Well, I celebrated my 1-year band anniversary this Saturday and what a day I had. I got up early and got the body moving at the gym, I worked out with my PT for an hour and did my cardio for 45 minutes. It felt so good to do something at a level of intense on that day that I could not have done 1-year ago.

To date I have lost 77lbs with about 20 more to go to reach MY weight loss goal. I can’t say it has not been without struggles and I have worked hard for each pound that I have lost. I have gone from a size 22W to a regular size 14; my starting BMI was 40 and now my BMI is 29. I have lost 44 inches from my body and it has just totally reshaped itself.

Anyway, I am very happy with my band even through the ups and downs. It has been a great tool for me and I have learned so much with it and I’m looking forward to reaching my goal with my band in the near future.

I told my story on another board that I visit from time to time and one response was “that I was lucky to have gotten that far with the Lap Band”. That made me mad at first and then I just laughed, every person out here does not need the RNY to succeed. We should just be happy when a person has succeeded in his or her own way; this WL journey has been about me and no one else.

Anyway, time would not allow me to share all the benefits the band has been to me but I did want to thank each one of you for your daily postings. It has been a help to me throughout this last year.

Congratulations!!! It is SO wonderful to hear such a positive story for a change

Keep up the good work!

Congrats!!

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1 year is a very exciting time! Atleast it was to me!

Natural Beauty, Id love to read your post. But Im having the hardest time reading the font size. Yikes!

Good Job!!