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Luck!

You're beautiful! It's nice to get reacquainted with the camera isn't it?

YAY!! :bananajump:

Today is the first day of the rest of your life!! Good luck and welcome to Band Land!

You can find lots of great advice on this website. You haven't said what your diet has actually been, so maybe if you post what you've been doing you will get opinions and advice about what you can change or try to make your band work better for you. I'm not sure how much 8 kilos is... but sometimes it takes awhile, and weight loss can be very slow. You are losing! That is a good thing! You are a pretty girl.. and I'm excited for the day you will be able to see that for yourself! Hang in there ~ the lapband is a wonderful tool for you to have on board and if you work hard, it will work for you!! It's definitely not something that will work for you if you do nothing to help it, but I'm sure you know that already. I hope you'll be able to find a doctor who will start helping you reach your goals!

You inspire me!! Love your pic you look so happy and SKINNY!

AMAZING!! You're looking SO good!!

Somewhere just over 130 days into my journey I am down a little over 60 pounds, more inches than I have counted in awhile, about 4 pants sizes, and at least 2 top sizes. There's the overview! My band is working exactly how it's supposed to still! I can't help but be impressed by that! I don't have tons of stuff to write today, so I think I will just let a photo speak for me. You can see my BEFORE photos on my blog under the PHOTOS tab... And this, is me taken on Saturday morning... just a progress photo. Still got a long way to go, but I love seeing changes! <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XGHygPla3P4/TlU0SSQpf5I/AAAAAAAAAHU/x66U9SV1FHg/s1600/me+again.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> And that's all I've got today! The journey so far has been so much more than worth it! Thanks for stopping by! Follow me at http://www.myotherbutt.blogspot.com

Dude!! Everyone is different! I agree, there are people who eat crazy food and don't lose weight and wonder why, but there are others who do everything right and STILL do not lose weight the way you have. I'm one of the lucky ones.. I've lost 60 pounds in 4 months so far, and tons of inches, and I look fabulous if I do say so myself.. and I have been extremely lax on dieting. Other than bread and chicken, I eat whatever I want. I can't eat much of it, granted, but I eat it. I also haven't touched a drop of soda since a week before my surgery. Every single person who does this surgery has a different story to tell. Some folks need a reality check, but I think you do too. I think you should stop worrying so much about what everyone else is doing, and concentrate on YOU!! You're doing great.. but I've got to tell you.. it would suck bad if I had to take a scale with me to a restaurant if I wanted to eat dinner out... but hey, it obviously works for you, and that's awesome. My point is, who cares? WE all get different advice from our doctors and dietitians. I was told to eat sauces and gravy on the meat that will otherwise get stuck. Did you know package gravy is quite low calorie? Check it out. Perhaps you're just trying to be a cheerleader, and that's awesome. But don't forget that there are people out there who even if they followed your plan exactly would still not lose weight the way you have, so keep that in mind along with the fact that you're probably causing major anxiety on those folks who aren't having the same kind of luck you are. Just sayin...

I told everyone lol. I post my blog on facebook, and get lots of feedback from it.. It definitely gives me more accountability! I haven't gotten a single person with the cajones to give me flack about it yet..

I can't eat most bread anymore, unless it's toasted. I also have a hard time with chicken unless it has gravy or some kind of sauce on it. Otherwise, I can eat just about anything I want.. just have to be sure pieces of meat are small and chewed really well. My band is like jennifer1 in that it's kind of fickle.. some days I will have a harder time with something that goes down with no problem the next day. It's weird.. and it's what keeps me cautious of everything that I do eat. Getting stuck is a very unpleasant experience for me!

HOORAY!! That's an awesome update!

