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BrendaW
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I am a slow loser and it can be maddening. In the 19 months since being banded I have lost 83 pounds and just over a 100lbs from my highest weight. I was banded at about 380lbs so I am quite the whopper to have lost this slowly. My sister had the band before I did and lost 50 lbs her first month, I was sure I would see similiar results. What I am wondering is how to not throw in the towel? I keep veering off the diet because I feel like what is the point? My goals are pretty modest as I would like to get to 250lbs or 225lbs as I am very tall and have always been fat. Good luck to you all. Brenda
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It took me a year and a half but I am finally under 300! I have not been 200 and something in 15 years! Now I can obsess about getting closer to 200 than 300 Brenda
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I got you beat by several days. I was banded on a Saturday and re-banded on Tuesday. I had swelling issue and medicine and time would not correct so I was given the larger band during the second surgery. No problems since than and that was a February of 2005. Brenda