Jessica43082

Hey there I just turned 30 in April. I wish I had the courage to make the decision to be banded sooner in life. My highest weight was 272.

Talk to your doctor, but if it were me I wouldn't fill. I was in the same situation and my surgeon put a lot of pressure on me to be filled. Eventually I had problems and got too tight despite having less then 3 ccs in my band and now am fully unfilled. trust your body. The weight loss will come.

Checking in at 158

You look great! To answer your question - I'm 8 pounds from my original goal and 2 pounds below my surgeons goal. I'm wearing a 7/8 and sometimes even a 6 and I still don't see the difference unless I look at pictures and even then I have a hard time realizing my new size. It definitely takes time. Take lots of pictures along the way. Recently I went to my bodygallery.com and search for pictures of women my height and weight and had my boyfriend find someone that looked similar to me, which also really helped. Good luck!

So today is my one year band-aversary. It was feeling really anticlimatic cause I'm not as far as I'd like to be so I created a collage tracking my progress over the last year. I have lost a total of 113 pounds - 89.2 since my surgery last year. It's odd. I see a huge difference between the first two photos and the other ones, but not really the final four even though it tracks months of progress. Is it just me? Not realizing my body size is the most frustrating part of the weight loss thing. I reached 158.8 this week and am currently unfilled until at least August. I'm guessing the surgeon will leave me unfilled because I've surpassed what his weight loss goal was for me, but who knows. Before This Morning Here's a link to my weight loss collage tracking the last year: http://jessicastenst...m/post/61173768

Anyone can add me too. I log obsessively. My sn is jessie43082

Checking in at 159 this morning

Hi, I'd like to join in again this month if I am not too late. I had participated for a while, almost a year, but took last month off. I was having band problems and being frustrated by being completely unfilled and my weight loss slowing down since I'm close to goal. But with my one year anniversary right around the corner, it's time to stop feeling sorry for myself and remain committed. Name, real or screen~ Jessica Goal weight for July 31st~155 Weight on July 1st~165.8 Age~30 Dietary goal for July~ high protein Exercise goal for July~keep lifting weights Personal goal for July~ start writing the paperwork I need to do to be commissioned as a pastor in the UMC Date banded~7/11/11 Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~106.2 pounds What is your favorite 4th of July activity~ fireworks

Good - being able to run much faster now that I'm a 100 pounds lighter and fitting into much smaller/ cuter clothes Bad- I had no idea the mental part would be the hardest. I'm more self conscious and have no concept of my body size. People tell me I'm "small" and it frustrates me because I'm not able to see it.

I was banded on 7-11-11 and have lost 112 pounds. 10ish to goal!

Checking in at 167.6 I seem stuck but I was unfilled one week and told I can't run right now a couple days later. Tomorrow I find out my MRI results so hopefully I can run again. (null)

The same thing happened to me. I have only had two fills, the last was in October and I had less then 3 ccs in my band. I am now down 105 pounds and instead of getting looser my band got tight. I had 3 unfills in the last two months and now have nothing in in my band. But I am doing much better like that because I can eat again without being miserably sick. You can do this! (null)

May 01 - 170 May 08 - 167.8 May 15 - 167.2

May 01 - 170 May 08 - 167.8

Sounds like symptoms of gas to me. Good luck. (null)