I have always been on the heavy side since a young child. So saying the word diet came natural for me. I would lose 20 to 25 lbs at a time and then gain 30 to 35lbs back. I had never thought about weight loss surgery during my past diets, for I didnt think at 230 lbs I would meet the qualifications. One of my co-workers had the lab band surgery and had done very well losing over 100lbs, so I decided at this point that I was gonna start doing some research on the band for I