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I'm happy to report that I paid off my Lane Bryant credit card, and knowing that I don't have to shop there anymore...I was a size 20pants and 18/20 tops.. I sure they miss me at my local Lane Bryant store they already knew me by my first name... Now I CAN shop where ever I like I'm on size 12 jeans, and L tops. But it was hard to make my mind catch up to my body.

How is everyone! I love my new life and body!

Hello Lap Band friends! Wow! It has been such a long time! I am over 3 years out and I am doing absolutly fabulous! I have lost an amazing 105 lbs and I am totally addicted to the gym! I feel great no back problems at all! If you are thinking about doing this STOP!!! Just do it! Best decision I ever made! I am a healthy 154 lbs, I am 5'7 and I am just maintaing my weight with a healthy diet and a lot of activity! Stay strong people! OH yeah!! and I turned 37 today! And no one believes how old I am! I love it!

yeah google fat burning foods, grains are awesome! add more protien cut out all breads and rice for now, good luck

For me, it was the severity of the procedures. I was hesitant enough about WLS, but removing part of my organs was just too much for me. Also, since I'm self-pay, I was FREAKED out complications because my insurance would not cover any complications. Lapband was far less risky, IMHO, and therefore, less of a risk financially. I've been infertile for four years and would like to get pregnant one day, and the fact that you can remove all the liquid from the band and have a normal size stomach again appealed to me in terms of nutritionally providing for a child if I was pregnant. It's different strokes for different folks. I think Gastric Bypass is a fine procedure and is a better fit for some people. I think Lapband was the right fit for me. The best advice I can give is research, research, research! Good luck!

I cant wait until Lane Bryant, Ashley Stewart, Old Navy "Women's", Macy's "Woman's World" and the like arent my go-to stores anymore. I dream of the day that I can go to H&M or the regular section in Forever 21.

Good for you! You look amazing and happy birthday!

Ticker says it all gratz on your weight loss !

I seriously could not make myself push the order button on a bunch of size 6 pants from the Gap...I know thats my size but I just thought they would arrive and never fit! So I went to the Gap and took every pair of size 6s (each type of cut or fit or style) in the dressing room and of course they all fit. I hurried home to order the petites I needed before my belief in the 6 evaporated...weird! Today I tried on a size small blazer at Bass and it fit perfect. I decided to get another one in a different color and it almost killed me to buy the small without trying it on! I tried it on as soon as I got home!

I keep making that same mistake all the time, i also still buy clothes that are too big for me .. body is thinner than my mind still !