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Go to the Monthly Lap-Band Support Groups and check out the groups who got banded last August, September and October 2006! Their tickers are pretty cool. Some people are down 46 lbs but a lot of people are down 100lbs plus!

I know a lot of us are discouraged and its all new now but I'm willing to bet a 12 months from now ALL of us will be jumping for joy without anything jiggling like jell-o!

Holly girl hang in there! You did not waste your money every pound lost if an win.

I don't know who said it but if we wanted it off fast we'd have picked Bypass and become Star Jones looking bobble heads (cracking me up with that one). We will do this and do it together.

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I agree completely. I may only be into this for 5 weeks now, but I think its the best investment I've ever made. Even though I've been horribly hungry this week, I've still been able to control my eating. I just keep reminding myself about my financial investment and it keeps me from over eating. I only have 2 more weeks until my first fill and can hardly wait. Hopefully some of my hunger will disappear then.

It's hard to imagine what life will be like at our 1 year mark. Many others seem to be able to consistenly loose 2 pounds per week. Even if your average is 1 1/2 pounds per week, that's still over 70 pounds in a year. Now how great would that be?

Good luck to you all!

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That's a good idea, I'm gonna go look at the Oct 06 tickers. I love to look at the before/after pics too! Even though this stage is a bit tedious to endure, I'm still glad I didn't have a bypass. Bobble head Star Jones - that cracked me up!

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