I've just hit the 79 pound mark - & was feeling like I was moving a little too slow - am 45 - so I wondered too about the age issue... but I see that there is quite a variance of pounds lost & I am still loosing - at an average of about 2 pounds a week & that's better than I've EVER done - so it's all good. I too can move better, have lost inches gone down 8 clothes sizes - so I have NO complaints

and if so what kind of results are you having?I am not doing so good i have only lost 30lbs in 6 months.Which is something of course but i had to go for and unfill and now i have stop losing again!!! Just wanted to know how everyone elsa is doing with the band. And if you have any good advise for me.I guess i just need a good kick start again.Thanks for lisening. Eva

Hi, Well my annv date isn't till the end of the month on the 29th but I know I will forget by then to do this So I am just 6 months out. Woo hoo!!! Doesn't it feel longer than 6 or 7 months? It sure does for me!! 1. How much have you lost since your highest weight? My weight at surgery was my highest, so I have lost 114lbs!! 2. What percentage of your excess weight have you lost? (total lost / # of lbs to lose x 100)? 67% 3. What is one major behavioral change you have made since surgery? (and intend to keep as a lifelong habit)? Probably my food choices. I don't struggle or have to really think about what I am going to eat and not going to eat. I have always stuck to the numbers my doctor gave me. Nothing over 10 g of fat (no more that 30 a day) and nothing over 2 grams of added sugar in a meal. At first it was hard to not eat what I wanted, and to select what I need. Now its just second nature. I pray that sticks with me for life. 4. Have you lost a job, long-time friend, significant other since surgery?? Nope I haven't had any of that. Thank goodness. THere are a few friends that I can comfortably share my success with and some other ones that I can tell don't want to hear it. So like someone else said, you do find out who your true friends are. 5. What is the funnest thing you can do now that you couldn't do before surgery?? well....I have been able to do a few more sexual positions that I wouldn't have even tried before!! Good luck to all of the November babies!!! Michelle 311/197/165ish

OK, OK... since inquiring minds want to know: 1. How much have you lost since your highest weight? I have lost 90lbs since my highest weight - 75 lbs since surgery. 2. What percentage of your excess weight have you lost? (total lost / # of lbs to lose x 100)? Have lost 52% of excess weight. 3. What is one major behavioral change you have made since surgery? (and intend to keep as a lifelong habit)? Drinking water and iced tea constantly -- with NO sugar!!!! that is amazing for me.... now it almost seems routine, and whenever I do stray it seems that the weight just does not come off. 4. Have you lost a job, long-time friend, significant other since surgery?? Some relationships have taken on a whole new dimension - some have gotten stronger while others seem to have faded into the background (my weight loss seems to make some people uncomfortable - as if they now have to deal with me seriously - am no longer invisible). 5. What is the funnest thing you can do now that you couldn't do before surgery?? Laid down on the bed - raised my knees and slid feet up -- could see through a small slit between my legs!!!! WTF!!!! Amazing.... I couldn't do this at any time during my life before - granted it was because everything just hangs --- but my god that is amazing to me!!! Am looking forward to taking dance lessons or Tai Chi - have always wanted to but never wanted to put myself on such public display. Congratulations and Good Luck November babies..... keep up the great work.... look forward to more updates as time goes on!!! Will be interesting to see who keeps losing... and how your lives are changed from here on out! (Sometimes it seems like the weight loss makes me feel vulnerable, exposed, and off-balance - like I don't know where my boundaries are - where I end and the world begins - it is very interesting to me that this is when my weight loss stops for a while and things settle out for a bit - I wonder if I'll ever feel at home in this new body?) Keep up the good work guys B

I feel like such a slow loser when I read some of the posts. Although I thank God every day for giving me this tool, and I am so pleased with the results. I started out at 277.5. I am 5'6 and had surgery on 11/22/04. As of Wednesday, I weighed in at 204. That is 73.5 pounds in a little over six months. I am 46 years old. I wonder if age is an important factor in weight loss. ANy other slow losers out there?