Mrs J.J

Hi all, It sure has been awhile since I have been here. Generally the band has been a huge success, I managed to get to goal and then lose a few extra kilo's too. I am now at 138lbs and very happy! (63kgs) Been suffering a bit with reflux which has been worrying me lately. I plan on getting that checked out as soon as I have some extra time. I am feeling fantastic!! I LOVE shopping for clothes now. I went to visit people at my last job, some people walked by me and didn't recognise who I am.....hahaha!! That was so funny and so liberating too.

Beautiful beautiful beautiful!!! You have every reason to be proud of yourself.

Over the last two months people have realised that something is different with me. I have received so many compliments from people telling me how nice my hair looks to saying you just look fab! I strut my stuff and tell them I am on a health kick and loving it. That seems to satisfy most of the people that notice.

Don´t stress about putting a pound on here or there. It will soon drop off with a few extra as an added bonus. I went through a two week stint where nothing happened on the scale and then whooops it dropped down. This is normal. Also remember the quicker you lose the weight, more chance you will have sagging skin. Take one day at a time. live your life and use your tool to your advantage. I´m trying really hard at the moment to get over my head hunger at night, it really is hard.

You are doing very well without a fill. I´d also say carry on until you feel that you don´t have the same restriction you have now, and then get a fill.

Hehehe!! Isn´t it such an amazing feeling! I´m also down at least two sizes. I love that I bought some jeans a few months ago and I couldn´t even get the zip up. Now they´re just about hanging off my a$$. I (heart) my band too. :-))

Add it to your salads, avocado, salmon, rocket leaves, spring onions etc and then hummas. LOVELY STUFF! Blend red peppers into a paste and add it to the hummas put on crackers or pita bread...hmmm yummy! I use my hummas on just about everything. I love the stuff. Want to add more garlic to your diet? Blend garlic cloves till they are a paste and add to your hummas. This with grilled chicken is yummy yummy.

Pat did you take the train to Vilvoorde from the airport and back? How long was the train ride?

FANTASTIC!!!!! Well done!! You look amazing and you can see how much happier you are.

I love threads like this. My bouts of happiness because I have been banded is: * I can see my cheek bones appearing. * I can see my collar bones will soon start showing. * I love walking! * I love that I cannot overeat. * It felt really great that I had to go buy a new pair pants today and I just slipped into them and they are two sizer smaller than what I was buying three months ago. * I feel fantastic. * I LOVE ME.....ALREADY, so this can only get better. :wink_smile:

Hi bobobaldy, I´m another of Dr Chris´s patients. Just want to reasure you that he is wonderful, Fredrik too and the hospital is fantastic! It´s very clean the staff are great and you will not regret this decision. I was banded 1st July 2008, since then I have lost approx 30lbs! It´s been the easiest weight loss I have ever had. The best thing is knowing I will never put this weight back on again. My food choices have changed drastically. I am definately eating a lot more healthier. I also induldge in a "cheat" every now and then, but I do not over eat anymore, I simply can´t. I´ve had two fills by Dr Chris, my band now has 7cc in it and I can really feel that I have good restriction. The package deal you have taken with Fredrik is ubber fantastic. A friend of mine took that route and it was so much easier than organising everything yourself. I did everything myself because I didn´t know about the package, so I know you are saving money. Will you be going with someone to Brussels? Ask away if you have more questions, there are a few of us here on the forum that have been banded by Dr Chris.

Please Aminaqc, edit your post. Dr Chris and his team are very professional up front people and you writing words such a scam in the same sentance as his name makes his reputation seem shabby. That also says a lot for those of us that have had our bands fitted by him. Dr Chris and his team are very professional to the point kind of people. No one is being scammed. If you´d just waited long enough for others and me to reply to your private message then you would understand why they work the way they do with the money. The money that you transfer is 400 Euros and it´s not to Dr Chris but to an agent he uses that gets him business. The agent uses the money you transfer to pay for your hotel stay and all your taxi´s from the airport, to the hotel, to Dr Chris, to the hospital and then back to the hotel and finally back to the airport. The only reason that they prefer the money up front is to avoid admin costs. If they had to employ someone just to look after the money side of things, we´d all be paying a lot more for this procedure.

Hi everyone, I´m sitting in the hotel in Brussels. Just been to see Dr Chris and received my second fill. I now have 7cc in my 10cc band. So far so good. Dr Chris is really such a wonderful person, he told me that if anything goes wrong during the night I can call him on his mobile and he will see me. Hope everyone else is doing well.

What an amazing feeling this must be for you. Well done!!!!

Hi Angie, Just to let you know that you will get a medical check the morning before surgery at the hospital. The nurses there will check your heart, blood pressure etc. So as long as there is nothing else worrying you, I´d say wait till you get to Brussels for the medical check. Obviously if there is a medical issue that you need to discuss with the doctor then do so. What date do you go in? Good luck!!!