KLM3hrt

I think anyone should applaud anyone who loses weight.. no matter how they did it! Its hard, no matter what route you choose! I did weight watchers and it worked for me but.. simply not fast enough.. and too much room for error involved, I couldnt stand to spend anymore of my youth being FAT!

I believe in weight watchers, and if you have 30, 40 lbs to lose.. rock out the WW hard.. but when your like me who has over 200 to lose, WW... wont do it all. Ive had the band for a yr today and i use everything i learned from WW to follow nutrional balances and make smarter food choices. The band is simply a tool, not a miracle cure, we all have to work and there is no "easy way out".

Thank you! yes.. avatar is me.. if you check out before and after pics.. i posted a pic of me last yr this time and this one.. much better this year!

After taking a peeky at the calender... just wanted to announce thats today is my 1 yr Bandaversary!!!

Surgery Dec 14, 2005.. first fill Jan 25th, 2006... down 123 lbs and counting!

Hey guys.. i had never seen this thread before on here.. so thought i should make a post those of you near goal.. do you ever wonder if the people that are liking you now.. would have liked you before the weight loss? that thought kinda scares me.

ive lost 160+ lbs in past yr and halg, 122 since the band in january, and i get ALOT of attention now, and even met a guy i really really like and were starting something slow.. but always lingers in my mind if he or any of the people looking at me now, woulda had any interest in me at 400 lbs

ok guys.. i posted progression pics before.. but i took some cute pics for christmas.. and found some scarey ones from last yr.. so i wanted to share.

I think its all about body porportions too.. when you gain weight.. your body changes shape and when you lose it.. doesnt always go back to the same shape. I lost alot of weight and was the weight i am now a couple yrs ago, but then gained ALOT back and now back down to where i was.. my body is completely different shaped then before.

I cant drink a sip or two during a meal but as soon as im done i can drink tons. Ive always been one to drink alot, so i get wicked thirsty after a meal.

oo i do well with lunchmeat, i normally have a couple slices of turkey with cheese cubes for lunch, maybe the kind your getting has a skin on it?

also maybe try it shredded, instead of shaved

hell.. my goal is 180 lol

I just went out to the bar with some girlfriends last night, was much fun, but the best part was that i wore a costume that i wore 150 lbs ago.. i went as a frenchmaid, i remember wearing it before and getting made fun of... this yr.. got a few free drinks

i was one of the first people to ever have myspace, befor eyou could do anything with it.. its soo addicting! nothing is any better then signing in and seeing a new comment lol.. i know, pathetic.. but true!

i need MSA.. My Space Anonymous LOL

DID SOMEONE SAY MYSPACE???? lol

<--myspace addict here!

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introduce yourself if you add me, otherwise i get confused

9.5 in a 10 cc band... or is the vg 11, i have it .. but i forget, i had 8.5 in mine and it just was way to tight... think its possible youve stretched ur stomach?

my doc would scream if he read that.. i shouldnt know whether or not i can keep down pizza, just assume i cant and stay away.lol. same with chips and what not..

but i do agree with the cracker theory, when im having a "tight" day .. crackers always stay down. so the thin crust may be similar in texture.

I just recently hit the official 100 mark, started at 360 at surgery date and now 251! The lightest and smallest ive EVER been.... now when i get below the 200 mark.. i will pass out on the floor. lol

Hey there.. i had a similar prob, my band has been a lil too tight for some time.. i was getting enough food in but it took lots of tries and purges, i havent had a fill for 6 months, but suddenly... it closed off, and i wasnt able to get a sip of Water or anything down for more then a couple seconds. 10 days.. no drink, no food... i was malnourished and dropped 16lbs. Finally went this morning to get an Upper GI, in fear of a band slip, but no my stomach had just been squeezed for too long and swelled closing over my band. They took out just 1 cc and much relief... i can eat and drink perfectly find, you have to keep tweeking your band until you find that sweet spot... you arent being pain.. its the docs job :girl_hug:

Never eaten duck... dont think i ever would.. is it similiar to chicken? is there white and dark meat?

Mostly likely the broccoli, i find, unless its mush i cant eat it.

yea.. the band is working, and thank god it is.. but i do kinda feel mine is a bit to tight, but too scared to loosen it... i dont trust myself

I have days where i choak on water.. lol .. its not just pain, but i always have to purge, theres only a few things that always go down.. surprisingly-steak and cracker, i eat tons of crackers.

When I first got the surgery, I wrote this, its a prose poem.... becuase it fits my situation so well, i feel its one of my best works, Just thought Id share it with yall. Hope you enjoy!

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I had become quite empty, crawling through the dirt of the world on my belly, like a caterpillar, stuffing myself. Unable to conform to my own skin I molt, shedding each exoskeleton for a larger one. Growing larger, I watch the delicate butterflies float along the sidewalk in shades of pink and purple Abercrombie finally deciding that now is the time for my metamorphosis. <O:p></O:p>

Spinning my pupa, I face the world around me filled with both fear and excitement. As each pound is erased I become incased in my silken cocoon. Staring forward, hypnotized by the dark, inner sanctum that holds me back, I catch myself watching the movie of my life in the mirrors on the street, examining cheekbones and non-gapping blouse buttons, distracted, ignoring that which surrounds me, leaving me nothing to offer the outside world because all my energy is focused toward my inner transition. <O:p></O:p>

Will this protective case will support me as the weight continues to drop or should I break free now and remain a larva, because I might not be strong enough to open my wings and fly.<O:p></O:p>

Stand back! as I begin to crack open this cocoon. Resist the temptation to help me break through, no matter how great it may be, I must do this on my own. This emergence is my personal battle, armed with determination; the struggle builds the strength I need to survive outside my chrysalis. <O:p></O:p>

Despite it all, I cant help but wonder if butterflies identify caterpillars as their past relations or if as I break free and step out of the weight, Ill be the beautiful butterfly or will with the pounds, Ill lose myself.

~Kelly Lynn McDowell~

well see i put it off ant it off, but when there were getting tangled and twisted in the back becuase they were so big... yea time for new, bought like 2 sweaters in 18/20 and dress pants in a 22, jeans in a 20.. i was wearins 30/32... and sometimes not fitting into those .. my dress pants in a22 i bought 2 weeks ago, already lossening up, its frustrating as hell... but id rather be frustrated then fat! hehe

ive found that when i take a pill, i guess since it takes long to actually hit your system, takes a looong time to take affect

I just recently reached the point, where i cant keep in clothes! I change sizes so fast that i buy one or two items and by the time i find outfits to put all together, they dont fit anymore! we should have a clothing exchange in here! too bad we arent all in the same proximity area.

i actually have the reverse effect.. i choke on some food and get rid of it and them get a massive headache, but I do suffer from Migraines- Ive never had the Migraines affect my band directly though. I get headaches from being too weak, soi have to force food in me.