(L-R) Angela, Leslie & Me. We each got our Lap Bands within 6-weeks of each other!

On Thursday night I met with my “Lap Band Girls,” which is always such a treat.  All three of us are around the same age (okay, I am known as the baby of the group.  But nonetheless, I am the tallest!)  We each got our Lap Band within 6-weeks of one another.  And we all have a lot in common, including our passion for writing and traveling.

I met Angela when I saw a post on Craig’s List to see if there was anyone in the Atlanta area who was getting a Lap Band.  I thought for sure when I responded to it that the person who posted the ad was a middle-aged housewife with four kids who drove a mini van.  Much to my delight, Angela and I had loads in common, are close in age, and above all, share a wicked sense of humor.

I met Leslie about five years ago during my job at Journey Productions, Inc. and through the Landmark Forum.  She and I had been in touch over the past year since she was helping me with my job search.  When I told her that I was about to get a Lap Band, she was 100% interested, jumped on board, and before I knew it, she had set her surgery date!  Leslie and I also have so much in common besides our Lap Band, including traveling, writing, leadership and Leslie really has such a wonderful personality.

We are in the “brainstorming meets action” part of our planning process to begin writing and submitting articles to a publication about our Lap Band journey.  We’re not 100% sure of the focus yet, but I think we’re going to take a 5-week course at Emory together so we can begin writing and pushing ourselves toward our creative goals.  We’ve all had different experiences with our Lap Band, but the one uniting factor is that we are all seeing amazing results! I love when we get together because we, of course, share all the common conversations around the Lap Band (like how much food we can eat and how many times we’ve vomited…not a fun topic of convo when you’re dining out with regular friends), but we also have so many other things in common.

I am really, really grateful to have Leslie and Angela in my life.  They’ve become two really close friends of mine and I look forward to seeing where our friendship + Lap Band journey takes us!

I wrote a post early on that we’re like Charlie’s Angels, not only because of our 3 vibrant hair colors (a blond, a brunette and a red head!), but because, well – simply put, we kick ass.