It,s important to be healthy we all no that.....As people are using the band

or an exercise program/diet.......While losing weight are you checking with you doctor on how you are doing on your Cholesterol, How is your Trigycerides &

Your ("bad") Cholesterol doing? That is very important to! The numbers.

with Obesity you almost have some sort of Heart disease/diabetes waiting

around the corner for you.

Exercise Quiting smoking, if you do will help our Cardiovascular health.

also shut the tv off and just go for a little walk,its a start.The band works I encourge every one to make time for your self, even ahalf hour aday.

make time /take time for your health!!! Its up to you. Most of all God bless every out there.

I hope that you will all meet your weight loss goals in time.JOHNQ

my doctor report just came back. Trigycerides 46 from 608

HDL 57 from 325

LDL 88 from 200

total of all cholesterol 154/2.7 ration cholesterol/HDL

JOHNQ

I've been really thinking alot about staying on the straight and narrow after banding - because yes, I want this to improve my health. My main problem (and the reason I've become overweight) is not taking the time to look after myself because I have so much on my plate - 3 kids, one of whom is still a toddler (dont we just love that age, not), a university degree to finish, a neurotic husband who is finding life with 3 young kids tough and is having panic attacks and needing constant bolstering and ego stroking, he works horrendous hours, money's tight despite a healthy executive wage, the boys have all their sporting activities, I could go on and on and on.

None of that is going to change, its how I deal with it that is going to have to change and that's still going to be a major challenge to me. There's no point getting banded if I'm still going to eat poorly, in a disorganised fashion and on the run. I may be thinner but not really any healthier.

I'm really viewing this as a boost, the impetus I need to change my lifestyle majorly.