:thumbup: My name is Julie, I'm 37. I got my lap band 2-5-08. My starting weight was 258. Now I weigh 205.My surgeon is Dr Michael Lara at Del Sol Bariatric Center in El Paso Texas. I am thrilled I did it. I have to admit the results aren't as dramatic as I had hoped, but it has helped me quit a bit. I guess I was thinking in the back of my mind when they were lecturing about the diet and exercise I thought to myself " I won't need to try that hard !" And even though I'm not really deprived, I do have to work harder than I expected. But as I said I am happy I had the surgery and would absolutly recomend it to anyone struggling with a weight problem.

Thanks thats good to know!

Congrats on the weight loss!!!!!

I'm considering LapBand.

I may be hearing this wrong (because I'm reading it, and not actually hearing you say it). But, it sounds like ... you feel a bit hurt that you did all the work, and ate properly, and worked hard all year ... and the LapBand is getting the credit for your weight loss??? Is that how you're feeliing?

Or is someone laying that on you? Because it's totally not true ... YOU DID ALL THE WORK and YOU deserve the applause!!! <3 Congrats!