Great2BThin

So what kind of procedure are you looking at? Is it super expensive? We had a plastic surgeon come to a support group meeting and it sounded like it was going to cost about the same as my band (selfpay). Not sure I'd want anything done though, at least at this point. We'll see what 50 more pounds lost does to my body.

Well like you said, I think you know what to do. You MUST exercise. You can't sit and wait for the motivation to come. It won't. I hate, hate, hate, hate it. I know they say to find something you enjoy, I'm still looking. I hate it all, I hate to sweat, my knees hurt. BUT.....I do it. I look at it this way, I have to brush my teeth every morning. Do I look forward to it? not really, do I enjoy it? no not really, but I need to do it for healthy teeth (and floss). Same with exercise, whether you are motivated or not, you just need to do it, just like the Nike commercials used to say...just do it. I don't mean to sound harsh, but if I waited to be motivated to do it or looked to someone to motivate me, it ain't gonna happen. And, foodwise, are you eating your solid protein first? before the grapes? before the crackers? before the 'healthy snacks'? 80% of your meal or snack should be solid protein. It keeps you full longer. If I snack on some chips or crackers, those just slide right through the pouch and I am hungry again and I have great restirction now. If you must have those, eat some protien first with it. If I eat my protien first, I can get by on 4 oz meal portions, if I don't I can eat way way more than that. The band is a tool and will only work as good as you work it. Also, talk to your dr. about some more aggressive fills. and Good luck! you can do it!

Me too!!! Mine was on sale at Kohls for $69.99 plus I got a $10 coupon to go back since I spent $50. you didn't get the red one at Kohls did you? LOL Too funny!! then can I ask what you set your goal weight as and how you came up with it? Mine is to get me a BMI that is 'normal' and not overweight, and that is 169 however, my surgeon said anything below 180 is good.

Me too, I got a new coat last night!! An XL. I tried on the L and the XL. I so wanted to get the L and it fit but I only had on a short sleeve t shirt under it. I knew with a bulky sweater or something it would be tight. It was snug across the shoulders. I had this long debate with myself over which one to get. On the one hand I knew I'd be losing more and the L would fit better. But on the other who knows if I will keep losing this fast and I have a life time of buying things snug as I was going to lose to fit into them and never did. Also I like my coats a little loose anyway. And then I realized I was starting to get too hung up on the size. Other coats I tried on the L would've worked better, but I liked this one and so what if it's an XL it is still a Misses and not a Womens! I need to go through my coats though and get rid of some old ones as Dh says our coat closet is too stuffed and it's mostly mine.

Is that the one by Park Meadows mall? I'm not real familiar with the south part of town, but do know that one. I'd love to come. What time??? And how will I know you all since I've never met anyone? Bikini, are you coming???

Allie, we must be weight twins. As I started about the same as you in a size 24 (did have one 26) and just this week bought my first 16 as well so I can totally relate. I got a pair of Gap jeans. There was no W for womens in them but an R for regular. I started tearing up in the fitting room. My daughter was in a different store so I had no one to celebrate with. Even tried to call my husband or daughter on my cell phone and had no service in there. But the thought of being able to wear 'Regular' clothes again is mindboggling. I'm 5'9 and started at 305 and have lost 75 lbs. Are you tall too? Editing to add: Oh I had DD's too that are now D's and pointing downwards! LOL

What is a Red Robin group meeting? I would love to come or do you have to be a Dr. K patient??

