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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

I went away to atlantic city this weekend i drank diet coke and cherry vodka. The alcohol does kill most of the carbonation. Rule of thumb is that whatever proof it is is how many calories it has so 80 proof vodka has 80 calories. So my drinks were only 80 calories. I asked my doctor if i could have diet soda and he told me yes as long as it doesn't brother me. Now i can't drink soda straight up because i get some pain in my chest but with the alcohol no problem. Now i don't drink all the time maybe once or twice a month and when i do i just cut back on my calories for the day so i can have a drink or two. 3 drinks with diet coke and vodka = 240 3 drinks with juice and vodka =600

I can eat a 6in sub from subway but it has to be on the Flat bread. I have really good restricition too. I weighed it one time to see how much it weighed and it only weighed 7 oz which is less then a cup but again i only get it on flatbread and i only get a little bit of lettuce on it so it isn't very big. I can eat about 1 cup at all meals no more or i get pain in my chest and i am very happy with that i don't want to be so tight i can't enjoy life and i have lost 53lbs since i was banded May 12.

i can eat bread and meat in very small bites. Like the size of a bean if i take anything bigger then that i get bad pain. So i just take my time and eat very slow. I can eat some breads better then others. Flatbread and wraps go down just fine with a sandwich but soft bread from a loft does not go down too well.

Torrid was having a hugh sell on their clearence. I love baby phat jeans they have always fit me really well (but don't buy then to much because they are pricey) They had a pair on clearence for like 15 dollars well i couldn't pass them up. Well the only size they had was a 16 so i thought i will get them and they will fit when i loose more weight. Well they came in the mail i took a look at them and they look a little small but just out of curiosity i thought i would try them on and see how much weight i would need to loose to buttom them. Well to my suprise they buttoned just a little snug. I never relized how small i was getting. I have gone from a size 22 to a tight 16 in just 4.5 months.

I wanted to thank everyone for their advice. I leave next thursday and i am so excited. I found this awesome dress over the weekend at Deb's I didn't even know that they carried plus size club wear. I don't think that i have wore a dress since i went to prom like 10 years ago. I will post pictures after i get back. I am going to have fun and i don't care what other people think my friend said something that really make me think about my self. She said that you should never live for anyone else but yourself and it is all about how i feel. And if those skinny girls don't like it F*** them i will never see them again in my life anyway. She is so right

I was wondering if anyone else is having the same problem. I am 4 months post-op and i still have bad shoulder pain. It isn't all the time maybe once a week but when i do get it it hurts like h***. What would be the reason for still having shoulder pain it can't be the gas that they put in when doing the lap because that would have left my body already.

I am going to Atlantic city NJ in october with my parents and my best freind and we are going to go clubbing because we both love to dance. I am so scared to go into those big clubs and see all these skinny little girls wearing almost nothing. I feel like the fat girl in the club. I don't even know where to buy clothes to wear to the club. I am not looking to hook up with anyone i have a wonderful husband so i am not going to the club to find a man but i do want to find something nice to wear. I will be about a 16/18 or 1x when i go (i hope). Where can i find plus size clothes to wear to the club? Do you feel comfortable going to big clubs and not Intimidated by the skinny girls.

I have my 3 month check up tomorrow and i not sure if i should get a fill. I don't PB or slime at all and i can eat whatever i want bread ect. The only problem that i have is sometimes when i eat i get that pain in my chest (which i think is just from not chewing enough). I am getting hungry quicker and am finding myself looking for food but i am scared if i get a fill that the pain will get worse. I am doing really well as of today i am down 37lbs in 3 months. I just don't want to not get a fill and have to wait another month and be hungry. Do you think with another fill the pain will get worse or do you think it is operator error. I only get that pain maybe a couple of meals a week and it usually is with the first few bites. Why does this have to be so confusing

I was curious if as you lose weight if you loose weight in you upper arms. I have hugh upper arms and thin shoulders so i feel as though my upper body is not proionate (family jeans YUk). I have never worn a tank top in my life because i just hate how big my upper arm are (been obese since i was a child). I would love to be able to wear a tank top but as i loose weight (35lbs as of today) i just seem to be getting thinner in the shoulders and not the upper arms. Could this just be the way my body is made? Will i probably have to have Lipo? Tell you experiences did your upper arms thin out?

