Andrew6

I would recommend taking ISOPURE. It gives you 50 gms of protein per serving and unlike some of the others has no carbs. Some of the other protein mixes have hidden sugars and can make you retian water thus not really showing weight loss. Also if you would like to keep from having loose skin I would recommend an Amino acid. I take 4 tbl spoons a day which gives me a nother 30 gms of protein and will help tighten and elasticize the skin. They have cherry flavored amino acids and you can mix with water so it doesn't taste as bad.

I never had a problem then again my wife and the nutrisionist are good friends too so they were always on me about follow up. I have a very tight busy schedule and they always found a way to get me in. The only problem I ever had was I kinda over did it on my wedding anniversary back in June and they just told me that i need to go on liquids for a couple days.

I had mine done at true results over by reliant stadium. Dr. Hollis did my surgery. any questions shoot me an email.

I just got done w/ my 3 mile run. Feel great. Another 3 at noon

I did one extra visit more than required don't know if that helped? also love your avatar. I'm a huge Texans fan.

I used Dr. Hollis at True Results in Houston and he did really well. He kinda looks like Data from Star Trek but is knowledgable and does good work.

thank you very much

not sure if anyone is from around the houston/ clear lake area but there is a 5K run on Sept. 14th at clear lake high school

I found that consuming alot of protein and amino acids has really helped. I take 2 tablespoons of Amino acids (get them from any nutrion store) and Isopure 50gm of protein per shake. Isopure is the best protein mix I've found. I've bought some of the cheap stuff from walmart etc... and it has alot of hidden sugars that make you retain alot of water. I was stuck for about a month at a certain weight and as soon as I switched to Isopure I dropped like 10 lbs that week just from all the water retention.

Hello all, I was doing some searches on the internet and found this message board. Seems pretty cool so I figure I might join up. I guess I'll give yall a little bio on myself. My name is Andrew I currently live in League City Texas which is in between Galveston and Houston Texas. I started doing research on the banding procedure about a year and a half ago and finally decided to go to a meeting. I am a verrrrry skeptical person and worry alot. After looking over all the info and talking to a few members in my family about it whom are in the medical field, I was told that if you are going to have a procedure this is the one to get. I decided to start doing all my insurance info etc. . . which included but wasn't limited to : several doctors visits, physical, pysch evaluation. I honestly didn't think I'd be a good candidate. I was over weight but had no early signs of any issues. My blood pressure ran at 117 over 78, I had no issues with sleep apnea, no reflux, etc... They only hoped that with a weight problem I could be approved. They sent the paper work off to Aetna POS and I was approved with in a few hours. I was told that has never happened before. Not sure if thats good or bad but who cares. They scheduled me to come in for surgery with in the next 3 weeks and I started getting ready for surgery. My weight from last doctors visit was 344 and I weighed in at 319 on day of surgery which was March 26, 2008. I had surgery that afternoon and it took I suppose around 30 minutes. I was released to go home and I passed out on my couch for about 2 hours. I woke up and had some gassiness so I began walking around my neighborhood for about 2 hours. I decided then that I should start doing alot of walking and had gotten up to 11 miles (when I worked nights walking) Too damn hot here for day walking. I don't walk as much on either nights or days now, I have upgraded to some running. I can run 2 miles now with no issues. It is now August 31, 2008 and I went from 319 on day of surgery to 245 today. not bad for a few monthes. And a total of 99 lbs this year. Well anyways I tend to ramble so I'll leave it at that.