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Please make No Mistake, When I make my posting it may appear that I am being Overly Religious But, I am Not!! I Post Because I want to Inspire and Help Those who are feeling, Depressed, Sadden, Suicidal, Broken Hearted, Discouraged, Weakened, and Those Who Want to Give Up!!! It's Never About Me!!! My Purpose Is To Serve Anyway I Can!!! Because I know not when my hour of death and I want my God to Say Well Done!!!Loosing Weight is hard but loosing life can be even harder,.
Psalm 71:15
My Mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers there of.

I lost 10 lbs on my first week post op, then nothing for 3 weeks, then I had my first fill one month later and lost another 10 lbs in 2 weeks, I'm on week 6 and lost 20 lbs, not much but it's something

Are mirrors and scales telling you lies? Don’t let them sabotage your weight loss and peace of mind.


THE MIRROR LIES
I don't know about you, but I have trick mirrors in my house. In fact, trick mirrors lurk everywhere, in public restrooms, department stores, hotel lobbies and on several walls of my health club. These mirrors never tell the truth. Like a funhouse mirror, they tell me I'm fat, thin, old, young, ugly or beautiful. Rarely do those messages match up with reality. If you have trick mirrors in your world, do not believe their lies!
You know I'm kidding, right? The trick isn't in the mirror, it's in my brain. Because of decades of denial, self-hatred, weight fluctuation, aging, envy, societal messages (the fast food server asks me, "You want that super-sized?" while I study the skeletal body of an actress on a magazine cover), and random electrical impulses skipping crazily around my brain, I cannot accurately process data from my reflection in the mirror. This isn't unique to obese and formerly-obese people, but it's a special burden for us because as we work so hard to lose weight, we are even hungrier for positive feedback than we are hungry for food.
For this reason, I suggest that you save your Before photos and one Fat Outfit (no matter how much you hate them), keep records of your body measurements (because sometimes you'll see progress there when none shows on the scale) and document your weight loss surgery journey with monthly photos. Last Monday I looked at myself in my bathroom mirror and thought, "Damn, girl! You look good!" On Tuesday, after a weigh-in that showed no increase or decrease, I looked in that same mirror and thought, "Damn, girl! You are porking up!" At moments like that, it is a great comfort to try on my fat clothes and feel them slide off my body because they're so big, or to set a Before photo alongside a Now photo and be reminded of how far I've come.
THE SCALE TELLS THE TRUTH
But not the whole truth.
The scale weighs your clothes, shoes, fat, muscle, bone and water weight. This data will vary throughout the day as you eat, drink, exercise, urinate and defecate. You can buy fancy scales that will give you readings for total body weight, fat and water weight, and all those values will fluctuate every day. You can't let those fluctuations make you crazy. Recently I tracked my weight every day over the course of a week. It went like this: up, down, down, down, up, up, with a net gain or loss of zero. When I'm trying to maintain rather than lose weight, I'm happy about that. When I’m trying to lose weight, seeing my weight creep up and up as the day goes on does absolutely nothing positive for my weight loss effort.
On the day when my early-morning weigh in showed a 3.6 pound increase, I could have let that information spoil my day, but instead I copied my British friend, Kate. I shrugged and said, "Silly cow." My body weight is just one piece of information about me. It does not tell the whole truth of my worth as a human being and a WLS patient. The scale doesn't remind me that I had lost 1.75" from my bust, waist, legs and arms when I measured myself that week. It doesn't remind me that I exceeded my weekly exercise goal by 75 minutes. It doesn't remind me that I met all of my nutritional goals, wrote 20 pages of my book manuscript, had a job interview, gave medication to my dogs, listened to my husband rant after a bad day at work, took one of my dogs to visit the nursing home residents, or any of the other things that are important to me.
I realize that the scale is our primary tool for measuring our progress as we lose or maintain our weight, but you can't let it run your life. When an inanimate object starts to dictate your thoughts and feelings, it's time to lock it in the trunk of your car or have someone hide it from you. As Kate says, keep the scale where it belongs: beneath your feet, not in your head.

I lost 10 lbs on my first week post op, then nothing for 3 weeks, then I had my first fill one month later and lost another 10 lbs in 2 weeks, I'm on week 6 and lost 20 lbs, not much but it's something

Okay So I lost a total of 45 Pounds since June Lap Band Plication and I am so Sexy!! I can't Stand It!!! You Go Girl!! My God is Good!! No Matter What!!!!

So excited about my progress...especially since my goal was 50 pounds in 6 months!
So far, I am loving my band!!!

I had my first fill last Monday 2cc, and was on liquids for 3 days, by Thursday I’ve lost 15 lbs, but now a week later I’ve gained 10 lbs of the 15 , I was so happy for those 15 lbs, now I feel frustrated again.

Remember that a healthy rate of loss is 1-2 pounds a week as well. Sounds like you are doing awesome!

Thanks I have a great support system

I was self paid too, we (family) organized bingos and gathered money for my surgery, we didn't say it was for that purpose, and we sold some jewelry, and other things that we didn't need anymore, it took us like 5 months to get all the money that I needed If you really wanted you will find the way!!

"shut up I'm sleeping" lol two nurses were talking about their boyfriends and I just wanted to sleep LOL

"shut up I'm sleeping" lol two nurses were talking about their boyfriends and I just wanted to sleep LOL

"shut up I'm sleeping" lol two nurses were talking about their boyfriends and I just wanted to sleep LOL

"shut up I'm sleeping" lol two nurses were talking about their boyfriends and I just wanted to sleep LOL

hahaha! too funny! Thanks.. that made me laugh out loud!

People are stupid
I was actually told by many people when I had colon cancer and was undergoing chemo and got down to 152 how LUCKY I was to have lost so much weight
My response do you want to trade places with me right now and have cancer….that usually made them run away……… People are stupid

Congrats!!! I had my surgery on a Tuesday and was ready to go back to work on Friday

I had my surgery yesterday it all went great, I don't have any pain, but to tell the truth I'm sooo hungry , any sugestions?

Sombody always has something to say. Most of the folks in my life were supportive but for those that were negative, I said things like:
"I understand this is not a magic pill but only a tool"
"I have done all of my research and this is the best choice for me and my situation."
"I am ready to make a change"
And for those who asked me if I was scared, I said. "Yes, but I am more afraid NOT to be banded."
I wish you well on this journey we are all traveling together.

Thank you all for your support!!! I'm getting the band there is no doubt about it, I already pay for it lol, and I'm going to stay positive and stay around, I hope I could be sharing before/after photos with you all next year

Thanks to all for your responses, I live in Mexico and I'm not sure we have that option, and there's only one good Dr. that does this procedure in my city and he does not finance any part of the procedure, going outside my city to find a new doctor only will increase my expenses, I know he is great I've seen his work and know a couple of success stories from their patients, I think I just have to be patient and look for an extra income I'm trying to stay positive!!!