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It is a line of products you can only get thru a consultant -- kinda like Mary Kay in that manner? My friend that sells it has the most amazing, clear skin & looks incredible since she started using it. She doesn't push it on people - just shares with people that ask. Anyhow, the docs that created Proactive are the ones that created Rodan + Fields. I don't know a lot about all the details as my husband lost his job so money has been tight for awhile. I have three redheaded girls....if only I could bottle the different shades...so pretty! ????

I have heard that Rodan + Fields can really help that....I just started losing so I can't say firsthand, but the folks I know that use it regularly look SO much younger. I wanna become a consultant someday when I have the extra money to get started....my dream - to be healthy & loving myself. ????

Got mine 12/16 ????????

Has the change from clear liquid to full liquids upset your stomach? I was sleeved 12/16 & today could start protein shakes....but it is upsetting my stomach & causing diarrhea. ????

I was sleeved 12/16 too --- I feel ok, but tire easily. My steri strips haven't fallen off yet either.

I love being told "you aren't THAT bad" & that I should accept myself the way I am. The thing is - what they see is my squished in my girdle & since I am tall I hide my weight well. (Or so I am told) You would think when they knew I was up to 280 they would realize why I wanted to stop this train & get healthy now!!!

I was banded in 2009 & did real well until about 2013 -- then I had a slip & my doc unfilled my band for a month to let it settle...during that time I gained weight & after we started trying fills again we could never find a sweet spot again. I had pains & would throw up all the time, it was awful. I finally got my band removed in 2014 & then battled my insurance to be approved to get the sleeve. (My doctor's office will not do it all in one surgery anymore as they have seen too many complications.) I finally got approved & had surgery a week ago. I am excited about my new journey. Hang in there and fight for what is right for you!!!

Oh my goodness -- its not only me??? LOL I get this when I need to eat or am hungry...I call it my protein pain.... It tells me when I haven't gotten enough in.

I think a lot of us can relate with you!!! Someday what everyone else see will match what we see in the mirror...therapy DOES help! Hang in there!

Can you eat any solid foods? Sounds like you might be too tight. Hope you get relief soon!!

I was banded March 2009 --- no real complications here....just an unfill once when I was sick...a small bump in the road, really. I agree most folks have moved on -- I don't get on here very often either!

I am struggling too ---- I went from 300 to 210 and then had trouble as when I had a bad sinus infection the phlegm was making me so tight I couldnt eat...so I had to be unfilled for a month (& gained weight)then when I got refilled a few weeks later I could tell it was too tight & had to have some taken out. Now I am back to 225 & frustrated with myself -- am probably too tight as I have all those signs, but no money to go back for an unfill.....its not a fun place to be, for sure!

Have you tried the Herbalife Protein Powder? I toss it in my shakes..I don't notice any flavor/smell like I did with the Unjury unflavored. :-)

Yep, it is way common for us to swap out one addiction for another....if we used food as a coping mechanism and now that is short circuited - we struggle to find another way to cope....sometimes we pick healthy options and others not so much...shopping is definately one of mine. You should consider going to a therapist and talking through your behaviors - and finding another way to deal with the journey you are on. We are right there with you! Hang in there! Kim

And truly....sometimes folks really DON'T notice....I, for one, don't see people for their weight....so if I haven't seen someone in awhile I may or may not notice if they are smaller/bigger, etc...others will comment and I will think "oh really?", but focusing on others weights has never been a priority to me. So instead of thinking them insensitive, uncaring, etc....they truly may be oblivious or unsure of what to say...... Keep up the good work! Kim