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SO sorry to hear about your loss. I can't help but think how lucky your dear grandma was to have you. I know................you were very lucky to have her but so many grandmas are very lonely people who are seen as a burden. To be a grandma and to have a grandaughter call ya a best friend is truly special in deed. Cry, sweetie, and then cry some more. It is good for you both. Soon you will think about her and find yourself smiling more than crying.

Right on, Jack! Each year we have a pow wow where we honor our warriors of all backgrounds!

Depends. If I am close to a personal goal I am butt nekid, first thing in morning and after I pee. If I am not close to a benchmark I just weigh in my nightie.

My dr. is pretty blunt. He said if I didn't feel restriction after my 5cc on a VG band to just come back in a week or so. He didn't say anything about the b and kicking in later but I know that has been the experience of other bandsters. I'm making my appt. on Tues and was just filled last Thurs.

The doctor acted like this was a lot. Is it? I still do not feel much restriction. I mean I ate a hot dog (yuk but I was at the movies) w/o the bun and drank 16 oz water. Should I make another appt to get more?

You are not crazy or bitchy. The dr. was rude and condescending, sounds to me.

Great points! Can't wait to hear the responses. I still very new but what you say makes sense. I guess it is a choice between doing nothing and staying at current weight (or higher); gastric bypass which would probably have all the excess weight gone but with more risks and possible complications; or the band.

Welcome busywoman! You sound like you are in the forty-someting mind set. I am 45 and was banded (hate that word because it "banded" is also a term used in castrating goats) on 9/26. I got braces, will get some implants for the teeth I am missing, and got the band. You are right, in another 3 or 3 decades we can kick our feet up and know our aches and pains are well earned through time and more than that, fun times. We are much too young to experience this now. Best of luck to you!

I am very frustrated with myself! After surgery I lost about17 pounds in a month. Then, I go out of town and eat more than I should. I got the Proteins in first like I was supposed to but there sure wasn't the best carbs around this tiny town. Ok. I could blame it on lots of things. Bottom line. I am not eating like I should and feel absolutely no restriction. I am putting a lot of faith in this "magical" fill I will get next week but have heard that it takes quite a few fills to get it to work. I guess I had two expections (unrealistic of course): 1. The band would do most of the work for me and 2. It woulld work right away. Seems lilke this journey is going to take longer than I thought and at this point I am not even sure I going to get very far down the road. Maybe I need to get back on diet pills or lexapro. Whhaaa Whaaaa AAAAAGGGH!

I initially lost about 17 pounds but when I started eating real foods again I was right back to maintaining the weightloss and have even gaind about 3 pounds. Frustrating. I get a fill onThursday but have heard that that doesn't always work (restriction on the first fill). I think we are all so so different all we can do is share our stories and find others with similar experiences to chat with.

I was banded 9/26 and am experiencing the same thing. I am so glad I am going for a fill next week.

Hey Darla, My name is Darla too! Not a common name, is it? I use "Cambridge" shakes because I never get tired of the taste. I think I found it by googleing Cambridge Nutrition. It is not a carb-free shake but I have lost lots of weight on the product before. Best of luck to you!

Cute! Happy Halloween!

Jack, Well written, sir. I am going to post your message on my frige just to keep focus!

You awesome little blossom you!!!!!

Wow! What an "aha" moment! You are very fortunate to have found such a great therapist! I feel like you do but do not have a good psych to follow up with it. My psych is very sweet and was quick to write my letter of approval but not much on the talking end of things. In fact, she may need a hearing aide soon because I would have to repeat (louder) things that were hard to say in the first place and to which she offered little if any feedback.

Welcome Paul! We look forward to sharing your experience with you!

Happy, Happy, birthday!!!!!!! Today (and even every other day) celebrate YOU!

Banded 9/26...............swollen for a bit but now can eat almost as if I never was banded. TIme for a fill!!!

I pretty much stayed around the 230 range (pre-band) no matter what I ate. I think that was my body's ever incresing set point. I know that if I eat more than 800 cal a day I will slow down to very slow or no weight loss right now. Since I have not had a fill I don't know what it feels like. Some have restriction without a fill for awhile. I know I don't eat what I used to because but feel like I am dieting. It isn't as hard to stick to it as it was pre-band, however. I do get full quicker.

I am going to New Mexico and will be near a hot springs place. There are 2 pools, one is the arsenic pool, another is iron, and the third is baking soda. They are pretty hot but not so much that you have to get in slowly like a hot bath. Think its ok for me to go it? I think I will definitely skip the arsenic but my wounds are doing fine and seem closed up okay.

You give me hope, Dan! I get my first fill on 11/12 and if that doesn't give me the restriction I need I know I'd be freaking out so I will keep your post in mind.

Good question. I would love to hear from some of those who have lost on a regular basis and continue to lose. I am too new to answer because I am still in the mushy stage. I can eat more than I should and I have. I have lost 14 pounds since 9/26. I would say 3 days have been "not so good", diet wise. On my good days I have 2 protein shakes and a local dinner plus a bedtime snack that is 150 cals or less.

I got down to 124 when I was about 22 years old and I remember walking down the street thinking that if anyone wanted to, they could just pick me up and whisk me away. I didn't feel "grounded" without some extra weight. There is, I believe a deep spiritual/emotional core to our overeating. I have tried counseling a little, 12 steps that are great is I work them, and many diets. Comes a time when I admitted my best thinkin' got me up to over 200 pounds. So glad I got the band. I was going after the bypass and stumbled upon the band, told insurance probably wouldn't cover something so "new" but got it anyway. I am very, very grateful.

I have the a problem with the weekends too....................last night I had Ben n' Jerry's last night (it was low fat frozen yogurt) but that still does not justify the extra helping. Now that I am on mushies I seem to really want the scrambled eggs, refried beans, and hot sauce. I do notice that if I eat too much it makes me sick.