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melissag43

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  1.    tkauhi reacted to a post in a topic: Where's everyone from?
  2.    Julie norton reacted to a post in a topic: Biggest loser
  3.    Debbie3sons reacted to a post in a topic: Biggest loser
  4. last night that one man lost 38 freaking pounds in a week. How can that be good?
  5.    melissag43 reacted to a post in a topic: Consider trials pure joy
  6.    melissag43 reacted to a post in a topic: Rocked a size 20 dress!
  7.    melissag43 reacted to a post in a topic: Belt NSV!!
  8.    TheDuchess reacted to a post in a topic: Living life and loving my band!!!
  9.    SeaSounders♥ reacted to a post in a topic: insurance may deny???
  10. i passed on my first fill and honest to goodness the next day i was starving. Think long and hard before you pass. I just got my third fill and i think that was the magic one. Good luck ladies.
  11. i have highmark blue cross. I think i lost 10 lbs total before my 6 months was up. Not only did they not deny me they approved me early. Good luck.
  12.    melissag43 reacted to a post in a topic: A caution about fills
  13. I drink one sometimes two cups a day. I add a scoop of unjury protein powder to it. I would never get all my proteins in otherwise.
  14.    melissag43 reacted to a post in a topic: Cant we all just get along ?!
  15.    melissag43 reacted to a post in a topic: Scrapbooking
  16.    melissag43 reacted to a post in a topic: 6 days Pre-op
  17.    melissag43 reacted to a post in a topic: The "Traveling Band"
  18.    melissag43 reacted to a post in a topic: An epiphany
  19.    melissag43 reacted to a post in a topic: Too tight? Or is this typical?
  20. i dislike the chicken soup ALOT. I cannot make it without the vanilla, chocolate splendor and unflavored. I add a scoop on one of these to my coffee every day.
  21. it is time for healing. The weight loss is to come when your band it adjusted right. I have to keep telling myself that also. I got my second fill this past monday and I think I may be close to where i need to be. I have lost right at 40 pds since preop and lost it fast but have been hanging out around the same weight for about three weeks. don't panic. It will come.
  22.    dawalsh reacted to a post in a topic: Not filling full
  23.    ☠carolinagirl☠ reacted to a post in a topic: Minor setback, Major comeback
  24. congratulations!!!! Welcome back.
  25. Hang in there. Everything i have read has said that you may not lose right after. That time is about healing. You really shouldn't EXPECT to lose until after you have a fill or two and are in a groove. I actually have lost around 20 to 25 lbs I was banded on July 10th but i have been sitting at close to the same weight for three weeks or so. I go for my second fill on the 9th. We will get there. I'm excited. You will be also.
  26. I was four weeks post op and then it hit me overnight i was starving. I got my first fill and have again slowed down. I think i could use a bit more fill even. Hang in there.
  27.    kll724 reacted to a post in a topic: When can I swim?
  28. I had to wait four weeks to swim. You can walk anytime but wait till you cleared for heavy excercise.
  29. i was banded july 10th. I got my first fill on August 21st. He only added .5 cc's. it has made a difference though. I would ask why he isn't letting you have one just yet.
  30. unjury is my fav! chocolate splendor and vanilla I cannot run out. I will panic. I put a scoop every day in my coffee to make sure i'm getting my proteins in. One scoop has 20 or 21 grams of protein. I swear by it.
  31. you are in the "honeymoon" phase. I am also. I was banded on 7-10. I was losing great and then when you start introducing more foods back into your diet your body has to adjust. I have had one small fill. I'm currently at 3 cc in my band. I eat small portions so it is hard to believe that i'm not dropping weight like crazy but our bodies have to adjust to all the changes and different ways of our eating. Hang in there.

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