TracyW2

My boobs were the last to go for me. Went from a 46DDD to a 38C. Poor things are so deflated

Steve, thank you. And congrats to you for hitting goal. Such a surreal feeling isnt it.

I'm 2 1/2 years out and still have a protein shake for breakfast. Sometimes I make a fruit smoothie and add protein powder to it. But my band is too tight in the mornings for me to get food in. I have been working on muscle building since the beginning of the year along with my cardio so I need a lot of protein.

I am at goal and my tummy tuck is scheduled in 3 weeks!

JWL=your story is similar to mine. I got pregnant with twins after having the band, but lost one of the babies around 19 weeks. I now have a very healthy 18 months old little boy. I am so sorry to hear about your loss but congrats on your little boy. It is so difficult watching one and knowing there should be two. My heart goes out to you!

I get the same comments. When I tell them I would still like to lose 10lbs, I get the question "Where?" I was once a size 28 and now a 6, but I still see areas to lose. And OMG! I get the question if they are going to take the band out too? Heck no. That baby is staying put!!

I never felt anything my first fill. It wasnt until my fourth fill that I finally felt restriction. Now it does take a week or two for my fill to kick in.

I can't stand watching the food channel shows. Although, I love watching Man vs Food. I find that show addicting. I just found pinterest too. Wow, they have a lot of yummy recipes.

I lost 26 lbs in my 2 week preop diet. And the diet is to shrink your liver so they can get to your stomach and not have to cut you open.

It is absolutely possible! I lost 150lbs in a year and a half, plus had a baby during that time. You can do it!!

WOW!! You look absolutely amazing. I can not wait till I can finally get a TT.

I will be 2 years in December and still loving my band. I am pretty happy where I am as far as weight, but would love to lose another 10lbs. I have a lot of excess skin that will hopefully be taken care of next year. I still exercise about 4 days a week and eat what I want, just not as much. However, I think the maintaining stage is more difficult than the losing stage. Congrats on your two years!!

I still chew gum.

Awesome job!!

I'm 5'9" and my dr had a goal of 160-190. I'm sitting between 175-180 and am quite happy with where I am. I have a lot of hanging skin around my belly that would need surgery to fix. So I'm sure once that is gone, I will be down a little more.

Congrats. I got pregnant with my band baby 4 months after being banded. I ended up having some of my fluid taken out at 15 weeks. But it was a great pregnancy. The only thing I freaked out about was gaining weight. I ended up gaining 30 pounds, but have since lost all of that plus much more.

My dr did 4cc on the first fill and I believe 3ccs on the second.

You do adjust. My little boy was 14 months old plus I had a small daycare at the time. Surgery was on Thursday and I was back to working on Monday, but just taking it easy. If you need to lift him, just sit on the couch and have them climb on your lap.

I got pregnancy 4 months after being banded. I had no issues related to my band with my pregnancy.

Awesome job. I had a pic up of me on the computer from the day of my surgery. My 5 year old pops up and goes, "Who is that?" Amazing that was me just a year and a half ago.

I find it commical that you put this in Fitness & Excersize. LOL Go for it whenever you are comfortable.

It is definitely an excercise machine that you have to get use to and built up to. Keep at it and you will be flying on it with the best of them. I swear by the elliptical and couldnt imagine doing anything else.

I still feel like the fat friend, even though I very much am not. Your confidence grows with each pound that you shed. So that definitely helps.

You will get your endurance up as you do more. I started out only doing 5 mins and just slowly worked myself up. And you can play with the settings and see what you like the best. I have been using the elliptical for 2 years now and still have days where my muscles are having a tough time keeping up.

Welcome!! I had the same dr as you. Love his staff, they are great!!