Yep...mine was wrong. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Mine too, I think when someone updated they didn't use the most current one and copied an old one. I'm changing my stats on this one as wasn't sure how to fix them all. someone asked how I've lost so much since June, 10 lbs of it was before surgery and the rest I attribute to strict following of the band rules and an aggressive dr. when it comes to fills, I've had great restriction the whole time. ******NAME**********START WGHT****CURRENT WGHT*******GOAL********LBS. LOST *****:laugh:***********:laugh:*************:w00t:************:wink2:*********:eek:* 1dayatime..........263............261............243............2 2BHealthE!.........194............179............194............0 ahsem2bme..........244............244............225............0 aJoneen............223............218............213............5 Aphrodite1984......208............208............190............0 Ariel..............199............196.4..........180..........2.6 ArmyWife4life......209.5..........209.5..........190............0 Barb12590..........228............218............213...........10 Bea1128............210.5..........205.5..........188............5 blueriley..........206............206............190............0 Brandymom1234......227............151.9..........135..........4.1 Caramia71..........208............202............195............6 cQQlgirl...........194............192............180............2 Crzytchr...........281............272............265............9 DebinFl............181............181............168............0 georgiagirl........245............229............220...........16 HarleyGirl.........188............187............175............1 HeatherA...........210.5..........203.9..........200..........6.6 HeatherO...........155............144............140...........11 Ivyrose325.........212............212............199............0 Jazzyywan..........255............255............190............0 Jodi_620...........196............179............177...........15 KikiVal315.........237.5..........229............220..........8.5 Lana24.............208............195............185............0 laurigee...........180............176............160............4 Leslie2Lose........220............214............205............6 lindar172 .........274.2..........262.6..........256.........11.6 LisaB..............205.5..........194............180.........11.5 livn4thm...........235............233............210............2 Long2bthin.........248............230............230...........18 Luu2008............203............199.5..........183..........3.5 Mamanmidwife.......299............286............280...........13 mamato3............186............186............170............0 MarinaBleu.........226.5..........226.5..........216............0 memom..............210............210............170............0 Minxz..............299............286............280............9 mominlv13..........299.8..........286.4..........280.........13.4 Momof5.............192.5..........187.5..........175..........5.0 nip50..............175............168............160............7 NukeChik...........218............218............208............0 NurseNiki..........258............246............239...........12 odamay.............242............242............225............0 paige65............252............247............232............5 Peaches11..........205............205............194............0 pj_txlady..........220............220............200............0 Redtulips3.........180............171............167............9 Renee74............214............213............199............7 Renewedhope........171............168............150............3 reif78.............294............195............185............0 savimama...........216............216............200............0 shaversd...........230.5..........225............210..........5.5 SpecialK...........294............286............280............8 Sunshine2..........177............171............167............6 Tess...............304............299...........280............5 thatDEgirl.........211............202.6..........195..........8.4 tp78...............201............192............180............9 Turler.............225............217............210............8 wendyw.............192............188............172............4 wowox7.............195............183............170...........12 WyominGirl.........327............321............312............6

I have lost 75 lbs in a little over 4 mos. There's no way I could've done that w/o my band. I am lucky as I have a dr. that is pretty agressive with fills and that has helped a lot. I have lost 60 lbs twice in the past, never have I been able to keep it off. As Jachut was saying, I'd cycle back up. What I am counting on is this band stopping that cycle and enables me to keep the weight off. It was so encouraging to read that it is helping her do just that.

I hit 75 pounds gone forever yesterday!!! YAHOO!! Where's Areellady these days? busy with school?

That's great! I am looking forward to becoming a clothes horse too. And I want the good clothes!! No not everything I buy is going to be a label, but I want to be able to buy a few classic pieces knowing that it's an investment that I will wear for a long time. not just to go get something cheap because I really don't want to be that size in the first place and was so disgusted with myself I would just get anything that fit and was cheap because I was always going to lose weight. I hope that makes sense, but before I never invested in myself or my clothes as I hated how I looked.

Yes each fill adds to the total that was in the band before. Before my fill, the nurse always withdraws what was in there to be sure it's all still in there and that there was no leak. then she adds the new fill. I got 4ccs at surgery, then 3, then .5, then 1, then 1, then .5 or something like that, it says in my signature I think. I am at 10cc's, I have a large band. But the amount isn't so important it's how you feel. You should definitely get to some sort of 'sweet spot' eventually. However, one thing to keep in mind is that as you lose weight your band gets looser. They explained to me that there is a fat pad layer over your stomach and your band is also over this fat layer. As you lose weight that fat shrinks or disappears making the band looser. This is why I was tight for awhile after my previous fill and why I got looser again and needed another fill. Hope I am explaining it right. Can the nurse give you a fill? Or can she only give one if the dr. says she can? Why would he do the surgery if he didn't believe in it? Does he believe in bypass more? I've heard that's common with dr's.

I got my Biotin at Walmart. It comes in 1000 mcg strength and 5000 I believe. I just got the 1000 and it seemed to help but I think many folks who take it, take the stronger one. Congrats on your success!!

VZGH, (can't remember the whole screen name) my loss is mostly since surgery. It is since my consult. The first 10 came off before my surgery the rest, 65 lbs. are since surgery. Alli, sorry to hear about your 'girls', but if you have that gene, it's probably a good precautionary step to take. I've had the hysterectomy though and it wasn't too bad. Good luck to you in your decision.

I was telling my husband about the posts here of folks who had a hard time getting fills and how conservative some docs seemed. First thing he mentioned was the money. If the fills were free or had to be paid for. So not sure if you are on to something there. I understand that this may not be the reason folks here aren't getting fills. Not in any way accusing anyone's specific dr.

