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Hello. My weight loss has been very slow....very very slow. I got banded on 3-24-06 and have lost less then 20 lbs. It's not real bad. It's about 4 lbs a month, 1 lb a week. But when people at my work get the band and loose 30 lbs in the first month, I am in awwww. I just think to myself....'they will need plastic surgery, I won't'.... I am happy for them. Everyone goes at their own God given pace. Anyway, I just joined Golds Gym and hopefull that will help. I have a medium 5 cc band that is currently at 4cc from my 9th fill yesterday. Nice to meet you all. :hungry:

Hello. I am brand new, I went to my first seminar last night and originally went for Gastric Bypass and half of the discussion was lap band. I now would rather do lap band than Gastric Bypass as I have 2 children and don't want the complications. What I am concerned about is that the nurse said that they typical weight loss is 1 lb a week. Is this true? 4 lbs a month?

Thank you all so very much. How lucky I am to have found these boards. There is a board for Reno Nevada, but it has cob webs on it. No one posts there. I am very very (just being born) to all this and have a long road ahead. My mother went with me to the seminar on Friday and that's when we decided on banding. She stressed that she would not support me in the bypass decision and although I am 39, mother still knows best. 1-2 lbs a week is actually not as bad as first thought. I mean, in Weight Watchers, that's the rate for healthy weight loss. I just have so much ahead of me, I wish it could happen now. I even have to wait for open enrollment at my work so I can switch insurance, as I have 'cigna' now and I have heard that it's a nightmare with them. I am getting all the all the appts and what not out of the way, however. I need to go through the sleep test because I wake up 4-5 times a night choking. I figure if I get all this done, by the time I am ready, maybe I will only have to wait a month or so. :cool: Again, I am so excited I found this board and Thank you. (now I have my little tracker but can someone tell me how to put it on? Which code do I put in and on what box on my profile?

Thank you both so very much and congrats to you both. You look wonderful. MY BMI is 39, so it's not life threatening to go at a slower pace. I guess the excitement of even changing and being normal again though, makes you just want it yesterday. I'm sure you know what I mean.