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Violeteyes, Just like me you have put a bit of the weight back on. But, like you I am so grateful for the weight that I have lost. I honestly don't think I could put all the weight back on that I lost because I just can't eat near as much as I used to. I need to learn to live without ice cream. I swear I could eat it 24/7! Nope, this is not magic. The band takes work. I think before I got the band..no matter how many times I read that..I still thought of it as a magic cure! LOl! Mini

Hi Manatee, Yes, I am one of the May 07 bandsters who dropped off. Honestly, I have been doing really good until I got married in January. I am a bit discouraged now because I have gained 10-12 pds since I got married. I was doing really good on my own. Only keeping the right foods in the house. Now I have tons of stuff in there that's fattening and not good for me. Gaining the weight makes me feel like a failure and I am a bit down on myself. Still, I am very glad I had the band done. I am healthy again and I feel good about how I look. But, I feel like I am loosing controll and I don't ever want to gain back the 60 lbs that I lost. Help! How are you doing? Mini (Weazer):laugh:

Lillyanya, That cracked me up! Blessings, Weazer.

KC Denton is in far North Texas in the Dallas-Ft Worth area..only about 30 miles till the Oklahoma boarder. Some doctores don't want to let you get to 3.5 but my doc trust me to tell him what I need. I am thankful for that. I didn't have enough restriction when I was under 3.5, but everybody is so different. Some people would be stuck at this fill. I really think I could use just a tad more..but it is fun to be able to eat anything..but just small bites and portions. I don't think my pouch is strectched out. Just love my band! It has changed my life! No more obsessing about food. It feels good to be normal. I love how I eat so much slower. It is hard to watch people shove giant bites of food in their mouths and realize that I used to do the same thing. I think if I lost my band today I would not eat as fast as I used to. I think that's where we run into problems of over stuffing ourselves. I don't know how much of this last 30-35 pds that I'll loose..but, I feel pretty and sexy right at this wght. If I have to stay here no problem. It's all about how you feel about yourself. Blessings, Weazer

Hey KC My doctor is in Denton Texas, Doctor Stewart. I am from North Texas Denton area. I was raised in Houston though. Thankfully I had good insur and it paid all the bill and the fills were only around 25 bucks I think. So I am up to 3.5 ccs. Now that I made the silly choice of changing my ins. I can't afford the fills. I will have to make do with what I have. I really need to be at least at 3.5 or i can eat too much. I can still eat anything I want. I had a big peice of liver for lunch. I no that sounds yukky, but I fiqured it would be good protein. Had no problem eating it. Also had a couple of bites of mashed potatoes. I did not eat breakfast today..my coffee and creamer usually suffice. Some days I make myself eat some dry cheerio's or something because I know it's healthy. I think I will go with more protein tonight after my fall off the wagon yesterday. It will help me get back on track. I am glad you like the 5 day pouch test. It was good to get back on liquids and it wasn't hard at all because you can have all you want. Good way to restart your motivation. It's great all the info we get from each other. Glad to get to know you too! Weazer

Surgical Weight Loss 5 Day Pouch Test This can be used to just get yourself back into eating right. Instead of using it to test your pouch. Really works good. Plus that's a good website to puruse. Weazer

Hello Kaye! Had a great weekend and only blew it one day..yesterday. I wasn't even hungry then my daughter cooked a batch of brownies and the smell had me salavating. I ended up pigging out on them with some icecream to wash them down. But, my theory is that it was the only time I blew it all week. I feel slimmer this week. I can really notice a difference in how I look and I think I will reach goal this month..(to get into the 170's). I think that tricking the metabolism by blowing it once a week or so..may kick the metabolism back into gear..at least that my ferverent prayer! Thanks for all the good info. I have had a prescripton for something like Ali before. I don't think I need it now because I eat very little fat. However it would have helped yesterday! I am getting so excited about how I am feeling physically. I feel so much better about how I look too. I feel ten years younger! I know you must feel great too. Ms. Kitten - Welcome... How much wght have you lost total? Have you tried the 5 day pouch test to get you back on track? I'll look up the link and attach it. It really helped me and some others get back on track. Weazer

