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My lowest weight was about 50 - 51kg but over the last year I have gained 4kg. It is a lot harder when you are at goal, especially if you are a small person. Your BMR is much lower and it is hard to only eat the amount of calories needed to maintain. I have finally got off my ass and started exercising , something I didn't have to do to lose initially, and I have also got a fitbit. I try to log what i am eating on MFP and stay under my goal set by Fitbit but I am still not losing.Hoping to get this excess weight back off soon.

I feel fat too. I hate my flabby stomach.

So you have lost a heap of dead weight!

Without the band you would probably have gained so of course 16kgs is good. It might be not as good as some people but it is also better than others. We are all individuals so we should try not to compare. How are things going? Have you solved the pizza problem?

When did you have surgery? If your surgery was recent then you should call your Dr as this could be something serious. Also if you are having problems breathing you should call an ambulance, you could be having a heart attack. Yes it might be something minor like a pulled muscle but we cannot diagnose you, you need to get this checked out URGENTLY

Wow, cannot believe waterfront property is so cheap. Property in Aus is incredibly expensive. Waterfront would cost a million dollars plus.

Fingers crossed

I have had a number of cracked toilet seats , can't remember who/how they got broken, some toilet seats seem to be made of very thin plastic that is prone to cracking. The worst is if you sit on it again without getting it fixed it can pinch your bum and that is painful!

What is a grapple?

Not to scare you but some of those symptoms could be symptoms of ovarian cancer. Bloating , a feeling of fullness etc. All vague symptoms which normally mean that the diagnosis is delayed or missed. I hope that whatever it is you get an answer and a solution soon.

Wow, well done

You need to take smaller bites and eat slower. The feeling in your chest is at the point where your band is trying to push the food through. If the bites are too big or not properly chewed that is when you will feel dicomfort. If you are not careful you may even get stuck and that really hurts.

that is 22lb in just over 4 weeks. i assume you are not complaining?

Good question

Generally there are 2 or sometimes even 3 sides to a story. If this is genuine abuse then I would report it to Alex. If however it is a case of someone responding to something that you have done then a pm is the correct way to go about it, we don't need to see others washing their dirty laundry on the nboards ( although it does get interesting at times)!

Not quite sure what the question or query was as your post was really difficult to read.

The worst for me is when people don't use paragraphs. That usually makes me give up trying to read what they have written.

I am 5' and I weighed 163 at my highest and 154 after my preop diet.That meant I was obese. You have to do what is right for you but don't let well meaning/scared/jealous family and friends put you off .Losing weight and keeping it off is hard. Very few people are successful in the long term without some kind of surgical intervention.

For the first 3 years I didn't have to try, it all seemed to just happen. Now however things have changed and I am having to make a conscious effort to try and maintain.

Too tight or possibly even a slipped band. Call your Dr.

I have never heard that grapefruit juice isn't allowed. I do know however that it interacts with a lot of different medications so is often contraindicated for those reasons. The best thing to do is speak to your Dr. The other option of course is to drink tap water - surely tap water in the US is safe to drink?

If you are an apple shape you will remain an apple shape albeit a smaller one. When we lose weight our basic body shape stays the same. I hate the fact that even at goal I have a stomach but I love the fact that I have amazing legs so I suppose we have to take the bad with the good.

After a while you will learn what it feels like once the bite has comfortably gone down. This is what you should be looking for before you take the next bite. Piling 1 bite on top of another will get you into trouble.

You look fabulous, I'm jealous of the skinny waist!

I have had my band since June 2009. I hit my goal of 50kg and maintained there quite easily for a couple of years. I have regained approx 4kg over the last year. I believe 1 of the reasons for this is that over time the band becomes less effective. It becomes easier to eat things that were previously difficult and the band does not control your hunger as well. Whilst some people believe that this can easily be fixed with another fill that is not always the case.There seem to be a lot of people that encounter reflux a couple of years out and usually the solution is to remove some fill. Drs then become very cautious and like to ensure that they do not go past a certain level that they believe will trigger the problems again.So it can become a balancing act between too much and not enough which is when you have to really think hard about what you are eating. However my weight is still within the normal range so technically I am still considered a success. I would just like to be a bit thinner but for 50 I don't think I look too bad, especially not when I compare myself with others the same age. I am forever being told that it is normal to gain weight during menopause, for a long time I denied that was true but maybe there is something in it. I have never been a great 1 for exercise and was lucky enough to lose all my weight without having to do much but i now concede that exercise may be the only solution. I purchased a fitbit last week and that is extremely motivating, I am currently averaging about 15000 - 16000 steps a day. Hopefully I can keep it up. I think the bottom line is that the band has helped me to achieve a weight that I would not have been able to maintain without it. I feel great, hopefully look great and am really happy that i had it done. My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. I am also happy that if at some stage in the future they come up with a newer better weigh to keep the weight off i will have the option of revising.