Good afternoon all Just wanted to drop by and give a little update. I am so excited and proud of myself. At first I was getting depressed because I thought I was losing to slow until I had the greatest thing happen I decided to try on a pair of size 16W pants my mom gave me and guess what they fit. When I first started my journey I was 261 wearing a size 20W but now I'm 223 and wearing a 16W in four months. I haven't worn this size since I was a freshman in high school and that was 20 years ago. The lapband was the best decision I ever made.

congratulations!! each time i fit into a smaller size i cry.... happy tears!

i'm a s-l-o-w loser and it's been a long journey but almost 3 years later, i'm still losing. i'm 25 pounds lighter than my doctor told me i'd be!

congratulations!! each time i fit into a smaller size i cry.... happy tears!

i'm a s-l-o-w loser and it's been a long journey but almost 3 years later, i'm still losing. i'm 25 pounds lighter than my doctor told me i'd be!

Thanks as they say slow and steady wins the race!!!

Thanks as they say slow and steady wins the race!!!

Congratulations on your weight loss. Keep it up!

I went for my second fill the other day, and I had a serious heart-to-heart with the PA who was working with me. i said I felt I should be losing faster than I am, because I'm doing everything right. Diet, exercise, hydration - whatever else. She pulled out a graph she had that showed my progress since being banded last December. There were percentage numbers, two of which were fat percentage vs. muscle percentage, or some such. I didn't understand all the numbers on her graph. She showed me that the numbers on the fat percentage are moving downward, while the other numbers are increasing. She explained that this showed my body is adjusting it's ratio of fat to muscle, and since muscle weighs more, I'm actually losing more weight than it shows. As muscle is added back, the pounds lost seems fewer, so even though the scale only showed I'd lost a few pounds in the last month, I'm actually getting healthier. She said I'm right on track for what they expect, and she was very proud of my efforts. One to two pounds a week net loss is what they want to see, and in the overall picture, that's what I'm doing.

Then she gave me my second fill. I'm now feeling some restriction for the first time, and I've lost two pounds in the last four days. Yahoo!

Dave