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Ty I will try that as soon as I am over this flu. Off work all week and on meds. It's horrible!!! So weak

I got mine 10 yrs ago and never got below 200. Guess I got discouraged and quit. So I am on here again trying to find help to get back on the lapband wagon

I had my realize lapband surgery in 2008 and I have yet to see Onederland!!! I have fallen off the lapband wagon and idk how to get back on. Any suggestions or ideas???

First day of liquid diet. Fell off the wagon a long time ago becuz I couldn't get to ONEderland. It deterred me from trying anymore to lose weight. I have gained 30 lbs back in the past few yrs and I have been lazy and not exercising. I have started back with the exercising with swimming and weight room. I love to swim and love pumping iron and it makes me feel better and happy but with not following the rules aint losing any weight. Forgot how hard it is to do a liquid diet. I already have the chills and now drinking hot tea to try and warm my body up. Maybe I need to eat some more cream of broccoli soup. lol So I am asking any of the other Bandsters if they have had the same issue as me and would like to be a band buddy to keep each other honest would really be appreciated. Wish me luck love and light Dolphin

Hello everyone....been trying to get back on the lapband wagon and I need the list of the do's and don'ts of it. I know there is rules to live by and I have forgotten most of them. I have been swimming and working out in the gym....but I am not making any progress in the losing weight category...so I need the list to refresh my brain of the rules. I have been banded since 2008. Please help me! Been searching online and I haven't found the list yet of the rules. love and light, dolphin

i am in the same boat as you sweetie....maybe we can do this liquid diet together and get back on the wagon and keep each other honest...lol do you go and exercise?

coming up on my 8th yr and still havent gotten to my goal weight....had a large mass on my thyroid and it seemed to halt my success. I stopped following the rules, ane that is my fault. Started back to the gym and then got severe bronchitis just recently. So havent been back to the gym and the pool for about two wks now. Just got my

thinking about purchasing this new diet pill to help with getting rid of the fat and was wondering if anyone else has tried it and had success with it? does it make your little pouch too small or what? any info would be greatly appreciated. I just purchased unjury and the chewable vitamins aned i am working on the liquid diet to get back on the wagon. any info would help me greatly.....ty

I am having a very difficult time, I have yet to get below that 200 mark....I have issues of when I am stressed I throw everything up, when I travel to the rockies I cant eat for days becuz I am all swelled up. I haven't had a fill in over a year, cookies and other crap go down just fine, but I can't keep down ribs, pork chops, pork roast, hamburger, etc.. I am trying to find a support bandster buddy that we can keep each other on track daily. Like challenge each other daily to drink 8 glasses of water, how many laps in the pool did we do that day, how many miles on elliptical, how much free weights did you do that day etc. Anyone interested??????????????? Pretty please..I am so tired of being fat, but its hard to find support around here.

Well as you can see I am still fat...so I aint doing so well

I have again

I will admit that I have fell off the wagon....I can't believe I have had my band since 2008 and I haven't lost all my weight. Life has gotten in the way and so has depression....I will admit I stopped doing the lap band rules of eating etc....I need lots of support to get back on the band wagon...I had two miscarriages in one year last yr...so I just stopped following everything. But I seem to be doing okay emotionally...less stress in my life, and I want to lose this weight...I didnt go through all this to not succeed in losing all this fat off my body. I want to start jogging and working out at the gym...I did a liquid diet then I went on vacation and didn't do the lapband rules again....I just have no support in my household....My husband is overseas and I figure this is the best time to get back on the wagon to keep me busy. So any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for reading my post Thin Dolphin

I am so glad that ur band has shrunk..u give me hope becuz i am having so many of the same problems...I have 8.5 cc's in my band and I can eat way way too much for being a bandster. Gonna try the liquids as well...

well I havent been to see my doc in a little over a yr and I cant seem to get down passed 200 lbs. I just cant break that plane!! Been eating good..but when monthly shows up I get pretty tight..but I do feel like I need to get more put in. Right now I am on 8cc's so I think a little fill should help me out some. :wink2: I'm hopeful. I went off the path for awhile but I want to get back on the band wagon. cheers miss ya'll

Well thank you all for your advice. I am so close to Onederland I can taste it. I have been floating between 206 and 210 for months. I've been sick and busy with going to school and not having the energy to go exercise...I just want to get the motivation I had back before the surgery. I think today is gonna the start of it. I threw up last nite right before I went to bed and now this morning I am so swollen I have to SIP coffee and water or else it really hurts. I called my doc and she said that my band didnt slip it's just really swollen and suggested me coming in for a little unfill if it doesnt stop hurting. She also said that it wouldnt hurt me if I only did liquids for a few days. So hopefully this is gonna be the turning point to get my motivation back and start the weight loss again. So any advice u could offer would be greatly appreciated. blessings to all dolphin

