jennygirl37

Celebrate your accomplishment! You are an inspiration.

Wonderful progress... you must be thrilled!

You look amazing!!!!
You must be very proud!

There aren't very many pictures of me, but this really shows how much thinner my face looks! Excited! This is the first time I have posted pics, so hopefully I did this correctly.

There aren't very many pictures of me, but this really shows how much thinner my face looks! Excited! This is the first time I have posted pics, so hopefully I did this correctly.

There aren't very many pictures of me, but this really shows how much thinner my face looks! Excited! This is the first time I have posted pics, so hopefully I did this correctly.

There aren't very many pictures of me, but this really shows how much thinner my face looks! Excited! This is the first time I have posted pics, so hopefully I did this correctly.

There aren't very many pictures of me, but this really shows how much thinner my face looks! Excited! This is the first time I have posted pics, so hopefully I did this correctly.

There aren't very many pictures of me, but this really shows how much thinner my face looks! Excited! This is the first time I have posted pics, so hopefully I did this correctly.

There aren't very many pictures of me, but this really shows how much thinner my face looks! Excited! This is the first time I have posted pics, so hopefully I did this correctly.

I have not counted calories or measured portions in over 2 years....
Being in the Green Zone means my portions are automatically set ...I Cannot overeat if I wanted to....and my hunger is totally under control, not between meals, but 24/7. The band is there 24/7, right? So is the signal sent to my brain...
So, seeing that I eat considerably less than what I used to, I just make it a habit to as healthy as I can...low fat, no junk, wholesome good foods...and get plenty of Water and pay particular attention to my Protein....I also quit Red meat for 2 years, thanks to the band....and if I forget to eat, which happens, like yesterday, then so be it...as long as I got my protein....
It has become a new lifestyle, without ever having to diet again in the traditional sense, and having no fear of gaining weight......everyday is just another day...
That's what being in the Green Zone, over time, will do.....

Surgery date 9/27/11
after pic taken 4/24/13
170lbs off
I'd love to share my story and journey..

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Being overweight I seriously lack any interest in having sex. I am married and feel guilty about this. I have been banded for two weeks and am looking forward to losing weight for so many reason. But so hoping my sex drive returns! Has this been an issue for your too??

I am suppose to be around 1200 calories, but I have been so hungry that I increased it to 1500 to try and keep the hunger away. And I am working out so much that I thought I might need a few more calories. I see my nut. tomorrow so I can talk to her about this more. Hopefully with a fill tomorrow I won't be so hungry and can go back to 1000-1200 per day. I was losing more then. Its just so discouraging to be this hungry, working out more than I ever have and see no progress the last month!

I am suppose to be around 1200 calories, but I have been so hungry that I increased it to 1500 to try and keep the hunger away. And I am working out so much that I thought I might need a few more calories. I see my nut. tomorrow so I can talk to her about this more. Hopefully with a fill tomorrow I won't be so hungry and can go back to 1000-1200 per day. I was losing more then.

I am suppose to be around 1200 calories, but I have been so hungry that I increased it to 1500 to try and keep the hunger away. And I am working out so much that I thought I might need a few more calories. I see my nut. tomorrow so I can talk to her about this more. Hopefully with a fill tomorrow I won't be so hungry and can go back to 1000-1200 per day. I was losing more then. Its just so discouraging to be this hungry, working out more than I ever have and see no progress the last month!

I am suppose to be around 1200 calories, but I have been so hungry that I increased it to 1500 to try and keep the hunger away. And I am working out so much that I thought I might need a few more calories. I see my nut. tomorrow so I can talk to her about this more. Hopefully with a fill tomorrow I won't be so hungry and can go back to 1000-1200 per day. I was losing more then.

