Mayme78

I just had an appointment with my surgeon. He called me a Superstar and told me I am one of his top losers, if not THE biggest loser. I am so excited! 52 pounds GONE in 16 weeks with a 2.2 cc fill in a 10 cc band. Not bad for a 51 year old lady. I feel great and I LOVE MY BAND!

I just had an appointment with my surgeon. He called me a Superstar and told me I am one of his top losers, if not THE biggest loser. I am so excited! 52 pounds GONE in 16 weeks with a 2.2 cc fill in a 10 cc band. Not bad for a 51 year old lady. I feel great and I LOVE MY BAND!

Yes I finally made it to "Onderland" 195! Hopefully I can now squeeze into a size 12! So happy ad so thankful for my fills that helped!!! Yes yes yes! My surgeon will be so happy when I go on the 19th!!!

You sound just like my husband's situation! I had to check that it wasnt him!
My husband has a history of needing 5 fills at .1 instead of one fill at .5. His body just swells like crazy with too much of a fill at one time. It took him literally 2!weeks to rest his stomach each time he filled too fast (not necessarily too much).
Last time, He didn't listen to me (had to get that in there) and did a .25 fill because it was a while for a fill and he was on a plateau. He swelled and could not drink. Didn't take care of it right away. Ended up in the hospital for dehydration. Dr did X-ray to make sure band didn't slip. He took out only .15 thinking he should be back to where he was supposed to. Wasn't good enough. Had to remove .5 a few days later to even get anything down.
Now he can plow through too much food. He needs a good few fills at .1 now to get back to where he was in the green zone.
We learned that you can't just do the math of what goes in, what goes out, and a certain fill mark is the green zone. There is human error with how much try are filling you with. The liquid may stay in the needle and some might not come out. To get to the perfect level you need lots of itty bitty fills to see how it is. Otherwise you will swell and set yourself back a few months when you need a major unfill to heal.
As a previous poster said, .05 cc even makes a huge difference.
Wishing you luck!!

And some little fat guy left his pants here......

Congrats! All your HARD work is paying off!

You gotta change some habits girlfriend ! And one of the big ones is DO NOT beat yourself up. You have not failed. Just remember you're on baby steps right now. Just get back with your Dr's diet plan and you'll be very glad you did. Try not to expose yourself to any more triggers like a big turkey dinner. That would be hard for anyone to walk away from. You'll be fine, you can totally do this !! Keep us posted on your progress.

Wow.... I'm looking forward to having sex for the first time in a long time! Lol! I've been too uncomfortable for about a year or so now. Poor hubby.....
Anyhoo..... has anyone read 50 Shades of Grey? If not, you need to! I'm reading it now....

Skinny sex!!!!!! Can't wait!! ???ƒ???ƒ???ƒ

I have a couple of cups in the morning, and sometimes one at night. Haven't found any issues with it at all!

90 lbs off, 10-20 to go.
My wife has to call me at work to remind me to eat lunch!
It's taken about 18 months.

Two weeks ago I went to a cooking school class. Someone spent $550(normally $1200 but this was a charity auction) bucks on this class and invited 10 of us to go and make our own salads, main course and then for dessert we made donuts.
We made our own dough. Rolled and cut it into forms. Then we made this exotic glaze. We then made this blackberry jam with about 4 cups of sugar in it. It was incredible. I ate 4 of them.
I gained 4 lbs that night. It was mostly Water weight and I lost it all in 3 days but I try to steer clear of events and people who might tempt me now.
tmf

I just keep reminding myself that I only need to give my body what it needs, not what my brain thinks it needs. Protein, Veggies, fruit.
The day I transitioned into soft foods (last week), it was one of the physician in my office's bday, and they had the most delicious looking cake, as well as pizza and chips. I had to tell myself before I went in the breakroom that I didn't NEED it, and also secretly kind of felt sorry for the people pigging out, knowing they would have to work extra hard to keep from gaining from all those calories!!

I would be afraid they would get stuck but I have thought of them. Much in the way of hamburger rolls, Bagels. I just avoid them and convinced myself they will get stuck and not worth the pain.

Stay strong and clear of the donuts! Someone is always bringing items to work and I just stay clear of out kitchen area all together.

A weakness of mine, too. I'm glad I don't have co-workers!

Just remember, one donut is the path to 2-4 donuts and a lost day or two in your Quest.
tmf

donuts get stuck then you will have to run to the bathroom and get sick mess up your mascara....be red faced...not worth it...

So.... I woke up this morning..... got a good night's sleep, packed a protein-laden Breakfast of cottage cheese with peaches, recommitted myself to Water and exercise today, congratulated myself on my 49# weight loss, went to work, said a few mantras in my head about being the best employee ever...and then.... DONUTS. My cheerful beautiful, sweet, sabotaging co-worker comes in singing " good morning, I brought in donuts". Arggh! My absolute favorite sweet indulgence! Lord, help me be strong because I don't want donuts, but I want donuts! LOL!!

So.... I woke up this morning..... got a good night's sleep, packed a protein-laden Breakfast of cottage cheese with peaches, recommitted myself to Water and exercise today, congratulated myself on my 49# weight loss, went to work, said a few mantras in my head about being the best employee ever...and then.... DONUTS. My cheerful beautiful, sweet, sabotaging co-worker comes in singing " good morning, I brought in donuts". Arggh! My absolute favorite sweet indulgence! Lord, help me be strong because I don't want donuts, but I want donuts! LOL!!

So.... I woke up this morning..... got a good night's sleep, packed a protein-laden Breakfast of cottage cheese with peaches, recommitted myself to Water and exercise today, congratulated myself on my 49# weight loss, went to work, said a few mantras in my head about being the best employee ever...and then.... DONUTS. My cheerful beautiful, sweet, sabotaging co-worker comes in singing " good morning, I brought in donuts". Arggh! My absolute favorite sweet indulgence! Lord, help me be strong because I don't want donuts, but I want donuts! LOL!!

Congrats! All your HARD work is paying off!

Hi~
I have not been on in awhile but had to come back on my 1 YEAR BAND-ANNIVERSARY!
As an update I have lost 95 pounds in the year. It has been a HARD journey, this is definitely not easy but it is achievable.
Much luck to all the newbies and I came on to say YOU CAN DO IT!

I have not heard of the Dukan diet. Thought I had tried them all. LOL

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