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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

ty everyone for your encouragement..i really do appreciate it...ya'll are so kind and help me alot when I'm feeling down....hope all is going well with all my friends.. blessings

I just wanted to ask you all if there is any any hope at all that this weight will come off..because right now I dont see any. We took pics of new stuff that we bought with me in the pics and all I see is this DISGUSTING HUGE FAT CHICK that has been busting her butt for 8 months now and still no change. I still have ONLY LOST 39 LBS THAT'S IT!!! :cursing:And 13 lbs of that was the pre-op flippin diet!!!! :huh2: I stuck all those pics at the fridge and the pantry so I would see them so I wouldnt eat. I'm starting to believe that this whole lap band surgery was a HUGE MISTAKE. I'm a failure at everything I try to do and now weight is just another thing to add to my huge list of failures. They made it sound so easy, that I would lose the weight with hardly any problems. I try to eat right and exercise and what do I have to show for it NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHIIIINNNGGGG!!! I am still wearing the same pants I did before surgery, I still have this huge stomach that wont go away...I go for my 6th fill on tuesday..and I cant wait to tell the doc that I'm one of his failures..that no matter what he does..it's not gonna work..this fat is stuck on my body forever.:tt2: I'm gonna die an early age because I let myself get this big on this small frame body of mine and the fat is staying no matter what I do. :glare::drool: Yea I'm gonna die sooner than I wanted to because I cant lose any weight and it's gonna kill me and then my family is gonna have to pay huge for a big casket for my fat ass. :tongue: k I'm crying so hard I cant see the screen anymore so I'm gonna go good luck to you all in trying to lose weight..but for me I believe I'm done. blessings dolphin Yea all this pain and suffering I went through to get this surgery and what do I have to show for it nothing but SCARS!!! :glare::glare: