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I hear you Mary....Good for you for getting back on track! Thats the key! I'll admit, part of me was just gonna blow by today's weigh in....but here i am. I'm eating solid, but just too much i guess..tho I'm staying with good high protein foods..so i dont get it. Sigh... surgery wt: 244.7 last week: 225.6 this week: 226.0 I have been going up and down for so long now! I go in to the Dr. again on Wednesday. Im thinking he might do a slight fill - I dont anticipate any huge amount because I already have 7cc's in my 11 cc band..maybe just a slight amount will do the trick! Good luck all!

Well, for along time i was up and down from 228/231... now i'm up and down again...sigh...well, i'm keeping at it...at one point i got down to 224.1, dont know what happened tho... surgery wt: 244.7 last week: 225.0 this week: 225.6 My body is really struggling to keep this weight..I might try doing a full day of protein shakes only to shake things up a bit...we'll see... Good luck with your week everyone - and congrats to all the "losers"!

Congrats on hitting the 30lb mark!!! thats great! Me...well.... surgery wt: 244.7 last week: 224.6 this week: 225.0 Up .4 not sure why - but oh well!

Ok..my 2nd fill seems to have helped me -thank goodness! After weeks and weeks going back and forth I'm actually moving downward again! Woohoo! surgery wt: 244.7 last week: 226.7 this week: 224.6 Im sooo jazzed!:smile2:

Boy oh boy do i understand what all of you are saying/feeling. I did very good pre op...post op...ate what i was supposed to and figured..ok..band is in (7/7) - I'm on my way...well, not so much.....but 6 weeks after surgery i was scheduled for my first fill - so i figured "ok!"...well guess what? I got 5cc's in my 11 cc band..and...well - i didnt really lose much! I played up/down yoyoing with the same flippin couple of lbs! I didnt feel much of a restriction - so two week after my fill, i called and moved my next appt up a week to 5 weeks. And..in those 5 weeks..didnt lose much...a lbs or 2 maybe. Talk about upset/frustrated! Its fine if i wasnt eating what i was supposed to - then i would figure "ok..partially your fault"...but i was eating good! But, i could eat, in my feeling, more than i should be able to. Today, i went back to my dr. He added 2 ccs to my band. He told me it might take a little but we WOULD get the right restriction. This MIGHT do it - i can hope! But what i liked, is he told me - to give it a couple of weeks - and my next appt should be 4-6 weeks out - whatever feels right to me. I did make an appt 4 weeks out. But i will see what happens in the next couple of weeks. Maybe this fill will do it and i'll be losing good and then i wont need to go in a week 4. Just know that it sometimes takes more than 1 fill to feel restriction. I truly hope i'm going to be feeling it now! Up till now, what ive lost, i feel i've lost on sheer will power with my food choices. Now i'd like to have a little help from this band to get to my goal! Hang in their ladies....i think sooo many of us feel the same thing...its part of the process i think to getting the "right" amount for us. And because everyone is so different---its hard to know what that time will kick in for us - but it will!!!

Zumba is amazing! Or at least it looks that way from the videos I've seen. I'm a little worried about the intensity of the workout, but also excited to push myself to the limit and see what I can actually accomplish fitness-wise. And if I cam learn to move like the girls in the video I posted at the bottom, going to the clubs will be much more fun, since I'll no longer move like the white girl with no rhythm I am. :thumbdown: Here's the official description from the zumba website: Zumba® fuses hypnotic latin rhythms and easy to follow moves to create a dynamic fitness program that will blow you away. Our goal is simple: We want you to want to work out, to love working out, to get hooked. Zumba® Fanatics achieve long term benefits while experiencing an absolute blast in one exhilarating hour of caloric-burning, body-energizing, awe-inspiring movements meant to engage and captivate for life! The routines feature interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms, and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. Add some Latin flavor and international zest into the mix and you've got Zumba®! You can see it in action here: Oh wow - that looks like quite a workout - and alot of fun too! I love workouts that are "dance" - esp if there are steps that i THINK i might be able to do (granted, some of those..well...hmm not sure! lol). I might have to try this!

Hi!!! I'm here - i was posting all over the place at one point..i wondered how everyone was too~~~I had been voicing my frustration at things going soooo slowly..up down up down by a lb or so.... Anyway...i got my 2nd fill this afternoon...i have an 11cc band..first fill was 5cc - today he put in 2 more cc's. The good thing is...he told me not to wait 6 weeks..that if i need to come in at 4 weeks, to do so - so i did schedule 4 weeks out. If i see after the next few weeks that the 2nd fill is working, i'll hold off and put the appt off - but at least its made. I keep thinking at 7cc's in an 11cc band..you would think i'd feel something...lets hope so! I guess i expected to eat..and then feel very full and unable to eat any more...and i just have never felt that. Get this..the other day i went to red lobster..and for the first time since 6/23, i wasnt very good - i had 2 of their cheesy killer bisquits...1/2 of my shrimp caesar salad (they're big there)...a couple of motzarella sticks...doesnt that seem like wayyyy to much to be able to eat???? Luckily i was at the fair all that day--very active..i didnt gain..lol.

Omg that is great! Congratulations!!!!!! Man, i havent been in onderland for ..lets see...18/20 years???? I'm still fidgeting with 226/227---so onderland seems soooo far away! But thats awesome - good job!

Wooohooo - that is awesome!!! Very cool!!!

Fill #2 on Wednesday! I hope this helps! I'm glad that i did have a loss this week tho! Woohoo! surgery wt: 244.7 last week: 228.1 this week: 226.7 I think i'm happy to see my "total" as 36 lbs. Its been a struggle the last few weeks...but maybe i'm on my way again....I can hope anyway!

Your doing great Amy! And your right..that job will let you buy some great new clothes - good for you!!! Congrats on the 41 lbs. - thats a great loss!

Well, another week of teetering up and down... surgery wt: 244.7 last week: 229.5 this week: 228.1 Tho...this HAS been my absolute lowest in the last few weeks...course, it'll probably be up again tomorrow, lol! Hope my 2nd fill next Wednesday helps!

Thanks Lisa..i can HOPE...but dang..i keep going back and forth between 228/230 and i'm just so darn frustrated!!! Heck, I'll be THRILLED to hit 220 at this rate!

Ok i just posted a similar SOS on another thread (before i saw this)...i can tell i'm in the same boat as manyof you are....i had thought that wonderful loss would continue..but i found myself able to eat more and more and not being satified... And now, I still am living on a very limited diet..and finding that struggle to lose..and even having gains that throw me for a loop...apparently its all a part of this huh? I just felt frustrated having to wait 6 weeks for fill #2...so i just called my dr. office and asked if i coudl reschedule a week early. I didnt say any particular reason..and they did move me from 9/30 to 9/23.....so hopefully that 2nd fill will help. Wouldnt you think tho that 5cc's in an 11cc band would cause SOME restriction? I dont really feel it!

That is AWESOME Lisa - congrats!!! I cant remember the last time i was in ONEderland..it was years and years ago...I will be soooo happy if i reach that! Good for you!!!

Well... ok..another week basically the same....people at work keep saying they can reallyyyyy see my loss..guess it must be inches cuz the scale sure hasnt changed, lol. I've been walking almost every night with my daughters....I've moved my mynext fill appt from 9/30 to 9/23. Hopefully the 2nd fill will restrict me more. surgery wt: 244.7 last week: 228.9 this week: 229.5

Well, i hope to feel "restriction" soon..I got an 11cc band..and went for my first fill on 8/19, which was 5cc's. (He started with 6, but i had trouble getting Water down, so he unfilled 1cc). Now..i still feel like i eat too much..i never feel a "full" feeling....and i'm only having basically Soups and cottage cheese...and i'l playing up and down with the same 2 to 3 lbs. If i ate more solid food..i know it would go up up up. I'll admit, i'm frustrated already. I have to wait 4 more weeks for another fill....and be "in limbo" ....I have lost about 33 lbs since my pre op (6/23) - so thats 33 lbs in 11 weeks, but...i guess i thought after my first solid fill, i would feel SOMETHING. I have had 3 instances of food getting stuck...so i do know a least there IS a band there....

Ok..ive been playing with the same few pounds for the last couple of weeks...its crazy....oh well....maybe my 2nd fill on 9/30 will help....but thats still a month away! This morning was my lowest ever tho....i'll just hope tomorrow doesnt bounce back up! Seems to have been doing that lately! surgery wt: 244.7 last week: 229.4 this week: 228.9

Wow..i hope my 2nd fill is better. I have an 11cc band...my first fill was 5cc's. I still feel i can eat way too much--dont feel much restriction. I have to wait 6 weeks before my next fill...i hope that one does the trick. Havent really lost anything lately..playing with the same 1-2 lbs up and down for a couple of weeks now!

Hang in there, Bobbie! It does suck but this is a lifetime solution... not a quick fix! (I am telling myself this as much as you because my scale is not moving this week!) We can do this! Your right Lisa - we CAN do this! :biggrin: Bobbie