bmendoRNurse

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.