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I’m musing December 5, 2010

So I see that lap-band is back in the news. They want to lower the weight standards so that more people can get a lapband. Great. More people can go under the knife thinking about just losing weight, not the complications that might come with it.

Right now, according to the news, you have to be at least 230 lbs overweight to get the surgery. That’s a large number and you bet it made me gasp. I always thought it was at least 100 lbs overweight. Then I started adding up what I lost each time and I had an aha moment of my own. I was at least 230 lbs overweight any way you slice it.