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I agree!! your post really made me take a good look at all the sucess i have had also. I can truly related to all your sucesses as i share many of them as well, however i am having a problem with celebrating the new me, i feel that its not enough.

i am hoping to get pregnant very soon. i was banded in march and am down 75lbs. So i will be following your page just to see what happens and what to expect, update often:-) congrats!!! i know you are super excited!!!!

Thanks everyone!!!!

I don't understand why i can't rejoice in losing 70lbs, I feel like i will never reach my goal of a 215 before november. i got 35lbs more to lose. but for the past 2months i have been up and down, and along with that my emotions have been doing the same. at times i feel like i am a champion and others a failure........

Thanks for words of encouragement! I wish you the best of luck also! Keep updating!

Thanks to All, you guys are so encouraging. I can' t wait to get pregnant. I think we are going to wait till around oct-nov.

my fill went well, I wish my doctor and staff would be as encouraging as my LBT friends! I feel like i am being punished evey time I go in there. Its not that they are beating me up on weight issues. They are ALL ways saying "just cause can eat it doesn't mean you can" and the my all time favorite is "the band is just a tool"!!! Err I hate that one cause i am ready for MY TOOL to start working!!!!!! Hopefully with this fill it will the "right fit".

I am 29 and I have wanted to have a baby for many years, I have had a few successes at getting pregnant but because of my weight they ended in miscarriages. My new OB/GYn says that she can prevent those miscarriages this time but its best for me and baby to lose weight. So i have set a goal to lose 100lbs before december and i have 52lbs more to go, hopefully i can lose more than a 100lbs, What are thoughts getting pregnant a few months before the 1year the band doctor says i should weight?

I am going today for my 3rd fill because i still have hardley any restriction. I have lost 48lbs since 02/2011 however i have been working out and watching what i eat. I have going between 267-271 for 2weeks now. Any sugestions? I feel realy let down. I think that i am to hard on my self because even with the of sucess of losing 48lbs i am not super excited. I feel like i have a dead line to meet before december. And if i dont start losing weight i won't meet it. December is my 100lb goal weight month. because next year my husband and i are GOING to have a baby. I never realized how phychological this surgery was.

I agree with the post above. I have to wear two also and i bought mine at walmart. I think they were 2 for $8. so i bought a few both smaller than my normal size. Just remember you are only going to be wearing them for about an hour or so. Good Luck.

Congrat!! keep up the GREAT work!

Yes its gas pain. The best thing you can do is walk, walk, walk and i had my husband do karate chops to back and shoulders. good luck.

I am so sorry that you are going through this. Do you think it had anything to do with exercising? I have only been walking. But I have to admit I cheated on my liquid diet. I at Lo mein noodles. I was scared that I would hurt myself. I didn't have to will power to turn then down, it was almost like I was trying out my new stomach. I only ate 1/2 cup and I was full/ scared. I tolerated it ok but no more trials for me. Monday my diet will change to a soft. Update ASAP. Hang in there.

I have been charting everything that I eat on my post-op diet and I have found today looking back on a couple of days that I have beene SO focous on protein and increasing my calories that i have failed to pay attention to carbs. Today ii have consumed 817 calories 60g protein and *****115CARBS****. I am never going to lose weight with eating that many carbs. I am still on the liquid post-op diet. PLEASE HELP!!!! is this normal ,am i eating to much.

HI there i am post op day 3 and i also didn't tell many people, to me this was a private surgery that the whole church doesn't need to know about. I have not had alot of gas pain but port pain is another story. i have been sleeping in our recliner because it hurts laying flat. how have you been sleeping?

When did you start sleeping in ur bed? Or what were and are ur sleeping patterns? I am 3 day post op and having a hard time lying flat I have slept in recliner since day one.

Hello. I was also banded on the 31st. Have you been taking any gas ex?

You and a few other will be added to my prayers tonight . I also will be joining the CLUB tomorrow. Whoo hoo. I pray all goes well for ya. Update asap.

Why am I not super excited. I am scared. Not of the surgery but I think of the comment. What if I screw up. What if I can't get the weight off. What if....what if .....what if... and what if I let my husband down, so many people are believing in me. But truly I can't count on them for support. Maybe on my personal trainer and thats causes I am paying him. But I can't call him all the time to talk me out of eating something. My husband is great but I could sweet talk him and he would agree to anything. What am I going to do. I get banded this Monday and I am freaking out!!!!!

I will be thinking of you today. Ur going to do great!

Well really all i can say is that.............I HAVE LOST 17Ibs!!! I can't believe it myself, what i do know 4sure is that my DVD cardio max is awesome and it is working along with eating my alloted food. I only have 7 more days till i am banded.

wow i bet you are SUPER excited!! I will being thinking of you on tueday. Try to message asap. WE CAN DO IT!!!

Thanks for your support I REALLY appreciate it.

Today was horrible!!!!!!!! when i got home from work i was not hungry so i went straight to bed and when i work up around 3pm, my stomach was a little upset. My husband called and asked my to grill some chicken for dinner. I grilled the chicken and made some veggies. I only ate half of what i was allotted and i made my self a really nice dinner/lunch for work tonight. I get to work and i realized i forgot my lunch. I was sooooo upset because now i would be forced to eat at our cafeteria, and of course the would have all my favorite food tonight. While i was looking around for the MOST healtiest and that is within my diet. i really had to fight that old me. it was crazy i really felt like i had a little devil and angel on my shoulders. BUT I won.........i got a salad with F.F. Italian. As i was eating i truely wanted to cry. some tears of victory and some tear because i am realizing that food really can control your life.