Hey all! Since the majority of the board is RNYers, I would love to see some posting by other lap banders! I think being on a mixed board can be really hard--especially since us banders don't lose near as fast! Regardless, our year is coming up and I'd love to hear some reflection of your journey AnnMarie Lap Band 11/15/04 -95

1. none to this point! PLT! 2. 125#s 3. 80% (I want to be down to 195) 4. My great aunt died back in March. She was the one who raised me! 5. I got into Grad school! I was also able to ride the rides at the county fair with my students who wouldn't ride if I didn't ride with them. A year ago I would not have been able to fit in the rides and my students and myself would be watching from the side lines. 6. I don't know...I'll get back to on this one

1 No complications at all 2 Total lost-87# 3 percentage lost 66% 4 biggest loss--I miss my husband and son (deployed in August) 5 proudest achhievement--Regular exercise routine 6 next goal--live love & laugh every day.

I still got a couple weeks before I'm 11 months out, but here goes! 1. Only directly after surgery, when I also had my Spleen removed because it was nicked and I was bleeding out. all betta now! Complications now - too many compliments.. starting to go to my head 2. 161 lbs ! 3. 85% !!! 4. can't think of any really... shoes? really nothing 5. I regained my confidence, my smile and activity level! 6. Find a man No I didn't do this to find 1 of those, but I did have the surgery so I would feel better about my self... Next goal?? NOT freezing this winter! Some of these Brrrr chilly mornings has made me miss my body fat.. for ONLY a second though. Time sure is flying ~since we are living, not jus****ching life go by~ ! duhh I didn't see that you said that, till I was finished writing. Oh well, 2's always better than 1! to my November family!

Robin, 6 months!!!! Outrageous!!!! That would mean you stopped losing in April??? How frustrating for you!!!!! I don't see much information in your profile and you haven't told anything about your eating or exercising habits so it is hard to have any helpful advice but here goes: My surgeon says the most common reasons for weight regain or failure to lose are SUGAR and ALCOHOL - both of these are absorbed directly into the blood stream from the pouch and therefore the calories add up quickly. Careful because there are a lot of hidden processed sugars in a lot of foods. Are you eating dense proteins first? - these will help fill you up fast and keep you fuller longer - the danger is to consume too many soft foods which move through the pouch faster and allow you to eat more overall Have you seen your surgeon regularly?? What does he/she say? I can't believe they aren't concerned if you are at the same weight for 6 months????!!! what's going on with that???? Have you gotten labs checked?? If some of these are whacked, the body may try to hang on to weight in order to preserve you? Do you have thyroid issues??? Sometimes just the timing of your meds with vitamins etc can nullify your meds - if you take thyroid supplements - don't take with your multivitamins - the calcium can bind with the thyroid and inactivate it -that would slow your metabolism down to about 0. Have you seen a nutritionist??? Most offices are affiliated with them or someone who is at least familiar with weight loss surgery patients - make an appointment now. How is your activity level??? Do you exercise regularly... that often kicks the metabolism up a notch and makes it much easier to lose - also muscle consumes more calories than fat so the more fat you convert to muscle the easier to lose and maintain. Finally, if none of these check out... it may be that you have developed a leak into your old stomach (staple line disrupture) - in which case you would need a surgical repair to fix that - this would be a surgeon issue. Sorry if none of this is useful, but without knowing much else about you it is hard to say B