213.2 - Joined Weight Watchers

02/24/06 - 211.6 - Some loss

03/06/06 - 211.4 - Wow that was a week of hell dietings for .2 pounds

03/10/06 - 208.6 - Much better at least some loss at a decent rate

03/17/06 - 209.5 - Hmmmm a gain! Dont know why still on-plan and exercising 5 days a week for at least 1 hour sometimes more.

03/21/06 - 209.5 - First Fill @ Drs. office 1.7 cc

03/24/06 - 209 - Still after a fill and not eating much at all

This was just depressing to put on paper. I track every bite I take, ever second I exercise. There just isn't a reason that it's this slow! I'm not even back to the weight I was when I first called about this surgery... It's actually 11 weeks dieting... and only 6 pounds down! Plus I'm $17,500 lighter in the pocket!