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My name is Megan, and at the end of March beginning of April I will be having what I have waited seven years for, the Lap Band. I know exercise is a huge part of loosing weight after the Lap Band, but it's just so hard to find the will power to do so when you have to do it alone. I've turned to my friends, but since they happen to all be skinny, they don't have the desire to go. So I was wondering what the odds would be of finding a gym buddy in the Northern Kentucky area? I plan on going to Fitworks, and really don't want to do it alone. I need the support!

=) Megan

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Megan - I am in Northern Kentucky too and would love to have a buddy nearby. I have been banded for about 6 years and am rededicating myself to losing the weight once and for all... it's been a really long road I can't afford a gym personally as I have 3 kids and money is tight, but I do have a huge library of exercise videos, and I would love to have someone I can just talk to who understands. Maybe not gym buddies, but support buddies?teeth_smile.gif

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I'd love to have a support buddy! I'm actually joining Fitworks for the $20 a month membership, and one of the perks to that is you can bring one person with you whenever you go, so I was hoping to find a buddy, or else I'll have to make my boyfriend go. And I swear, if he looses anymore weight without having to do ANYTHING, I'm going to throw a fit! I completely understand the money being tight issue. I have a son and my boyfriend just lost his job in November so we scrounge for everything. I actually met a girl on here who lives in Connecticut, and she does this video called Walk Away the Pounds, and we set up up our web cams and do the videos online together so we have moral support. But I'd love to have somebody nearby to talk to also!

I don't know if you have Facebook, but if you do it might make talking a little easier for me because a lot of times this site doesn't want to load properly for me =( But if not, that's fine!

So, you've had the lap band for six years? Did you loose weight on it and gain it back, or not loose any at all? I'm just trying to understand what you mean when you say "rededicate" yourself. But I can understand either, because life and kids simply doesn't make eating right and exercising realistic in your day to day life lol. Why don't you tell me a little more about yourself and your lap band?

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