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Hello Fellow Bandsters, After making a career change, I am now in a position to brown bag my lunch. I was wondering if anyone has an band friendly lunch ideas. Thanks.

Thanks for the advice. I am taking 1000 mcg's. I will definitely get the 7500 mcg's soon and hope I have better luck!

I already do.

I was banded almost two years ago. Ever since then I have been shedding hair more or less every other month. My hair grows back, but it's almost always thinner at top. I've been taking biotin, I get enough protien, etc. Does anyone else have this issue? Any suggestions as to what can be done?

I'm going to private message you.

I just wanted to see how my fellow May 2010 Bandsters are doing. I had an extremely difficult year (not related to the band) but I'm better now. The band was definitely one of the few things that kept me from going bananas. I'm down about 70lbs. I'm still working on eating healthy and working out. I'm really excited about my life. I hope everyone that has had the band feels the same. It really improved my life.

Hi! Congratulations! I hope all is well with your gallblader surgery. Dr. Cavazos performed my surgery. I haven't really been to a group but I'm interested in joining one in the Downtown/Near Northwest side of town.

No, I'm pretty good about only eating when I'm hungry. Like I said, I just feel like my restriction isn't at the right spot yet. Whatever it is, it isn't preventing me from losing weight, which I guess is what matters. I guess I can't complain.

Thanks for all the help! Glad to know it isn't just me! Can't wait to find that sweet spot!

I just booked a flight tonight...I have until September 15 to lose enough weight to not need an extender!

Hi y'all, I got my surgery on May 5th and I'm currently on my second fill. While I eat a lot less than I did pre-surgery, I feel like my food intake hasn't gone down since I was allowed to start eating solid food again. I do stay full a lot longer. I eat Breakfast and lunch and at dinner I'm usually too full to have a meal, so I'll just have some fruit. I know that I'm still trying to find that "sweet spot" as far as fills are concerned but what I find so odd is that my food intake has not decreased even slightly with 2 fills. Has this happened to anyone else?

Congratulations! Personally, I can't wait til I can go on a plane and not need a seat belt extender either.

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