Update

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Hello my banded and sleeved partners in the weight loss journey-

This is one of the 's here (banded 4/18/08) and I haven't had

much time to write but wanted to drop you all a BIG HELLO. I went on

vacation about a week ago, and THIS time, me and the baby (three

years old!) gained two pounds, my husband put on five and my son

(football player) gained nine pounds! That's in one week! Now the

wonder of that is, on every vacation we have ever taken, I have always

been the BREAD WINNER, and eater for that matter, that came back with

most pounds gained! Well NOT this time BABY! Of course the son and

husband both lost their vacation weight this week, son through

two-a-days and husband because he's a lucky bast**d that never gains

any weight he actually keeps, but joy of joys, my weight is gone as

well! I have lost 62 pounds since I had the band in place four months

ago and have gone from a size 24-26, to a size 14-16 and I feel

PRETTY!!!!!!!!

I have plateaued a few times, am actually in the midst of one

currently, but I do think that's the nature of the beast. The beast

being my thighs and arse, but nevertheless, I continue on my whirlwind

adventure in band-land! I say this to all you considering, there aint

no easy fix girls and boys. This is hard, irritating, psychosocial

evaluating stuff, but at the end of it, there's a thinner me.

By the by, I weigh " about " (less twenty pounds I have lost a hundred

times in the past 17 years) what my normal body weight has been most

of my adult life. I think the real psychological test for me will be

when I lose the next 21 pounds. I haven't weighed less than that since

my son was born and his 18th birthday is September 10. I'll keep you

posted. Be cool, and get thin! I will try to post pics soon!!!!!

(one of them!)