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You really look great. I think we are similar in what we had to lose etc. I just passed the two year mark but still have ten pounds to go. I have gone slow but never dieted or done anything that I couldnt keep up. I love my band! I would even self pay again if I had to!

Deat fit,

How's it going and what is new? I havent seen your blog in a while and I have missed it! Cali

Hey I forgot to tell you that my Wii still hates Mii!!! I got on the other day after a long absence and she told me I had lost ONLY 7 pounds and maybe I should lower my expectations! It told my sister she was overweight and she about peed herself laughing when her Mii puffed up!

You look great in your before/after pix...BIG difference in the face!!I hit a plateau also but when I started writing down everything I was eating I saw it wasnt a plateau, it was me totally overeating! Good luck, I thin you are really looking younger!!!

You really cant lose weight in one place...it comes kind of evenly from everywhere but mainly the top down, face, the boobs, then belly, then hips, legs. You can do a million situps a day but you arent getting rid of belly fat just developing a beautiful set of abs no one will ever see if they are still covered in a layer of fat...I hope you can just be happy with what you already ARE accomplishing!! Cali

You will get a lot of good info and support here. I hope the lap band will be right for you. I self payed for mine two years ago and it is the best thing I have ever done. I have lost weigth slow compared to a lot of people but iam wearing a size 8 or 10 at the Gap and have 10 pounds to get to normal BMI. I have never dieted or exercised since I got my band but it really keeps me from overeating.

Well I finally went to a closer doc for a fill (1.5 hour drive instead of 4-5 hours). I just always put off going and I guess I'm lucky I never gained. Anyway she gave me 1.7ccs! Now I'm kind of gurgling on the liquids so we'll see.You have really done great because this new doc said my 5ccs in there (10cc band) was like not having a band! I did have some restriction in the morning but at night was a free-for-all! Anyway I will keep you posted how this goes, I am always glad to hear from you or read your blog!!!

Love the chowder. We usually go to the Splash in SLO to avoid the tourists! I alsolove their tuna tacos but that has left me yakking in one of my glove compartment zip locs on the way home if you know what I mean! We were just down to La Jolla looking at UCSD for our daughter...nice!

Your story on the whole process will help a lot of people who are frustrated with 'the system'. You really stuck to it and kept pushing...I think that means you will do great with your band...its all about don't give up, right?

Hey we are the same age! What is your fill level these days? I am 7.5cc/10cc band and perfect I think.

I cant believe you are going to have met two major goals so close together...overweight and onederland! To the skinnies of the world it probably all seems pretty weird but we know what it means and how importnt it is. I am holding at 191 and I have to get to 174 to be overweight!! I am going camping for a week up to the redwoods (I have never seen them)north of SF so prob more exercise but also more eating/drinking..D

How are you doing these days??

You are inspiring so many people! You look and sound so happy!

I really dont see how a size 10 is anything but normal but what do I know? I have been fat so long I didnt even know where to set my goal weight...I just set it at the highest weight for the normal BMI category!! I wonder if over a year if I just learn to eat right etc it will just level off somewher its supposed to...what do you think? Cali

Hope your preop diet is not going too bad...the way I look at it, whatever loose now is staying off which is the great part about the band. Im sure you have read a lot of people on here whose docs are really stingy with fills...you'll love Dr. O because he and his PAs just give you one whenever you say you want one (after your post op healing period I guess). Im sure I have told you I had perfect restriction on an empty band for about six weeks after the surg...it was awesome and other than my crzy work schedule it was easy to get it back later when it loosened up....good luck..D

Yeah, I thought well I guess this is where I am going to be (185) unless I exercise. But when I started writing down my food and realizing that I was ALWAYS eating until it was painful...and throwing up too much...anyway I think Im back on track!

Get those dragonflies to the beach in a bikini, girl!!! Gorgeous!

Good luck on Thursday with your appointment!! Cali

Puff, How did that appointment go!? Cali

Still doing good? Anything new???

Thanks for your kind and funny words...I swear I AM looking forward to this date like I'm 17 and it was prom!!! Hey, I was thinking about your cravings and I wondered if you confirmed that they were related to your cycle? My doc says he sometimes prescribes phentermine for bad weight-loss plateaus or for women who can ruin a whole month of good eating with PMS cravings...maybe you could ask your doc...I took that phentermine (the non-dangerous half of fen-phen) a couple of years ago and it shuts off your interest in food completely...I lost like 40 pounds but I bet you know how that story ends when I went off the drug! LOL!

Well I am only a week away!!! Take care, Cali

Hey...my sprouts are in! About 2" or so of new hair springing up!!!

If you have hit a plateau and you are not doing something bad like eating ice cream all day, I think you need a fill! Good restriction just wont let me overeat...

WOW! You are really making progress and you are a mighty woman for wearing the beautiful red dress and swimsuit!! Ladies, must we burka ourselves in black all the time!?! Cali

I forgot how to import the ticker but if you ask band_groupie she knows all , she's a real geek! Cali (tell her I said so!)