Lap-Band Patient Lost 260 Pounds!

[Alex Brecher 10,494]

Just heard about a fellow Bander, Michele Elbertson. Michele is 28 years old and had the Lap-Band back when she was 23. Since her procedure, she has lost 260 pounds! In the past three years, she has run over 38 half-marathons, 7 full-marathons, one 50-mile ultra-marathon, and two triathlons.

Michele was chosen as a finalist for the December issue of Runner’s World Cover Contest and beat out of thousands of submissions. In addition, she was featured on The Rachael Ray Show yesterday and was given a full makeover. You can check out her transformation here.

She decided to write down her success story and wanted us to help spread her story – you can find that here. Her story was too inspiring not to share with our members. She has a Twitter account in the event you want to follow/engage with her directly - https://twitter.com/M_Elbertson

[Elode 8,093]

That's awesome!

[JustWatchMe 7,117]

Amazing! Inspiring! What a great story!!!!

[Sharpie 3,306]

how inspirational . Lapbands do work.

[Julie norton 2,850]

Wow

Love to hear those positive stories. ????love my band... Some are not so lucky... Compliance is a HUGE issue

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