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No worries Regina..just wanted to see how you were doing....i'm gonna have to have a my band replaced or repaired--i have a leak. Urgh. Surgery of some t ype all over again...hang in there!

Regina...hi its Bobbie--just wondering how you are doing????? Hope all is well!

hi hope all is well...changing my user name to Bobbiezhere..just letting everyone know

hi Regina..just to let you know im changing my user name to Bobbiezhere....

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part 2: Thing is i've gotten "stuck" quite a few times..but i think that is me eating too fast...something will stick...and i'll wait a few hours and then i'm able to eat the food afterall. I think maybe another 1cc might help....i just feel like for 2 months i havent done much. we'll see. I've been looking at those banded around the same time as us - and total weight loss (pre op to now) seems to be running from 24-50 lbs. why couldnt i be one of those 50 lb persons! lol. I just found your yahoo mail - my yahoo is ro_mom2girls@yahoo.com - in case you want to talk that way...and i'm a bit embarrassed..but i see everywhere PSJ71 - but I'm not sure what the P stands for....Patricia? Sorry....I may have known, but i'm getting old and dont remember hahaha! Anyway...keepup the good work!!!! Congrats on the 5 lb loss this week! Thats amazing!

Good morning!!! Nice hearing from you! I'm soooo glad to hear you broke your "stall"! I've been soooo frustrated with my teeter-tottering back and forth! I'm (on my scale at home) stuck between 225/226 - cant seem to get past that! I have 77 cc's in my 11 cc band - and go see the doctor today..i anticipate small fill.

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Amy - how are you? You seem to be doing really well with your band! I am soo hoping this 2nd fill will help me - ive been playing sooo much with the same 2 flippin pounds! lol. Have you had a 2nd fill yet?

Hi there! i just wondered how you were doing - is all ok with you? I went for my 2nd fill today--hoping to feel restriction - ive been struggling!

Hi! I got my 2nd fill today....got 2 more cc's...i'm hoping i'll actually FEEL restriction now! How are you doing???

Hi! No i dont get a 2nd fill until 9/30. Have you noticed much with your first fill???? I tell ya, i still can eat too much. I have soup and a good portion of cottage cheese for lunch...and i never have that "stuffed" feeling...and i've been playing up and down with the same couple of pounds..and i'm sooo frustrated! I had finally broken 230 and got to 229.9 then 229.3 and finally 228.5 yesterday. I was happy. Today? 229.5. Urgh. And if i eat at all something more solid--it will go up again. You know what is wierd...at the timethe dr filled my band to 6cc. Yet i was having a little difficulty getting water down..so he went to 4.5...then back to 5cc and left it at that. Maybe 5.5 would have been better...dunno...

Hi there...so did you notice changes/restriction with your first fill? I have mine tomorrow...he had told me he generally fills about 5cc in my 11cc band...i just hope i feel some type of restriction..i do feel like i can eat too much right now...Guess I'm anxious to see a slow decline of numbers rather then the see-sawing they're doing right now!

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Hello there! Just wondered how you were doing? I seem to be struggling to lose these days...tomorrow is my first fill and I'm so hoping it helps! Hope youre doing good!

Hi there! How are you doing???? I see you got a bit of a fill? How was it? Do you notice any difference? I'm due to have mine tomorrow..and he said it would be about 5cc! I'm struggling with my weight..i sure hope this helps!

Hi there, thanks for the compliment on the picture. Im doing ok...eating more food...no restriction right now...so my weight loss has slowed up considerably....but maybe with my fill on the 18th that will all change. And how are YOU doing????

Hi there ! Omg i looooove scrapbooking! Its my therapy! You should SEE all the stuff i have , lol. I scrap books for my 2 daughters..a book for my ex, and my own. Omg you must be excited about your surgery! You'll be sooo glad you did it. have you started a pre op diet yet??? I dont have any fill in my band yet - my doctor today said he generally does about 5cc at week 6. That seems like alot! Thanks for the note - please let me know how you are doing! Any support i could give - I'd love to! I'm Bobbie..and i live in Los Angeles County.

Hey Kim! Nice to hear from you! Im doing pretty good. Ya know, i'm 3 weeks post op and still on full liquids. So far, all i eat pretty much is creamy soups, protein drink, s/f jello or pudding and yogurt and crystal lite - so basically the same stuff you are. I go see the doctor for a post op appt on friday. I wont get my first fill for about 2 1/2 or 3 more weeks. I do feel good...and i do worry about starting to eat normal foods again - right now there is no restriction and after 5 weeks of eating like this, i'm just afriad of going overboard or hurting my insides!

I've played with a 8 lbs loss since surgery - up 1/2 a lb down 3/4's etc. but i can see myself losing--i guess inches..people are just starting to notice and say things (25 lbs you'd think someone would notice!)

I th ink once i have a fill and KNOW i can't overeat, maybe i'll calm down some lol.

Glad to hear your doing well! I just wish we could lose as quickly as i seem to put the weight ON ! LOL

I hear ya...i'm still healing and i do feel that...i'm trying not to stress. I do hope to feel a restriction with the fill---but my dr wont do a fill for 6 weeks...wierd how these dr are so different. I've been eating cream of brocolli soup and there is an awesome tomato basil soup that is creamy and sooo good--they have i at Albertsons and Vons..not sure what grocery stores you have , but they are good. I've had cream of potato too. I got my kids some pizza last weekend..and i woudl have been so happy to sit and just off the toppings, lol not even the pizza crust! My treat is the s/f jello with some cool whip. Yum.

Well good luck with your fill! Take care.

Hello there! Are you still be banded tomorrow??? Good luck to you ! Get rest, take your pain meds and good luck with your new life!!!!! I'll be thinking of you!

Hi there CeeCee. Well, Im doing pretty good..but my loss hasnt been as good post op as most of you guys...Im down 6 lbs. since surgery....i wonder what i'm doing differently....in any case, i dont feel any restriction, so i'll be anxiously awaiting my first fill. Im on "mushies" now...so i had some cottage cheese, lol Big whoop huh?

Hello there! I'm doing ok thanks...Your right - i cant believe its been two weeks - starting this 3rd week now i'm allowed "mushies" = i'm still doing thicker soups....today i actually had some cottage cheese....The best part is my blood sugar levels have been pretty low - thats a good thing. In the past 2 weeks, I've only lost like 6 lbs....but in any normal diet, thats alot. Yet i'm sure others are losing more....i can see a slimmer face - thats exciting...and clothes are fitting nicer. but i really feel i have no restriction at all right now - i have a dr appt next friday but another 3 weeks after than before the first fill. Are your incisions healed up???

Hmm....there was a tread on this site somewhere and alot of people went back to carbonated beverages..some didnt. Personal preference i guess....I can imagine taking small sips of a diet coke here and there (love them)...but defiantely not for awhile.....today i was actually UP 1.2 lbs. I was mad! How can that be? lol. Someone told me to stay off the scale - yet, thats hard to do. We went through this to ultimately lose weight..granted maybe i shouldnt weigh daily, but stay off the scale? Um.no. lol.