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So glad u are doing well.. keep up the good work

Good for you! Congrats

Congrats that's awesome!

The reason will be different for ea of us. But as for myself I wanted a tool to help me in my new lifestyle forever ( in other words if something happens later pregnacy illness etc and i need help to get back on track i see dr for an adjustment)... also bc the band was the least envasive of the options. . I was banded april 3 of this yr... weight was 273 I am now 175.1... no doubt in my mind I will hit my goal weight. W that said I do my part...don't rely on the band to work magic... I excerise every day of the wk..and twice a wk I get 2 daily work outs in and I monitor everything I put in my mouth. I own my bad days as well as my good one. Good luck in yr journey!

I like nioxin too I get mine on Amazon. ..mainly bc its easier for me to order it than search for it.. but that's me I'm an amazon junky ..lol

U are so awesome! Great job

We are all different but I work out very hard 7 days a wk ( in training for marathon) if I have less than 1000 calories a day my workout suffers noticeably. . Right now I stay about 1,100 a day and for ME that works

I don't have any answers BUT me too..I'm down 95 lbs only 30 left to goal and I can't get warm... I've warn sweaters for the last mnth and its not winter cold yet just fall.

You've done awesome..great job

Great job

Congrats girl!

That's awesome congrats!

Congrats!

Congrats!

U r son awesome. ..congrats!

MIL told me u were always such a sweet person but now ur pretty too... I was like dang guess I know wwhat u used to think of me..lol

Congrats...so super! Enjoy the new pants:-)

I too drink right up till I eat... nothing while I eat and I wait 30 min after

not weird in my eyes..myself and many others are..

i am 15 months out and no problems' date=' no issues, no drama, no bs, no excuses....just getting it done and getting healthier day by day..

ps, tell me more about this lima bean soup...[/quote']

Me too.. I know what I need to do and just do it..no real bad pain after surgery either.. I love my band!

I just downloaded myfitnesspal to help me. Looking for friends if anyone uses it!

I use mfp look me up Christyflick... :-)

That's awesome

Awesome job!!!! You and I have about the same stats and I just now discovered that I love being physically active & exercising! It was a major stress reliever & i look forward to going back! When you added exercise did it increase your weight loss?

Yea huge stress reliever for me too... ive been excersing reg since two wks out and yes i feel like it's helped w the wl... and has realy reshaped my body. ... I am in smaller clothes than I was the last time I was 10 lbs smaller than I am now... so exercise helps w so much :-) good luck to u!

Awesome job!!!! You and I have about the same stats and I just now discovered that I love being physically active & exercising! It was a major stress reliever & i look forward to going back! When you added exercise did it increase your weight loss?

Yea huge stress reliever for me too... ive been excersing reg since two wks out and yes i feel like it's helped w the wl... and has realy reshaped my body. ... I am in smaller clothes than I was the last time I was 10 lbs smaller than I am now... so exercise helps w so much :-) good luck to u!

Congratulations!!! Wow 6 months you've done great! Do you mind telling a bit more about your journey? How much was your starting weight' date=' your surgery recovery and fills also sample menu if your daily diet. Also how much we're you working out the last 6 months?

I will hopefully be banded early December. Had gone back and forth with sleeve vs band but feel really good about the band fir many reasons.

Much continued success to you!! :-)[/quote']

Sure...my starting weight was 273. I can easily eat the same thing every day so I do.. my mon thu friday diet really looks about the same. .. bfast I do a chike iced coffee Protein shake... mainly bc its easy and I can drink it on way to work. . lunch I do chicken salad or tuna salad or a pc of sandwich turkey around a string cheese stick...I do key lime greek yogart dannon lite and fit every day btwn 230&330...then dinner 9xs out of ten is chicken w a veggie.

I had the band w plication done and have only had two fills...I feel like I am in the green zone now. . Now exercise. I have found my own little stress relief in my exercise its my time and I love it... when I started back in the gym 2 wks post op I started 30 min 5 days a wk and added minutes ea wk... I started mainly on the elliptical bc for me it caused the least pain in my knee.. now unless I come down on my knee wrong it doesn't bother me. In june I joined a local group doing the couch to 5 k program three days a wk. About this time I got up to 6-7 days wk and a minimum of 60 min ea work out... now that I'm training for my half I run an hr 3 days a wk and an 1.5 hrs or more one of the weekend days... the other days I either swim, bike or do elliptical w rowing machine... I need to add strength training but that realy intimidates me.. so a couple days a wk I just use hand weights and a medicine ball at home... I guess I need to just suck it up and start w the strength training..

I am by no means perfect tho if I let myself get to hungary its a super bad thing and I make real bad food choices..so I try not to let myself get to that point and always have something in my purse like almonds or herbalife bar things that don't melt or crush...lol ...hit me up on here anytime if u have questions about anything. .. and good luck w yr journey:-)

I am 6 mnths out today....lovin my band and new lifestyle. .. down 89.6lbs only 35 more to go.. no longer taking 2 of my RXs... BMI is down to just overweight from obese:-)

And on the fitness front I am training for my first half marathon. .who would have thought. ..