imaluckydog

I am here all the way with you GF all the way!! Funny how our journeys sound so similar. I alway try to rationalize with my subconscious. On my Fridge I have posted on a 3X5 card 1,200 and everyone who walks in says why is that there. LOL I know it is to remind me if I want to lose this week I need to keep to that many a day. Yes the first 50 to 60 pound fell off me and it was a struggle ever since but low and behold 110 wonderful pounds later and I have stopped letting my head get in my way works for me. 400 calorie meals give or take I am not that strict. I exercise everyday some harder than other and I do not play minds games any more, I write it all down even the chocolate although that is some what medicinal don't you think LOL. Have a great day and best wishes imaluckydog

Best wishes I was banded on June 29, 2009 a little over a year ago. I have lost 110 pounds and I am healthier today than I was in high school. I feel great and I am very happy with my band. Congrats and keep us all posted about your journey. imaluckydog

Feel better soon. I posted to your other blog. Best wishes imaluckydog

You sure can do this!! I never set a goal I just kept losing and now I weigh about 145 down from over 250. I feel small in a years time. I look small and my clothes are size 10. Most people say hey skinny!! I laugh out loud when I hear that. My head still does not feel skinny. It has taken a lot of working with my band to get here. I can gain 5 pounds in a blink of an eye so I know what I have to do every day to keep my weight off and the same. I eat not to much mostly plants with protein first. Best wishes on your journey imaluckydog

I had food withdrawal and I sometimes feel I do now and I have been at this a long time. Take the meds that is important however you have to take them. Keep blogging it really does help how you feel. The beginning is a hard place to be I can assure after a year all will be so much better. Best wishes imaluckydog

We all love food and we are all hungry it is REAL. Yes, you are in a band hell if you will. I think about food all the time. My goal was to be a smaller person. The band has helped me become the size person I want to be. I have been banded a year and have lost 110 pounds and where it went I have no idea. All I know is I eat small and now I am small. I like what the band has helped me accomplish. Keep busy and try not to think about food that is what I have to do every day. You can do this remember to follow the rules and eat what and when you supposed to. Best wishes imaluckydog

You can do this!!!! Stay focused on what you want he most in all this WORLD!! I wanted to be small. I eat small to be small. Yes I feel hungry but I am not going to die if I do not eat all the time. It is hard I have been at this for a little over a year now. I have had fills and Un-fills and had more stress I would not wish anyone to have. Head hunger is a TRAP do not go there. Keep busy and stay FOCUSed on your GOAL whatever that may be? I know you can do it. I have been at this now since June 2009, I have made more than my share of mistakes, work with this band and you will be rewarded. I have lost 110 pounds and it has not come back. I love my new small body. Best wishes imaluckydog

In one year I have lost 110 pounds forever. I had a skinny vacation myself this summer and I feel GREAT. I was banded last June 2009. Yes anything is possible. I wake up with a smile on my face everyday, you will too! Best wishes imaluckydog

I ended up going a month early. Yes this will change your life. Good luck I have been at this now for over a year. Best journey I have ever been on Best wishes imaluckydog

OMG you are doing so well I am so proud of you. I did this journey mostly all by myself and this web site was my only support system. I told no one! My husband is skinny and my two adult children were away at school. My sister was NO help. I was on my own. It is VERY hard doing this. I am so happy you have shared and have done so well keep posting. I am still alone after a loss of 110 in a year and a month I thank you know who for this site every day. Best wishes imaluckydog

I agree we are just one big happy family. I thank goodness I have all of you in my life everyday. I am staying connected to others who share my common struggle and JOYS. I love my LB and love this site because it helps me stay focused. Best wishes imaluckydog

Best wishes. I didn't not even tell my mother and she still to this day does not know. Banded 1 year 1 month lost 110 pounds. Hope all goes well and enjoy your journey. imaluckydog

RIGHT, this is the beginning of the amazing LB journey. Best wishes imaluckydog

The pain is real! No one ever really feels good after a major surgery. Give it some time take the meds and follow band rules it may take a few weeks it may take a few days everyone is different. I was running around Disney World only two weeks after I was banded. Keep moving. Best wishes imaluckydog

