I am new to this site, and am grateful to have found it. I was banded February, 2008, and have a 2cc fill. ("Banded" still sounds like a catch and release program to me!) I'm not losing as fast as a lot of you lucky guys. I've only lost 27 pounds, and I'm also into clothes several sizes smaller, including jeans I haven't worn since before my 16 year old was born. I can't sit yet without doing myself bodily harm, but at least I can zip them without lying down! I've been able to cut my diabetes meds in half, and have dropped one blood pressure med. So, that is progress.
However, I would love some ideas on how to make the lbs. come off faster. My dr. says this is not a sprint, but a distance run, and it's the numbers at the end of a year that are important. Still,I'd like it to be quicker.
I look forward to getting to know some of you fellow travelers in this adventure.