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Awesome! You are just what I needed to read today! Thank you! You inspire me!

Wow! Great post. Is there a way to pin it so I can read again and again. Just starting out - Oct 30 date. Keeping it very private - just my husband and me. My doctor is not having me do any pre-surgery diet, only liquids day before. Should I start one anyway? Am 195 and 5 feet nothing.
Anyway, thanks again for great post.

Congratulations!!!!

Hey Diane, I have been banded almost one year now.. Sept 27 is my anniversary and I am glad and so happy I did it.. however I only lost 65 pounds, I'd hope to be at goal by now, but I am not.. I am 5'2" and my highest weight was 222 and like you I ate because I liked it and ate everything just because.. I tried Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers.. everything.. failed, I was a failure.. I hated me.. but now I do love me.. thanks for that awesome story, I loved it. I hope to be at goal by Christmas.. 30 more pounds to 130.

Thanks Diane!!

Thank you for sharing a wonderful success story! I was banded 6 weeks ago and it's the best thing I ever did for myself. Since my highest in March I am down 50lbs!! I don't really see it but my clothes do. Reading about a person like yourself, helps me a lot. Thank you very much.

I was meant to read this today! Thank you for sharing your courageous and honest journey!

I love this! I can relate to so much you've written, especially "I am the queen of manipulation and I was real good at telling me that it was OK to eat the fast food on the way home from work and still eat dinner because no one saw me eat it but LITTLE olé me, myself and I." I can not tell you how many times I have done this. Congrats to you! It's a lot of hard work and you did it!

Congratulations

Wow you look great and today of all days I needed to see that. Thanks for sharing!

Very inspiring. I am only on week3 but it's very encouraging to see the successes of others, as well as thier failures. It makes this journey more realitic.

Thanks for the inspiration. I am a few pounds away from reaching my goal for the second time. Maintenance has been a real challenge for me. Before my nip and tuck I had almost all the fluid taken out. My crazy idea that I would be able to do it all on my own. I wanted to recover and eat again. My fill nurse said I was crazy and that I may never get back to the weight I was. I am now struggling with trying to lose a few unwanted extra pounds that came back due to my poor choices! and snacking.....ugh
Lets say snacking is not a bandsters best friend!! I am back, and I am mindful, no more snacking. I get another fill at the end of the month. It is all about patience for me now and getting back what I once had is my goal today. Because nothing I mean NOTHING, feels as good a THIN FEELS!!!!
Your pictures are great.
I took my pants with me to a newbie meeting and people were shocked. Your pictures helped me to remember I want that back. I know I can do it. I need to keep blogging too it helps to keep me honest. Best wishes and thanks again for sharing. imaluckydog

Thank you for sharing. I have been struggling with the food and I know I put too much on my plate. I know I can not eat it all, why do I try????? I need to get my head back in the game and get rid of these few extra pounds from my acts of laziness. Thanks for the inspiration to get back on track. Best wishes imaluckydog

Hi Diane. I have read your positive msg. many times and feel great inside each time. I have a positive attitude but not very well with myself. I know I need 24 hour weight loss support and can't seem to find it. I am truly struggling not to gain all my weight back. It is just myself and my 12 yr old son whom is a very active baseball player that live at home. I can't seem to stay away from the consession stand! Each day I try to plan things out and then once I get home, I just fall apart. I don't like the terrible eating habits I have created within myself but can't seem to stop eating a lot in the evenings after work. My job is not physical. I do sit most of the day answer phones. Cant step away to long from the phones at all. I always want to be chewing! Gum doesnt cut it either. I am trying to walk each day that I can but sometimes I blow that too. I feel like I am just falling down and can't find my WAY to
get up and do this right! I can't focus on a new healthy routine way of Life for more than one week. I love the way i feel when I do well for that one week!! Why am I not getting it??? Why do I give up constantly??!! : ( I am not happy with the way I look and feel....ugh! Any advise????
Sylvia

Diane, you are amazing. Thank you for the positive note. I was just banded on May 18th and I know I have a long road ahead, but I've fully embraced the accountability and responsibility that goes with the band. You have such a great attitude, and I wish you all the best!

Diane,
I love reading your blog and you have inspired and encouraged me more than you know. You are just as beautiful inside as you are outside! thank you for taking the time to help someone else! You are truly a blessing!!

i knew i liked you love
if i am successful, its in part to posts like this from you
outstanding post