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Hi everyone! I havent posted in forever! But with our 1 year coming up I thought I would check in to see how everyone was doing. I would LOVE to start getting on here more to keep myself more motivated! Ive lots a total of 85 lbs and Im doing fun things again like wakeboarding and I can run several miles and I dont let my weight stop me ANYMORE! I feel like that was what the band was supposed to help me do (get my life back) But like all the rest of us its SUCH a struggle! I had NO clue it was going to be this difficult. I exercise everyday I try to not eat bad. But like someone was saying when you know that icecream goes down easy, no chewing and chewing and chewing and it taste delicous it become the easy out! I think overall though we are doing what we set out to do and if we keep it up eventually we will all be where we want to be! CONGRATS EVERYONE ON 1 YEAR!!!!!!!!!

She will, tell megan McCall Sink sent you and she will take good care of ya! Even if you cant get the surgery she is fantastic as a weight consler. She has been there she knows the thoughts and the patterns and she puts things out there you would never think of! And remember if you get it or if you dont get it, its going to be a struggle either way so get your mind right and you will do just fine!!

Hey, I go to Hedi at surgical weightloss center in st. peters for my post op and she is AMAZING!!! I got 7.5 in my band in only 3 fills..... LOVE HER! If you want to know so about mexico. Look up Megan davis she is a weight loss consuler who got lap band done in mexico! She is located in sunset hills right now!

Opps forgot to post yesterday! I lost 2 pounds this week.... Im 3 pounds from my goal so I guess I wont be making my goal at christmas but maybe by the week after!! Everyone is doing good thus far through the holiday! I hope we all report back on monday after christmas with good stuff!!! GOOD LUCK and HAPPY HOLIDAY!

Hey everyone! I had another good week! Lost 4 pounds! 224lbs

Monday post time! I lost 7 pounds this week :thumbup: Im 228 right now!

Hey Ladies! I havent checked in in a while.... But things are going ok. The holiday was REALLY hard! But I made it through and got back to the gym two times today! Ive lost a total of 42 pounds since sept. 2nd and I have 7cc in my 10 cc band...... THe lady that does my fills is AWESOME...super agrressive. Ive had 3 fills and with that Im at 7cc. She tells me I can come in every two weeks and get more if I dont feel restriction. She does it under floroscopy so she can tell if it is to tight. Does anyone feel like they have to do SSSSOOOO much themseleves? Sometimes I feel like Im doing it all on my own. That there isnt a tool there helping me. But then my friend who knows makes commits about how I didnt eat barely anything and I think maybe Im just used to not eating as much and I have more restriction than i think. Everyone is doing great! So pround of all of you! I went back and read everyones post!!

You guys did great not gaining! I managed to eat enough to gain 3 pounds this week I had an extended holiday with friends in town and eating out since thursday. Im going to the gym today and Im not coming out till Christmas!! Next week will be the opposite direction!

I lost 3 more this week!!!!

My Monday check is 6 pounds down this week!!!!!!!! Start Christmas challenge -239 First check in- 233 Everyone is doing so well! Good job!

So are well all reporting in our weightloss tomorrow? And all the other monday's until chirstmas?

Ya Im so excited.... Im recently havin trouble losing more than 2 pounds a week and Im working harder than I have ever worked. BUt Im starting to come to grips with it and its way better than gaining 2 lbs a week! Im excited girls.... How are you guys going to reach this goal??

Oh girl Im in..... I am seeing my family at thanksgiving and then I wont see them again till christmas.. Ive almost reached my goal for thanksgiving but Im going to want to lose 20 more before christmas..... that is a really big goal but I think I can do it... we will have to keep eachother super motivated!

HEY EVERYONE! I havent been on here in quite a while! I wanted to check in and see how everyone was doing and see if I was on track with everyone else. Banded 9/2/09 and Ive lost a total of 37 pounds. For some reason I feel like im getting no where..... I know that sounds sssooo silly when I say it out loud. I think its bc my losing has come to a hault. I was working out sssssooo hard last week and I only lost 2 pounds as compaired to my be able to lose 5 pounds a week and the week before only 1 pound. What does everyone this about this... r u all going through the same thing?

HEY EVERYONE!! I havent been on it a while but it looks like everyone is doing well! Today is my 3 week bandaversariy! I got my first fill today of 5cc in a 10cc band. Im on liquids today but tomorrow I get to go back to a normal diet. Im really nervous about the first time I eat with the restriction but SUPER EXCITED!!!

