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Thank you, I'm feeling pretty good and people are starting to notice, not sure if I like all of the attention or not .

Do you wear the fitbit all day? Or just on and off?

Great job!

Hi VJ, I'm down 69 as of today (weigh weekly on Sunday morning) and was banded 09Jul2012. I'll admit I struggled yesterday while shopping for others in not buying clothes (usually end up getting myself presents too, lol) but I stayed away. I really don't know what size I am now, maybe I should shop my closet and see what I have in there. The droopy pants are significant to me because a few months ago I could not get them to fit, and I threw them on the floor of the closet (not a slob, just was not happy that day) and now they are huge on me.

Floridays I appreciate all of your posts and I like how you write them, so keep it up!

Well I'm bullhead and went Christmas shopping with my droopy butt pants all day long yesterday, lol. I kind of like the feeling of having to pull up my pants, but when I hit 100lbs down, I plan to go shopping. Although, I have quite a bit of smaller clothes since I have always kept them since I always thought I would be back to that size one day. I have gone to Goodwill and have had a little success and don't forget about consignments like Snooty Fox (or whatever is around you). I totally forgot about them until I saw one while out shopping yesterday. And I didn't even think about shoe sizes dropping, guess I'll wait on that too.

Wow, this person sounds like a complete psycho, thank goodness you are only "meeting" this person online, jeez.

I'm sorry to hear that you have to go through this. Is this a hiatal hernia, if you don't mind me asking? I had one, but the doc fixed it before placing the band, I didn't even know I had one.

Cheznoel, that is a good plan, I could probably make that work. Thanks!

Thank you all, I really appreciate the input! Sometimes it helps just to hear others that have achieved this and/or are going through the same thing. I took the bottle with me to meetings today, so got a little more in , will keep on working on it. Liz, maybe we need to make it a competition or something to get ourselves to drink the liquids, lol.

Hey Kayla I just had my worst stuck episode yet tonight. Thank goodness I was with my dad and stepmom who has the lapband and can understand. We went to Texas Roadhouse and I spent like a 1/2 hour in the bathroom and it was horrible, worst paint I have had yet. I pb'd about 3 times and just did the pineapple juice (thanks Lassie) and now I'm finally relieved. That's what 3 bites of steak and 3 bites of sweet potato got me, still not sure what did it, but that sucked!

Does anyone have any problem getting all of your water in for the day? I'm not a person who has to be drinking something all of the time and I know my water is not on par where I am supposed to be. I have a ton of different flavor packets and it's not that I don't like water, it's just that I'm not thirsty. Any suggestions besides forcing myself to form this new habit?

If it makes you feel better, my step mom had the same thing. She's had the lapband for 3 years (really skinny now and my inspiration to get this done too) and still has to take the BP meds. But hey you cut down on the pills drastically, still doing great!

Woohoo!

Great story, thank you! And I totally agree, I wanted the band to help me keep it off, I could always lose it, just can't keep it off.

For any of you looking for the book, don't forget about eBay. I found it for $10.00 from a Goodwill store. It's on the way!

My band gets tighter, totally forgot about it today and tried to eat my lunch and only got two bites as I could feel a stuck episode coming along, had to switch to some diet hot cocoa. But I tell you I want to eat a house right now, not physically, but mentally, this sucks!

Hi Alcmnch01, what is your member name on MFP? I tried looking you up with your LBT name, but nothing came up.

Do you mind if I join in? You can add me 2012ALM. I love the journal, I have only had to add a food once.

And remember a lot of people only post on forums or on Youtube when things are going wrong, so things get badly skewed and if you only see the negatives, it does look bad and make it really scary. I had someone in my life that was very successful, now 3 years out, and it took me 2 years to decide to have this done and I've been overweight and trying to keep it off for a very long time. I understand your fears, but that is one of the reasons I had the lapband, this thing can be removed if I do happen to have complications.

Woohoo, I'm happy for you! We can celebrate together, I just finally got out of the 200's today. Yay, happy Sunday!

Same here as wildrose, nothing for 2 hours before a fill, but I have to go through all of the steps like before surgery after the fill for 24 hours each (liquids, mushies, soft, regular).

You could also try doing a half dose, like half of a shake in the morning, and the other half mid-afternoon or so. I have the digestive problems you mention with most whey protein isolate drinks (except Isopure) no matter what I mix it in, but in the past, a suggestion to me was to half my intake, did not work for me, but it may for you.

I don't know the "why", but I do know with my last fill it took a few days before it kicked in for me.

Where do you get the Nectar from? Online only?