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Hi melody. I just went in last Friday for a fill. Jillian gave it to me. She's the best. Since then I've had to watch my bite size, really for the first time.

Hi mrsinto. I decided to do the plication because everything pointed at it being safe. I didn't have a quick drop off in weight. Which I preferred. In all fairness I had a stretch where stress took over and diet went on the back burner. During that time I gained back ten pounds. It was over about a five month period. There were times when I wondered if I even had it done because of the amount of food I could still eat. This Christmas I decided I needed to get back with it and put the negative out of my life. Since than I've had two fills and have dropped a little over twenty pounds. Making my total 65 pounds. I started pre surgery and pre diet at 325. I'm now 260. My goal weight is 220. I'm very wide framed and wouldn't want to drop much lower than that.

Hi melody. I had it too. Think probably same doctor. Geiss? Good luck with everything. I did mine feb of 2012. Think I was one of the first. Lol.

That is AWESOME ! Congrats. You are doing great!!!!

best of luck!!! WE ARE HERE FOR YOU !!!!!!

Hi LIne. I see alot of new posts on here. And alot of replys. It's in some of the groups where I dont see alot of recent posts. I looked up a Long Island group and there were none. I looked up a different group and the most recent post was from two years ago.

Thats AWESOME !!!!!! Congrats!

Hi Rosie. I'm not a fifties bandster, but I do love the music. Lol. I'm new to this site and I noticed alot of groups had only old posts too. I guess we're gonna have to jump start this site again.

well, anything would be good with sausage. LOL. I was just thinking that cause I took out some ground turkey and wasn't sure how I was gonna cook it tonight. However the God's of LBT came to me and provided me with the answer. By the way, thinking of playing the lottery tonight too . . . . waiting Gods of LBT... . lol

Do you brown the chicken first? Or just cook it in the muffin pan?

I haven't told most from work. I'm a cop. Only my really really close friends. I've been banded about a year. When asked I just say, thought it was time to take it seriously and get in shape. And nobody has questioned it. And we are a tight group.

Cm, you can eat. In fact almost anything you want. Just in moderation. And hopefully, you eating priorities will change. Trust me, I LOVED eating. And guess what? I still do. I just eat much less. Protein first. And smile is still there. And I bet it will be for you too. Best of luck.

My god I wanna, and I always thought they must just be sneaking out of me??!!? It was my teacher!!!! A-Haaaaaaaa!!!

Lol. Glad I could make ya laugh. Lol

Lol, are you sure our families aren't related? Lol. I have learned that miserable people can just suck the life out of you. I am trying to remain positive during all this. But it is difficult. By the way, just a quick follow up, this did all happen this summer. And how is dear old sis, well six months later- oh she's in love again. But this time it's different. She swears. Lmao. I give it two months and he moves in too. Lmao.

It's sad, but I jumped to Peanut Butter right away. Lmao. No wonder I needed banding. Lol.

Like carb control eas. And love the caramel flavor.

Hi chi rose. Married almost twenty years here. So, no. Lmao. Good for you though.

Oh mikeswife and rho, sadly I think I have you beat. Lmao. A few years ago my wife begs me to let her parents live with us. I refused. Refused. Refused. Until I couldn't refuse her anymore. Bad mistake. So her parents are living with us. Mind you, they are two of the most miserable people you've ever met. Than my sister in law breaks up with her husband and immediately falls in love and moves in with this wanna be rock star. Who's also a drunk. And recovering addict. I don't fault him for that. We all have our demons. However, I really just didn't like him. But they are in love. Lol. So, suddenly this woman who breaks up with her SECOND husband because he wants to have kids and she absolutely never wants them, decides to get pregnant with third husbands child. Lost yet? Lmao. So now they have a kid. Lol. Meanwhile, back at the justice league, my mother in law and father in law decade twenty years of marriage is too much, so they split up. And I very selfishly think, we'll that's one down . Wrong, I know. Lol. So I start to look at this new arrangement with only her mother living with us, start to accept it for what it means when suddenly, yep you guessed it, in comes sister in law. Seems married life wasn't for her. It interfered with her going out sleeping with every other guy she could get her hands on. Swear, Spanish soap operas have nothing on me. So rock star husband becomes so distraught that he decides life isn't worth living. Swear to god. So now sister in law and their daughter move in as well. lMAO. The same week, I swear to god! , father in law passes away. You can't make this up. Lol. Now here's the kicker. This all happened this summer. Lol. So when I went to doc after a six month hiatus they say- what stress could you be under that you didn't focus on diet or come in. So I told them. They said they were amazed I only gained back eleven pounds. Lol. So was I. And rho, how's this one for money and mother in laws. I lent mine five thousand to pay a bill. She got ten thousand the other day. So what would be the logical thing to do? Pay me back? Lmao. Get ready. She says she ran up a credit card five grand and wants to pay that off. That leaves five thousand left right? Well, now get ready for this one. She says" I'm gonna hang on to it cause I might want to buy some things, but if I don't ill give it to you next year." I Swear to God. Lmao. Therefore, I believe the correct phrase now mikeswife and rho would be, checkmate. Lmao.

