sylviau

aw you just made me smile!!! ENJOY IT!!!!!! you deserve it!

Name, real or screen~ sylviau150 / Sylvia Goal weight for February 28th~ 225 Weight on February 1st~ 233 Age~ 33 Dietary goal for February~ stay within my numbers / more Water Exercise goal for February~ 5K training Personal goal for February~ 229 by valentines day Date banded~ July 2, 2012 Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~ 65 What is your favorite Valentine's Day activity?~ Giving vday cards and flowers at a nursing home with my hubby! I need to really push myself for this one!!!

Yay! Congrats! I remember how excited I was too!

checking in at........ 235!!!!!! i made my new goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think it helped that i was on liquids for couple days because i got a fill on friday! i really thought i wasn't going to make it because i was at 236 for a couple days... but this morning.... 235!! i literally did a 'woohooo!' in my PJs!! LOL i love these challenges... it really makes me work harder! thanks for your hard work with the spreadsheet and all! and to everyone that participated... GREAT JOB!!!!

Checking in at 238...down 1

Thanks to everyone for sharing! Its great to know I wasn't the only one struggling through these first "banded holidays" . Congrats to all those that jumped back on the bandwagon... those few pounds that were gained come off a lot faster than u think and you will be back to losing! Let's keep it going!

i just wanted to share something i realized... since the end of november (around my birthday), i had been starting to eat badly. things that i knew i could eat more of (regardless of the band) and a lot of it. it started with, "oh, its my birthday today... its ok" and "oh, its thanksgiving..." and "for the sake of the holidays... " and little by little, i gained a few pounds and, before i knew it... i was eating crappy and feeling just as bad. not just physically... but emotionally too! but january 1... i pledged to get back on track and i have been. it hasn't even been that hard to get back into it. so after taking a break from being healthy... and returning to being healthy.... here is what i wanted to share... I'd forgotten how GOOD it feels to be healthy (and losing!)! and.... Breaks are overrated! so... if you're struggling because you've lost that momentum you had when you started... you can do it!!! all december, i struggled to get back on track.. but then i realized... mentally, i had to be there. i couldn't do it because i was stressed... it made it worse. so i gave myself until dec 31, knowing that january 1 was a new start and mentally, i was ready to be back. and it FEELS SO MUCH BETTER!!! no cookie, cake, Pasta or anything feels as good as seeing a pound less on the scale!!!! seriously... i've lost what i gained, plus an extra 2 pounds down... and i feel better than i did eating the 'junk food'...

i checked in on tuesday at 241.. but i'm actually checking in again... at 239!!! i hit this month's goal already... SOOOO... i'd like to change my original goal to 235... i need to push myself for this one! great job, everyone!

Oh I wear mine all the time. I was banded July 2012. I didn't wear it for a few weeks because I was scared of messing up my incisions, but it was fine once I felt they were completely healed. It hasn't affected my port or anything at all. I use the shapeware because it gives me a nice shape and it helps with the flabby skin that's developing as I lose :-P

Today's Weigh-In: 241 the little i gained, i lost again... so we're on good track!

Hi,my name is Sylvia.... I was banded about 6 months ago and i lost 55 pounds, but gained about 5 in the last month or so.... soooo i'm back on track now! I used to hang out on these boards a lot and I think that really helped keep me focused, so now i'm back and hoping this will help me refocus and stay focused. Name, real or screen~ Sylvia u Goal weight for January 29th~ 239 Weight on January 1st~248 Age~ 33 Dietary goal for January~ back to low carb diet Exercise goal for January~ zumba 2x wk and 5k training Personal goal for January~ getting back on track Date banded~july 2, 2012 Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~50 lbs What is your favorite New Year Activity?~ being with family

Great stuff people have written here... It's so true, you have to go thru a time of "mourning" your break up with food. We all got to where we were because of the bad relationship and ADDICTION to food. So know what u r feeling, we have all felt at some point. I went thru times of crying and dispair and anger. But it went away. Food lost te battle. And now, I look back and I can't even remember those times becaus how great I feel now is so much stronger! Think about all te great things u will be doing when u lose weight! The clothes! Go window shopping for things u will wear! U will feel better soon...hang in there! Saying a little prayer for u! Feel free to MSG me anytime!

For the gas...what helped the most is walk walk walk! I thought it was crazy but it really helped! I walked every 30 min for about 10-15 minutes. Gas ex strips also helped a lot. It goes away eventually...just keep strong!