Hello all. I was banded April 3, 2007. I have lost 102 pounds to date :thumbup:and would like to lose about 30 more. If I can be of assistance to anyone with questions, please feel free to ask!

Good job!

Congrats on the weightloss!

Where in Texas are you? I'm in Houston just starting my journey!

I actually live in Del Rio (on the border), but I am from Houston! I was banded in San Antonio. Do you have a surgery date yet?

Thanks so much GraceUtah! Congrats back to you! I hope I get under my goal weight! That would be AWESOME!

Hello all. I was banded April 3, 2007. I have lost 102 pounds to date :thumbup:and would like to lose about 30 more. If I can be of assistance to anyone with questions, please feel free to ask!

I am new in Texas as well. I was just banded on January 25, 2008. I have my first fill on Feb. 14. I am a little nervous about the fill. I hope I can loose as much as you! Congratulations!!:regular_smile:

I am sure you will have great success! Follow dr.'s orders and you can't go wrong! I remember my first fill - no problems AT ALL! I was very worried about it hurting when they did the fill. Much to my relief, I was still numb from the surgery and didn't feel a thing! WOHOO! Now, I am not so lucky! I do feel it, but it is not that bad. Well, well worth the results! Good luck to ya! :regular_smile:

please tell me where I go to write information about myself

and what to do to get a cute graph line of my weight to lose

and where do I get a cute graphic to place by my name

very new to this

not new to trying to be approved by insurance

second try for that waiting for results

you are doing great

hope to follow your success

Dear arde07,

Great job on the weight loss! I am from El Campo, TX, about 55 miles SW of Houston. I have a niece who lives in Quemado and works for the Rio Grande Electric Coop (I think). I will be banded as soon as I lose 20 pounds and will be having it done in Sugar Land. I don't have questions now, but I'm sure I will. Thanks for offering to help!!!

I was banded shortly after you on June 28th 2007. I live in Fort Worth and have lost about 100Lbs. I am basically at my goal weight which is really nice. It sounds like you have had very good success as well. Congrats!

Jeff King

I have just a hundred pounds to lose but I can't seem to do it any other way. I am still in the research process. Attending a seminar this week and then making an appt. with my PCP. He doesn't believe in diets I know. He thinks that I should just not eat unless I am truly hungry. That's not working. So I have been reading a lot about lap band and this forum is great. I have my husband who is very supportive of my decision. I haven't told any one else other than my 2 brothers. One is supportive and one is not. Any advice at all to get me through this whole process would be appreciated. What was hardest for you to give up? And how much did you lose from surgery to regular food? I mean through the liquid and puree or soft foods and all that. Congrats on all the weight you have lost!:thumbup:

Hello, I was banded on 1-18-08 and I'm still in the healing process, but I'm a little discourged bc I got an infection in my larget incesion and I have yet to get my 1st fill. I lost 26lbs the first 2 weeks now I don't even feel like I have been banded......my appetite is back to normal and I have no restrictions. Is this normal? Once I get a fill will things change? I hope so.

I am also from Texas - Willis which is north of Houston, north of Conroe where I work and just south of Huntsville.

I was banded in November and have had three fills. I never feel a thing, completely painless. The PA at JourneyLite who does my fills is the greatest. I have lost 32 lbs so far and I have no regrets doing this.

Congratulations to you all and good luck with the rest of your journey.

Bobbi

arde07~ HI.... I'm another Texan. WOW, you have had great results in your weight loss. WTG! I hope I can do as well as you.

If you don't mind me asking, who did your surgery in S.A. ? Thanks

Hello to all. I live in League City, Texas, mid-way between Houston and Galveston. I am one week into a 1200 cal diet. If all goes well at Dr. office tomorrow (Texas City), I will start two weeks of Optifast. All in preparation for lap band surgery. Maybe looking at early March. I have done well on the low cal diet and did not cheat. I don't know if I can cope with this all liquid diet, but I am going to give it my best shot. Right now I am reading all that I can trying to find out all I can about the post op successes as well as the negatives others have experienced. There are some really interesting testimonials on LBT.

James

Jeff,

Any reccomendations on a dr?

Kelly