vankay2616

Hello My name is Vanassa. I have been post bad this Oct 5 will be 4 years. I have lost 64lbs altoether. I had lost 70 but put some back on because of the carbs. Before I did the bad I had done the low carb for 4 months and had lost 40lbs then put it back on plus more. During the time of low carbing I felt better and was not as hungry. I now relize that if I stay on the low carb I will reach my goal of 145 and that will be 100lbs down. I will also not always be craving carbs that keedp me from reachin my goal and stayin there. When I started seeing the scales go back up I knew that I did not want this but cold not keep from aining so I knew that I had to go back to what I have learned in the past. I did not go through this surgery just ot have it come back on slowly so I am doin the low carb for life now and need all the help and support I can et. Thanks for having this thread. I know it will help et to my goal wieht and keep it there.

My name is Vanassa I had my lap band on Oct 5, 2005. I weighed 243.5 the morning of surgery. I now weigh 172.00. I go back and forth between 5 lbs and 7 lbs. most of the time. I have been at this for a year now. I was in a size 22 and now in a 10. I know that others have lost more then I, but they also have more then likely did the Gym thing where I did not. I do live a very active life just not as active as it should be. I know that if I did go to the gym I could lose more but for now I am very happy and I have never felt so good in my life. I did not do this so that I was in a size 2 or 6 I just knew that I did not feel good. Right after I had the surgery I said I would never go thought that again. Well let me tell you if I had to do it over I would without question. I tried everything you could think of to lose the weight before. Now I just maintain with out any kind of problems. I just went for a fill 3 weeks ago and that was the first one since Nov 2007. :redface: