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Lisa you look fantastic..what a difference

Bobby..The only thing you may notice is your weight loss may not be as good as it could be if you were to eat solids. One thing my Dr. tells me is if Iam relying liquids and soft foods like yogurts, puddings etc.. then Iam too tight and need a slight unfill. Liquid calories & soft foods can kill a bandsters weight loss...The liquids and soft foods go right through the band and all it does is make you hungry quicker. Be careful, watch your caloric intake on all of those liquid calories and yogurts & smoothies.This is not what the band was designed for..maybe you should consider a slight unfill .2cc's can make a huge difference in allowing you to eat solids. Im sure a meal replacement is as healthy as a chicken breast but the question should be will the meal replacement that goes right through your band curb your hunger for as long as that chicken breast sitting in your pouch for hours will? If the liquids go right through, wont you want another meal replacement sooner which is only more calories? If it were me I would be going in for a slight unfill..to live on liquids and meal replacements is not why I got the band . Best Wishes

Kimberlilly I was jusy having the exact same conversation with my girlfriend. I go shopping and I find myself in the plus size department. I wasa 20-22 when I started this journey 10 months ago and Iam now 12-14. It is a hard habit to break..but I'm trying

Porclndoll the answer to that question is neither I could of probably eaten more But Iam trying to work with my band instead of making my band do all the work..And yes it tasted Damn good not nasty tasting at all but I did not need to eat the entire thing. I want my head to do some of the work. I even ruined the rest of the piece by pouring ketchup all over it so I would not pick at it.They tought me this in a behavior modification class I took years ago, to ruin what is left on your plate so you wont pick at it once you tell youself you are finished. I just needed a little taste to satisfy me not the whole piece like I would have done pre band. We were at dinner for my son's B-day and my meal came with the Atkins Cheesecake. We Went to TGIF's and they have this special where you get an appetizer, entree and dessert for 12.99. I ordered from the Atkins menu they now feature at TGIF's, my appetizer was a small green salad with low fat blue cheese dressing, my entree was teriyaki chicken breast with veggies and my dessert was the cheesecake

That damn spider has collected all of our info ..do a search on google with your scrren name from LBT and see all of your personal info and al of your postings come up.. That is not cool..this could deter members from joining or for some members to remove their pictures from their profiles.

Hmmmm..I just googled my screen name too and the pagewith my LBT profile came up as well as some of my posts.. This will definatelky scare away future members and or have our present members remove their pictures from their profiles and may make them hesitant to post. I do not like this one bit

Feb 17th Thursday Breakfast: 2 pieces of bacon 1/2 cup of cottage cheese Lunch: 1/2 chicken breast w/ small green salad 2 tablespoons of blue cheesedressing Dinner: 1/2 teriyaki chicken breast, small salad and 4 bites of mashed potatoes Dessert: 3 bites of Atkins Cheesecake

Ryan we are missing you and your wonderful posts. Hope all is well with you and Patty..

Heidi..how did you find out you had erosion? Who told you? Was it Lopez ? Did you have any symptoms to make you think something was wrong? Erosion is such a strange phenomenon, Im curious to know your situation if you do not mind sharing it with all of us..

Darcey my first fill was 1.1cc's Yes there is a possibility you will get more restriction..somedays you may find you have more restriction the other days too..seems alot of things make adifference to me like theweather, my water retention, my period..fickle band

I have heard that most bariatric docs reccomend you not having any plastics after weight loss until you are a year out from reaching goal..and even some plastic docs will nto touch you until then ..anyone else ever hear this?

Emmy my first fill took a week before I noticed a real difference Also wait utnil you get to sloids and try a variety of hard Proteins to see if there is a diference..liquids and soft foods are dificult to determine restriction.

My Dr. Says NO CARBONATION So I have not even tried them since banding, it is not worth the risk to me. I value my Dr.'s instructions and expertise. I have heard it can be painful drinking them after banding I have also heard it can cause erosion..who knows for sure, but agasin it is not worth the risk I know what Cocoa Cola can do to your teeth and have you ever poured Coca Cola over the top of a car battery? When you have seen what it does to that, I can only imagine what it could do to my band

Michelle I have only lost 12 pounds in 5 months" Lisa 12 pounds is 12 pounds, and with what you have gone through that is fantastic! No gain is a loss to me..Be proud!

I mix mine with red onion and sweet relish and best food mayonaise I use only solid white albacore packed in water

I agreewith Vera, please contact Inamed to let them know of this you can email Don Mills don.mills@inamed.com They like to hear of problems with their bands. Sorry to hear of your erosion

Penni sounds like a great challenge you both did so well with the last challenge. How about whoever wins has to send the other a gift certificate to their favorite clothing store for $50, if you both make it to your goal on your anniversary..I will personally send you both a little gift I made my own challenge with myself to be at goal on my anniversary date April 6th. I will cheer you both on form the sidelines:)

I'm sorry to hear of your erosion But as Marie said there is lots of useful info here on erosion and several posts about Lopez patients who have had success with him as a surgeon and some who have not who have had not ..I'm sure those who used Lopez will replyto your post. Best of Luck to you

Feb 17th Thursday Breakfast: 2 pieces of bacon 1/2 cup of cottage cheese Lunch: 1/2 chicken breast w/ small green salad 2 tablespoons of blue cheesedressing Dinner: 1/2 cup macaroni & cheese 1/2 chicken breast

Betty 54 Paula 43 Kelly 65 Becky 77 Carol 102 Alex 110 Nana~49 Rich 20 Larae 22 Maureen 73 Marie 56 Wyld Blu 73 Penni 54 Vera 60 Darcy 59 Kelly 39 michelle 135 mary 65.4 greg 77 Sharon 35 Tricia 60 Darcey 23 cindy 88 Melissa 39 Michelle 80 Total 1558.40

Breakfast corned beef hash and 2 eggs lunch 2 chicken fingers Snack Went to the gym instead and did 40 minutes of cardio dinner 1 cheeseburger with half the bun 80 oz of Water for the day

Low self esteem plays a big role in why we stay in bad relationships..Most of us obese people have or have hadlow self esteem problems and we fel like we are notworthy of anyone so we stick it out with the jerks in fear of being alone..I will tell you this I would rather be alone then treated like your husband has treated you. I'm fortunate to have a husband who idolizes the ground I walk on Fat or thin. If he ever treated me this way or said the things to me your husband said..kids or no kids ( i have 3) fat or thin I would be gone. I know I deserve better then that. Weight loss plays a big role in buillding self esteem, once you starte getting noticed by other men, It may not be so difficult to leave if you are truly in a loveless marriage. Hvae you asked yourself why you love a man who belittles you? Do you not think you desrever better then that?

If you are PBing now it only gets harder as you get your fills.

Congratulations!! You must be so proud of yourself.. What a remarkable difference in your pictures, you look great. Keep it up!

My opinion is I like my fills doen under flouro, it gives me a certain peace of mind to see my band and port and to see the baruim flowing through..I have never had one done without flouro so I have nothing to compare it to..My doc only uses flouro, he feels it is much more accurate,he can see if anything is going on with the band and port like pouch dialation, slippage, erosion, if the port is tilted etc.. but then again Mexican Docs take a much more aggressive approach to fills then U.S. docs..