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Hi! I am eating about 4 to 6 oz of food each meal and in between I snack on a few wheat crackers and cheeses. I eat few veggies, raw and chew them good is more filling. My last fill a week ago is very good and tight! I want to drink more now and not eat as much, I am depressed over losing three friends in the past month! Just horrible and so unexpected for two of them. I think my cc's are at about 5.6 in an 11cc band so about half full! I don't think i will ask for one this month, it is still so tight I feel like I will choke sometimes. I am going to get back to the gym three times per week, so I can get this weight coming off faster too! Good luck just keep on keeping on!:smile:

So glad to hear you are mending and feeling better too. I really feel this is why I had the surgery to FEEL better and I do too. God knows right where we need to be and he will keep us there too. Have a good day.

Hey! I hope you decide to have the lapband, it is so wonderful, when the dr. Puts the band on, it is over the area of your stomach that sends the hormones to the brain to tell it you are hungry. I do not get hungry anymore unless i go all day and not eat anything. That happened about 4 months after the surgery, i forgot to eat!!!!then i heard this strange sound, omg i thought! That was my stomach growling, and it was 4:30 pm, so i went right away and ate something. You will always eat less with the band due to the restriction you get with it, but to lose a lot of weight and be really successful in the first year after the band, you do have to watch what you eat, but you will be able to do that because of the band, not that you won't slip up and make misteaks or bad choices, we all do that, just less now than before! Good luck and god bless you in whatever your decision is!

Thanks for responding! I know what you mean, I think by changing for the better, we can set good strong values for healthy lifestyles for our children and grandchildren. Someone has to do something. But have you ever looked at the schools menus? They are so carb ladened and too many carbs increase the desire for sweets and MORE carbs. We need to get more protein in our kids and more exercise in fun games for them and they would lose the desire for sweets and fries. (Oven Fries are good tho and I have them sometimes too) Keep up with me and we will get this thing kicked into gear, for a great losing year!

Thank you so much Ken for your nice comments on my Bandiversary. I started logging my food once again yesterday, which is hard for me to get in the habit of doing. I just don't want to! Ha! But I will because that really forces me to look at what I am eating. I want to lose about 25 more lbs and then maintain. I have a year to do that in my goal. God is on my side so I feel I will make it!

Thanks so much for your sweet wishes. I truly trust that the Lord is on my side, he has helped me through so much this past year. Hope all is going well with you.

Thanks for your sweet comments for my Bandiversary! I think blogging is a way for us to look back and see where we have come from. I was definately afraid to post photos, but now glad I did. Looking back, it is getting harder and harder to remember that person I used to be. Thankful for that! LOL

So how are you doing? I was also banded in July on the 29th and got out of the hospital on the 30th. I have lost 60 lbs so far and lots of inches! I am curious what you all are eating, I need far more variety in my diet! LOL I am hungry, but can't eat too much of anything, so I eat what I want and I am going to a gym now too. Keep in touch.

Hey Cathy What part of GA are you from? I wish I had a WII I may get one just for exercise too. I paid for a year at the Gym and just need to go, It stormed here today, so I did not get out and it was my day off, but I worked harder than if I'd worked, LOL, I will go tomorrow tho most definately. I used the weight machines for toning and I got a sore Tennis Elbow, so I had to stop that for awhile, it is better now and I do the cardio! It helped me with my toning in the underarms, I do have a little sagging there tho, and in my legs, they are pretty tight for my age. I had four children so I may want a tummy tuck, but we'll see, that would be in a year from now if I do. Walking seems to keep me in the losing weight category.

Reason I asked about GA, I have a house in Eufaula Ala on the AL side of Lake George, GA. Looks like you are doing great.

Thanks for your sweet Bandiversary wishes, you all inspire me too, this is a great site! God Bless whoever started it! Hope all is going well with you have a great weekend.

Hi! Just checking in to see how you are coming along! Hope all is going well. I have had my third fill and it was very tight, i thought i'd have to get some fluid removed, but i got better after a week. Two deaths in my family, in a week, going to the last funeral tomorrow. I started to the gym on wed am. I am sore, but going back tomorrow for more! Lol it will get better. Lost 45 lbs so far!

You look great! How much have you lost total? Are you getting use to living with the Band? I am so happy I did this. But it is a LIFE thing! I feel wonderful, exercising now at a local gym. Getting there, lost 60 lbs as of today.

five miles is a lot! Makes me tired thinking about it! LOL You are looking great!

Thanks so much for your kind wishes on my Bandiversary! This site is wonderful for inspiration. The Lord has really helped me to get a grip on my life, the lapband has helped me to regain my confidence and desire to plunge forward with my life and live it to the fullest each day. Have a wonderful weekend.

Hi, Thanks for the sweet comments and Bandiversary Wishes. I feel so blessed, and I love this site. Ya'll really inspire me!!! I just turned 58 and sure wish I had done something in my 40's too. The band was not available in the US and I did not want the Gastric Bypass it was so dangerous at that time. I would love to have enjoyed more activities with my children, that being heavy prevented me from doing, or I was too ashamed of my body to do with them. I was an active Mom with them, but reserved. I feel so glad that I have a chance to do some of those things with my grandchildren, they will think I am a silly granny, but fun here I come! Have a wonderful day!

Thanks so much for your sweet comments, I welcome them anytime! I know you are excited and scared and that is certainly natural, I had to keep telling myself, "This is what you wanted, what you have waited for" Then I prayed and all my fears left me, I was certain this Band was for me and my lifetime, what I would have left. I have been so much happier these past months, even tho they have been a new challenge for me. I am more positive about what I know, want to do, and just life in general. A whole new life and outlook on life await you, God Bless you and I will be praying for you on the 11th! Welcome aboard, lets keep in touch.

Thanks for the Photo Comment, I got my hair cut shorter yesterday, feels so good. Hey I know about the scales, I have been playing with 3 lbs for about two weeks now, just waiting for the day I wake up and I am down 5 lbs. then I know it will be gone (the three lbs). I think we do jog 2-3 lbs as a normal thing staying in maintenance which I AM NOT ready for yet, I want my 18 lbs and the total 100 lbs. I have 4 months left, but I am heading to Alaska this weekend! For a 10 day cruise! Gonna have me some fun! Will post pics when I get back!

Hi, Thanks for the kind words and compliment. I have added you as my friend! I am so excited for you and wish you the very best! Praying for you on the 11th!

You are so welcome! I was apprehensive about the first fill, a little scared because I did not quite know what to expect. But it was ok, not bad at all and so helpful to curb my appetite more. I felt full faster and begin to really drop the lbs. Good Luck with it, and God Bless you!

Hi There! Back from the cruise and through with Christmas! No loss no Gain from the cruise. But Christmas was a different story, I gained 2 lbs. and then I lost back down and now I am at 204.8! Hoping to get to Onderland by New Year! January will be a good month for us.