CONGRATS!!! I was just wondering if you were consistanly losing weight thru the two months. I lost 10lbs the week I did liquids and have not lost a single pound since. Im excersing and eating very little......I will be 3 weeks out on wed. and I will be getting my first fill then....did the fill jump start your weightloss?

B9409- Im so glad you started this thread. I feel so much better after reading everything..... I like you am single (my boyfriend lives back home 12 hours away along with my family) Im in school in st. louis MO an they are in NC. So when I came back and was just in my place I felt so lonley and couldnt believe what a bad decision I made. I didnt tell anyone about the surgery but family so I had no one here. To top it off the week I got back I had National Boards for my profession and I was trying to balance stress, boards, new eating habits and no family to help me. My mom keeps calling me bc she is so worried bc I just went into depressed mode when I got back here. I just kept feeling like there was something wrong with me bc I was not extremly happy about my decision. Im so glad to hear this is normal. Not to mention the thing about eating a TON less and Im not lossing any weight. I actually even gained weight. Im eating less than 800 calories a day so I have been to say the least depressed. But after reading what ppl said Im SSSOO happy to hear that it is completley normal. I thought surley I would be one of those ppl who lost the weight so fast and had no mental issues along the way but now see that I will.... and lot my friend food too! So, its time to make new friends! Thanks again for your post!!!

My mom is taking care of me right now before I have to go back to school tomorrow. She has to cook for me but also cook for my dad and brother at the same time. So she has been cooking two diff meals. Well tonight she cooked me a specail treat. Crock Pot- meat, carrots, potatoes, Onions, mushrooms and cream of mushroom Soup. She took the carrots potatos and mushrooms and put them in the blender. It was FANTASTIC. Tasted like I was eating mashed potatoes and gravy. I got full really quickly and it felts sssooo good to eat that instead of a slimfast!

I thought I would chip in too! I was banded 6 days ago and I am just now kind of able to sleep on my side. I still cant handle sleeping on my stomach! But I SURE cant wait till I can!

great reciepe for full liquid ppl! I am at my moms recovering before I go back to school so she has to cook for me and then for my dad and brother. It has been hard on me to watch them eat so tonight she did something special for me. She put pork chops, carrots, potatos, onions and mushrooms and cream of mushroom soup in a crocpot. cooked it all day. Then she put a potato, some carrots and mushrooms from the stew in the blender for me and hit juice. IT WAS AWESOME! Tasted like mashed potatoes and gravy! I could only eat a little before I got full so it was AWESOME!!

I hear ya about the pizza. Im sure I will be stuck in some situations like that when I get back to school and ppl are like why arent you eating. BC Im not telling ANYONE but mom dad and sister! I feel the same about dating too. I just want to work on getting skinny then think about a man. BC Im not excatly looking to explain on a date why I can only have a smoothie haha!

Mango- Maybe you dont want someone who doesnt love you regaurdless! I know that sounds silly but it helps to think that! AND think that in a few months when he is salivating over you....then YOU can decide if he is as good as all the other men after you How many weeks are you post op that you ate the pizza...... I am STARVING and so far havent slipped bc Im scared to mess up the band but it is ssssooo hard. Did the pizza go down OK or make you feel bad?

Coloroado- I am ssooo feeling you with the wine thing! My family likes big pasta meals with wine and BBQ with cold beer and boy am I missing that! I love drinking wine and something that worked for me this week was I found some no sugar apple juice and poured it in a wine glass. That gave me the filling that I was drinking and no one can tell the difference in white wine and apple juice so if you have ppl that you dont wanna explain why you are drinking too its perfect!! Good Luck at your BBQ! Congrats on the weight too!!!

Ivy! we were banded on the same day! Ive pretty much had the same things going on as you. The gas pains in my shoulders were terrible but I walked a lot and my mom rubbed my shoulders and that helped a lot. When do you get to go on mushies? Im looking forward to that! I saw you guys were going to puree steak....I dont know why but Im freaked about by the thought of pureed meat..... is it really not that bad and I need to get over it? :thumbup:

Thanks! I didnt think about muscle milk! I also didnt think about the unflavored! Once I get to where I can drink smoothies again that would be prefect!!