KC, How sweet of you to reply. I think this is a great thread. I was hoping it keeps going! Well, it sounds like you are doing really good! Let's work at keeping each other motivated. Seems like we are similar in how we are handling the band..and our age is the same..cool! you said you started taking Ali when you eat something fattening. What is that? No I don't think I've heard of the Barium thing. See that's why I love these threads..I learn so much! I switched insurance after I had the band and my new ins does'nt cover the fills. So next year after I change back..maybe I'll have the barium thingy. I am at 3.5 cc's in a 4cc band. Pretty tight, but I can mostly eat anything I want even Pizza or bread if I take tiny bites. It takes me an hour to eat 2 pc's of pizza..sometimes I do PB the first couple of bites then my band seems to just relax and open up..weird. Have a wonderful holiday weekend..I will be working hmmpppfffft !!! Weazer

Hello all, I had my band installed May 2007. I am one year out. I started out at 232lbs and am now at 180. Thats a 52 pd wght loss. I would like to loose 30 more. Anything at 150 or below. I am 5'6. I have been at this wght for 3 months..can't seem to get off this plateau. The funny thing is that this is the weight that i could always diet down to before I had the band. Then I would get discouraged and blow it and gain all of the weight back. At least now I won't gain the weight back! I love this band but I am not where I thought I would be in a year. But, I finally accepted the reality that this is not magic..it does take a tremendouse amount of dedication to take the wght off. I am getting there and no that I will succeed! I have gone from a size 18 to a 14 in one year. I am off of the Blood Pressure medicine. I feel so much better. I am just a very slow looser. I say that I stick to around 1200-1500 cals a day. What has slowed me down is that I don't exercise. So it's my own fault. I do fall off the wagon from time to time and eat slider foods that I shouldn't. I know what I do wrong. I will get it right one day at a time. Blessings, Weazer

Miss Vicki, Thanks for the advice. I know why I used to overeat. This surg has helped tremedously...I don't think it's a head problem why I am reverting to sweets..I think it's a band is too tight problem. The sweets are just so much easier to eat. I think Denise is right about maybe needing a bit of fill taken out..maybe going from 3.25 to 3 cc's. maybe when I can eat a bigger variety of foods again..I won't need to eat the easy stuff. Thanks friend, Lisa

Thanks y'all Densie, what is your fill level at in what size band. You may be right about having a tiny bit taken out. Lisa

Denise, About the sweets..they are just so much easier for me to eat! But not nutrious. Here is what I ate yesterday...this has not been the ususal for me..but I am afraid I am slipping back into my old habits. Breakfast - coffee w/chocolate creamer - a Hershy's bar lunch - small cup of chili w/side of freeto's - sm cobbler - sm coke dinner - small cup mashed potatoes - Two bowls of ice cream! What an awful day! Where is the nutrition? Why so many sweets? Why the cokes? I ususally only have a coke once or twice a week. I am slipping into bad habits. I just have so much trouble eating meat and bread anymore that I am starting to lean more to the sweets. This is bad. I need to figure out what to do. Any ideas? Lisa

Well, I guess that when I turn 50 next May..I won't like blogging as much! Nope I refuse...I get really connected and supported on these lap band forums..I'm going to keep looking for you 50 somethings..I want to know if the weight is coming off or slowing down like me. I am still in the low 180's I so want to get into the 170's. I am eating too many sweet things lately. Lisa

Hey, Were are all you 50 somethings? Lisa

Vicky, A PB is a productive burp. You could call it throwing up but it really isn't because it dosn't come from your stomac. What happens is that you take a bite of food...within seconds it goes to your band and your band says..nu uh..not gone let you by..and you run to the bathroom fast...because there is no stopping it. It comes right back up just as it went down. Sometimes...even your water or what ever you are drinking will do that. It is supposedly not bad for your teeth because there is not acid in it as it never went to your stomach. You will be doing it from time to time..it is pretty much inevitable. Feel free to ask any questions..now that I am getting close to my first year...I am almost an oldster! Chell, Fortunatly for me...my family doctor had been seeing me for a couple of years and she new that I had dieted..tried her diet pills (Meridian) ove the course of a couple of years..so she wrote a letter to the ins co and I didn't have to do the 6 month diet. If I remember correctly..I started the ins process in Jan..and had the surg by May...it could have went allot faster if the girl at the doctor office would have pushed that paperwork faster. She really had a cavalier attitude about hurrying for me! Good luck. Once you have the band..you will drop the wght fast. Blessings, Weazer