mom2girls

I am in for 10lbs as well. I am at 163 so that woould put me at 153 (on my gosh that would be amazing I weighed that at my wedding) Good Luck everyone!

awesome! congrats!

I have to admit I am also a scale whore, sad but true. My weight is usually 2-4 lbs difference. So I think it is very normal.

I was told because you are taking in such low amounts of daily calories your body goes into starvation mode and what happens is whatever you take in your body trys to store to keep your body functioning. hope this may make sense it did to me.

That is truely awesome! Congrats! You have done great!

Thanks to everyone, I feel better about the whole situation. I was just angry that i have had not restriction this entire process and was hopeing this fill would be it, he is hoping next week does it for me! Thanks

Okay so I go in for my 3rd fill and my doctor has been a bareratic doc for over ten years and he uses fluroscopy before and after each fill, so he does the fluroscopy and then he gives me a fill and then he does the fluroscopy again and then he tells me he only put in a quater of a cc and and when I see you next month it looks like you will hit restriction, then why did you not go ahead and add enough now!!!! Hello!! Anyhow had to vent, thanks for listening

Sorry I have no advice I am in the same boat, my family is so busy and i make great choices on the weekend but find mysslef nibbling all weekend.

My husbands answer has always been to anything I am thinking of doing "do what ever makes you happy and I will support you" he of course told me I did not need it that i looked great just the way i was even tho when we met I was at 150lbs not 223lbs but after two kids and life I let myself go. He gets a little scared when he sees guys eyeing me and will ask whne I lose all my weight am I gonna leave him and I have to reassure him I am gonna be a around for awhile besides I all ready have him trained :laugh:

I would use real butter, every once in a while will not hurt you and besides sometimes your body needs the fat.

I was banded on 10/07/2009 and I lost 11lbs preop and 44lb since band. I have only 2.5cc in a 10cc band and I only had my first fill mid January so I am still hungry all the time and I have not at all reached any restriction I can eat anything with no issues (I actually fear the day I hit restriction afraid I am gonna get stuck forsure :cursing:)

Thanks I love how you put it! I will survive this journey and come out on top!

I had a decent dinner but I do agree with you on days I have eatin a bad choice for dinner the next day I feel like I could consume a cow :wub:

I think you may be onto something here because I do reward myself with food, after I lose a couple of pounds I feel it is okay just one time to have those chips, etc. Thanks for the insite :wub:

I find myself cheating about every 3 days as if I deserve the bad foods I ate before. I know it is all in my head I just needed to vent and felt if I got it down in print maybe I would also take responsibility for the binges as well. I am not going hog wild just hitting around 1600 calories on those days and it has slowed the weight lost down.

Anyone had the new laser technique? what is the down time? How about pain level? Are you statisfied with the results?

5 months to the day and down 42lbs

Daily in the morning before I eat

I am not convinced that it is lack of protein for hair loss, I have read many articles where hair loss is a side effect of weightloss in general, plus I am very confident that I never got that amount of protein before I was a carbo'holic. I had to keep a food journal for three months before surgery and I gurantee that I get more protein now than I did then and I did not lose hair like I have since I started this journey. Just my take on it. Crystal

Way to go I have been nursing my last few pounds trying to hit 169 and it is hard so congrats!

I completely understand, I am almost 5 months out and have hit that feeling as well. It is hard to get my mind past it. I do great for a week then back to the same feelings. My doctor did not give me a fill until 3 months out and it was just 1.5cc in a 10cc band and then a month later just 1cc so I am at 2.5cc right now and I have not had restriction or anything at all so it is hard for me to get motivated when I feel like my entire weight loss so far has been my own will power. I believe it will come back I get another fill on March 18th and I am hoping that will be the fill that puts me back on track. I am still losing but it amounts to 1/2 a week not at all what I want. I know this is not an answer but wanted to let you know that you are not alone!

Its sort of like starting at the beginning of the process, with a couple days of liquids, them to mushies and then back to your regular eating habits. according to what i have read it gets you back on track.

Question for anyone who wants to answer. I have fallen off the wagon so to speak this last week and I was thinking about doing the 5 day pouch test but was unsure since I go in for my second fill this coming Wednesday the 18th. What do you all think? Thanks in advance for the answers.

I hope this is the one for you! I get fill #2 next week. I have a VERY conservative doctor.

It really depends on you do not let someone else tell you how you should feel, if you think 20 more pounds would make you feel better than go for it. I had someone tell me not to lose any more weight that I looked great after losing 48lbs. I am 5'3 and 175lbs so I am still overweight and I do not like the way I look so I am still working on weight loss until I reach "my" goal. Good luck!