Well I've been discourage becuz I am 6 lbs away from being in ONEderland and I cant seem to get there no matter what I do. I know I havent been eating the right foods, I cant seem to get into the exercise becuz I am not seeing any results. Just sore muscles and no weight loss. :biggrin: I dont know how to get back on the bandwagon. I am thinking about doing the 5 day pouch test. I know my band is working becuz things get stuck often. I dont think I am able to eat very much and I have to wait til like afternoon before I can eat something close to solid. All morning it's just shakes and coffee and iced tea. I think it's a combination of probably not getting in enough calories and not having the motivation to exercise becuz I'm not seeing any difference in my clothes or the scale. Has anyone else gotten down about their band and just stopped following the rules becuz it doesnt seem to be working. ??? Private msg me if u dont want to post on here. blessings to all and hope to get some support here. love and light dolphin

Well I've been discourage becuz I am 6 lbs away from being in ONEderland and I cant seem to get there no matter what I do. I know I havent been eating the right foods, I cant seem to get into the exercise becuz I am not seeing any results. Just sore muscles and no weight loss. :biggrin: I dont know how to get back on the bandwagon. I am thinking about doing the 5 day pouch test. I know my band is working becuz things get stuck often. I dont think I am able to eat very much and I have to wait til like afternoon before I can eat something close to solid. All morning it's just shakes and coffee and iced tea. I think it's a combination of probably not getting in enough calories and not having the motivation to exercise becuz I'm not seeing any difference in my clothes or the scale. Has anyone else gotten down about their band and just stopped following the rules becuz it doesnt seem to be working. ??? Private msg me if u dont want to post on here. blessings to all and hope to get some support here. love and light dolphin

I dont come to this site anymore. I come here for help and poor my heart out to all the may bandsters and 47 ppl viewd it but NOT ONE SINGLE support offered or suggestions. thank you so much.

K I will first off by sayin hi all my friends. I've missed being on here. I have had a busy summer going to visit family in PA and then going to Colorado and Utah.:sad: With all the altitude changes I could barely eat all summer, but yet I havent lost any weight. I have been home for a while and still no change in my weight loss. :frown: I wasnt able to go to the gym most of the summer so I know that is part of it. I have started back going to the gym, but I am finding it hard to get motivated when I am not losing weight. I am so close to ONEderland it's not funny. I've been 206 lbs for like 3 to 4 months. Now I know that some of this is my fault becuz of not exercising. I've been eating right lots of veggies since I stopped traveling and put myself on a liquid diet. I also am starting school on tuesday and daughter is ticking me off with being so lazy and actually getting pissed at me becuz I cant eat a whole lot. I've explained how the band works several times and she still doesnt get it and she is 14. :tt2: LMAO Also have stress with just receiving a summons yesterday about the state wanting a crap load of child support while my son is incarcerated by COURT ORDER. So now I have to fight SRS, school, trying to lose weight and keep my sanity. How am I suppose to handle all this and not let the stress get to me where the weight wont come off? How do I get the motivation to exercise everyday like I want to and find the energy also. I feel like such a failure. I've been banded for over a yr now and I have ONLY LOST 50 SOMETHING LBS. :ohmy::tt2::eek: love and light to all of my may bandsters. I miss all of you and I will be coming to this site on a regular basis in between all the other stuff I have to do. blessings to all dolphin:wub:

Wanted to let everyone know that my one yr bandiversary:w00t: is today...it doesnt seem like it's been a yr and I've only lost 49 lbs..I would have thought that I would have lost more than this by now..but I will admit most of it is probably my fault becuz I havent been hitting the gym like I am suppose to...but I am working on that...:glare: and working on trying to eat better and slower and trying to get more water in me and protein..I cant believe after a yr I'm still learning...I dont have any support here at home..so I am doing this on my own. :eek: so blessings to all and take care...hope to hear from you soon

losinjusme congrats on ur baby...ur baby's bday is the same day as mine..different yrs...lol but same day..so congrats

I have been stuck at 210 for almost a month now. I'm heading back to the gym to kick my weight loss back up. I've been doing the mini trampoline at home but I dont know if it's helping or not. I want to see the scale go to ONEderland so bad..I can almost taste it..but I havent been in the 100's for many many yrs. I just hope it attainable. blessings to you all and hope to chat soon.

Ty all for commenting on this post. I'm so glad I am not alone in my feelings. Stuck at 210 lbs right now for about a month or more and I'm thinking of going on another liquid diet to kick start the weight loss again. Wish me luck. blessings to all and hope to hear from you again.

I hear ya ladies...I'm stuck at 210 lbs..I dont do the measuring thing..but I do have some new pics of myself in my albums...it's hard for me to see a difference...I still havent bought new clothes for myself yet. My sweats still fit and shirts are lose even though they are 3 x men's tshirts...I still see myself as the huge blob I was and I dont want to waste money on new clothes becuz I KNOW I will get disappointed if I cant fit into the size I want to be. I'm so glad that everyone hasnt given up yet...I am on the verge of giving up and doing another liquid diet to get the lbs moving downward again. love and light to all blessings dolphin