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Hey Heather, it's been a while since I've been on the site, just checking in to see how you're doing!

Hey Meredith! Wow you look awesome! Congrats! I haven't been on here very often. I moved to Illinois and have been insanely busy! Hope you had a great holiday! I'm doing well, I've lost 94.5 lbs so far. The past year has been really tough, I had a lot of problems with my band, but I'm on the right track again! Good to hear from you!

Hey Heather! Wow, it's been a while! CONGRATS on your loss, that is so awesome! I bet you are super excited!

IL is going well. Settling in well. I have lost 92.5 lbs so far. The loss has really slowed this year, but as long as I'm heading in the right direction, that's all that matters. I hope you have a great holiday!

Heather, that is so awesome! Congrats on your 100 pounds, you must feel so great! Way to go. I'm sure you've actually lost more since you left that message. :-) And your new profile picture looks great, you look like a whole different person!

Sounds like you had a fun 4th!

I haven't tried a liquid diet. I should though. Thanks for the advice. I have to go see a doctor. Since I moved to Illinois in March, I haven't seen a doctor to follow up on my lap band. But now I got a new job and am working 40 hours a week, so my time is really limited. But I really need to go see a doctor because my progress is totally stalled. Oh well, I'm sure I will figure it out and get it fixed! You are an inspiration, keep up the good work!

Hey Heather! I know, it had been awhile for me on here too! SO glad to hear you are doing well. I'm sure you will lost those last pounds in no time now that you are hopefully over the plateau! I have also hit a plateau, part of it is my fault but part of it is the band. I haven't been eating the best foods lately, but also, everything and I mean everything, seems to get stuck. But it's not because I have too much of a fill, the doctor isn't sure why it's happening since I don't have that much liquid in there. ANyway, hopefully I will get past that soon! Are you enjoying the summer? Any big plans?

Hey Heather, just checking in to see how you were....

Just wanted to say Happy Bandiversary, even though it's a few days late!!!!!!

Hey linda, just checking in to see how you are doing!

That's awesome Heather! How exciting!!!!!!! You need to post pictures on your bandiversary!

Hey Heather! Glad you are doing great and had a nice New Years! Mine was good too! Hey, I grew up in Sterling Heights! Hey isn't your one year bandiversary coming up?!?! How exciting!

Hey Heather, just wanted to say Happy Holidays! I hope you have a great one. I hope you are doing well!

Thanks Linda! Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that you had a bad experience with the surgery. I kind of went through the same thing right after surgery. How are you feeling now? I know it's only been a couple weeks, give it some time, you'll be happy in the end. I am doing pretty good, reached a bit of a plateau right now, have only lost like 5 pounds in the last month. Doc says it's normal, but it's also really frustrating! I work my butt off and then to see the scale only went down 1 pound, well it gets to me. But at least it's not moving up right? All in all, i feel great and so much better than I did last year at this time! Stick with it, you'll feel a lot better soon. If you ever need to talk about anything or just need to vent, I'm here! I wish you the very best of luck during the holidays! I won't lie, I've had a couple of holiday treats, lol. I haven't heard from Meredith, I wrote awhile back but haven't heard back from her. she looks like she's doing great, judging by her profile!

Linda, just checking in to see how surgery went? How is everything?

Hi there, thanks for the comment! Do you have the surgery scheduled?

Wow, you did good! I didn't do too bad either. I had some turkey, a bit of potatoes and stuffing. A piece of pumpkin pie. My boyfriend was in town so I ate an ice cream sundae with him, but it was small. I stepped on the scale this morning (just to see) and I stayed exactly the same as I was the day before Thanksgiving, so that made me happy. We'll see if I lose anything this Friday! How much are you down now?

Hey Heather~ thanks so much! I hope you have a great one as well!

Hey Linda! I understand being nervous, I was too! But it will go by so fast and you'll feel fine. I just did my weekly weigh in today and I hit 70 lbs which was my Thanksgiving goal! I'm excited. I don't have any regrets, but I won't lie, it has been a bit of a struggle for me. I've had 4 fills and I still don't feel restriction. But I realize this is not the case for everyone. Some people only need 1 or 2 fills and they find their sweet spot. All in all, I am happy I did it because just knowing that I have this "tool" to help is a great relief.

YAY! How excited are you?!?!

See, I need to think more like you! lol. I am already thinking about all the gravy and mashed potatoes and pies...I didn't even think to bring salad or anything like that. I guess I was just thinking about what my mom will have there to eat...But I can make it work, I've got the willpower...I think, haha. And a walk is a great idea, work off the dinner you just had. I might do that as well.

I'm kind of nervous about Halloween now that I think about it. I usually pass out candy at my moms and it's going to be hard. But you know, I could tell her to get candyI don't like! Good thinking Heather!

And yeah, I totally love cookies too. How could you not.

Thanks Heather! I do feel so much better, I can't believe it! The amount of energy I have now is amazing. Wow 75! That's awesome. And yeah, I'm sure you're losing inches even if the scale isn't showing a lb loss. I'm sure you'll see those numbers move very soon! I think I'm kind of in the same phase as you right now. Haven't been the most careful about my food choices and this week I haven't had a second to work out, I miss it, how crazy is that? LOL. I'm nervous about Thanksgiving, about the eating and everything? Are you at all? That's always the holiday where I seem to go nuts with food....I'm sure you'll be able to make 8 lbs by then! That's 6 weeks! You'll do great. Thank you, I'm nervous about going to the doc and talking to him about it all, but we'll see!!!!! Any plans for Halloween?

Hey Heather! I'm doing really well, been pretty busy too! I'm down 65 lbs and feel really good, still don't have a ton of restriction though. I haven't tried another doctor yet because I decided that I'd wait until my next appt with my surgeon, which is in 2 weeks and discuss my issues with him in full detail. If after that, I'm not satisfied, I'll go somewhere else. How are you? How's your loss going? I bet you're doing incredible! Anything else new?

Thanks Heather, I will give them a call this week!

Hey Heather, I hope you are doing well. I just had some questions I wanted to ask you about your surgeon...I see that he is located in Troy? Do you like him? Is it easy to get appointments at his office? Where exactly is his office located? I am considering switching surgeons and want to find one that I know would be recommended! Thanks for any info you can give me!

Heather that's awesome! 75 lbs, wow, that's amazing! Congrats to you. And I wouldn't say that's slow at all, that's about 10 pounds a month...just think of where you were a year ago! That's so great to hear that you say life is great. I have had some ups and downs personally lately, but am trying to get into that mindset as well. I know that once I get to where you are, I'll feel the same way! You are inspiring!

That's awesome, right around the corner! Best of luck to you!