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It was warmer than here lol It wasn't actually Boston....My friends live in Hope Valley, Rhode Island. But we were close enough to check out Boston. They used to live near NY.....so visited there a good few times too Amanda :cursing:

40lbs gone forever!! It's taken me a long time but I've been fighting the chocolate demons!!!!

It's been a while....but I'm still here!!! I've never PB'd on a cookie but I nearly have on a muffin!! I flew over to Boston a couple of weekends ago to visit friends. Whilst out shopping we stopped for a coffee. I decided to treat myself to a pumpkin muffin. Well it took me about 4 hours to eat half of it!!! I wasn't going to give up on it though lol It was on my friends kitchen table and I kept having a nibble. But onlt til my friends husband came home from work , saw it was a nearly finished muffin in a dunkin donuts bag....and threw it in the bin!!! I was mortified lol But good really cos it would probably have taken me another 3 hours to finish it!!! Amanda

Good Morning!! Been a while since I've been here but I think I've cracked it at last!! Weightloss isn't brilliant still but that probably cos I keep having nights out in the pub!! I also visited Boston Mass a couple of weekends ago......a perfect weekend with some perfect friends!! food is less and less of an issue these day....I just eat what I need/can and rarely bother with the choc etc And the less you have it the less you need it....I get my fix from a low cal choc drink now. I think after all this time I'm in control Amanda

I had my 4th fill on saturday. Saw Dr Chris de Bruyne this time instead of Dr Marc Forquet. I was meant to have 6.5cc in my band but he only managed to get out 5.5cc.....said it was very clear so no worries about leakage. He added another 1cc so back to 6.5cc now. Told him how I'd been eating too many extra ie chocolate and chocolate biscuits. Told me to have 4 small meals a day instead of the 2 I've been having. So after 2 days of liquids I decided to make porridge for the kids this morning and have a little of it. I got myself 2 heaped tablespoons in a bowl but only managed half. It was very sloppy and thought it'd go down ok. The pain was starting in my chest...(you know the feeling) so I stopped. It's now half an hour later and I'm burping well and full!! I hope its cos I'm still a bit swollen from the fill on saturday!!...surely I gotta be able to eat more than that!

<HR style="COLOR: #d9d9d9; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #d9d9d9" SIZE=1> Hi everyone!! I've had 3 fills now....the last one 2 weeks ago. I lose well for a few days and I have good restriction but i always seem to overeat on stuff that goes in easy. chocolate, cakes, biscuits, icecream etc and I just can't seem to stop myself. Eating good healthy food isn't a pleasurable experience at all. Yes it goes in if I chew well and go really slow but the pleasure i get from food is in the bad stuff. I don't know how to stop myself. I've lost 28lb but know I could have lost more if I'd been good throughout. Wondering now if I've wasted my money on the band and should have gone for the bypass....would only have been a couple of thousand more... HELP!!! Amanda xx

Hi everyone!! I've had 3 fills now....the last one 2 weeks ago. I lose well for a few days and I have good restriction but i always seem to overeat on stuff that goes in easy. chocolate, cakes, biscuits, icecream etc and I just can't seem to stop myself. Eating good healthy food isn't a pleasurable experience at all. Yes it goes in if I chew well and go really slow but the pleasure i get from food is in the bad stuff. I don't know how to stop myself. I've lost 28lb but know I could have lost more if I'd been good throughout. Wondering now if I've wasted my money on the band and should have gone for the bypass....would only have been a couple of thousand more... HELP!!! Amanda xx

hiya!! Been missing a while but I'm back!! Had my 3rd fill yesterday...another 1.5cc added to make it 6.5cc now. I'm just hoping it'll do the trick...been struggling so much in the last month. I end up not losing anything for days on end ever when I'm being so good...then I give up for a while and eat crisps and chocolate! I know I shouldn't but I was getting disheartened. Yesterday and today I've just been on liquids...tomorrow soft food....please please please let me have some restriction Amanda x

Hiya!! Had to say hello!! I was banded in Prague and go to Upper Wimpole St for my fills with Dr Marc Fouquet. After surgery I had a good loss for a few weeks then everything came to a standstill. Had a fill then lost a few more lbs. Went on an all inclusive holiday and as I had so little restriction I managed to gain 11lbs ( ...pretty good for me...last year I gained a stone and a half in a fortnight!!) Went back for another fill within a couple of days of getting home and I've managed to lose 1 stone 4lb in 3 weeks!!! (the holiday weight I think was mainly post flight water!) I still don't have enough restriction I've got through these last few weeks on will power alone. I go for my 3rd fill on sept 13th and can't wait!! Hoping to hit my sweet spot then :tt2: Amanda

Hiya!! The reason I ask for a UK buddy is that half the time I don't understand the food, you wouldn't think it would be so different!! I'm 2 months post band, lost a good amount fairly quickly but now I seem to have lost motivation. Just had my second fill....hoping this will make me a little more enthusiastic! Amanda

Morning! I had a trip into London yesterday and had my 2nd fill. He put in 3cc's taking me to 5.5cc's but it was too much.....strange gurgling sounds were coming from my throat when I had a drink of water....felt really weird. So he took 0.5 out again....hope this will give me the restriction I badly need now. I put on a few pound in the last few weeks(but not changing my ticker) On liquids only yesterday and today then mushies for a couple of days!! Amanda

Hiya Strangers!! Just got back from Turkey this morning and I'm sooo tired. I was all inclusive and managed to put 9lb on in a fortnight!! Argggghhh!!! Looking forward to my second fill on saturday...hope that'll sort me out!! Amanda xx