Before restriction I focused on filling up with healthy foods like chicken, fish, salads etc. I refused to have that diet feeling of being deprived and hungry all the time. I choose to snack on beef jerky(small packets from Costco), fruit, pickles(crunchy), tuna or chicken salad, hard boiled eggs.
Eating 1700 calories a day probably won't help you lose weight but I understand why you eat this much. I never liked that hungry feeling either so that's why I ate more and I maintained a 12 lb weight loss until I finally got some restriction after 4 months post surgery and my 4th fill. Then I lost another 38 lbs.
Watch this video? It may assuage your disappointment over not losing lbs during this phase:

I have finally come to what may be my "green zone" with this last fill, and finally the head hunger seems to be taming. Not entirely, I still have to have self-talks about whether a craving is actually hunger or not, but that is getting less and less frequent. I struggle late at night still, but during the day I find I don't think about food unless I really am hungry.
As to the plateau..I have been stuck on one since January. I was going to the gym 3 days a week and working my butt off (literally), and I lost 6 inches, but only 1-2 pounds in a 3-month period. My surgeon has been happy with my progress because I am converting fat to muscle and toning and losing "area". I have been unhappy with my lack of progress, because I want to lose WEIGHT!
Anyway, I am changing up my exercise and with this last fill I am finally losing the ability to eat too fast and the head hunger, so fingers crossed, I may actually drop a few pounds this month.
All this to say, you are on the right path if your clothes are fitting different. There is a trick to the head hunger thing, if you aren't sure if you are really hungry, set a 10-minute timer with no bell (the buzzer or bell just activates my "it's okay to eat!" response) and go do something engrossing. If you are really hungry, your belly will tell you. Otherwise, you will continue what you are doing and move along.
Good luck!

Great Post, thank you.
The following changes I have had/made in the past 3.2 months. I have lost 60 lbs and very very pleased. No fills here yet.
282-222......
My goal is 206 by May 29th, which is my birthday. I WILL DO IT!

One week after surgery I sleep through the night. Which is so amazing for me. I used to get up every 90 minutes!!
When I go to a restaurant I don't have to ask for a table anymore, I can now sit in any booth, without adjusting it or having my friends switch sides with me to accomadate my fatness.
I've have gone from size 28 to a size 18, and they are getting baggy!!
I am working out regularly again without back pain and without being sore for days.
I don't have any acid reflux anymore
I am saving $300.00 a WEEK on food. I used to go out lunch and dinner and have HUGE meals with alcohol. 14 meals out a week, 7,000 calories plus a day, now I consume between 700-1200 calories a day and I now I cook at home
I am constantly on the GO GO GO!!!
I am a happier person overall now and look forward to my future.
I can wear my necklaces again.
I can Tie my sneakers without getting winded from bending down.
I actually now have a wardrobe to pick from now and not just wearing my live-ins all the time.
I DO NOT DRINK ANY ALCOHOL ANYMORE, nor do I even have the desire 2! I have been drinking for 20 years!!

This is only after 3.2 months.....I can't even WAIT in 9 months how many more accomplishments I have made.
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!!
REEN

my band and plicaition helps me feel (full if you will) at my cup of food...i can tell when i had enough.. and always stop at 20 min...i love reading how different we all are.......and especially how successful we are...alot can be said for letting the band work...

it's a whole new world for me.. I used to never feel satisfied.. and full was when I was ready to explode.. now, I don't think about food 24/7 only when it's time to eat .. I am trying to only eat if I feel hungry.. hunger for me now is totally different.. I eat 3 meals and sometimes a snack . I try to stay at around 1000 calories a day.. I'm very happy and feel free from the stress of "dieting"...

I sure hope I can get to the green zone like you are. I had my first fill and then a little un-fill today. Its complicated getting to that zone you want to be in. One thing that I can tell for sure is that I crave nothing now! And I have not once eaten to the point I feel full.

I sure hope I can get to the green zone like you are. I had my first fill and then a little un-fill today. Its complicated getting to that zone you want to be in. One thing that I can tell for sure is that I crave nothing now! And I have not once eaten to the point I feel full.

Never felt full......just "Not Hungry", and cannot, do not want, to continue.....lack of interest in eating......
The band sends a signal to my brain that I am full, and I do not need to eat . Even though I am not full, nor feel full., and may not have eaten in hours.......it is just my brain getting the signal from the band....
Many people say they feel,full, some satisfied, many also say it only lasts between meals.....
For me, it is 24/7.....the band is there 24/7, sending the signal to my brain 24/7, so I am not hungry, or at least my brain feels there is no need to eat, 24/7.....
Sounds like I'm rambling, but there is no other way to explain it.....
Ever stand staring into the fridge for. What seems forever, looking at all that food but can't find anything you want to eat? Well it is something like that for me.......
I wandred around the grocery store the other day and could not decide on anything.....