Help i need some advice. Before i got the lap band i had considered it for two years i decided to wait until after i had my second child (now 1 year old and so cute) Anyway i had talked to my boss about the lap band about two years ago and she had never heard of it she is also obese. About 3 months after i had my little one i started the 6 months checkups with my doctors so about the 4th one i told my boss that i was going to have it done in a few months. She said to me that she was having the surgery done in about a week she was so excited. I was so excited someone so close that we can share our experiences. So she had her surgery in March 09 and i had my in May09. She did so well at first as of today she is down 42lbs which is great. As of today i am down 35lbs. But here is the problem she hasn't lost any weight in 1.5 months and is starting to get jealous of me since i am only 7lbs away from what she has lost and she was banded 2 months before me. I am starting to feel uncomfortable. I don't know what to do. The reason she isn't loosing is because she eats all the time she never stops. Yesturday i watched her eat a whole bowl of chips. Today she eat a whole donut and a blueberry muffin (just for breakfast). The day before that she brought ice cream for everyone and when i said no thank you she gave me this dirty look. I even watched her pb all her food then come back from the bathroom and eat a whole new plate of food. It is her business what she does with her band i don't ever say a word but what do i do. Do i try and give her advice? She is asking me everyday how much have i lost. We get along really well i would say that we are friends we have worked together for 5 years. I want her to succeed. I just feel like her attitude is pulling me down. But she is my boss and i love my job and need it. HELP

I don't see how they can charge that by law they must except what a insurance company pays them. After Surgery Care WTF that is covered by insurance. I would ask what that covers. I had to pay a $200 dollar program fee and the covered the support meetings, reading material and even a event for lap banders. But 2500 that is just ridiculous. I don't see how they can get away with that. What would the insurance company not pay that would justifiy 2500?

Yesterday B 1oz of almonds L. turkey and ham flatbread from subway D Steak fajita only ate inside total calories 900

ROCK THOSE HEELS. Don't let hight stop you. There is nothing like a good pair of heels that make you feel so sexy and beautiful. I own about 50pair i have a shoe fetis. I am 5'6 and my Dh is 5'10 so when i were heels i am about the same height.

I have been on birth control for years. I have a love hate relationship with them. The plus side is that i have never had an unplaned pregancy and have very light periods. The down side is that they make me moody, gain weight, and not want to have sex at all. I have been on them for over 10 years. They are not effecting my weight loss so far. I feel better since i have been loosing weight i am not as moody

I was talking to my mom about this yesturday after i read this thread and she said that they sale things that go in your shoes to make to make them fit tighter. She also said if you put the gel insoles in it will also make you shoes fit tighter. I don't know if this works or not but i thought i would share.

1. How i didn't feel like i even had a band until i was filled 2. How long it took for my incisions to heal

omg that is where i want my tattoo on my foot and i was going to get it when i reach a certain goal. I want a flower with some fancy scroll work going up my foot. I would say that it depends on your feet. If they are pretty thin and bony (after 100lbs i am sure they are) then i would say 60lbs will propably not come off of your feet but i would ask the tattoo artist and see what he says.

Stripper................................ only in my husbands dreams Poll Dance instrutor............................ again only in my husbands dreams A personal shoper( those cool people who get to shop for the rich who don't have time to shop) ............. only in my dreams I run a financial department for a home health agency

my doctor filled my band during surgery i got 4.25cc at time of surgery. Since the bands come with nothing in them my doctor primes them to fill the tub and get the air out of them and adds a little depending on the thickness of the stomach.