imaluckydog

Good thing you owned it! NOW LET IT GO! This is not a diet. It never will be once you are banded you will need to eat to keep yourself alive so make choices to ensure health. This is a new way of life and it is all about the choices you make. I would have also beaten myself up. This is life and in real life we need to eat. Food of all kinds. It may have been an emotional handful of whatever. It is still life. We all need to learn how to deal with whatever comes our way. I was banded on June 29, 2009. My journey has been successful. I have keep off 110 pounds and I try to make healthy choices. I have learned it is how I think about the food I eat and the choices I make. I think a lot about the food I put into my mouth before it gets there. I have been know to send food back and change my mind. After a while you will know what and how much you can eat of something. Keeping the emotional aspect of food under control was always harder for me. I am and always will be an emotional eater. Best wishes on your journey. imaluckydog

Blogging is a real way to success for me with my LB. I have rules I do not eat at my computer and it helps to write your feelings out there as other so can identify with where you are and what you have to say.

I owe much of my success to be able to write about what I was feeling, the ups and downs and the everyday life of being a Bandster. Reading the bloggers of others helps to pass the time. Your life will change, your body will change and keeping up with the reality of the everyday feelings can be worked out in a blog.

So three cheers to you on your LB adventure and have a happy healthy journey. I was banded June 29, 2009 and have lost 110 pounds and people call me skinny now. I am no longer a fat person and I can buy clothes in any store I go into right off the rack. I used to have to order all my clothes out of catalogs because stores did not have my size.

I had the last meal syndrome the two weeks will fly by for you.

Best wishes and remember to follow all the bandster rules. Make healthy choices.

imaluckydog

I went to a second hand store and found some great deals. I bought things I would never pay a lot of money for and I got designer names for way less. By the way I went from a size 24 plus on a good day to a size 10. Lost 110 pounds. I think we owe it to ourselves to feel good and look good at any size. Many of the things I found still had tags on them and had never been worn. It is expensive to drop all those sizes. I feel so much better now and I know I am way healthier.

Best wishes imaluckydog

I am not very happy with this new site I must say!

Happy New Year everyone in Bandlania.

Best wishes imaluckydog

We are LB Buddies I was Banded June 29, 2009. WOW we have the same Band birthday month. You are amazing. I have spent a little more time on the site but I still do not know how to post to my own blog I must be a ditz. I may go for the tummy tuck and lift at the end of the summer I will be 2 year out and skin is sagging. I am just waiting to hear if my insurance will cover it. I am almost sure it will. Wishing you All the best love imaluckydog

Blog, make a wish list, get busy, take a walk, ride a bike, write what you are feeling on paper, breathe, drink water, take another walk, do some stairs, write a letter to yourself about what you think you will look like in a year from now, take a bath, do a load of laundry, anything to keep your mind off food.

The first few weeks are so hard and take it from someone who has been there and survived, it will take all the effort you have, set your goals and move forward, set goals and let nothing get in your path. Best wishes imaluckydog

Banded June 29,2009 lost 110 glorious pounds forever best thing I ever did for myself.

Best wishes on your Band Birthday. It will be a most amazing journey. I am over a year and lost over 110 pounds and feel great.

Most importantly take time to heal and rest at the beginning. Make healthy choices and go SLOW. Remember baby bites and keep it a practice. Follow all the rules and all will be fine. Best wishes on your band journey imaluckydog

I am also NOT a FAN of this new site. I have ADD and it is way to confusing.

Best wishes to all my friends I do not talk to any more because I can't find you.

imaluckydog

Hi I have been using this site for a year and a half and I am at a loss now Not sure how to use this site any more. Everything looks so different. I will just need to keep blogging and see if I can get used to it. It is better than eating!

I was banded on June 29,2009 and I have lost 110 pounds in about a year. I am very happy working with my band. I am at a normal weight for me now and people call me skinny. Not sure I can agree with them but I have been over weight my entire life so I am a lot smaller. I am a petite size and when I shop I can always find something that fits. It never used to be that way.

If you have any questions maybe I can help. I have made my fair share of mistakes and have been able to survive and talk about it. All has been well and I would choose this LB over all the other measures I have tried in the past.

Best wishes on your journey and keep blogging no matter what the site looks like. It will be part of your success. imaluckydog

Keep blogging this is a great way to say what you feel and get the support you need. So proud of you. The pounds will melt away. Remember to eat slow and chew well and get that water in whenever you can. BEST WISHES imaluckydog

Congrats on your Bandversary!!! I had mine on June 29th. I have also lost 110 pounds. Very happy with my band as well. I've made my fair share of mistakes that is for sure. I have had to really look at the kinds of foods I am eating as some foods do not keep me full for very long and other foods keep me full like forever. Try to switch up your foods. Keep them real as your body has to work to process them. That has help me so much. When my body needs to work it feels better. Best wishes imaluckydog

Hello Girlfriend and Triple HUGS and Kisses

I was reading your blog and I can relate so well to all of it. I have stayed the same for 5 months now. I can remember being as tight as I ever wanted to be and that is so NOT a good place to be.

I remember the unwanted weight plateaus, and how long they lasted. It just happens and I just had to deal with it.

I can remember not owning a scale and having to wait until I went to the Dr.'s office to get weighed in.

When I inherited a scale I started weighing myself morning, noon, and night. I was crazy. It made me crazy. Now I had to train myself only to step on it once a week. I also had to train myself to eat foods that would be helpful with my band. I found many foods left me hungry and some foods made me full for longer periods of time. I had to commit to eating foods that kept me full longer. I still have some cravings but they are more easy to deal with. I feel like I am a trained Dog!! LOL Yup imaluckydog

Blogging is such an important part of the Training Program. I know I have done a better job of working with my band because of being able to read blogs and write them. We even blogged to each other the day I was banded. I will never forget your loving support and caring. I knew I had a friend I could share my thoughts with. I didn't even know at the time if my surgery would happen that day. I am so happy to say that you empowered me by saying it is was up to me to create my own destiny.

