Hey everyone, so here is my dilema. I have been overweight for over 15 years now. I have been over 300 pounds for about 3 years, give or take. I have done every diet and taken every pill out there. I have lost weight and gained it all back and then some. I even lost as much as 80 pounds at one point.

Here is my problem. If i go on a diet, and make a concious effort to really do it, can i loose weight and keep it off. On the other side, if I get the Lap-band and take the weight off and reach a goal, will i be able to keep it off. I need to hear from some people who have had the band a while on what their experience has been.

I need to make a change but i cant decide if surgery is the right deceson for me.......HELP!!!

Hey everyone, so here is my dilema. I have been overweight for over 15 years now. I have been over 300 pounds for about 3 years, give or take. I have done every diet and taken every pill out there. I have lost weight and gained it all back and then some. I even lost as much as 80 pounds at one point.

Here is my problem. If i go on a diet, and make a concious effort to really do it, can i loose weight and keep it off. On the other side, if I get the Lap-band and take the weight off and reach a goal, will i be able to keep it off. I need to hear from some people who have had the band a while on what their experience has been.

I need to make a change but i cant decide if surgery is the right deceson for me.......HELP!!!

I have been in your shoes, I have been over weight since childhood and I have tried countless diets and pills. I always been able to lose weight, that was never the problem, however, to keep it off was a major problem for me. For some reason I just cant maintain the weight loss myself so that is why I decided to have the lapband done because it would help me achieve long term weight loss and I am very glad I got it done. So you should talk to a surgeon in your area and see what your options are if thats what your thinking about doing. Good luck!