SkinnyMiniMe

Thank You for coming in a sharing an inspirational story. I wanna be just like you when I grow up lol

I usually feel the most retriction 3-5 days after my fill. Then it takes me like a week to figure out how to eat so I don't get stuck, slime or pb.

Thanks!!!! Not many my shirts were 3x now I am 1x or XL and my pants were an 18 and now depends on the pants but 14 and 16's. I still have a lot to go but I am hoping to be at goal in a year.

Today is my 4 month Bandiversary and I am thrilled!!! The scales sometimes is a b*tch to me lol but when I step back and look at the whole picture I am extremely happy. My BMI when I started this journey was 46.1 and today its 37.6. I am 2 lbs away from a 50lbs weight loss. I am hoping I have finally arrive at "green". Here is some pics I took. I am actually lighter now than the pic but still I couldn't be happier

I did mention this before: You are right and I hadn't had McDonalds since before my surgery. A moment of mental weakness that I am not proud of but i am a recovering food addict lol. Believe or not for me burgers/ ground beef and ice cream doesn't go down easily for me. If I try to eat it too fast it hurts so yesterday when it went down easily I just thought maybe I needed a fill. I had been carefully tracking calories and eating "proper" foods and still getting hungry and not losing weight. Then I said f*ck it that night and had McDonald's. Again I am not proud of it. I do think this last tiny fill of 1/10th cc so far seems it is doing the trick. No hunger, no pain and very small amounts of foods and my scale IS moving in the right direction.

THANKS!!! I ddin't even track my calories yesterday. I wasn't really hungry. I had 2 coffees, 1 thin slice bread with bruschetta and thin piece of proscuitto, a little bit of Soup and a few fork fulls of orzo with fontina. The orzo was hard to get down. I felt the food stay around for a while so I couldn't really eat anymore if I wanted to. No hunger and no pain just slow eating. Thanks B!

Could the 1/10th cc have put me in the green? My food amounts are very limited and even water I have to drink slow. My food feels like it stay longer in my stoma. I was concerned that the fill wasn't enough then I was concerned it was too much. I got on the scale this morning and its moving .

So just got back from my 4th fill I convinced him to give me .5cc and drinking the water was a struggle and I felt super full. So he convinced me to take it out. He didn't want to fill me at all because he felt my weight loss was slow and steady. So he took out everything but a 10th of it, I think to make me happy because I tried to convince him to only take .25 of it but then I went with his advice. So now I am 5.10cc I am hoping this slight fill puts me in the green.

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Well last night I was starving!!! I ate @ 1200 cals. I ate more protein. I did have real hunger pains, it wasn't just in my head. I drank water and went to bed. I have been trying to cut down on the snacking because that gets me into trouble. My scale has NOT budged in a week. So I am thinking I hit a plateau. I think a small fill is in order.

So far I am enjoying 2-3 predue buffalo chicken wings w/ ranch dressing sunny side up egg with toast tuna salad with crackers costco Soups, I load up when I get a fill

Thanks B I miss your advice but I think you are right I am so close but not there yet. I am talking to my doc Friday and asking for a small fill. Hopefully he will agree.

Well I am tracking calories because I don't want the scale to go the other direction. I am taking this week to really listen o my band to see how long I stay full and satisfied. So far its not consistent. Somedays I am hungerier than other days.

You are right and I hadn't had McDonalds since before my surgery. A moment of mental weakness that I am not proud of but i am a recovering food addict lol. Believe or not for me burgers/ ground beef and ice cream doesn't go down easily for me. If I try to eat it too fast it hurts so yesterday when it went down easily I just thought maybe I needed a fill.

I think the pain is caused by eating too fast or not chewing well. That has stopped but yesterday I was able to eat 1/2 big mac and today I got stuck on a chicken wing....AHHHH and my scale has decided to stop moving. I really can't figure it out.

This is what I am trying to achieve! I am working out but still tracking which sometimes is not so easy or successful.

Ok so I know that I shouldn't but I did, just to test how much food I could eat. Last night I had 1/2 big mac minus 1 bun 1/2 small french fries and 1 sundae. I stayed under 1200 calories yesterday. I felt satisfied and full. I waited 20 minutes to eat the sundae. After that meal I think I realize that I may need another small fill. I don't think that I should be able to eat that much in one meal. Am I wrong? I feel like I am so close but right now I am thinking I need another fill.

Some days I get hungry in 2 hours and others 3-4.

Banded friends, I need advice. I am still trying to figure out if I am in my sweet (green zone) spot. I am going in for a possible fill on Friday. 4 weeks ago the doc told me that if I am still losing at this rate he would not fill me which was about 8-10lbs a month. I still feel some restriction but 800 cals a day still leaves me a little hungry and often I will eat over the 800 calories, closer to 1200. Some weeks I will lose only 1lbs and other 5lbs. I have this week to listen to my band and scale to decide if I want to beg the doc for another small fill. Right now I am at 5cc in my 10cc band. I rarely feel pain while eating now thank goodness but should I be feeling hunger??? Also I feel like I am still working really hard tracking calories etc., to make my scale move. Does it sound like I need a fill? Advice please...

YEAH!!! LOL I am food diary stalker on my fitness pal. Seriously it helps me get ideas.

simply A-Mazing!!! I wanna be just like you lol. Are you on my fitness pal? I would love to friend you and get meal ideas. I am skinnyminime5 on there meanwhile keep it up!!!

This journey is not easy but it IS possible to achieve your goal! You will go through lots of emotions but one thing that is for sure is that it is all worth it. GOOD LUCK!

Unless you can sprinkle some sense into my food addicted brain, I don't think it will work. If it were that easy then everyone would be skinny. Perhaps you should try to get another fill or pick up your workout routine instead. You will most likely make it through that plateau that way than with Sensa.