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That is awesome!! Great job!! This is inspiring to me. I would love to know your story. I was banded Sept 30th and although I have restriction the weight is not coming off. I am S..TRRUUUGGULLINGG.. Looking for some advice that I can only get from other banders....Doctors are great but I need to talk to someone going through it!

cyber hugs back in a BIG WAY!!

That's my mind set. It has to be. I don't have it in me to quit without a fight....... I had surgery September 30th, 2011. I expected my weightloss to be a little slower than I would have liked simply because I received a promotion with work and moved out of state 8 weeks after surgery. It then took me until February to get in with another doctor up here. But since February I have had 2 fills (that's a total of 3) and although I feel restriction and I excercise 4 days a week for 1 hour I haven't lost any weight. Now with that being said I have lost a total of 27lbs since the start of this. And for me...hey it's 27lbs that I don't need. I do find myself getting frustrated because I have gone so long without seeing any weightloss. Has anyone else experienced this? If so......please share. I need some encouragement right about now.

This is still new to me so the best I can do is tell you to keep your head up....don't get dicouraged ( I know easier said than done ) And Diane is right. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

very true. Good info.

Diane my friend....YOU are truly an inspiration and an angel. Congrats to you on the progress you have made with weightloss and even more on the woman you are! BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT....

Thank you!! I have my appointment scheduled for Wednesday at 4pm. I'm sure it's nothing. I am SUPER EXCITED about my promotion and move to North Carolina! YAY!

YAY!!!!! Good luck sleeping for the next to weeks Roe! LOL..... Happy early birthday! I turn 30 Thanksgiving Day...OH THE JOY! Can't wait to hear how Thursday goes!

Thank you both. Diane, I am calling my Ob Gyn in the morning to set an appointment. I think it's nothing but agree with you both and just want to make sure. Was hoping it would be gone this morning but it's not. <shrugs> I am so excited to be moving up there! 4 weeks and counting!!! We will have to get together Diane! I am really looking forward to that one of these days! )

THAT IS AWESOME SARAH!! so happy for you! keep it up

Lots going on in my life.....good things for the most part... I'll get to the part where I need advice in a minute..I want to share the good stuff first. I GOT A PROMOTION... I will be managing an apartment community in Asheville, NC so we will be moving the 1st week in December. Bye Bye Florida....HELLO MOUNTAINS!! It helps that the promotion comes with a nice fat pay raise too! This is truly a blessing from God and I am so grateful to have a 2nd chance up there. YAY!! I've been at the gym this week.....went 6 days straight and it feels so good. According to this scale I'm able to use I'm not loosing any "weight" but my clothes are getting bigger on me. Such a good feeling. I go Wednesday for my first fill and I am really looking forward to it. So here's the part where I need advice..... I came home tonight and started getting ready for bed and found a lump on my breast. *sighs* I don't even have a regular doctor to call. I will call....SOMEBODY Monday but in the mean time I'm left telling myself not to panic....but it is easier said than done. I don't know what to do.....it could just be a boil or a cyst...do I wait and see if it gets bigger or do I go anyway"? Is it rude of me to ask those of you who pray to say a little prayer for me?

GOOD FOR YOU!!!!!! I love this post and your title makes me laugh!

I am a month post op too and down 27lbs. I really have maintained my weight since going back on solids and I am excersing at the gym. But even though I haven't lost "weight" on the scale I am still loosing inches. Went from a 26 and now back into my 22s and can zip up some 20s but have not business wearing them just yet..lol. I get my first fill on the 16th too! YAY! I am pretty sure I will get one just simply do to the fact I don't have much "band" restriction. Now that is not to say I am not restricting myself. That is one plus about the pre op diet that I didn't think about until now. Because of the liquid diet it has helped me control my portions on my own. You have to make the effort to do that or I'm sure you can put some unwanted weight back on. But it sounds like you have the right attitude and are on the same track so keep it up! I have been on solids for a couple of weeks and doing well. keep us posted

WOW WHAT A GREAT JOB!!! 58 lbs...I'm so jealous in a good happy for you way! AM I ALLOWED TO SAY I'M PROUD OF YOU!!! YAY

Wishing you the best of luck Matt! Please keep us posted. Looking forward to reading more of your blogs. I was banded September 30th and so far so good.

I will def keep posting!!! Can't wait!! I've finally really started working out....for 2 days and it feels good!

