My LapBand progress in the news!

[kamala 0]

My 138 pound weight-loss journey thus far was written about in this week's edition of The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper as part of a piece on my fundraising efforts for LIVESTRONG/Lance Armstrong Foundation.

How He Lost 138 Pounds

[LaDawnS 2]

How cool is that!!!Wow! good for you! 138 pounds is exactly what I needed to loose, I've got 36 more to go. You look great! Keep up the great work with both your weightloss and your livestrong efforts!

[kamala 0]

Thanks! Comments thread on the article has gotten a bit ugly with band haters. But I am getting support for my Livestrong Challenge which is great!

[Liftingchic 0]

Good article!

[LaDawnS 2]

That's irritating, what do they have to hate? For most of us the band has saved our lives! I'm glad that you're not letting that get you down! You've done an amazing job! And your work with the foundation is very admirable!:cursing:

[greytz 4]

Wonderful efforts! You definitely can't worry about what others say and just keep doing the great job you are doing and believing in yourself. That is the pay off.

[BetsyB 9]

Awesome article, and awesome cause, Mike.

Yes, there were some of the (near-obligatory, I think), "Sheesh, eat less! Exercise more" posts--but I was encouraged to see that they were fewer in number than I've seen in the past.

Talk is cheap. It's easy to say it's as simple as "energy in, energy out." But we all know that whole host of factors--many of which are physiological, and not related to our behavior with forks--come into play.

But we can't really expect people who have never been obese, let alone MO, to understand that. For them, it often is a very simple, "I'll cut out my bagel and take the stairs." (Lucky bastards.)

[nawlinzlady 1]

My 138 pound weight-loss journey thus far was written about in this week's edition of The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper as part of a piece on my fundraising efforts for LIVESTRONG/Lance Armstrong Foundation.

How He Lost 138 Pounds

Congrats on both the article and your weightloss journey. I especially liked the fact that they pointed out how you had to workout and it was not a magic fix!

[kamala 0]

No joke on the working out, but I've really come to love doing it. Haters will hate, that's their nature. Hopefully the article will continue to generate more LIVESTRONG fundraising (hint, hint :-))

2010 LIVESTRONG Challenge - Seattle - General Donation