07
Apr
I have been extremely overweight my entire life, with my first attempt at weight loss at 10 years old. I have tried every diet, program, system and pill. Sometimes I lost weight and sometimes I didn’t, but always gained it back. [Read more]
12
Mar
I will be 62 very soon and my entire life I battle the bulge. I remember my doctor shaking his finger at my mother and saying, “Mother get this child on a diet”, I was 8 years old. As the rest of the professional dieters, I too tried it all. Yes, I would loose weight, but some how I would always find it, plus some. [Read more]
13
Jan
July 18, 2005 I gave myself the best birthday present ever. I made a decision to have lap-band surgery. I had this done 2 days before my 74th birthday, and left the hospital the next day. I am a changed person, both physically and mentally. [Read more]
12
Jan
I had been morbidly obese for over 20 years, struggling with every diet out there without success. After much research I chose the lap band to help me achieve my goal. With the band and the support of my Dr. and weight loss team, I was finally able to lose 100 lbs and regain my health and self esteem. I am loving life!!
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05
Dec
Pertaining to my new life with the loss of 130 lbs total and holding as I am very comfortable with my current weight and never felt healthier. Prior to my weight loss I could not get out of my chair without extreme difficulty as my legs were so weak form Post Polio Syndrome that I could not walk without a cane nor could I walk more than 20 feet or so before sitting and resting. [Read more]
07
Oct
What can I say…My decision to have this surgery was the first time I put myself first in my life. I never knew who I was…I was always someone’s daughter, sister, friend, wife, mother…etc. I put everyone first before myself. This was the first time I put myself first. Can you imagine that I once would have felt I needed to ask permission to do something like this. [Read more]
17
May
Ric, a 36-year-old nurse who exercised regularly since middle school, tried many diets. “I’d lose weight for a while, then become ravenously hungry, overeat and start to gain all the weight back,” he says. Eventually, he reached 330 pounds and could barely squeeze into an airplane seat. He also had developed sleep apnea, joint problems and high blood pressure and triglyceride levels. By the end of a 12-hour nursing shift, he was too tired to go to the gym or even drive home at times. “I was a heart attack waiting to happen,” [Read more]