Thanks Ladies!! Sorry for all the spelling error...jesh...shouldn't type after midnight I guess. LOL

It feels good. But things have sloowwwwweeeeedddd way down. I haven't lost anything in a week and a half. But I'm not discouraged. I don't have much restriction but thanks to the pre op diet I am able to control my portions on my own a little better than before. I have only had to not so good experiences since surgery and I will be happy to share. 1st - One of my residents made me a big thing of banana pudding to say thank you. I decided to have a litte bit. Really only about a 1/2 cup but quickly found out that cream and me really don't do so well since surgery (not sure why this is) and I have to tell you....I have never cramped up like I did within an hour of eating it. I had to take some milk of magnesia and about 5 hours later I finally felt better. 2nd - My husband and I were in a tiff and BOY WAS I MAD and it just so happend to be on a night we made chicken and yellow rice. When I am mad there is no reasoning. I ate to fast and knew I was being STUPID but did it anyway. My chest was a little tight but I was okay. I wanted to just go to sleep and swallowed a sleeping pill with little to no water. IT GOT STUCK....OMG! I laid in bed feeling like I had the worst gas bubble ever and started getting hickups off and on. Mouth was watering and I felt like I was going to gag but didn't. I tried drinking water and it didn't seem to help. I finally got up and went and sat up straight for about 30 mins and FINALLY IT WENT DOWN.....whew! Thank goodness that was over. But that's it. Learning experiences. I now know not to eat or drink anything with cream. Which I have no business doing anyway. And I know not to eat if I'm upset and to take all my medicine with lots of fluids. I go on the 16 to get my first fill and I am looking forward to it. I want more restriction. I really can eat more than I should.

Thanks for the heads up and good questions! Having some of the same myself.

great blog....huge inspiration to us all! Congrats to you!

Very well said! I decided after last week that every morning I am going to have a great day no matter what. And when I choose not to allow others to influence my day....and I make the choice to have a good day I do. Love the blog! I ANOTHER 4LBS! Yay! ) And today I don't feel the need for an abundance of food

:wow: I love it! I think it's fair to say all of us felt your pain in the beginning as well! My Dr. only allowed AdvantEdge Protein Shakes, Sugar Free Jello and Sugar Free Popsicles. THAT IS IT! Oiy' I'm a "reformed" smoker....it was harder when I did the 2 week liquid diet than when I quit smoking! I COULD NEVER do it again...*laughs* YOU CAN DO THIS and with your attitude I am looking forward to read along with you and be supportive when I can!

NON SCALE VICTORY....lol It is a good feeling when you are in the middle of a simple conversation with your husband and he stops you to say....."wow, babe...you are really beautiful". and of course I ask him where that came from and he say to me. "You know I think you are beautiful. But you can already see a difference in your self confidence and I really like it". <INSERT HAPPY DANCE> I am CRAZY IN LOVE with my husband. It's weird...5 years together and he still gives me butterflies. I didn't realize how my weight gain had effected my relationship...because of how I felt about myself.....but it did. Everytime I turn around today I have Corey coming up behind me to steal kissed or hugs and to tell me how sexy or beautiful I am. The way he acts you would have thought I had already lost 100lbs instead of 25 to 30lbs. It is wonderful.... It truly reaffirms the fact that I made the right decision to get the surgery. He tells me everyday that he is so proud of me. I know I am a very lucky woman and I cannot thank God enough for such a special man in my life. He's not perfect (Lord knows he can make me mad at times) but he is perfect for me. He likes to read my blogs and is always impressed with the support I receive from all of you ...... but I hope he knows that his support is amazing in itself. THAT IS MY NON SCALE VICTORY SO FAR.....and I would say it's a pretty darn good one!

YOU WOMAN ARE AMAZING......... I love the support I get here...... And I am accepting the fact that I might not get it outside of my own home and other bandsters and I am going to be okay with that.

It really stinks. Thank you all for the encouragement. I truly want her to be successful. She has struggled for a very long time and she needs to be able to do this for herself and her children. I just wish that we could have done this together and been supportive for one another. Diane you are right about family. I could careless if anyone else supports my decision or what they think but it hurts when my family doesn't. If I could have paid for her to do this with me I would have. I wish she understood that. I hate that she hasn't been able to get approved. But does that mean I shouldn't have gotten it? I tried to tell her today why it bothered me and she just didn't get it. Oh well. Life happens.