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Is my waist getting smaller, or is my booty getting bigger?

Is the glass half empty or 1/2 full.....do I continue to dig through the pile of manure to see if there's a pony underneath? Your mind is a battlefield and winning the physical battle is not only physical, but mental too!

 

I look at the total amount that I need to lose to be a healthy BMI and the number is menacing. 168 lbs to lose total....that is the same as losing one, whole overweight adult. I can look at the amount that I have to lose, or I can look at the amount in terms of weeks. If I lose, on average, 2 lbs per week, it will take me 20 months to lose all of the weight that I need to lose. It took me many years to put it on, so losing in 20 months would be AWESOME! I can even, more realistically look at 24 months to lose, plateau's and such, and that really is pretty reasonable too.

 

I was banded 3/1/11 and have had 2 fills: 3/30/11 - 1.6 cc and 4/18/11 - 1 cc. I am 21 lbs down since surgery and am very concious about my calories consumed. I guess the answer is that my waist is getting smaller...so is my booty....FYI!

 

My dad always said..."The best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time." This weight loss is like eating an elephant......so.....Grab me a fork and some BBQ sauce.

 

 

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jeepygurl

LAP-BAND Patients

LOL..you can do it... I agree it took me YEARS to gain it, and the yo yo dieting, so I know it will come off but why so slow...LOL

Keep going :)

Gorda123

LAP-BAND Patients

YOu can do it... just be realistic.

I keep telling myself " it took me 10 years to gain 100 lbs.. i cant expect to loose it in 1 year".

Right now i have had the band for 18 months and have lost 50 lbs... that puts me half way to my goal. I have been in a plateau since last Oct...thanks to eating between meals. SO i have to get back on track ( checking calories ) and getting 2-3 workout per week andi know i will get to my healthy BMI...BUT i dont pay to much attention to the scale, what is important to me is how my clothes feel.

Good luck!!

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