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I , am very sorry to read this post and hear all the problems you had! I hope you will keep your fight up with weight loss! Good luck must of all God bless.

I live by counting calorie,s Don,t take this the wrong way but your Endocrinologist is very wrong by telling you that. Talk with you doctor,you will stave your self your body will be fighting it self for every calorie you would be putting your health at RISK! I some time,s eat around 800 calorie,s but Find for my self if I stay around 1000 I loose the weight the easyest, 1200 calorie,s is healther? Im Not baned and I have to count calories and exercise every day to keep my weight off Its a mind game ( for me ) tHIS WEEK I HAVE NOT WALKED OR WORKED OUT AT ALL BECAUSE OF INJURY...SO I STAYED THIS WEEK AROUND 800/1000 AND HAVE KEPT MY WEIGHT OFF! iF i CAN TELL YOU ANY THING dON,T TRY AND TAKE YOUR WEIGHT OFF TO FAST,RAPID WEIGHT LOSS BY STAVING YOUR SELF CAN CAUSE YOU TO HAVE YOUR GALLBLADDER TO BE REMOVED! and its not healthy. You did not gain the weight over night and you will not loose it over night! Take care hope you meet your weight loss goals. IN TIME!

I just wonder the Circumstances of how they lost there weight so quickly.........I have been fighting my weight loss for eleven month now.Each person is different with there own level,s of weight loss ,Metabolism only goe,s so far! I,am happy for there weight loss no matter how they lost it, but deep down I don,t think they think like A, common person because, they are worried by what people think, there next movie, and so on! so then the lying begains, I, think?. Just think on the other side of the coin you have those girl,s marykate or ashly sticking there fingers down there throat and the other model,s that due that and teach the young girl,s that this is acceptable! to be thin at any Cost!!! It,s to bad that we live in a (" Society") where we are judged by are shape and not are mind,s & discriminated because some of us don,t fit the requirements or are out side the Norm!

have you tryed flavored Water, walmart has nice size bottle,s for 58 cents.also what about chewing on Ice Cube,s or sucking on them. or varirty packs of fruit 2oh. brand name.It is more costly. don,t mean its better. Crystal light Lemonade suger free O carb,s only 5 calories no caffeine/low sodium. becareful about juice with extra suger. or Dasani with raspberry water.... other flavor,s well good luck my friend hope you get over the plateau soon,and meet your weight loss goals

You truly are a amazing person,I am very happy to see your success...Good luck with your weight loss journy & happiness!

Im so happy for you! to good health.... hang in there my friend help is coming! JOHNQ

well jessiebear your almost there keep up the fine efforts, we are both at the same I, have sevin pounds that I have been fighting for a month or soo to looose? some times I find my self eating (even knowing Im not hungery ) and that Idon,t need it.for me its a habit a bad one..and it will take time to master it. habits are tuff,emotion,s also play a role in how we eat, stress is good for killing your plan,s or diet! Because ("FOOD") is a comfort thing. Some place in are own deep psy.che we think food helps and like you said we Sabotaging are self,s well my friend ( You can and will do it )You will lose that weight you have come so far hang in there! you go girl you go!!!! I,ll work on losing my sevin.... C-Ya at the finnish line. Take care God bless.JOHNQ

neecee1966 good luck! hope that your day will go well for you! I will say a quick prayer for you, and mirada that good news your insurence paid for it. Good luck in the future with your weight loss, hope you will meet your goals!

We have all sorts of Addicition from drugs,alcohol, to even over indulging in are food intake,which stress...... has alot to do with over eating! And food is a comfort thing. Is a person that doe,s every thing to the Extreme an addict? In some way or Another. I found out in the past I was working out 15 hours a week tearing my body apart in the name of fitness & health. I have cut way back and will just stick to walking & very lights weights.I know I was setting my self up for a fall,because I was trying to look like one of those modles on mens health magazine, which there have propbley taken care of them self for meny years I come to the conclusion that I can,t do all this in one year... that was my goal was to lose and maintain 100 pounds I have done that then my addictive personalty told me that I could do it all! ( I ) have made extreme progress in my quest to be fit and health. I have done Good. I still want to be fit but Im am not going to kill myself doing it,and exercise should be fun not a Job! I,almost walked into a compaulsive disorder by doing to much,tell some friends of mine on LBT told me to slow down & my wife.That Im not going to do it over night I did not get fat over night and will not be thin over night! I, can live with that,I,choose to fight the weight loss game every day at little steps. well to all of you I hope you meet your weight loss goals!!!!! And to all the kind words of encourgement from all of you Thanks.JOHNQ Ps if any could make this photo,s small and put them together for me like nina,s that would be great! Thanks again this last eleven month has been great with you all! Take care God bless you all.

