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Welcome lovatofish Great to see you here...good luck! Keep us posted on your progress.

Welcome Z It is way worth the cost if you can scrap the money together to afford it...My parents paid for mine but I did have insurance so it covered most. Keep us updated...

Welcome Dee Great to see you here! I look forward to seeing your progress!

Welcome Yvonne I hope it all has been going well for you...It is great to see you hear at LPB

Welcome Mystique32 Its not an easy ride! But way worthit...If you want to succeed and embrace the band It will work for you. Good luck!

Welcome susaninnkc and good luck with it all...

Welcome susaninnkc Welcome and good luck with it all...

Welcome bsimoes! You will find what you are looking for here...but also within yourself. Good luck

Welcome Suzy...great to have you on board...

hi joan... welcome! We look forward to seeing more (or less hehehe) of you!

I have always been a big girl but at 18 I would have been a size 12/14. I was dignosed with hyperthyroidism at 22 after the birth of my first child...If I had of been diagnosed at 18 i may not have gotten so big... but then again...I always liked my food!:hungry:

I listen to andrea Bocelli and Black Eyed Peas!!! hehehe

yes rice is a bit of a struggle to get down...so when I do chinese instead of rice i get omelet and a chicken or fish dish....I can manage these.

Gosh what I would do for a good chewy steak!!!! I cant eat read meats anymore..stuck with fish and chicken. I can have mince in sloppy bolognaise and stuff but mostly red meats are out for me...I really miss it. And am green with envy when I go to a restaurant and my companion orders a med-well juicy steak or chops. Does anyone else miss red meat? :hungry:

yea changing my diet slightly and kicking up the exercise works for me too...

Yes I know what you mean...I need some good bra's too I have been using for two years...needless to say they are threadbare and not much support. So please guys pass on some good brands...I need them too.

i got banded in October 05 and was doing really well loosing about 3.3 lb a week...then since February I stalled until November. I have slowly started to loose it again not as good rate each week. but I made some small changes like started walking again, and trying not to eat in between meals and it seems to be helping heaps. Anyone else had a similar experience?

Well, regardless of whether the notorious OJ did it or not i think 'If I did' it is in bad taste and disrespectful of the dead to say the least...I mean hey would any of us (after dieing) like to see our own spouse write a book listing how they would have killed you....she is probably turning in her grave!

lol! I know who wins so if i take bets with my aussie friends I might be able to make some serious cash!!! maybe the other seasons are playing in australia presently I am nz based at present and we are still on the 4th season i think.

My 4 yr marriage ended just before I was about to have lapband surgery...turns out my X was calling me a 'big fat slob sitting on the couch eating chocolate' to his work mates and then 2 weeks after my youngest was born I found out he had another significant other, of 4 years as well... needles to say I dumped his A*s had lapband surgery and now I look better than ever he wants me back...No way I am going back there. If he cant accept me when I was fat why should i think he would accept me completely now...i am still the same person! Just a few kilo's lighter...I am hoping now to find someone that truly accepts me for me.

As much as I would love too...I cant drink it anymore it gives me too much gas! and I become so bloated.

woohoo! keep it comming...Dont you just love getting on the scales now!

Welcome Kellie I have been banded now for 1yr and it still has been hard but with the support and education I have received here at LBT it has really helped. I look forward to hearing of your progress!

Welcome DeeFaludi... It is a fantastic journey that you are going to be on...I am half way through and still loving it...I look forward to hearing of your progress.

Its a Fantastic Experience isn't it...I feel like my life has just started. Cant wait to hear of your progress.