Ruthie

Sounds very interesting!! I'd love to hear how it works for you and others.... Thanks for the link!

I guess the only advantage that I can see is for those of us that don't have a local dr. Doesn't make sense if the dr. that you go through does it for cheaper... Wonder what the set up fee is? I'd be interested to see what people others have to say about the fill centers.

Hi, I don't know if this has already been posted but I just got this email regarding the opening of some fill centers... Hi , You had expressed interest in staying updated on our progress so I thought that I would send you a quick email updating you on all of our locations. Below you will see our centers that are now open and performing fills and centers that will be opening within the month and also projected sites that we’re very excited about. To see how close one is to you go to our locator map on our website by Clicking here! (The only centers you’ll find on our locator map are the Centers that are open and seeing patients) PROJECTED OPENING WITHIN THE YEAR N. Valley Sream NY Orland Park IL Haddonfield NJ Long Beach CA Scott LA Washington DC Lancaster PA Bakersfield CA High Falls NY Columbus MS Neosho MO Lexington KY Millburn NJ Allegator MS San Francisco CA Abington PA Fleetwood PA Louisville TN Haleyville AL Sterlington LA Safety Harbor FL Spokane WA Canon City CO Fort Wayne IN Ormond Beach FL Louisville TN Jennings LA Spokane WA Chatsworth CA Burlingame CA Kansas City KA Natchitoches LA NOW OPEN City St. Wichita KS El Dorado KS Heber AZ Mesa AZ Snowflake AZ Eagle ID Pocatello ID Burns TN Nashville TN Lake Worth FL Boynton Beach FL Clermont FL Brentwood TN OPENING WITHIN THE MONTH Torrance CA St. Petersburg FL Tampa FL Cardiff CA Great Bend KS Pembroke Pines FL If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to call or email me! JR Stratton CFO/GM 866-345-5872 ext. 11 www.fillcentersusa.com jr@fillcentersusa.com

I'm a big bander... at first I was frustrated with it because it was taking so dang long to get restriction! But now that I've got restriction I'm happy with it... I'm sure I'd be happy with a small band too... who knows... I just know that I'm happy I have a band!!

Flavored Isopure (in a glass bottle) available at GNC. I think it has like 40 grams of Protein in it. I also get the chocolate protein which has 20 grams of protein and put it in the blender with a banana and a scoop of Peanut Butter and that gets in a good deal of protein.

Wow! Can't believe it's been 7 months!! Time flies!! I hit my -50lbs today! Super happy!! I still have pain in my mid section... I'm going to get a check up in a month or so... but I'm so happy. I love my band!! So good to hear from other June bandsters!! Congrats on your success!

and if I can do it anyone can do it! The Nutrisystem commerical is on right now... everytime i watch it I just laugh. GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY!! If I EVER get to a size 10 I'm declaring a national holiday!!! I DREAM of being a size 10.... :thankyou: Anyway sorry, total random post. Just thought it was funny. What's not enough for one is more then plenty for another! P.S. I haven't really gone from a size 10 to a size 4... I'm still at an 18. Just being funny (or trying)

Stupid question... but are there any chances they can mess up the band when they do a c-section? Like accidently cut it or something? LOL I know totally random question but I was thinking about this the other day!

I think you look amazing!! Congrats on your success!!

I too get tired of this... nobody knows that I had surgery but I heard somebody talking about WLS surgery last week and she mentioned that she would never "cheat" and have WLS. I'm sorry but I want to be healty and happy. I've tried everything else... and I'm sorry if I'm "cheating" but for the first time in a long time I'm happy and have hope about my weight situation. And I don't think it makes me a bad person. Having WLS alone is not the quick fix... you still have to work at it every single day. The only difference now is that I'm seeing results.

That is so wierd that you posted this!! I was just coming on to post the same thing!!! I've been really sick the last week with a cold and I have a really bad cough. Last night while sleeping I PB's three different times from coughing so hard. I too am super tight this week and haven't loosened up like I thought I would. I also got my fill in the beginning of November and thought that it had loosened up some but I'm really tight this week. Thanks for posting this. Look forward to what others have to say....

Thanks everyone for your suggestions and the information!!! I really appreciate it!! Leatha, I would love a North Texas support group. I'm in the Sherman/Denison area but go to McKinney several times a week. I wonder how we would go about getting something going or finding out if there is something already established. I love McKInney. I would LOVE to live there.... I was there yesterday and just think it's so pretty.

Ok, so NOBODY knows I had surgery. The only people that know are my husband and my mom. Not my best friends, not my sisters, nobody! I don't know I'm just weird about people knowing... one day I hope to be able to tell people about it but right now I'm just not. It's private for numerous reasons but the main ones being that I don't want people tracking my progress (thinking that I should be losing faster) or having people watch what I eat... so I've kept it private... So we recently moved to a new state and I've made a new friend who is quite a bit overweigth and we were running errands together two weeks ago and all the sudden she just started crying. SHe just said that she was so discouraged about her weight and she just didn't know how she was going to get it under control. She said that she was so frustrated and she'd often though of having Gastric Bypass but knew she just couldn't have her organs cut up and rearranged. Ok so I felt this huge struggle inside me... Like I wanted to help her and it broke my heart that she was so discouraged. I know exactly what she was feeling. But I just didn't know if I could let go of my secret. Once you tell somebody you can't take it back. Anyway so i sat there for five minutes just fighting with myself and finally I just said "I have to tell you something. And if you EVER tell anyone we can't be friends anymore" a bit dramatic I know but that's how stressed I felt about telling her! LOL Anyway I ended up telling her everything... about my experience, about my surgery, pretty much about the whole process. She was just stunned. She borrowed my books and read non stop for two days and felt like this was the answer to her prayers. She had a consultation last week with her PCP and she has an appointment with a LapBand dr. next week. When I saw her a couple of days ago she just gave me a big hug and told me she was so grateful that I had told her and that I could possibly be the answer that she was looking for. It made me really happy. It also made me wonder if I'm being selfish by keeping this to myself. Anyway I don't know... But I'm so glad if I was able to help somebody!! Should I be sharing this with everyone??

Oh how I miss bread but I can't even LOOk at it or it starts making my chest all tight and uncomfortable. It's amazing to me too since I could never give up while doing Atkins or South Beach. But now since it causes such physical pain, I'm so over it!

Ok when I first got my fill in November I was too tight. But my fill dr. is in a different state and I didn't have the money to fly back so I waited it out. So for the past month and half I've been fine... the occasional PB but mostly when I'm not paying attention and eat too fast. But the last three days i've been super duper tight. I've PB'd the last three days. not every meal but at least once a day. Tonight I PB'd water... granted I drank it too fast but still.... I think I'm getting ready to start my period. So is it just being flakey and should I wait it out again?? It could be because of my period.... but I don't want to hurt my band. what would you do??

I'm to the point where I feel like if I'm going to be successful that I need to find a nutritionist and/or a support group. I live an hour north of Dallas but am more than willing to drive in to Dallas to attend one. Anybody know? I was banded in Mexico so I'm not really able to attend my Dr's support group! Thanks!

I'm new to Texas. How far away are you from Sherman/Denison. It's funny... it seems like we are all looking for the same size!!

Just wanted to pop in and say hi! I lived in Lake Charles for four years and totally loved it! Miss it!! Anyway just wanted to say hi and good luck!!

I too am PCOS and IR. Have never been able to get my weight off or pregnant for that matter, I"m down -45lbs. a little slower then some but it's the first time in my life that I've been able to lose any sort of weight. I'm thrilled. I was on 2000 mg of Metformin a day. I'm not on it right now since I don't have insurance and I was denied insurance because I had been on Metformin. Anyway I love my band!

I've had three BIG fills in my VG band. I didn't have ANY restriction until my second fill which put me at 7.5 cc's. I'm not at 9.5 cc's and am a bit too tight. Hang in there. it takes awhile to get restriction with the VG band. But don't give up! It will happen!!

Holy Cow!! Congrats!!! That's awesome!! Merry Christmas indeed!!

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate the info and your willingness to find out for me!! Merry Christmas!

for the first several months after being banded I had a really hard time with not drinking with meals. And then I got my fills and now I can't drink with meals. If I do it's an automatic PB. There's just not enough room for my food and Water and the same time. It took about three fills before I felt that restriction. Just be patient. The holidays are hard. You're newly banded. Don't stress about the six pounds. You'll get it back off in no time. Enjoy the holidays and just keep working to get good restriction and in no time you'll be lovin' life! Good luck!!

I haven't done WW since being banded but have done it many many times before I was banded. I love the program. I think it's sensible and doable. I like the accountability of the meetings. I tried to do it online a couple of times and could never stick to it because I didn't have to be accountable. I think the points are easy and I just really really like the program. Good Luck!

Thanks everyone for you kind, encouragin words! I've pretty much been floating on cloud nine all weekend! I appreciate the support here so much! And it's SO nice to know that I'm not the only one with hairy toes! Merry Christmas!