KAS1971

You name it I have tried it over the past 7 months. More protein, no carb, more exercise, the nutritionist, a fill, less food, weighing and measuring food, food diary, a pedometer, medication changes, a week of "pre op" all over again. I'm not sure what else to try. Ideas? Perhaps it's natures way of telling me I'm just not meant to be thin? Surgery was over a yr and a half ago and still hover at 50 pounds lost. No where near what I had hoped for. Anyone trying Rasberry Ketones?

Does anyone know if this plus size thrift shop in Avon, MA is out of bussiness? I have been trying to reach them over a week now to drop off a big bin of summer clothes but I keep getting "subscriber number is not in service" messege. Kept meaning to get there .. guess I waited too long..

I had mine repaired during band placement .. I had no clue it was there yet the doc said it was the biggest he had ever seen. He also had to reinforce the bottom portion of my esophagus with mesh .. I guess it had been eroding away from the acid that I didn't know was an issue. Go figure.

Everyone is different.. I can't do any bread at all.. even a pretzel or cracker gives me grief so I just stopped trying about 8 months ago

It's been 16 months post op .. only a 40 pounds weight loss. Nothing lost now since Oct. 2011. Pretty tough to get thru a plateau and keep doing everything right when it dosnt seem to be helping any. I have seen the doctor, and nutritionist more times then I can count, at the gym 3-4 times a week, tried adding protein powder again to jump start a loss and managed to gain 3 more pounds. Water intake is ok, meals are small, no snacking, I just don't know what else to try and change and neither the nutritionist or doctor seem to have much advice except "keep trying"

Mine have been dark for ages .. I was told in 2000 when I was Diagnosed with polycystic overy disease as well as diabetes .. was told it will never go away .. and so far they are right.

This is a little far fetched but you know when you bite the inside of your cheek? It gets all swollen and kind of in the way and so you cont. to bite it and it just gets worse each time. To me getting stuck is the same .. I get stuck and the irritation causes a swelling at the band .. so the odds of my next few bites getting stuck are worse each time. After a good stuck period I go to mushies/sliders for a day or 2 so getting stuck isn't an option.. let the swelling calm down and things tend to be better after that. I also find slow really deep breathes sometimes help to move it down thru the band when stuck

I just had my 3rd fill for a total of 7.25 cc's. I am getting stuck on I would say 75% of anything solid. Mushies are usually ok and of course sliders. I hate to have an unfill and stunt my progress as I was down 4 pounds last week and 3.6 the week before but I know this pattern of eating isn't normal either. I keep thinking .. chew more, smaller bites, more sauce but I think it may be just a hair beyond that. I have an appt. next Tues and part of me dosn't want to say anything but obviously I dont want any fill either

My 1st fill took 7 sticks .. 4 by the NP then the doc 3 tries .. as well I was a bruised mess. I went back 2 weeks later and luckily was still a little bruised so finding it was easier .. but still took 4 tries to get it. As I get thinner and we try different positioning its getting easier. The NP also says the port will tip more in the direction of my breasts as my structure changes. I now lay on my side and the fat shifts to the opposite direction. The NP has also drawn a little map in my chart as to where it is in correllation of scars as markers.

I guess it depends on the gym .. I joined mine more for the water aerobics more then anything else. It took me a LONG time to decide I didnt care if I was gonna be the biggest whale in the pool and come to find out I wasn't. After some time I met a girl there who is in her 30's .. maybe a size 8. Come to find out she is intimidated by the skinnies as well .. the skinnies who intimadatee her are probebly intimidated by other skinnies as well. No one is ever happy 100% .. people always want someone elses eyes, or that hair or a perkier butt .. Go with your own goals in mind and leave with your head held high that your 1 step closer each day.

meat that isn't in a sauce or gravy and bread .. sometimes I can bury a peice of meat in a bite of sweet potato or mashed potato and it will go down..