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This reminds me of my coworker. I hear it at least three times a week, "I'm going to start eating healthier and workout every day, starting next week." It's always next week. And when I ask if he worked out last night, there's always an excuse. We both get home from work at 5:30pm, and he is usually up until 1:00am, yet somehow there's never enough time to work out. Of course he had time to watch this program and that program. I wouldn't care if I didn't have to honestly hear this multiple times a week. Get serious about it, stop blaming everything but yourself, and just do it.

This was pretty much my deal too. I didn't start really learning how to work the band until about four months into it.

You mentioned that your world as you knew it was going to end. Really though, it's going to change for the better. You'll still be able to eat your favorite foods too, just hopefully not as much.

Why are you depressed? This is an exciting time for you, a new way of life. You'll come to love it.

Ok, so you lost almost a hundred pounds, and now you're in the process of throwing it all away. I refuse to believe that you can actually feel good after eating all the ice cream and whatever else it is that you're eating. I'm thinking you're eating to the point where you're stuffed? That never felt good to me even when I was overeating every day. You've gained 20 pounds, the clothes fitting a bit tighter? Hope you didn't throw out your bigger clothes. A slip-up here and there for a couple days is understandable. But not this. Did something happen to make this start again? You need to come up with a plan, and start tomorrow. Start eating right and start exercising again, because I'm guessing that stopped too. Just go back to square one. You did this already for long enough, you know what it takes. I honestly don't think a fill is going to help. It certainly won't help with ice cream filling you up.

I had no idea about this and I've flown a few times since being banded. Good to know.

I think a few people started noticing the weight loss at around 30 pounds, I still remember one friend who I rarely see was blown away when he saw me at 40 pounds down. People at work didn't notice really until I went away for a week vacation and came back. I kept hearing "Wow you did a lot of walking on your trip, you lost some weight." No, I've spent the last four months losing 75 pounds. It irritated me, but I suppose it's to be expected.

I can see my collarbone clearly Fitting into smaller clothes, although the sizes are moving slowly Can cross my legs, I don't have to pull it up halfway with my hand I'm no longer overflowing into other peoples' seats at the movies or hockey games And not really NSVs, but....I'm much more energetic now, my overall mood and attitude have changed completely, I now dislike sitting around the house for hours on end, I have started on increasing my flexibility (as of right now I'm as flexible as a brick), and overall I just want to go out and try new things that I never did before because of the weight.

The band gets a lot of hate because it's known to allow for slower weight loss, and it's success depends on if the person truly wants to succeed or not.

Completely forgot to check in last week. I'm at 235.4 as of this morning. I went up a couple pounds last week, hence the slower loss.

I'm fat because up until I was banded, I ate out at least once a day - sometimes twice, and I got tired just thinking about the word 'exercise' But oh, how much has changed...

What you're experiencing is just temporary, and most of us went through it too. Soon enough you'll be able to eat again, just hopefully not as much as you're used to. It's honestly the best thing I've ever done for myself, if you're willing to put the effort into it, you'll feel the same way.

I'm a guy, so I'm programmed to find no joy whatsoever in clothes shopping. That being said, a couple months ago I bought a pair of jeans and some undershirts for work. At the time, it was questionable if I'd fit in them or not. I fit in both the jeans and shirts, but it wasn't pretty, they were too tight. Now every once in a while I'll try on either one to see how it's fitting. It's just another way to gauge the weight loss. I really do need new shorts and pants though. It's to the point where I've had to make new holes in my belt, and the top of the shorts are folding over in places because they're too big, and they're pulled too tight. I don't have a problem spending money on clothes, but I just want to "get by" until I'm closer to my goal.

If your weight loss slows or you gain a couple pounds, try your hardest not to let it discourage you. It discouraged me, and I fell off the wagon for a bit because of it.

I'm not a doctor, but that sounds absurd being on a Protein drink only diet for 90 days. And even then, what happens when you start eating food after the 90 days? Probably gain a lot of the weight back. The first few weeks after surgery are hard, we all expect that we'll be the special case and lose lose lose. Unfortunately it doesn't happen that way. Hopefully everything will go great with your fill and you can get on the right track.