And congrats to you too! So what size did you start at and where are you now if it's not too personal? Going shopping for a new wardrobe? Thanks so much! I don't think the flu shot would make you PB as for me a PB is different that vomitting when I am sick. There's no stomach acid etc. and is generally just the last bite or so I took. I got my shot last week as well as pnuemonia so hope I am good. Lets see my sample day is usually around 700 to 800 calories. I almost always eat 4 oz portions and 90% of that is protein. Breakfast - almost always 1/4 c egg beaters with a pinch of cheddar cheese, 1 or 2 slices of precooked bacon Lunch - usually some sort of chicken, once a week that chicken tends to be McD's nuggets. That was my addiction presurgery and I allow myself the splurge once a week (which was today) Dinner - genrally a small portion of whatever meat we are having and then I get those single serve steamfresh veggies and take a spoonful or two from that and give the rest to hubby. Rarely a bite or two of potato or rice Snacks - one is generally a s/f yogurt and the other varies. Hope that helps. I tend to have a day a week where my calories are much higher, usually the weekend. Thanks, see above for a sample menu. Restriction - I have a 14cc band and have 10.5cc's worth of fills in it. Exercise - not enough. 2mos after banding I had gall bladder surgery so I didn't exercise much this summer. Now I am slowly doing more and more. I go to a bariatric exercise class my hospital sponsers every monday night and that is generally on an exercise ball with cords. They then give us homework for the week and I got a ball and cords at home to do that. Plus I have access to a gym in the rec center in my development and I go there about 3X a week and do a stationary bike or elliptical machine (I have bad knees) and then some weight machines. No specific routine. Yeah but for the earrings I need to get a 2nd hole pierced in my ears as I wanted to do a little hoop and a stud and I am chicken. I last had my ears pierced at 16 yrs old. Good point on the jacket, but I'm thinking if I got it on the snug side now it would fit a good while and it seemed more practical than the wallet, but we'll see. I may go to the outlet this weekend to check things out. This past week was a real challenge to not eat for the solace of hurt feelings, stress, etc. My parents were here and it was very stressful and on top of that, they both got the stomach flu and neither of my sisters would come by to help as they didn't want to get sick. I had a major pity party going on and I think now that I am not feeding those feelings I am feeling them so much more intently if that makes any sense. The hurts hurt more but on the plus side the joys are more joyful too! I have a few besides the big things I've done for 25, 50 and 75. First I have one of those Italian charm bracelets that were the rage a few years ago. I get a gold star charm on there for every 5 lbs. a take off on Weight watchers gold stars for every 5. Also, i bought this pretty jar and a big bag of those glass beads you see in the bottom of vases etc. And for every .2 on the scale a bead goes in the jar. My jar is over half full now. I love visuals.

Ahh, shucks!! Thank you!!! I can hardly believe it. I've never lost that much before. Twice before with WEight Watchers I lost 60 so I am in 'virgin weight loss territory'.

yahoo!!! I did it!! I hit 75 lbs gone forever this morning!! Also my rec center in my community is having a biggest loser contest. Guess who won this week!!! YAHOO!!! I won a free hair cut and style for myself and 4 friends. Ellen & Becky, So sorry to hear you are having such troubles with getting fills. Does only your dr. give them? My office has a fill nurse and she does most of the fills, in fact the surgeon gave me the last one and he asked her how much to give me. But she's much easier to get in to see. Is that a possibility? Or are there fill centers near you or another place you can go? .5cc at a time seems really cautious. My first fill was 3cc's and most of the other ones have been 1cc, I have had a couple .5 ones but that was later in the process. It will come with future fills, but I know how you feel in wanting the restriction now. I hope you get some help sooner rather than later.

