Hi!

I'm Julie and looking to change my life on April 2nd. Yep, that would be my surgery date.

I'm a single mother of sometimes adult children. Own a very small salon in central Phoenix and have never worked so hard to make so little Just kidding, life is what I make it and it's awesome! This growing up has been a process and I feel like I have control over everything in my life but my weight. I've struggled my whole life with eating and bouncing up and down on the scale. More often it's UP! I feel like I've done it all... weight watchers, HCG, calorie counting, Atkins, and even the cabbage diet. Ya I lose, but when I get back to normal eating (No, one cannot live on Cabbage Soup), the weight slowly comes back on and adds a few extra pounds for good measure.

So here I am! This is me, getting real with myself and sharing my journey.

Hope to connect with you soon,

j~

Hi! I had my surgery 4/12/12. I've poked around Lapbandtalk for a while, but I just joined the group. I had my first fill last week and would love to hear how everyone is doing now that we are 2-4 months out.

Everything has been going pretty good here. Found a local support group, started tracking my meals on myfitnesspal.com, and joined a local gym where I love doing group exercise! I've lost 33 pounds so far and the road hasn't been perfect, but I am so glad I did this!

Welcome to the group New! Sounds like your doing great. Keep up the good work! You'll find lots of support in this group. However, things have been a bit quiet lately. I'm sure many are busy with summer vacations and so on, but it's a great group for support.

Great job on those 33 lbs. That's awesome.

j~

Hi the new ME! what a cool name. welcome to our group. Great job on the weight loss and even greater job on joining an exercise group. The exercise part of this is something i gotta get into. I have been playing around in the pool on my last few days off with my child and trying to put in extra moves and playing beach ball volley ball to get movement and some exercise in.