Im a 26 year old that has stuggled with weight my entire life before getting married and a class 2 ac joint seperation pretty ruff sports injury i was on my way down in weight to 240 from 300 in 12 weeks time then the injurys and 3 kids later the sames things dont work .im scheduled to see my doctor on dec 27,2011 to set up my lap band surgery . im currently around 370 pounds . how fast is weight loss expected after the prcedure . and are contact sports out of the question.

As far as how fast the weight will come off, I dont think anyone could truly answer that for you because everyone is different and quite frankly that is going to depend on YOU! The band is a great tool but it is up to you how you choose to use it. My weight is dropping quickly (2-3 pounds a week) even faster the first few weeks, but I work really hard at it. If you incorporate exercize and watch what you are eating you will do great. But remember its not a race, be happy as long as the weight is consistently going down.

On the question about the sports, my doctor says Go for it, do whatever you feel like doing. So far I havent found anything I cant do! I am going snow skiing next month, I play volleyball, martial arts, run, bike long distances, etc. You name it, I am doing it. In fact I would say I can sure do a lot more activities now that I am at 179 instead of 253,

Good Luck! You can do this. Take control now. You are too young and are missing out on life! My one regret is that I didnt take control sooner.

My husband and I were banded on Monday. We started the atkins diet 1 week before surgery just to lose a little weight (our dr said anything you can to lose a little weight helps with the surgery)

Since that week my husband has lost 21 pounds and I have lost 19. for the next week I would suspect we'll lose another big chunk, and then it will probably slow down to 2 lbs a week.

Dr. Says to take it easy for 21 days while we heal.

You know they say that in your 20's your skin can snap back with little to no sagging. I'm 30 yrs old right now so I'm hoping my skin will still stay somewhat tight.

I say go for it. But do your research. Understand what you are going to do to your body, understand what complications can come out of it. Go to the best doctor you can find and ask a ton of questions!

if you're interested I started a blog to talk about everything lap band ... Here's the link, I hope it helps!

http://happilyafterlapband.blogspot.com/

My wife wants to have it done too but we just had twin boys and doc wants her to wait a while