I made my goal this morning!! When I set my Hallow-Lean goal it was to reach a total of 75 lbs lost since surger and I did it!!! Do we keep posting losses past our goal or do we change our goal?? ******NAME**********START WGHT****CURRENT WGHT*******GOAL********LBS. LOST *****************************:tt2:************:regular_smile:*********:w00t:* 1dayatime..........263............261............243............2 2BHealthE!.........194............179............194............0 ahsem2bme..........244............244............225............0 aJoneen............223............216............213............7 Aphrodite1984......208............208............190............0 Ariel..............199............196.4..........180..........2.6 ArmyWife4life......209.5..........209.5..........190............0 Barb12590..........228............218............213...........10 Bea1128............210.5..........205.5..........188............5 blueriley..........206............206............190............0 Brandymom1234......227............151.9..........135..........4.1 Caramia71..........208............202............195............6 cQQlgirl...........194............191............180............3 Crzytchr...........281............269............265............12 DebinFl............181............181............168............0 georgiagirl........245............228............225...........17 HarleyGirl.........188............185............175............3 HeatherA...........210.5..........202.1..........200..........8.4 HeatherO...........155............143............140...........12 Ivyrose325.........212............212............199............0 Jazzyywan..........255............255............190............0 Jodi_620...........196............179............177...........17 KikiVal315.........237.5..........229............220..........8.5 Lana24.............208............195............185............0 laurigee...........180............173............160............7 Leslie2Lose........220............214............205............6 lindar172 .........274.2..........259.6..........256.........14.6 LisaB..............205.5..........196............180.........10.5 livn4thm...........235............233............210............2 Long2bthin.........248............230............230...........18 Luu2008............203............199.5..........183..........3.5 Mamanmidwife.......299............285............280...........14 mamato3............186............186............170............0 MarinaBleu.........226.5..........226.5..........216............0 memom..............210............210............170............0 Minxz..............299............286............280............9 mominlv13..........299.8..........284.6..........280.........15.2 Momof5.............192.5..........187.5..........175..........5.0 nip50..............175............166............160............9 NukeChik...........218............218............208............0 NurseNiki..........258............246............239...........12 odamay.............242............242............225............0 paige65............252............242............235...........10 Peaches11..........205............205............194............0 pj_txlady..........220............220............200............0 Redtulips3.........180............171............167............9 Renee74............214............213............199............7 Renewedhope........171............167............150............4 reif78.............294............195............185............0 savimama...........216............216............200............0 shaversd...........230.5..........225............210..........5.5 SpecialK...........294............286............280............8 Sunshine2..........177............167............167............10 Tess...............304............299...........280.............5 thatDEgirl.........211............199.8..........195.........11.2 tp78...............201............192............180............9 Turler.............225............217............210............8 wendyw.............192............188............172............4 wowox7.............195............182............170...........13 WyominGirl.........327............321............312............6

Today's loss puts me at 75 total!!! <HR style="COLOR: #d9d9d9; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d9d9d9" SIZE=1> Name_________StartWeight___CurrentWeight______Goal________ToGo *****<?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f" filled="f" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600">:w00t:</v:shapetype>************************:tt2:****************:regular_smile:* agreatknead........204............198...........180...........18 areellady..........189............189...........159...........30 BIGB...............342............342...........300...........42 BellaPerdente......287............230...........200...........30 Boos02.............258............226...........200...........26 Brandy.............221............213...........191...........22 BrownBear..........240............235...........200...........35 Cadets71...........223.4..........223.4.........189...........34.4 Claudine...........250............250...........225...........25 Bunkey1965.........194............177...........170...........7 CubsGirl17.........172............164...........150...........14 Cutiew/booty.......251............241...........220...........21 cQQlgirl...........195............191...........175...........16 crzytchr...........276............275...........246...........29 Dionna113..........199............195...........160...........35 Ekat...............527............172...........152...........19 feefee57...........262............212...........180...........32 FeliciaLevy75......240............222...........190...........32 GillieBean.........304............296...........264...........32 HeatherO...........150............143...........130...........13 Hollie ............l54............154...........125...........29 Jeni 85............182............182...........160...........22 Jillbeme...........235............208.5...........185.........23.5 Josie74............260............255...........215...........40 klmsilva...........216............212...........190...........26 legster............183............183...........160...........23 linksmom...........251............236...........200...........36 Liquidbluegal......225............220.4.........199...........21.4 Liz_hager..........161............158...........130...........28 Long2BThin.........253............230...........215...........15 lotzasunshine......292............284.5.........250...........34.5 Luu2008............230............199.5.........153...........46.5 Mamanmidwife.......295............285...........260...........25 MELISSA AGUIRRE....266............233...........160...........73 Melody2006.........223............223...........173...........50 MiniPearl#2........???............???...........???...........?? Minxz..............299............287...........270...........17 neefam.............238............189...........158...........31 odizzzydori........242............242...........199...........43 paige65............252............242...........220...........22 rainer.............236............233...........199...........34 reif78.............294............195...........140...........40 RichardCranium.....338............276...........200...........76 soontobehottie.....201............191...........165...........26 srknepler..........285............262.6...........255.........30 squale.............353............353...........325...........28 Sunshine2..........177............167...........160...........07 Suzzzie............305............305...........285...........20 stevegoad..........370............341...........267...........74 Terilynn112........240............230...........199...........41 Truediva...........299............285...........235...........50 thininside28.......255............255...........215...........40 Turler.............219............217...........194...........23 youcandoit!........196............191...........165...........26

yahoo!!! I did it!! I hit 75 lbs gone forever this morning!! Hairloss, yes I was getting concerned. I did start taking Biotin as I had heard from some bypass folks that it helps and it seems to have, plus my nails have never been so good! Apples, I was worried about overfilling too. I have a large band as well and when they gave me 1cc on my last fill (which was my 5th) I was really scared but so far so good, I have 10.5 cc's in my large AP band (14cc). Hope you get the help you need. Also my rec center in my community is having a biggest loser contest. Guess who won this week!!! YAHOO!!! I won a free hair cut and style.

i did it, i did it, i did it!!! i hit 75 lbs lost this morning!!!