So, I just had this same problem. Never really stuck before. Had a fill last friday. and every solid stuck on me and I threw up. I called my doctor and they said to come right in for an unfill. Only problem is I Work and could not make it in. So doc asked me about bite size. I said it was same as it's been all along. Unfortunately same wasn't right. LOL. My bite size was way too large. So doctor suggested this- go back on liquids for two days. Nothing but liquids. Than two days soft mushy food. During that time any sweeling should go down. Than try solids again, but really concentrate on bite size and chewing. I went back on solids yesterday and everything feels fine and is going down smooth. On a side note- for me- dark meat chicken and PB and J 's are pretty much a definite stuck for me. As well as spaghetti. They all seem to give me problems every time. Good luck with everything.

Not only did she not lose, she gained! But again, that was totally on her. Truth be told, she is not my favorite person on the planet. LOL. But she was just not into it at all. In fact I'm sure the only reason she went for it was because her sister , my wife, did. And I'm sure her thought pattern was- no way is my sister gonna look better than me. She was back to drinking soda within a week. Than added her steady diet of milk shakes because they slid past band easy. Than back to eating whatever, whenever. I dont mean to knock her, but in the last year her actions have been so awful that it has completely made me lose any positive feelings i had for her. It's a sad story. And there is no helping her.

Hi rhodesk. Welcomei I am very new to this site. But I would like to offer you any and all the help I can. I was banded in 2012. Feb. My story is this- I was always heavy. I exercised. Lifted weights. Always considered myself in decent shaoe, but heavy. I was always around 260, but what I considered a healthy 260. Guess i was just kidding myself. But I was strong as anything, so figured it was ok. As a teen I had my run around with an eating disorder. Lost alot of weight that way. Than somehow got over it, thank God, and put the weight on. Was still aroung that 260 mark. Than decided the time was now to fix my weight. So I did a very popular all protein diet, which to this day I swear messed my body up. i lost alot of weight on it. But than eventually went off it. And gained my weight back. 240. 250. 260. Back at that all knowing 260. But than something odd happened. 265. 270. 280. 290. 300. I couldn't believe it. 300. Not my usual 260??? So started to panic. Surely it must stop. 310. 320.330. 340. I was out of control. What went wrong? I started to try and get it under control. Best I could do was with weight watchers get back to 270. And than once off back to 340. I was upset. Hated everything. My wife decided she was going to get banded. She wanted me to also. I wasn't ready. I said I could do it on my own. So on my 40 birthday I once again said I will loseeight! If after a year I don't lose anything than I will get help. One year later The scale had me at the same exact weight. And that was it. So while taking her to an appointment I calmly looked at the receptionist and said- can I have an appointment too. My wife was floored. Ironicly, and without any planning, I got banded one year to the day later than my wife. Same exact appointment time too. LOL. So I have been on this journey since. I have seen success and failure with the band. My cousin lost alot of weight, but proceeded to put it ALL back on. Which scared the heck out of me. My friend has been pretty successful. My sis in law, not sure why she even bothered cause she never took one day of it seriously. She never lost a pound. And truthfully, didn't deserve to after the way she neglected it. My wife was doing great right off the bat. But soon we went through our share of family dilemas, mainly brought on by her sister. And were those dilemas doozies. So stress? oh yeah we had that. I went off my diet for about six months. gained back 10 pounds. Which I was more than happy about cause I figured it would have been much worse. So the day after Christmas I went back in. Since then I have dropped twenty pounds and am going strong. Well, I just wanted to wish you the best. And again, If I can help in any way please do not hesitate to ask. You can do it!!!!!

Roxie, Dont worry. First thing- Dont worry about finding date, just flash that smile and they'll be lining up. However, for first date do something romantic yet self serving. Go for a nice walk around a lake. This way you get to talk and know each other. And if the everlasting gas-stopers continue just do as I do- point at the ducks and say " they must be hungry" . We guys are simple minded. It'll fool us every time. LOL! It does get better. I swear. If I had a nickel for everytime one snuck out and I'd go into loud coughing fits to try and cover the sound. LOL.

I gotta say, steping on the scales could be, in my opinion, the worst thing we do to oueselves. I had an eating disorder when I was younger. Weighed my self no LESS than twenty times a day. It was terrible. I'd be at a friends house and would go into their bathroom and would strip down and jump on a scale. I'm serious. How messed up is that? LOL. And the second the scale would go up a quarter pond i'd be in the gym sweating like a nut. Eating a half a bagel a day. That was around twenty years ago, and thank God I got over that or I'd be dead by now. So when I decided to go for this surgery one of my fears was that I would fall back into that very very bad routine. Thankfully, I haven't. Think of the other things that are going on. How well your clothes are fitting. Focus on the positives. How nice it will be to buy new clothes because you must. And my personal favorite, getting rid of old clothes cause they will NEVER fit again, God willing and my trying =) . The weight gain is probably all water. I explained to my wife once, a professional hockey goalie will lose about ten pounds during the course of one game. A pro athlete. All water weight. So if you think about it, five pounds of water weight is nothing for us. Stick with it. Dont give up hope. You are doing great!!!!!!

I am terrified of it. However after my last fill I didn't have any say in the matter. No matter how small the bite it was coming back up. Called doc cause I figured band might have been too tight. Now on a restart. Trying solid today again. Wishing for the best. If stick again, in for an unfill tomorrow.