justpeachytexas

It has been one year and one day since my band surgery and I am doing great. When I started this trip I was unhappy all the time, my body hurt, I did not want to do anything. 65 pounds later I am happy with myself, body no longer hurts like it used to and I love getting out again. I am very happy I made the decision to get the band to help me with the weight loss and maintain it. :smile2:

I weigh once a week. The scale where I get my fills has a two pound difference :tt2: from mine and my Doc's scale is a one pound difference. So, of course, I go by my scale :biggrin:

Let see, tortillas, raw onions (cooked no problem), rice, bread, dry meat of any kind, any kind of breading. I miss them all.

55 John337 -105 SpideyMom -70 hdmdavid -75 less-of-me -58 Oliviasmommy -25 tulsarealtorGB -38 ruguay -35 Sarahbellzz -34 Jennifer75 -55 Sbush70 -48 bkmom -34 naynayto2 -40 Mamadot -54 Mamabully -41 On the Way to Thin -44 DON14 - 102 carriemc78- 61 Foxxy-21 Epresco303 - 53 cheri634 - 46 klp713-30 bevanfranks -51 sailorChristy - 65 Hallelujah.girl - 40 justpeachytexas - 56 Total:1281

Wow, 6 months already, how time flies when you are having a blast. Had a tiny fill today and the TR scale is 2lbs heavier than the one I use weekly. I am very, very happy with the weight I have lost already. :thumbup:

You know you are going down another pant size because your pants make you look like you have a baggy butt.

I have been banded a little over 5 months. Last week I went shopping with my mother, first time she has seen me since surgery (becasue of where I live and where she lives I only see her twice a year). She took me to the petite section. I kinda freaked that I could fit into anything marked petite. I still see myself as size 20.

It was about a month after my surgery before I was feeling "normal", but I am a big ol baby :w00t:

What Mamadot said. When I told my doctor that I had to re-learn to eat after my second fill he said "gotcha".

Keep on rockin, congratulations :scared2:

Ok I am starting a little happy dance. I am only 6 1/2 pounds away from my half way goal. I am almost three months out of surgery and I never thought I would be doing this well. I am still pigging on sugar once in a while, well about every weekend :huh2:

It is strange. When I saw my doctor this month the first thing he said is that I have lost a lot of inches. Today when I dressed for work I felt like I put on my big sisters pants a shirt and I don't even have a big sister. :tongue_smilie:

To be honest I only walk 1 to 2 times a week. I have had restriction since surgery. I keep my calories below 900 during the week and on the weekends I eat what ever I want, but I still keep my food to 1 cup to 1 1/2 cups. I am getting hungry between meals now and Dr. Snow said I need another fill. I have one scheduled for the 22nd of this month. I expect I will need to up my activity level one of these days. Remember everyone is different when it comes to the band.

:tongue_smilie: Not that far from onederland. I figure by Friday I will be into the onderland, which I have not seen since getting married.

I have issues with Iron so I take centrum silver which doen't have any. They are a berry citrus flavor and make me pucker and taste nasty :thumbup:, but it is hard to find a multi-vitamin without iron.

Congratulations are in order

My first fill was yesterday (6/18/09). It was strange feeling the band fill up. I could only drink a little bit all day yesterday, but today I was able to have a slim fast and soup.

Surgery was on May 12th and I had my first fill yesterday. I have lost 15 lbs since surgery and 25 from the start of the 6 month insurance requested diet.

I had my first fill today. My doc wants us to stay for 30 minutes after the fill sipping water. Then on liquids for 5 days working up to soft foods.

I was not paying attention of how much I ate today. I did not feel like I ate to much until I stood up from the table. Oh boy, I did not know if I should go do my little lunch walk or run for the bathroom :blushing: . Broke out in a cold swet sp? had lots of gas and gas pains but I did not pb. I made the mistake of not listening to my "little friend".

My shoes are getting to big. My pants are starting to get baggy :blushing: Get my first fill tomorrow.

B: 1/4 cup instant oatmeal w/ milk, 1 hard boiled egg white S: raw almonds L: 2 pieces bacon, 1 ham lunch meat, 1 turkey lunch meat, 1 slice swiss cheese S: raw almonds D: DH cooks and don't know what is on the menu tonight

Walking and I found that liquid gas relief made for babies is better than gas x strips.

(Sorry everyone this is pity party for me day) Well I have stepped into the scale trap. Every day I come into work go directly to the work out center and jump on the scale. I need to quit this. The scale has not move since I went on real food. I have started to track what I am eating, but it is sometimes hard to track three bites of something. I am walking about 15 minutes a day. It is just a great big ol "sigh" for me today. :cry:

I had to do the 6 month diet. I do better by counting calories and found that Calorie Counter, Diet Tracking, Food Journal, Nutrition Facts at The Daily Plate worked for me.