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Hang in there. You're just a month out and your body is trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Make sure you're getting your Water in!

I've had my band for 7 years now with success and very few problems. They weren't really doing sleeves when I got mine but my doc said if I would have walked in to his office today he would do a sleeve. That's what he mostly does now. I am thankful that I haven't had probs and had success!

Hang in there. You're just a month out and your body is trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Make sure you're getting your Water in!

I've had my band for 7 years now with success and very few problems. They weren't really doing sleeves when I got mine but my doc said if I would have walked in to his office today he would do a sleeve. That's what he mostly does now. I am thankful that I haven't had probs and had success!

Losing 114 pounds!

Had a checkup with my Primary Physician on Monday. He was extremely pleased with my lab report. A1C 5.1, cholesterol 184, blood pressure 120/76. He asked me if I felt my weight loss surgery was worth it.. I told him absolutely. He agreed. He said at my age and the weight I was prior to my surgery he worried that I might have a stroke or have some really bad issues with diabetes. So, in this post I want to tell everyone that no matter what you do to improve your health, it is so important to take control. I personally chose lapband because I didn't want to undergo a major surgical procedure at this stage of my life. I will be grateful to my surgeon forever. He has been so supportive and he is conservative with fills. I am so grateful that I now have mobility and energy to enjoy life . I am going to Alaska in a few weeks and will enjoy the cruise and all of the activites . I believe I will be able to eat healthy and stay on track but I'm not really worried about it.

Losing 114 pounds!

Losing 114 pounds!

Losing 114 pounds!

Losing 114 pounds!

Losing 114 pounds!

Hello banders! I've had my band a little over 7 years now. No problems except a small leak in tubing but it was fixed easy. Just wondering if any of your docs do a barium swallow maybe yearly or so just to check things out??

Been banded 7 years now. And I can't imagine where I would be without my band!!
Sw 314
Cw 200. Am I where I really want to be? No,, and totally my fault. I've been keeping my band a little loose. I plan on going next week for a small fill to start losing again. Best decision I ever made was my band!!

Been banded 7 years now. And I can't imagine where I would be without my band!!
Sw 314
Cw 200. Am I where I really want to be? No,, and totally my fault. I've been keeping my band a little loose. I plan on going next week for a small fill to start losing again. Best decision I ever made was my band!!

Been banded 7 years now. And I can't imagine where I would be without my band!!
Sw 314
Cw 200. Am I where I really want to be? No,, and totally my fault. I've been keeping my band a little loose. I plan on going next week for a small fill to start losing again. Best decision I ever made was my band!!

Been banded 7 years now. And I can't imagine where I would be without my band!!
Sw 314
Cw 200. Am I where I really want to be? No,, and totally my fault. I've been keeping my band a little loose. I plan on going next week for a small fill to start losing again. Best decision I ever made was my band!!

Congratulations! 12 years is awesome!

i actually use the liquid shake. Usually chocolate fudge. I just pour about half shake and half coffee

Congratulations! 12 years is awesome!

At 7 weeks your body is still healing. Your band isn't providing restriction yet so unfortunately it all falls on your choices right now. If your doc has u on solids already try more Protein at lunch. I would be starving if I just had a yogurt. I usually need a 3:00 snack of some kind Try not to go over 4 hours without some sort of protein..maybe this will help the starvation monster until you get restriction.....plan, plan, plan. Everything you will eat that dat including snacks...that helps me. Chin up You can do this!!

Let me start by saying I love my band!! I read so many horror stories and quite frankly they scare the crap out of me. My constant fear was (is) that I would fail at this too. But so far I'm doing pretty well with my new tool. Am I perfect, no. Do I let head hunger win, sometimes. Not all and that's key. As my Dr said Thursday "you're still human, the band doesn't change that."
My Dr told me that I'm doing "phenomenal" and using my tool perfectly. He's very impressed with my weight loss and even said if I lost not 1 more pound he would consider me a success. ☺️. He then said "we're going to quarterly for your appointments now". His nurse looked at me and said I need to be proud, he doesn't do that for patients the 1st year hardly ever. They did say if I need anything or feel any change in my hunger to call and they'll get me in but I'm doing great and to keep up the great work.
I know I'm lucky to have found my green zone so quickly and trust me I do *not* take that for granted. I have 1.2cc's in my band and found the green with my 2nd fill. I still have a ways to go but I'm hoping to be at my goal weight by my bandiversary on 1/27/16.
Well thanks for "listening" lol. I just wanted to be one to share a good lapband story cause I know before my surgery and even now those are so very helpful to me.
Here are some "stats" of my journey so far:
7/24/14: Started journey, weight 337
1/27/15: Banded, weight 294
6/27/15: 5 months post band, weight 228
6/27/15: Total inches lost since surgery, 40.5. Most being waist (8) and hips (11.5)
Starting pant size: 32
Current pant size: 18
Starting shirt size: 4X
Current shirt size: XL

That's very interesting....I'm scared to look at my Creamer and other condiments!!

I weigh daily. Keeps me on track. But you have to make sure you aren't one that will freak out if you've eaten good and the scale is higher one day. My weight can fluctuate daily. I try to record my weight once a week

That's very interesting....I'm scared to look at my Creamer and other condiments!!

You can do this @@addy