Oh you can do this!! and I can TOO!!! I love the little ball beating its head against wall. Yup, I have been there that is for sure. I am going to make the Best Food Choices today as well thanks for reminding me how easy it is to slip back into old habits. The band works I just have to put the best choices in my mouth for one meal at a time today. I have cut out all snacks (just for today) my old habits are coming back to haunt me. Have a great day and Best wishes. imaluckydog

I have been on this site at least once a day for over a year now. I could not have been as good or followed the rules as well without all the people (my friends) on this site. They offer suggestions and give real life experiences that I can relate too. I have lost 110 pounds and I am still here to talk about it. This LB has changed my life forever. Down from a size 24 plus to a size 10 I am very Happy where I am and even put a bathing suit on and went to the beach by boat on my Birthday. Miracles do happen when you follow the rules. Best wishes and keep us all posted we care about you. imaluckydog

Positive is key, you are doing all the correct things to get ready. If someone told me I would lose 110 pounds in a year I would not have believed them. I did lose 110 pounds in a year so just wait and it all goes by so FAST!!! I have no idea where this year has gone. Best wishes on your journey. imaluckydog

Congrats I lost more after I got an Un-fill just keep doing what you have been doing and do not give in to any head hunger. I lost 15 more pounds after a slight adjustment and I had been at a plateau for months. You can do this. Best wishes imaluckydog

Hi, You are making such great steps to creating a healthier and stronger you! I hear the power in your blog. Getting in-touch with you're feelings and having the those feelings and not using food to cope it is part of this amazing journey. I am so proud of you When I read your blog I hear your strength. This is good to keep blogging happy or sad it is real. You are amazing to have all these insights so early in your journey. When you least expect it a handsome man will walk into your new and thinner life and support you along your journey. You are a beautiful and honest person with love and respect for family. You need to be put on a pedestal and a special person is in your future. The joy you find will only get better the longer you are on this journey. How do I know? I have read your blogs and hear your willingness for change and your open mind and determined attitude. Just look at how beautiful you are and see the changes I have seen (heard)(read about). Let me just say when you least expect it!!!! Best wishes imaluckydog

Hi and thank you this will be very useful for some. I noticed you do not have any fruit, fruit juice or Veggies in your program, Why? Do you take a multi vitamin? The vitamins in FRESH fruits and Veggies are very important to a balanced diet and will help with elimination and are known to help fight cancer. I eat real food like you, Not too much, mostly plants with Proteins first. If anyone has Netflix watch "Food Matters" it is an eye opener I must say. Best wishes imaluckydog

We as Banders should not be skipping meals!! Try and take care of your nutritional needs everyday. Eat meals 3 times a day with fruit as a snack. Stop grazing it will not help you lose weight if that is why you had the LB. We need to change our old habits. A fill may help it always kicked in about four days later for me and when I was eating at a slow pace after about 4 bites I could not eat any more. I knew I needed to eat more to get the right amount of protein in. My meals got cold and I sat there and waited until I could take another bite. Do not drink with your food either it will push it past the band and you will feel hungry sooner. The needle you will get use to. It was a scary thing at first for sure. After about 6 fills and 3 un -fills not all in that order one does get use to them. I just never liked the poking around part of it. Best wishes imaluckydog

Best wishes on your journey. imaluckydog

Hard to believe my Birthday came and went. I had an excellent day at the beach. It was a beautiful sunny warm day and I spent it with family and NOT food. I enjoy my new energy and smaller body. I was able to move around on a boat with ease. This is new for me. I went swimming something I never did. This past year has given me so much to look forward too. I have a new lease on life and I still wake up with a smile on my face everyday. Thanks to my Lap Band and 110 pounds gone forever! Thank you all for the well wishes I feel you are all my family too and I am glad to have such a strong and positively supportive family here. Best wishes imaluckydog

Excellent Post and for sure you are correct in all you say. I must agree. Keep posting Great blog. Thank you Best wishes imaluckydog