Hang in there if you have to go out,ask your mom,may sound funny but if its that big of deal GO out! spend some money on your self.......Im a guy and I, enjoy shopping,because I have a smoken body (hehehehe) I wish that you have a nice day and relax nothing good come,s from stress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! go out and have a nice dinner/if you have to have a drink pick some thing up and go home at least you won,t be drink and driving,and you will be safe..... well youngone! what ever you do I, hope you have a nice day.....life will get better real soon you will start to losing weight and then you will start feeling better about your self and self image....you sound a little depressed too! set up some small goal,s that you no you can do,and then they will get easyer and easyer pretty soon your walking. also do alittle exercise too! that will help you sleep better and clear your mind a bit, Good luck. JohnQ

congrads congrads! hope your day goe,s well,and a speedy recover!and then onto weight loss land!

I have almost done it all,because of my weight loss.......The fat days could not fit on a ride at admusement park,so my son had to go by him self! or to fat to fit on another ride. your stomach hits the table before you sit down. my goal was to get healthy and I, did that,and to open my eyes and see that I was Fat,not big boned Fat! I walked around my town with my shirt off! that was big time for me, seems funny but if I was doing yard work and some body even drove by I,d run for the house......not no more.let it hang out. the only two thing,s I have left are to get a six pack of ab,s...by working out! and to keep my weight off! take care,and hope that in time you all will meet your weight loss goals!

You can truly do it! insurence or not! I hope for your sake insurence will cover it! I will pray for you and your weight loss! good luck,let me no what I, can do for help! It can take a while for your insurence to cover it ,so maybe you could start small walks and start a weight loss program monitored, good luck...JohnQ

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hello, nykee I take it that you have lost 65 pounds so far! that great.......Are you doing any thing at all besides your band? like exercising. That will help your band out and cause your body to loose weight,like some type of Aerobic,s. Iwas walking hour or two aday besides biking weights or jogging up to fifteen hours aweek of exercise and im down over a hundred pounds but I was killing my self and it became very over comimg like a job! and exercise should be some thing you like doing/and not a chore. so I cut mine in almost half I am up two pounds but just water weight went on a pizza benge....& junk food for a few days also chocolet...but some times I do that, then no treats for a month or so. I was at seven pounds to my goal now nine, so it will take me a week or more but thats fine......I will get there in time, and that what weight loss is Time.......I think you can do this with no problems you just have to make your mind up! and then make anew game plan,may be cut back alittle on some thing? and just go for small walks every day! will help. well take care I no you will meet your weight loss goals its all up to you! take care you have done a wonderful job so far keep it up!JOHNQ a little over 10 months......

Hey I,hope your day go wells, and a speedy recovery to weight loss.

Listen to these woman they no! It,s propley Water weight...If you live by the scale like I, do,then go on the first thing in the morning I have been up atleast eight pounds at night because I drink lots of water and after supper. if Im up a pound on that old scale,then I no that I have to hit it a little harder with exercise that evening. well good luck with you new band it will take some time for you to get to no it like your body then you will start losing and that day will come soon hang in there! JOHNQ

When I hit 200lb... seven pounds away Im going to quit the fight of weight loss/ and just maintain at that weight. I no longer feel that I, must confourm to the vanity fair people ( because I feel good at this weight ) I do plan on a little body shaping, and work outs 3 time,s a week.but will remain walking every day just an hour ady to keep the weight off! I hope that in time you will all meet your weight loss goals/Thank you for your support,over the past 10 months. I am still trying to figure out who makes the weight class for men out/or if they were weighing men of fifty years ago when the average man weighed 140. 185 for a man today is so called the idea weight! But my frame size and muscle mass does not compute. so 200 is fine take care God bless JOHNQ.

I took these wild life photos, on a drive with kid,s and there bikes.

Don,t feel to bad as Im reading this I am eating alarge bowl of "kashi "Cereal that is high in Protein Fiber with a hand full fruit & nut trail mix.....SO IF YOUR GOING TO CHEAT EAT(HEALTHY) I just started to lose weight again ,and I did this Thats life! I just read in the mens journal that you should cheat one time a week? Idid. well good luck you can win this battle. Its all a mind game! well have to go burn off some of these calories..JohnQ (SOME PEOPLES ADDICTION IS FOOD!) THERE ONLY WAY OF DEALING WITH STRESS IS food.

what a great feeling! con grads.

Good luck on friday! hope that you have a spedy recovery.......and to better health better times. JohnQ

I NO THAT IT CAN BE FRUSTRATING!!!!!! BUT YOU WILL GET THERE IT ALL TAKE S TIME. I no you want it now but it will come. I have faith in you, you are well knowledged & a beautiful person. I always look forward to reading your posts.... and if you don,t get enough Protein in your body you will start losing hair/ and other problems weight loss and staying healthy have to go hand in hand. equal balance. I beat my self up daily do I want to conform to vanity to one,s appearance so people will not judge me! when I was fat! Dam I stilled looked good!!!! just hang in there ok! if you need a couch let me no. go girl go girl see I, can help. JohnQ

Im sorry this is not the john show wrong pitcher!....AND HOW DO YOU MAKE THE PITCHER SMALLER!! THAT IS BAD PHOTO.i HAVE A SMALLER STOMACH NOW!

what do you think!10 /15 more pounds or go the whole 29 to get to 185!!! this photo is a month old and have tighted stomacheevery where else!