I DID IT, I DID IT, I DID IT!!!!! I HIT 75 LBS LOST TODAY!!!! Now I am having 2nd thoughts of my Coach wallet thinking I'd rather have something else instead maybe a new leather jacket??? Decisions decisions!!

Wow 4 pages to read. I wasn't getting updated emails either about new posts. First off, Janet, I am so sorry for your loss. My folks leave tomorrow, and I feel guilty saying so but it's time!! It's been a tough visit. They were supportive for the most part about the weight loss and mom not once played food police. However, today she said something interesting. I am in a Biggest Loser competition up at the rec center in my community. Guess who this week's Biggest Loser is? Yep that would be me, I lost 4 lbs this week. Her comment?? They must not have had any really big losers this week. GRRRRRRRRRR Anyhoo, I won a 'hair party', it's a cut and style and not sure about color for me and 3 friends. I had hiatal hernia repair and recovered very quickly. Would never have known it, but it's been great after, no more reflux. Hope your gas pain goes away. I was lucky I had 2 surgeries this summer - lap band and gall bladder, and never did get the gas pains. I hear lots of walking helps dissipate the gas. Congrats on being banded.

I am .4 away from meeting my goal. It was to be at 75 lbs lost overall by Halloween and I am at 74.6, I WILL DO IT!!! ******NAME**********START WGHT****CURRENT WGHT*******GOAL********LBS. LOST *****:cool2:************************:tt2:************:biggrin:*********:w00t:* 1dayatime..........263............261............243............2 2BHealthE!.........194............179............194............0 ahsem2bme..........244............244............225............0 aJoneen............223............216............213............7 Aphrodite1984......208............208............190............0 Ariel..............199............196.4..........180..........2.6 ArmyWife4life......209.5..........209.5..........190............0 Barb12590..........228............218............213...........10 Bea1128............210.5..........205.5..........188............5 blueriley..........206............206............190............0 Brandymom1234......227............151.9..........135..........4.1 Caramia71..........208............202............195............6 cQQlgirl...........194............191............180............3 Crzytchr...........281............270............265............11 DebinFl............181............181............168............0 georgiagirl........245............228............225...........17 HarleyGirl.........188............185............175............3 HeatherA...........210.5..........202.1..........200..........8.4 HeatherO...........155............143............140...........12 Ivyrose325.........212............212............199............0 Jazzyywan..........255............255............190............0 Jodi_620...........196............179............177...........17 KikiVal315.........237.5..........229............220..........8.5 Lana24.............208............195............185............0 laurigee...........180............173............160............7 Leslie2Lose........220............214............205............6 lindar172 .........274.2..........262.6..........256.........11.6 LisaB..............205.5..........196............180.........10.5 livn4thm...........235............233............210............2 Long2bthin.........248............230.4..........230...........17.6 Luu2008............203............199.5..........183..........3.5 Mamanmidwife.......299............285............280...........14 mamato3............186............186............170............0 MarinaBleu.........226.5..........226.5..........216............0 memom..............210............210............170............0 Minxz..............299............286............280............9 mominlv13..........299.8..........284.6..........280.........15.2 Momof5.............192.5..........187.5..........175..........5.0 nip50..............175............166............160............9 NukeChik...........218............218............208............0 NurseNiki..........258............246............239...........12 odamay.............242............242............225............0 paige65............252............242............235...........10 Peaches11..........205............205............194............0 pj_txlady..........220............220............200............0 Redtulips3.........180............171............167............9 Renee74............214............213............199............7 Renewedhope........171............167............150............4 reif78.............294............195............185............0 savimama...........216............216............200............0 shaversd...........230.5..........225............210..........5.5 SpecialK...........294............286............280............8 Sunshine2..........177............167............167............10 Tess...............304............299...........280.............5 thatDEgirl.........211............199.8..........195.........11.2 tp78...............201............192............180............9 Turler.............225............217............210............8 wendyw.............192............188............172............4 wowox7.............195............182............170...........13 WyominGirl.........327............321............312............6