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I have noticed that since my last fill I also burp a lot. About an hour after my meals, it is like I can feel air bubbles come all the way up my esophagus. It feels really, really, weird!!!! Sandy in La.

Sorry it took me so long to respond. Thank you for all your comments and congratulations!! ((((((HUGS!!!!))))) Sandy in La.

Well, Janie, my diet is simple. I do NOT deprive myself of anything that I want to eat. I just try to keep my calories under 1,200 a day, most of the time it is under 1,000 calories. Don't get me wrong, I do get my Protein in, and I do drink my Water. But if I want some chocolate, I have my chocolate (as long as I can spare the calories and most of the time I make sure that I have a cushion of calories). Exercise is almost non existent. I think my metabolism is pretty high, I was not a roller coaster dieter in my "previous life". I had only been on a couple of diets where I lost massive amounts of weight before I got banded. Most of the time I would diet for a couple of days and then just give up, because I was depriving myself. I have 1 cc in my band and sometimes I can't eat anything and other times I feel like I could eat a killer whale . . . My usual day of food consists of . . . Breakfast, a bowl of vanilla almond Special K Cereal, lunch a lean cuisine, dinner - a very small portion of whatever I fix my husband. I eat out of a dessert saucer (smaller than a salad plate and a dinner plate). Between lunch and dinner I will eat my Snacks that I allow myself for that day be it chocolate or lately I've been on a kick of eating Reese's Pieces with Peanuts. I am not saying this will work for everyone, but it has worked for ME. Sandy in La. Banded 9/30/03 -79 lbs. 215/136/:guess

Yes, it feels totally foreign. I am still not at my "skinniest" weight. I have about 10 more lbs to go before I reach that weight. But I don't remember all these bones when I was that skinny! :ermm I think my collar bones fascinate me the most . . . don't EVER remember seeing those Sandy in La.

Thanks everyone for the wonderful responses. I need them. Even though everyone tells me I am doing wonderful and look wonderful, I can't get it through my thick skull sometimes. Thanks again! I love it here already!!! Sandy in La.

That is in Louisiana. Wish it was LA, but . . . alas, stuck here in "hell". HA! Actually it is not that bad here, but sometimes I just get the itch to travel - move - or whatever . . . I have lived here all my life, except for the two and a half years I spent in Mississippi - talk about hell - I hated living there - no offense to anyone that lives there, it wasn't the people, it was the place . . . Sandy in Louisiana

:banana I just checked my BMI and . . . . . .. . . . Only 3 more lbs until I am considered "normal". Why can't I get that in my thick skull????? :dead I guess I have body dysmorphic disorder? :ermm Sandy in La.

Wow, the same thing happens to me. I'm just glad that I can burp discreetly. I usually cover my mouth and chin with a napkin to be a little more discreet. This has been happening since my last fill in April . . . I guess that means we've got good restriction ??????????? :guess Sandy in La.

Hello everyone! My name is Sandy. I live in the "wonderful" state of La. I am 35 years old. I have been married to my wonderful husband for 15 1/2 years. We have no children, just fur babies - 1 dog and 1 cat. Ginger the dog, and Bartholamew (Bart) the cat. The cat is my baby and the dog is my husband's baby! I was banded on September 30, 2003 in Shreveport, LA, by Dr. George Merriman. I was his first band patient!!!! My starting weight was 215-220. I have had one fill of 1 cc (six months after my surgery) and have lost 76 lbs. I now weigh 139. My goal weight is 115 -120. My highest weight ever was 230. I started out in size 22 pants and size 24/26 shirts. I am now in size 8 pants and M/L/XL shirts, depending on how they are made. I do forsee plastic surgery in my future for my arms, legs, stomach and these wonderful tube sock boobs (sorry guys - but you girls now what I am talking about). That's enough about me! Sandy in La.

My name is Sandy. I was banded on 9/30/03 by Dr. George Merriman in Shreveport, LA. My starting weight was between 215 and 220 ( I say this because there was a 5 lb difference on my scales and my doctor's scales.) As of this date I have lost 76 lbs. I now weigh 139. My goal is to weigh 115 - 120. I am 5' 2" tall.