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My boobies now look like baseballs in tube socks. i lost about 70lbs and i think 50lbs were in my boobies lol. I have always had nice boobies a nice full C and high on my chest. When i started to loose weight i thought that my boobies were the only thing that was going to look good. My stomach is a mess. But they look so bad now but i know that i still have 50lbs to goal and they are going to get worse. I would maybe wait until you are closer to goal or to goal because you don't want to be disappointed because if you get them done before you reach goal then you may not get the results that you want.

I eat around 1000-1200 a day and i track everything i put in my mouth. I notice that if i get below 900 my weight loss slows but if i keep it up a little around 1100 i tend to lose more.

I have the same feelings i want to make it throught the holiday and lose some weight. WOW 35lbs is a lot of weight to lose in 4 weeks that is 8.75lbs a week which is very unhealthy to lose that much and you have to burn like 30625 calories in one week to lose that much. My goal is 6lbs by christmas. Which is 1.5lbs a week i have been losing more but because of the holidays i know there will be things to temp me.

I have shoulder pain about twice a week and i am 6 and 1/2 months being banded. It is not the gas from the surgery after a few days that gas is absorbed. My doctor told me that the tubing that runs from the band to your port rubs on your diaphram which causes pain in your shoulder ( i guess there is a nurve that runs from the diaphram to your shoulder) He told me some people have the pain and some don't because it all depends on the persons body and the way the tubing lies in the body not everyone has it rubing the diaphram. He told me that people that have really bad shoulder pain they take all the fill out of the band causing the band to drop a little on the stomach making the tubing not rub on the diaphram anymore and then they try to refill it slowly. My shoulder pain has gotten better since i have had my last fill i don't know if the last fill moved the band alittle and the tubing no longer is rubing the diaphram anymore but i do feel a lot better now.

Last week 222.8 This week 221.2 Lost -1.6 Total 63.8 Considering it is TOM for me that isn't bad. This is the first Thanksgiving that i didn't eat to the point i was sick. That is sad to say that i used to eat like that.

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.

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 was wondering how to burn more caloreis at the gym. I get an hr of cardio at the gym everyday (thats all the time i have i have a full time job and little ones at home) and the machines are telling me i am only burning 300 calories for that hr. I have read some post saying that some people are burning 8oo calories and hr is this because they are running their a** off. I am doing much better then i did several months ago (i can now do 3.7 and a 2 percent incline on the treadmill when i started i could only do 2.5 no incline) I am now on level 3 on the bike but i am still 225lbs and can't run on the treadmill for more then a few mins. I do 20 mins on three machines every day. Does more calorie burning just come with time as you loose more weight you can go faster and up you levels. I want to be able to get the most out of my work out.

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

I know this sounds kinda crazy but i had a fill two weeks ago because i was finding my self looking for food between meals i had pretty good rectriction before this fill i had to be very carefull to eat slowly or i would get pain. I had a .25 fill two weeks ago and now it seems like i have hardly any restriction. Is this possiable? Or maybe i just didn't get enough and it didn't make a difference. Is it possiable that when me gave me my fill when he took all the fluid out of my band and then put it back in plus the fill that band isn't as tight. Has anyone had this happen? I have a appointment in two weeks i am going to ask him and get another fill.

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:

down -1.5lbs total lost 56 lbs