Zetacap, the band, alternatives, my 2cents and then some

[Guest guest]

Heres my take,

Everyone knows, in order to lose weight, you need to eat less,

basically you need to eat no more than 1000 to 1300 calories per

day, over an extended period of time.

However you choose to do that, is fine. By yourself (ie diet and

exersize) is FANTASTIC, if you can do that. With assistance (from

the band, zetacap, or ? Ive heard of a baloon that can be inserted

in your stomach and blown up) is fine too.

However you can do it, do it. Just do your research before trying

ANY method. Only you know yourself, and whether or not you have the

ambition to do it without assistance.

Those of us on this board, who have the band, have done our

research. Many of us have tried every other method within our

reach, both legal (zetacap, diet pills, laxatives, diet and

exercise, etc etc etc) AND illegal (amphetamines, methamphetamines,

etc). And yet here we are, months and years later, with our past

experiences behind us, and our lapbands in place.

Seeing is believing. Want to believe? Well, sorry to be crude, but

take a look at my ass. My rear alone, is HALF what it was, a year

ago.

As for whether or not it is worth giving up your car? Knowing what

I know now, if I had it to do over, I would sell my HOUSE if I had

to, to get the money. Actually, in a way I did, since I took the

proceeds from the sale of our first house, and banded myself with

that money, rather than rolling the equity over into my new home.

Trust me, lose fifty pounds, and youll be happy to JOG to pick up

your daughter from daycare. I walk all the time now, and leave the

damn car in the garage. Why drive three or four blocks to the store

to pick up a couple things? I toss the baby in the stroller, my

older girl walks, and we enjoy our walk to the grocery store. I

actually plan to buy a trailer for my bike when I get back to the

states, and will be biking to walmart from now on, its only a mile

and a half.

And FYI, at the time my husband and I made the decision to band me,

so to speak, we were NOT rolling in money. My husband made 10 bucks

an hour, net income per year was about 14,500, so the cost of the

band was well over HALF a YEARS income. It was NOT a decision made

lightly, or with excess money laying around. We actually used the

proceeds from the house to pay off a credit card, then wrote a check

from the same credit card to pay for the band. At the time I was

banded, we owed (including the band) twenty five thousand dollars to

various credit card companies. Were pretty close to the bottom of

the food chain, as far as our income range. It was a serious deal,

trust me on that.

(Om Hasen, ie Mother of Hasen, and Sukayna)

Banded 3 9 05, started at 270, currently 183, believe that!