Hi August All Stars 2008,

Today is my Three Year Anniversary. Down 60 LBs, I exercise every day and feel great.

I still want to lose 40 more will new dedication and can do it....

I would do it again without hesitation and recommend the band to anyone serious.

All the best to you and happy bandiversary to all the August All Stars 2008 !

　Gary B

Happy Bandiversary and congrats!

Hi August All Stars 2008,

Today is my Three Year Anniversary. Down 60 LBs, I exercise every day and feel great.

I still want to lose 40 more will new dedication and can do it....

I would do it again without hesitation and recommend the band to anyone serious.

All the best to you and happy bandiversary to all the August All Stars 2008 !

　Gary B

Gary,Congrats!!! I hit three years on the eighteenth and am a little discouraged,I have only lost forty and i still eats soome things Idon''t need,Tell me what you do to stay motivated.thanx!!!

Hope some August 2008 banders give an update on how things have been going for them. I lost about 23 lbs before surgery and about 11 lbs after surgery. At one point after surgery I lost about 25 lbs but gained some back. My weight loss has not been as great as I hoped but I have not been putting a hundred percent into being careful with what I eat and exercise. I do not regret getting the band and I feel much more in control of my weight then before the band (gaining weight out of control). Without the band I know I would weigh a lot more. I have noticed that my relationship with food mirrors my personal relationships....when they go bad my eating gets bad. At one point in a new relationship I lost the most weight...but when it started to not be healthy I started gaining weight, I then got a fill and my adorable dr. Said he didn't think it was the band he thought something else was going on . I didn't see it at the time...and made him give me a 1/2 c fill. For 2 years I suffered with heart burn from the fill and heart ache from a bad relationship. Well the 3 months ago my fiancé and I decided this was not going to work and he said he was moving out. I began losing weight but still had horrible heartburn so I decided to 1/2 cc's removed. I know I won't gain weight because my head is in a better place and I am more in control of my life path. Sending all my bander friends lots of love! Annabell <3