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Almost six year this September with the Band.

For me any weight gain has been my fault the band has always helped me at meal times with the quantity.

When I have gained weight has been eating after nine at night. Another problem was snacking to much during the day. I also stopped exercising. So naturally I gained weight none of this has been the bands fault.

On January 1' date=' 2012 I had made my way back to 250 and have recommitted myself to go back on the journey.

I try to go to bed by nine at night. I limit my snacking during the day and I restarted my exercise program. My exercise of choice is resistant band training and walking.

The band has helped in that I no longer take metformin, no longer have sleep apnea, no longer have to take pain medicine for knee and back pain.

In any case I love my Band and all the NSV that come with it.[/quote']

Welcome back. With that kind of attitude you will be well on your way to success again.

I also work w/Paul at True Results Austin & can't wait to meet Dr. Esquivel.

You are in good hands. Dr Esquivel is great and I can't say enough about Paul and True Results. Love them.

I strongly recommend coming to the support group. Paul runs them, we meet at 6:30 on the 4th Thursday of the month.

Good luck with your upcoming surgery.

That's sound great! ' date=' do you ever have issues with Peanut Butter going down?[/quote']

No issues.

Warning.... several banders have blamed me for their new addition......

I am a completely different person. I don't stop, lol. I can't tell you how many times my husband has said you couldn't of done that before.

It is amazing how much energy I have now.

Love this!

Terryn congrats on the nsv. Better get yourself a floatee. Lol

You are not an idiot!

We all get stuck at some point.

It's a hard lesson that we all go thru, lol.

Take care.

4ozs of plain or vanilla greek yogurt with a tablespoon of creamy Peanut Butter mixed in. Tastes like the middle of a Reese peanut butter cup.

My doctor says....

Bites no bigger than a dime or your pinky nail.

Chew until mush about 30 seconds depending on the food.

Minute between bites.

As for drinking sometimes my band makes me sip my Water and other times I can gulp. Depends on the day and how my band is feeling.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Glad you are doing well with chewing as this is one of the hardest rules to stay on course with.... we get in a hurry or forget and boom our band tells us so. ...

Keep up the good work.

I eat salads a lot in the summer. Never had any problems with them. Just like all foods small bits and chew to mush.

Funny I just cut out a coupon for these last night. Gonna get them this weekend and try them.

It is unlikely that one stuck episode would cause the band to slip.

You are swollen and irritated from it so stay on liquids till you hear from your doctor. Small sips.

And relax, you will be fine. Your stress will make the band feel tighter. Relax!

Sorry you experienced this.

What an ass. Why give him another chance? If it was me I woukd immediately change doctors. We are their customers and I expect good service. Just my opinion.

Congrats on the weight loss. Slow and steady wins the race.

Ok..tried to figure it out..but couldn't...what is NSV?

Non scale victory

Congrats on the NSVs. You are right, having clothes that fit make you feel so good.

Oh you did it right, alright! You look amazing (except you cut off that beautiful smile).

Thank you so much for the encouragement. I'm hoping that I do shed a few pounds prior to the procedure. I do see that today is a lot easier than yesterday. I think I may trade in some shakes for bars. I think that maybe my issue that I only ordered shakes. No bars or Soups. I'm going to keep pushing. This is a lifestyle change so its one day at a time.

Great attitude! Keep the big picture in mind. Before you know it you will be well on your way.

Good luck to you, you can do this.

Love the pics. Especially the one with your old pants. You look great, congrats!

Wow you look great. Congrats!

Doing great. Keep it up.

Congrats you look fabulous!

And it has wheels!

Lurker, huh???? Well you know what we think of lurkers? Love them!!!

Welcome! Good luck to you. This is a great place to hang out, get ideas, questions answered and support anytime!

Congrats!

As for questions....so many!

meal plan? Pre & post op diets? do's & don'ts? fills? after care?

My best advise is read as much of this forum tonight and make a list from there.

Good luck to you and welcome!!!

Oh hell yes! My band is like a two year old, you never know what you are going to get!!!