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Ok you biking gurus how much air in my tires? It is a men's 26" Mongoose xr250 with mongoose tires. I am 290 lbs and will be riding mostly on pavement and hard dirt trails and roads. Just went and got me lights and mirror.

2muchfun I am so jealous I wish I had access daily to the Denver bike trails. They are some of the best anywhere. You can bet I will get me a bike rack and be taking Jimmy with me when I do visit the Big D. Which is about 4 times a year.

Ok I am back safe and sound. Had to come back after half a block and put air in tires. What a difference a little air makes. It is safe to say I won't be riding no 20-30 miles for a bit. When I was riding before I built it up bus stop to bus stop, before I Knew it I was getting to work faster then I would have on the bus. Hope to be riding to Oliver reservoir and back (about 14 miles round trip) by end of summer.

Ok I lied it is 12:1 I am not gonna sleep if I don't get to ride so rigging up a light going for a ride. I will wear light colors and stay on side roads. In this little town of 2500 nobody is out this late on a Sunday night.

I hate that when surgeons bash the band they throw out failure percentages but never bother to sort what is actual band failure and what is patient failure. I am so glad my surgeon and his team are all on the Bandwagon. Several in his own office are band success stories and several more throughout his hospital are as well. They are living proof that the band can and does work. I am at the beginning of my lapband journey (5 months June 21st) and I have no doubt the band was the right choice for me. I just changed my beginning number because last time I was at my Dr she looked back at my top weight and it was 448 pounds in December. Today the scale said 290. I feel better then I have felt in 15-20 years. Oh yeah did I say I love my band.

Ok it's on My baby brother gave me his 26 in mongoose xr250. Gave it to me after dark so only rode a block tonight, but tomorrow it is on like Donkey Kong Jack. When I lived in California I use to ride 20-30 miles a day. The bike is a smidge big for me but it will do. It is for mountain biking but at most I will take it on dirt paths. Definitely need to get taillight and headlight as I love to ride at night when it is safe to do so. Oh is it daylight yet?

I did and will continue to shout it from the rooftops. Hi my name is Corky and I had lapband surgery! I know the ones that will judge and think it is an easy fix do so out of ignorance. I knew going in it was gonna take work and determination. I was going to have to change everything I do and know about eating. Lapband and quitting smoking are the best things I have ever done for myself.

I really had no idea how much I was overeating until I actually started to measure my food. The bowl of cereal was a real eye opener.

Hang in there it will get better. Who says you can never have fried rice again? I am 3 months out of surgery and have been able to eat anything I wanted to. I have had 4 fills and with the last one just found my one and only non band food. Subway flatbread. I can eat rice just fine although I have chosen to have a very carb restricted diet. I eat bread and potatoes once a week rice and pasta once a month. the main difference is when I have my fried rice I don't eat the whole order plus whatever dad leaves. It really will be worth it.

Nope just for fun but should I ever need something for chronic pain relief It will be my first choice over any of that manmade crap.

Yes I almost learned the hard way when the surgeons got my records from my pcp and I had been honest to my dr they said I may have to undergo a year of monthly drug tests before insurance approved me. Even if I passed. Thank goodness they did not make me

oh yes I had to take a drug test I simply did not smoke for a month before and passed.

Oh no I am not even a daily toker anymore just a couple times a week if that. Now I am not even going to do that for awhile. The weight loss is more important.

Wow I think my dietitian was right. I can't be getting stoned. The munchies can really ruin a whole day of good eating. Nothing really horrible this time. Some jerky and nuts. But I know I wasn't really hungry. I think my pot smoking days will be very far and few in the future. Well for awhile anyway.

That's what I keep saying. I know my friends and family are sick of hearing how much better I feel. But I can't help it. When I hit 199 they are probably all gonna change their numbers and un friend me lol

I was munching on raw vegetables my third day on solid foods. small bites and chew chew chew. That is what I eat when having a bad head hunger day.

i was in moderate pain for the first 3-4 days but could have went back to my job as a cook, on 5th day if I would have had to. I was thankful I didn't have to though.

i was in moderate pain for the first 3-4 days but could have went back to my job as a cook, on 5th day if I would have had to. I was thankful I didn't have to though.

These are my first before and after photos. It took me awhile before I could see a difference in them. More important than the pictures though is how I feel. I feel better then I have in 10-15 years. I don't know which is helping more the weight loss or the fact I quit smoking 12 weeks ago.

here are picts from jan19, 2013 and may 9 2013 27pounds from surgery 46 pounds over all

Yes I laughed. thank you.

Kudos to your family. That is great to have such support.

Oh yeah and it is working because there are awesome people on this site that have helped and inspired me to make it work.