Aloha Brinn-

You truly ARE amazing! The weight loss and the hike.. WOW! I still have Molokoai ferry tickets I need to use from a couple years ago... I hear they never expire... we shall see! I love it over there and I think hubby and I need an extended weekend get-away soon!

Isn't life wonderful when it's pain free?! I can relate! I am SO proud of you!!!! ((hugs))

I spent this weekend on Molokai visiting friends and family. In a moment of insanity I agreed to hike up Kalaupapa trail on Sunday morning and hike back down Sunday evening. If you aren’t familiar with Kalaupapa trail it is approximately 3 miles long, 26 switchbacks with an elevation of 1700-1800 ft. But I did it! I am still extremely sore but I made it up the trail and back again. I couldn't’t have done this at 351lbs. The last time I hiked the trail it was only one way (down) and it took me 4 days to recover because my knees and ankles were killing me. I am ecstatic that I was able to do this hike. More than the change in appearance, the best thing about this whole process has been that I am able to do a lot of activities I enjoy without pain. When I was at my highest weight I still did all these activities but I paid for it every time with extreme pain and days of recovery. I had forgotten what it was like to be pain free. I am so happy with the way things are going. I will post pics once I have a chance to upload them.

Let me just say that if you pick the RNY don't pick it because you may dump.  I can eat a slice of cheesecake, icecream cake a brownie and not dump.  Of course I don't do it all at the same time.  At first that was a reason I wanted the RNY but no such luck.  I really need to watch what I put into my mouth.  Keep researching.

Aloha,
ASia

 I read 3 books on lapband... my favorite was LapBand For Life -- The Complete Patient Guide to Success with the Lapband.  It's written by Ariel Ortiz Lagardere.

Happy reading!

Aloha camogirl-
I have a list of books that I read prior to surgery in my profile. They were suggested by my surgeon.
I hope this helps.
((hugs))