4 months after lap band surgery, and life is GOOD. Actually, life is better than good! But I've been so bad! I have every excuse in the book, (I'll just say that up front!) But I haven't been to the gym in almost three weeks! STILL I have managed to continue losing weight, and eating great, and I'm thinking that when "fill day" comes next week I probably won't be needing one. But I do have a week to go, so maybe I shouldn't be so sure. At any rate.. I have a lot of wonderful news to share this week.. I'll try not to let this get too long. First off the list.. my son's wedding was FABULOUS! Lots of work, lots of company, lots of craziness, but worth every second! I had the privilege of photographing the event, and I'm so grateful for that! It was definitely a different perspective... I could have opted to sit it out and watch from a normal 'mother of the groom' perspective, but I had a lot of fun where I'm most comfortable: behind the lens! Second off the list: I completed "Lab Rat Days" in Denver yesterday with excellent reports! I got away from there with my "medication free" status in tact, but possibly not for long. I did have a Defibrillator interrogation today and I might be looking at some kind of anti-arrhythmia medication later this month, but nothing is certain.. I will update on that later. I'm continuing to fill up bags with "too big" items, and that's still as fun as it was from the first pair of pants that went in! I'll admit that's not very motivating as far as getting me to the gym. I think it would be easier if I stopped losing weight while I was thinking up excuses not to go!! I will go back tomorrow.. I'm sure of it. (Laughing outloud!) I really am ready to return. Gosh it's easy to stay away though, and I just don't know if I will ever be one of those people who gets addicted to exercise.. I won't hold my breath waiting for it, that's a promise! I did promise myself that once the wedding was done, and all of my company left I'd get back into my routine, and I can't be breaking that promise now can I? Last big news... "HOUSTON, WE HAVE A COLLARBONE!" Yep.. it's there.. just as I suspected! (Laughing out loud again!) I've been waiting for it to show.. I missed it! I'm weird.. I know it! Okay, perhaps I didn't miss it. Honestly, I didn't even realize it was missing until someone else discovered theirs after losing a lot of weight! But once I realized it was hiding, I was pretty excited to see mine again! And today, I can see it! Sweet huh?! Closing in on 60 pounds gone~ and Onederland is just around the corner! Thanks for stopping by! Follow me @: http://www.myotherbutt.blogspot.com

We're MUCH better than food!! Hang in there!

I hope your surgery went well, and that you aren't sad today, but happy to be on your way to a new life! Check in soon and let us know how you're doing!

Good luck to you! Before I got banded I spent a lot of time reading these blogs.. you will find hope, encouragement, reality, and friends here! Welcome

Your blog made me laugh because I'm always trying to compare myself to women I see and wonder if I'm that size or not. I swear I don't know, and it feels so weird.. I mean, how could you not? It's crazy how my mind works. I know what numbers I see, I know what size I wear, I know what I see when I look in the mirror and any other window reflection, etc... but I still don't know if what I see is skewed. Sad.. and hilarious LOL! Glad I'm not the only one! You look AWESOME!

30 pounds in what... 6 weeks? That's AWESOME! Don't worry.. I know it can sometimes take a few fills before you notice any difference. I think you're doing really great!

