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I agree jachut I drink when i am thirsty. I do try and drink every time i work out but i don't keep track of how much water i drink i just drink when i feel like it.

I have never been told to stop my birth control. I took it the day of surgery. I can maybe see for a few days maybe before or after because of the risk of blood clots but not for 90 days.

YAY NOV is our 6 month anniversary for our lap bands. I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread that everyone can post in Nov on their 6 month bandiversary. you can post how much you lost, how much more you want to loose, any ups and downs you have had, and anything else you would like to tell all your other may bandsters. I will post on the may 12. Can't wait to hear from everyone. :scared2:

I am addicted to my scale some times i weigh everyday some times every other. I need to learn to get on it once a week.

No i love having the band yes its hard to except the fact i couldn't do it on my own. But for the first time in my life i have control. I have never been thin i have been very obese since i was a kid i weight 200lbs when i was 10. So for me i knew that i needed help because i was never raised to eat just one piece of pizza or just one plate of food my whole life has been about food and it feels great for food not to run my life anymore.

Last week 227.8 This week 224 down -3.8 lbs down 61lbs I have never lost this much weight in one week before my new goal is to be 199 by my birthday on Feb 4.

When you do the elliptical and burn 800 calories what level do you use. Because i have used the elliptical and in 20 mins it said i burn 120 calories maybe the machines are wrong

I agree with Kiz. I have learned not to fight it but i save enough calories to have a snack.

Yay today is my bandiversary. As of this morning i am down 61lbs. Started 285 My scale Today 224 My Scale I have went from a size 22 to a size 16. What a ride i hope the next 6 months is just as good. I want to loose another 59lbs so my goal is 160lbs. I have had some ups and down. Head hunger being the hardest i would get full on so little that i would get mad that i couldn't just have one more bite overeating is a very hard habit to break. But i have gotten past that i now enjoying everything i used to but just in smaller sizes( i am still enjoying life). My biggest fear is that i will gain this weight back and this won't last. But i keeping telling my self i now have this tool and i can keep it off.

That makes alot of sinse i thought i was going crazy. I am going to ask my doctor about this at my next appointment. It is amazing how much some doctors know and some don't about the band.

Last week 229 this week 227.8 lost -1.2 total 57.2

I have the same fear but you have this tool to help you stay thin which you have never had before. You will be just fine. Yes it is going to be work and yes it is going to be on your mind but you have this wonderful tool and willpower. All you have to do is look in the minor everyday and think how beautifull you are. Don't let the fear run you life. Thinking about it everyday isn't a bad thing it will just keep you on track to keeping this lifestyle but just don't let it effect your state of mind. Your beautifull your strong and you will be just fine.

you ladies will understand this one. I haven't gotten new bras since before i was banded. Well i was so tired of my old ones falling off my shoulders and not keeping the tat tat's up. So i decided to buy some new bras. I was wearing a 44C when i stated so i figured that i would go down a size a get a 42C. So i got a couple of 42C and headed to the dressing room. They were to big so i went a got some 40c's again to big. So i went back and got some 38C's thinking to myself that these are never going to fit. OMG they fit not tight just right. I can't believe these fit. The next time i go shopping for bras i am heading right for Victoria secerts (bought these one's at walmart) I have never been able to shop there now i will since i can now fit a 38C.

I feel the same way i have lost 57lbs and still have another 60 to go but i have lost a alot of weight in my face so i decided to go and change my hair. I have long hair about to my mid back which i all so keep long to hide the back fat. I didn't cut it short because i don't like short hair but i cut it in layers and got bands and got strawberry lowlights (always got bleach highlights). I looks so much better now. I think i was hiding behind my hair.

It all depends on the doctor. I was told 3 meals a day no snacking and no liquid calories because they don't keep you full. And i do see alot of people on this forum that do protein shakes which i was told was a big no no that you should be able to get all your protein in your meals if you eat your protein foods first. But every doctor is different.

I eat subway at least 3 times a week and i have been banded for almost 6 months. I can't eat their regular bread but i do get all my subs on their flatbread. They don't have wraps anymore they replaced it with the flatbread. I have a ham with cheese and lettuce on flatbread it is 360 calories which is perfect and i sometimes can eat it all but most of the time not. I weighed it once and it only weighed 7 oz which is less then a cup. But the only thing i get on it is lettuce so it isn't very big.

44 lbs thats great:thumbup:. I was banded 5 days after you. I love my band. I just posted a thread under the May 2009 bandsters forum about our 6 month bandiversary this month asking how everyone was doing since it has been 6 months since we were all banded. I have lost as of today 57lbs so i am very happy if i could be down 60lbs by my bandiversary which is the 12 i will be half way to my goal (which i hope to reach by my one year bandiversary). I still feel like it is to good to be true like i am going to wake up one day and be 57lbs heavier again. Keep up the good work

down -1.5lbs total lost 56 lbs

I was on it for a year. I loved it when i was on it i lost 55lbs but as soon as i stoped it i gained the weight back. I couldn't control my hunger when i stoped taking it.

last week 233.5 today 230.5 down 3 total since being banded 55

I am the body shaper Queen. I have always worn a body shaper and will always wear a body shaper. I am always on the look out for a new better body shaper. Now i don't wear them on a daily basis. I wear them mostly on the weekends when i go out. I like how i feel and look in a body shaper and even more now that i have lost 55lbs. I can wear a pair of jeans and not have my fat bulge out over them. my husband always laughs at me when i am trying to get them on (it's like trying to shove a golf ball into a straw) I love the dr. Rey's deep plunge bodyshaper i buy them at sears. I can still wear a low cut top with them. I have never tryed spanx but i have heard they are nice. Like Jachut said the damage is already done the skin is already loose. Shapers are more to make you feel better. But i will tell you this when i have a shaper on i feel all nice and tight as if i didn't have this loose skin.

When you complain that resturants give too much food (i never thought i hear my self say that) Your 6 year old eats more then you you are excited to go shopping for clothes You can paint your own toenails you can shave your whole thigh (not half way up) You can hook your bra from the back insted of hooking from the front and rotating.

I have been banding since May and love my band i don't pb i have great restriction but i do have one side affect i get horrible shoulder pain about twice a week. I was always afraid to tell the doctor because i thought i might hear bad news like we have to take the band out or something like that. Well my husband being the caring man that he is made me tell him yesturday at my appointment. I told the dr that i get should pain about twice a week really bad and i notice it when i havn't eaten in several hrs and my pouch is empty. Here was his answer The tubing that comes from the band to the port sometimes rubs the diaphragm causing should pain (there is a nerve that runs through the body to the shoulders) He said that some people are more sensitive then others and get the shoulder pain. He said the reason why i notice it when i havn't eaten in a while and my pouch is empty is because when the pouch is full it pushs on the band making it a little lower in you belly so it isn't rubbing. When the pouch is empty it is closer to the diaphragm therefor rubbing againest it. I though this might help some of you that is having shoulder pain. I thought this was a very good answer

I was told i can have it as long as it doesn't brother me. I was addicted to diet soda so even though i am aloud to have it i only have it about once a month when i go out with my girlfriends to have some drinks. I have it vodka because it is only 80 calories and it does take most of the carbonation out with the alcohol. If i would drink it every day i would become addicted again. And ever since i gave it up i found that i fell so much better drinking water then i did soda. My skin isn't dry anymore and i know that is because i am getting the water i need. I think before i was banded i would only drink a glass of water ever couple of days and the rest would be soda now i drink water every day