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5 Weeks Post Op

Ok so I was banded on March 5 and I am down 21 pounds by the doctors scale and 25 by my scale... I was getting a little bit down because I feel I should be down more by now but then I realized at least its 21-25 pounds I will never see again!!! I started out at at size 18/20 shirt a squeezing tight 16 pants and 18 to be comfortable. Well I am now down to a 14/16 shirt and 16 bottoms... yayyy. I havent had to buy any clothes yet because I am a shopaholic and had 14/16's that I had been holding on to. I have set a new goal for myself to be down 25 more pounds by June. I chose June because that is when I have my family reunion in Louisiana. I havent really told any of my family that I had the surgery only a select few who I swore to secrecy... so it will be nice to see the reactions when I am down 50 pounds. I am finding that after a workout I am so week and hungry. So I tried drinking half a protein shake before and half after today and felt a little better. Since I am a newbie to loosing any and all advise will be greatly appreciated... thanks in advance.

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yellowrose88

LAP-BAND Patients

Congrat on your hard work. I hope you will meet your goal for June. Like you I had smaller clothes tucked away because I knew I would be able to fit into them someday and it is great. It is like I new wardrobe!!

newdanielle

LAP-BAND Patients

newme2012 i felt the same way i was down 19 lbs when i went my first dr vist and i had surgery on march 21 and just went to dr on monday 4/9/12. i went shopping to get aleast 2 new pairs of carpris and i was able to fit into a size 16. I felt soo Good.I too have sent a goal to be down 45 lbs by the time i go on vac the first week of july. So keep up the good work

Kelly Mckinnon

LAP-BAND Patients

hi i was banded on march 15th of this year and when i did the 2 weeks of boost i lost 18lbs...........now i have 32lbs off..........i go on april the 27th to get my first fill.......i hope he fills it right up cause i can eat anything and i never feel full...........i am sticking to my cup of food per meal limit and i seem to be losing inches and not lbs...........but ihave to realize its only been a month since surgery and i cant expect to lose 50 lbs in a month......i think some times we have to high of expectations of this surgery and think we r going to lose it all over night.............well i guess it takes awhile and the slower the better the dr said it is more apt to stay off...........but congrats to all the ppl that are doing it ..........

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