saninbham

I just started a thread about this because I didn't see this before. When I went to the seminar about Lap Banding the doctor stated that aa lost less weight than their white counterparts with any form of weight loss method used (including gastric bypass). I was asking for success stories in the other thread and I am still open to them. My friend got banding 2 years ago and has not seen any results. I am soooooo sick of this fight since I have been battling since childhood and I was really hoping this would offer some real assistance.:help:

I have struggled with my weight all my life like many here and I was estatic to learn about lap banding. One of my friends got banded about 2 years ago and I have been kinda holding out waiting on her success. Unfortunately, that success never came and she is bigger than before. I decided to go it on my own. However, at the seminar, the doctor said that Lap Banding did not work as well for African American women and they don't understand why (he also said that African American women lost less weight with Gastric Bypass also). Long story to say, are there any African American success stories out there because this has really been discouraging for me and I prefer to not have gastric bypass in order to just lose what others can lose with lap banding. :help: