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Yes it does! Walk and stay connected here. Lots of good support here.

Congratulations !! So glad you posted this because it inspires me to long term band success !!!!

In at 7.7 in my 14cc band. I'm at green. I eat slowly and chew well. If I do that I get the stop signal at about 3 oz or 4 0z of protein usually. Salads could go on forever. It's all about solid protein and chewing slowly. Mornings I am tighter. This morning I stopped eating my 2 scrambled eggs at about 1-1/2 eggs. In the evening I'm sure I could eat a whole omelette.

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Great post Bandista.

Today is the first St. Patrick's Day in decades that I have more than one cute green blouse to choose from. My battery died on my scale today. That's one way to keep me from weighing before Sunday. Good luck to everyone handling or avoiding food and drink situations today. I'm sure my office will be a mine field. I plan to walk at lunch again and go to an OA meeting tonight. Enjoy your day!

Good luck!

It's very stressful waiting. Hang in there. It's all worth it.

Just wishing you luck! Walk as much as you can after surgery and stay connected here. It saves my sanity daily!

Thank you for this motivational, wise post. I'm a year out and 100 pounds down. The real work of dealing with why I eat has just started. Why and what to do instead. It's hard but I'm worth it. So are you!

@@bacon, it's perfect. And congratulations. My day went like this. Breakfast was two cheese sticks. Snack was half a cup of pumpkin seeds. lunch was a small container of hummus. Afternoon snack was a quarter cup of almonds. dinner was five (yes five) Popeye's chicken strips with ranch. That was actually the better choice. My addict brain really wanted my favorite carby Thai dish, but I beat it back. For some reason I just had to snack today. Stomach started growling so I fed it. Twice. Me, the one who doesn't snack. I got 24 flights of stairs in, over two miles of walking on my lunch hour, a bariatric support group meeting after work where a plastic surgeon spoke, and then I drove to an OA meeting immediately afterward. The OA speaker had 22 years in and said she still occasionally battles the irrational urge to get her favorite drive-thru particular sugary treat when she is stressed out. That made me feel better about my wrestling with the Thai food obsession. It's been a full day and I feel I've been outrunning my food demons. Tomorrow I will have fuller meals. I'll make two eggs for breakfast and bring some Italian beef for lunch. If I have nuts I'll eat them with my lunch. Dinner will be a kale salad with some cheese. What I'm proud of changing today is that I will never give up on myself. Never. I am worth recovery and I am worth the hard work it takes to get to my goals. I've also started to live by the rule that if I'm afraid to do something, it's probably a sign that I need to do it. So now many times I do just that. I'm proud of that. Let's hear it from the rest of you!

Gail, creep to green. My last two fills were 0.1 each.

I'm at green and yes I get hungry, but a protein meal will keep hunher away for 3-4 hours. Hunger means it's time to eat!

Sorry to hear it Julie. Feel better. My surgeon's support group has a guest speaker tonight. The plastic surgeon is back. This will be good. She talked last year and now that I've lost a bunch of weight boy do I have questions !

I just tried it for the first time in three days and it's a little better but still slower and jumpier than it used to be.

@@Alex Brecher, for the last several days this app has been impossible to use. Slow, jumpy, won't scroll smoothly. I've gone back to the website.

Got my two miles in. And most of my stairs. Feels good to get that oxygen in the blood.

Great message.

All great advice above. I will add: Stop TV eating. Give up carbonated beverages. Practice not drinking with meals or for half an hour afterward. Good luck!!

Bandista, I won't !! This morning I went through the fridge and took to the curb all of the foods left from my daughter's week at home that nobody needs or wants. Sweets, dips. Gone. I brought hummus for lunch today and restocked my desk with nuts. Can hardly wait for my two mile walk at lunch. Very warm here today but dropping again tomorrow. Great posts so far. Keep 'em coming, Warriors!

No you don't. Good for you. I'm sorry about your godfather.

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Thank you all.

Debbie, you're the definition of success. I'm awed and amazed and inspired. Keep it up girl!!

@@bacon! Way to put me on the spot! lol. Ok I really liked the 6 mile challenge for the week so i want to do that again PLUS you each have the following assignment: Each day this week post one thing you are happy and proud of that you have changed in your life or achieved since WLS. One each day!! It can be weight related or not. I will start. I am happy and proud that I now actively recognize and fight the urge to say "no" to new experiences. Instead I stop myself and say "yes" so much more now. (Like accepting a challenge. lol) Love you guys!! Let's hear it from everyone. You are all warriors!!