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Short Cut?

So I have grid every imaginable diet, a week ago I decided to get banded, tonight my daughter and husband decided to ask, f I can dedicate th diet change now, why not before, if I can commit to eating less now, why not now. They say its a "short cut". My daughter is 19. I don't feel it s a shortcut, but is it?.

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Good Luck with your decision ms priss. I feel I'm doing the right thing!

I know this will be right for me. Keep posting maybe we can go through this together. I'm in NC, where are you?

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Hi ms priss, I'd love to have a bandster buddy! I'm in Ontario, Canada. From, Ohio originally.

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