Losing weight is simple- eat less and exercise more. What could be easier than that? Whoa! Losing weight is SIMPLE, not EASY. I never realized how hard it was to do those two simple little things until I started this journey a little over six months ago. That eating less part is especially tough; it requires serious commitment to change.

I have a couple of friends who went the gastric-bypass route over a year ago. Each experienced fairly dramatic weight loss. For both, it was the way to go and when asked if they'd recommend it, both said they would.

I understand that there are a couple of ways to go about similar processes and while I couldn't recommend any one way over another, Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB) looks interesting. It's called the lap band method. Instead of suturing off a section of stomach, the lap band surgeon puts an adjustable band around the upper portion of it- creating a smaller stomach pouch that takes a lot less food to make you feel full. This is all done through a couple of tiny incisions and is both adjustable and reversible. More info can be had at the JourneyLite web site.