I love playing with my band and I will always be a member of your band. Love you BandGroupie and Happy Thanksgiving.

Best wishes, imaluckydog

I wish you luck and just want to say you are going in the best direction. I loved reading your blog and I may suggest you get off the lean cuisine and the wt watcher foods (these are easy simple carbs), sounds like they do not keep you full anyway.

They are not real foods. They are overly processed and simple. If you made your own foods with real (complex carbs) veggies and whole wheat pasta these foods will stay with you longer. Mind you, that you may not be able to eat that much but they are REAL foods. Our body needs real food to digest. I find I need to eat less but I stay fuller longer. Never drink with meals.

Blogging is a great way to keep busy and out of the food. Choose to snack on carrots or celery sticks with a pinch of salt yup you are right get off the potato chips again a simple carb and will not stay with you. Eat colors and real, not too much mostly plants with proteins first. You will feel so much better. Best wishes on your journey. imaluckydog

Yes, it happened to me too. Chew slower and take smaller bites and if you start to get an acid taste get an unfill ASAP.

You may need to eat less and not as much at one meal I had to break my meals into two. This is so the foods would stay down. You really do not want to be throwing up all the time. This is not how the band is suppose to work. I have had three un fills over a course of time. Nothing wrong with fine tuning the band. Best wishes and I hope this helps. You may be getting closer to your sweet spot. imaluckydog

Congratulations what a great feeling I am having reading your blog today. So proud of you and your continued success. You are staying positive and working with your band is paying off big time. Thanks for posting. Great pics. Best wishes imaluckydog

Love your attitude. Be Happy

Best wishes on your journey. You can do this.

imaluckydog

Hi, Have a Happy journey to you. I choose not to eat simple carbs and sugar is a simple carb. Breads and overly processed grain foods are also simple carbs. Not a bandsters friend. They tend to go right thru you and do not stay to help you feel full. Eat real foods, not too much mostly plants with proteins first. Slowly! I am in my journey 72 weeks way over a year and I am maintaining a 110 pound weight loss. I love to cook and make most of all my own food. I know what goes into it now. I am slowly becoming a food inspector LOL. My body feels so much better when I fuel it well. It has healed itself and I am so much better for this. Best wishes and enjoy you successes. imaluckydog

I ended up going four weeks early so anything can happen! Get everything done and be ready. I am sure glad I was when I got the call. We have a cancelation would you like the spot? Heck YES and I was called on a Friday and was banded on Monday. Yippeee for me. I am now down 110 pounds and have never been happier. Keep positive and get everything done that needs to be done. Best wishes imaluckydog

Days it took me 2 weeks before I felt great. Congrats on your new journey.

Follow all bandster rules and take the time you need to heal remember you are healing from the inside out now. Go slow!

I am now maintaining a 110 pound weight loss and I am skinny. I am a little over a year out. I never thought that would ever be skinny. I love my new energy level and zest for life. I was miserable at first but kept a positive outlook on everything. Best wishes imaluckydog

Ps Keep blogging EVERYDAY. It helps so must to stay connected to others.

I agree with all three before me. What great wisdom they all have!!! Do not get caught up in lost weight or when you will lose it. FOCUS on taking in all that Protein and healthy foods your body needs. NOT the fake and overly processed foods your body cannot use. EAT REAL FOODS. Your body needs to be able to work and digest these foods for energy. You have the exsercise down. I also keep in mind grams of protein everyday and the kinds of food I eat is Real, not too much, mostly plants, with proteins first. Never drink with a meal as it pushes the food thru faster and you do not stay satisfied as long. Band rules and be mindful and the weight will melt away. I only weighed in when I went in for a fill and that helps to just keep focus on what you are eating. This does take time. Be patient. Best wishes imaluckydog

Mindful everything. You can do it!!!

Sounds like you know what you want. Just use the band to help you get there. I visited my nutritionist regularly who works with the fill nurses. When I went in for a fill I also spoke with the people who know food. I have food addiction. Be honest with yourself and the LB people they are there to help you. Talk about what you are eating, do not be afraid the truth will get you to the results you want and wish for.

It is not easy. I was banded June 29,2009 and I have been maintaining 110 pound loss. I can go up and down but when I remain MINDFUL and work with my band and (LB people) I am much more SUCCESSFUL.

Best wishes being mindful. imaluckydog

I was banded June 29, 2009 and I have over lost 110 pounds. I am so amazed at how well this band has worked with me. I fit in better now with the people I hang out with and work with. I always hated even dreaded having to buy clothes for a body that weighed in at over 250 pounds nothing looks or feels good on. I now have to be good as I spend all my money on clothes now.

I am a size 10/12 and like to wear my clothes roomy. I think it is because my clothes were always so tight on me before. I have maintained my loss now for many months and I still need to look at myself twice when I walk by a mirror. I really do like what I see. I also feel great. No more pills, no pains in legs or knees, no more sleep apnea, no headaches. I am living the LB high life.

Best wishes to all. imaluckydog

Time where does it go? This has been the most amazing journey I have ever had too. I have enjoyed reading your blog. Thank you. Best wishes imaluckydog

Feel better soon. Yikes I just got my flu shot yesterday!

Best wishes imaluckydog

Best wishes, Fabulous one year report card I stopped losing at 147. I am ok with this for now I am down 110 pounds. I started exercising more and the inches are moving and I am sure the weight will too.

Your blog is Very motivational and inspiring Thank you I am over a year and still need a little motivation.

Have a great day and again Best wishes imaluckydog