Happy July 26th! It has to be a holiday somewhere doesn't it? Maybe I should just say Happy Day 105~ that's how long it's been since I got my lap band. 15 weeks! I really don't have too much of anything new to report this week. My last fill is still doing it's thing.. I'm eating two meals a day, and for the past week the meals haven't been very big. But I'm satisfied, and staying full until it's time for the next meal. I still have no desire to graze or eat between meals, and I am so grateful for that. Sometimes my band feels so tight that even liquid takes its sweet time going through, but that's never been an all day thing for me. It's usually in the mornings and evenings, and I can still drink just fine, but the first few swallows remind me that my band is still there. I feel hungriest at lunch because I don't normally eat breakfast anymore. Firstly, I'm not hungry for a few hours after I wake up, and secondly, if I were to eat it wouldn't be much.. my band is tightest in the mornings, at least that's how it feels. By 11 am I am super hungry though, and have found that I can eat lunch, but not a lot. My lunches have been my smallest meal. By dinner time (at least 6 hours later) I'm hungry again, but a small portion of food satisfies and fills me up! Do I dare hope that this will last? Could I have found a sweet spot already? I guess only time will tell. I'm scheduled for another fill in August, but I'm truly hoping that I won't need it. Weight loss at this point is slower. I'm dropping 3 to 4 pounds a week on average and that makes me very happy! Just enough to see a little loss every few days.. and as long as the numbers are going down I have a big smile on my face! Still no Pepsi or any other type of soda for me, but I have occasionally drank a wine cooler or beer with no difficulty or adverse reaction to the carbonation. I technically could drink a soda now I guess, but I DON'T MISS IT anymore! Yay me!! Ya know, initially I was kind of dreading the holidays this year. I was nervous about how much food I would want to eat, and how that would all play out since typically the holidays have been gorge fests for me. I was thinking about it the other day though, and I'm not nervous about it at all. I can't eat that much, regardless of how much is in front of me, and in my estimation that's exactly how this band is supposed to be working. I'm actually very excited for the holidays this year for so many reasons, not the least of which is that I will be smaller! I love cooking around the holidays, and much of that is traditional, and I'm so looking forward to that yet. I still love cooking even though I don't have that desire to eat as much anymore. Tonight we're having guests for dinner and I'm doing comfort food extraordinaire! Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and country gravy, cheesy creamed corn and salad. Yep! I'm eating it too, and when I'm done I will still be under my allotted calories for the day! It's really a great feeling to know that I can still enjoy the food I love the most sometimes, and I don't have to worry about sabotaging myself. I don't know if this will hold out forever.. but while it lasts I'm loving it! See ya next week ~ and thanks for stopping by! Follow me at http://www.myotherbutt.blogspot.com

Well, I wrote out a long response to you and hit post and it flew out into cyber-space to be lost forevermore! Just want you to know I'm cheering you on from the Nebraska Prairie! Oh, and who cares what the scale says as long as you get to keep tossing clothes into the "too big" pile?! NOT ME!! GOOOOOOOO YOUUU!

I second that as well... now excuse me while I go plug in my lapband so I can lose some more weight! hehehe Well said! And HUGS!

I'm betting you did lose weight! BUT.. if you didn't.. it's OKAY. Sometimes it happens like that. Either way, don't get discouraged.. if you let the band work for you, it will! It's an awesome tool, and all you have to do is listen to your doctor, and do what he tells you. It WORKS!! You can cheat your band if you want to.. it's easy to do, but you cheat yourself in the process. It's not so easy to do the right thing as much as you possibly can, but I promise you, that if you do, you will be one VERY HAPPY CAMPER! I'm just over 90 days out and I have already lost over half of my excess weight. Listen to your body.. not your head when it tells you you're hungry. Your body knows. Congrats on joining band land! Can't wait to hear your progress!

14 weeks today, and I finally had to break down this morning and realize that I may have eaten my last burrito ever. BOOOO! I gave it a good try this morning. I really did, but all three little bites that I took got stuck for a few minutes on the way down, and let me tell you... that's no way to eat a burrito! DUH! I know, I know.. I'm a very slow learner sometimes. Since the beginning of this journey I've had issues with tortillas, but after the first difficult swallow, I could usually get them down just fine. My last fill took care of that in short order! Ahh well. It's a good thing I guess. I'll be needing new jeans again shortly ~ YAY! Okay.. needing them and buying them are two different things right now. So I did the next best thing, which is something I haven't done in a very long time... I bought a belt! I LOVE my new belt! And the new belt will last longer than the new jeans would I suspect. My new belt makes me very happy! It looks cute, and it's not an accessory at this point.. it's a necessity! I'm posting a photo here instead of on the photo page of this blog. I'm wearing normal clothes rather than the workout clothes that I wore for my "before pics" that are posted under the photos tab on this blog. It's just a full body pic, so compare as you will, but I probably need to take some more side by side photos dressed in the same type of clothes for a true comparison one of these days. My son took this for me to commemorate 90 days down and half way there! I love my lapband.. I can't say it enough! It's the absolute best thing I've ever done for ME! I feel healthier, and look better than I have in more than 27 years. I'm on my way! Thanks for stopping by! Follow me @ http://www.myotherbutt.blogspot.com

Happy Birthday!! Loved reading your blog today! :Banane43: