Time is running out to be a part of this Life Changing Conference.

2008 National LAP-BAND Conference- LIVE and In Person

For Pre-ops, Post-ops, Family, and Friends... Dallas Texas, October 3-5, 2008

We'll focus on "Living the LAP-BAND Lifestyle"so your Transformation gives you more Results, Support and Success:

Friday 6-9pm- Meet and Greet at the hotel -(buffet included) plus cash bar

Saturday 8am-5pm- Registration and Conference (lunch included)

Saturday night 8pm-midnight- "Fall Fling" (dinner included) dancing plus cash bar

Sunday 9am-11am- Successful Post-Op's share their stories

Wyndham Hotel is our host hotel- We have made arrangements with the hotel to only charge us $99.00 a night for single, doubles or quads. The discount for the rooms expire 09/12/08 so don't delay book today!!

To make your reservation please call 877-999-3223 use "recipes

We will also have people volunteer to receive a make-over and then we will choose three people via random draw to receive a make-over after the Saturday event and before the Fall Fling (should be fun).

Other exciting events planned

• Clothing Exchange <LI class=style41>Raffle for a LAP-BAND Surgery <LI class=style38>Professional Photographer <LI class=style38>Dancing with Too Smooth
  
• Before and After Slide Show
  

This live event is going to be life changing; you will meet people who are taking the same journey you are, meet professionals who want you to be successful. After the conference you will feel rejuvenated, inspired, and empowered to embrace every change you are going to experience during your LAP-BAND journey.

Don't delay book today at 2008 LAP-BAND CONFERENCE

I look forward to seeing you there!!

The heat here is usually hot and sticky. However we have moved into more fall like weather which only means that temp can fluct like 30 deg during the day. It may be 50' to 60s in morning and evening and 90 during the day. Texas weather is never predictable. layers might be advised... LOL

Hope to see ya'll there, I am just coming to the fling (and maybe the meet n greet)

it's actually been really nice, but you'll find it more on the sticky side. I've lived here 15 years and I swear I will never get used to this weather.

LOL- ok, definitely bringing layers! I suspect the hotel will be heavily air conditioned too. Thanks ladies!

Yup and if your anything like me, since I lost weight I am constantly cold!!!

Definitely Regina! I travel with a heating pad.

I am always freezing cold, such a difference from 4 years ago. Definately bring something to layer with.

Right now it's a beautiful 75 and it's almost noon, I love it!!

Since everything is inside we don't worry about what it's doing outside.

It is a difference, cause I remember always being so HOT, and sweatin all the time. far cry from now... haha

I am comming by Amtrak. I'll get into downtown around 12 noon, Take a commuter train to the airport and then the hotel shuttle will pick me up from there. Looking forward to meeting everyone. See you tomorrow evening.

Well just got home from the 2008 NATIONAL LAPBAND CONFERENCE with COACH CHER. I had an amazing weekend. The speakers were informative and encouraging. I did some personal rededication to my relationship with my band and found out "I had been failing my band". I met some wonderful new friends! I think Coach Cher did a fabulous job of putting everything together. There were a few minor "hiccups" that were expected, but its all a learning process! Thanks to everyone who came out and made this 1st Conference for Coach Cher a huge success! Looking forward to the next one :tt2:

"You cannot change what you do not acknowledge"~ Dr. Phil

Christel (I helped out at the registration table)

I only participated in the Saturday part of the conference, and as an unbanded person I found it extremely informative! I enjoyed each of the speakers (some on different levels - you all know which ones I mean!) and found each to be sincere in their efforts to help the banded community succeed.

As a soon-to-be self-pay patient, I must admit that I was disappointed that there was not a raffle for a free band as advertised. I know it was no ones fault, but I cannot deny that it played into my decision to attend.

Overall though, I am glad I went and feel empowered to proceed and embrace the process ahead...

i was going to go, but felt 'penalized' due to the fact that i LIVE in Dallas area and would not be staying at the hotel. there was a 'surcharge' if you didnt stay at the hotel.

hope those who did go had fun.

Had a FREAKIN Blast! I totally love you guys in person even more! Who would have thought that Mary Jo's time would have led us to end up in Zone'D Erotica after Clubbing Saturday night!

What fun. There is a similar one (not just Lapband) being held in Houston in November - I am so going to it as well. How inspiring!

~Loosingjusme~ I hate that you felt "penalized" and made the decision not to attend. Sucks the next one will be in New York - it would have been way cheaper to pay the upcharge for this one! Hell, I would have paid it for you to get to meet you in person! You would have been a wonderful testimonial. I was sure hoping you would be there.

Hello Everyone,

I attended the meeting in Dallas and I really enjoyed myself and wanted to say Thank you to everyone that made me feel welcome and a extra thanks to Cher for putting the conference together. I only attended the Saturday conference and the friday night meet and greet. I am sorry I did not write everyones email addresses down so I would have known who I meet at the conference. Also Cher PLEASE send the the recipe for the sugar free chocolate dessert that we had on Saturday afternoon. It was great.

Good Morning,

Unfortunetly I only got to attend the meet n greet friday night. I had planned to come back Saturday night but something came up. But It was so nice to meet a lot of you.. I hope the conference was fullfilling and helps with all of your journies. Cher, not everyone realizes how much work is involved in putting something like this together. You are awesome and we thank you!!!

Now as far as the group that went out with me on Friday night, that was cool... Yes peeps there was some Texas bull riding involved.. If you want to see the pics then PM me.. Perhaps Alex can provide a sticky for them to be posted as well!!! It was fun...

What an wonderful weekend!!

The speakers were amazing, you can really tell they have a heartbeat for this community. "Mary Jo" need I say more, Dr. Vuong wow what a bonus; his commitment to each one of us (patient of his or not) is mind blowing, Dr. Heistein was very informative, Diane Wallace gave us some great tips and websites to use in the future, Dr. Prentice taught me to never eat at Micky D's again (not that I need to eat there anyway), Dr. Veninga drove home the point follow up really is the key to our success and Dr. Matin shared how we can educate our support system an area we all need help in.

I want to "Thank" everyone who attended, without you the weekend would not have been the success it was.

I know I didn't get to spend as much time with each one of you as I wanted to, however there will be more "National Lap-Band Conferences" in the future so hopefully I will have the pleasure of spending more time with each of you at the future conferences.

Now of course this was the first conference and yes it did have it's hiccups. I know the food was not up to par as I had expected; I did speak with the hotel and expressed our displeasure with the quality and quanity of the food.

I want to express my sincerest appolgies we didn't have the "Raffle" for the Lap Band as advertised. The surgeon who was going to offer his services was hit pretty hard with "Hurricane Ike" and unfortunately was not able to help us out.

Again I want to "Thank" each one of you from the bottom of my heart; you helped make this an amazing conference. My hope and goal is to continue to improve and make the up coming conferences bigger and better!!

P.S. I will be adding the chocolate cake recipe to this post later today, I promise.

Edited October 6, 200817 yr by CoachCher