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Just wanted to say congratulations on your weight loss!!! What a fabulous job!!!! How did you do it??? I had my surgery in August of 07 and still would like to lose another 20-25 pounds!!! Any ideas or helpful hints would be deeply appreciated. AGAIN CONGRATS ON YOUR LOSS!!!!

Thank you! I am excited! I do think my weight loss has slowed since lately I have been able to eat just about anything I want. I go today and I will let you know how it goes.Keep up your good work as well, your picture looks great!

Crystal

hEY! Good luck w/ orientation. I'm doing ok but you haven't heard much b/c I am not losing weight. I've been at the same "lbs" since 2 wks ago but I am losing inches, all over. Down like 41 inches total and my work outs have gone from 20 minutes to 90 minutes at a time. I try to do 3-4x a week, so the pounds thing is annoying. Bladder issues right now on my personal site, just working through it daily!!!

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I read that this is the time for healing(not to concentrate on losing weight). It will come. Dont stress yourself. Are you feeling ok? What are you eating for the mushies? I bet that is exciting. :| I get my first fill Aug 5. I am so ready. I fill like I can eat a horse. But I had the campbells soup in hand-cream of broccoli yesterday for lunch and I was actually full for most of the afternoon. I think i mite try another kind today. Its kinda wierd. I think i am getting use to not eating mentally which is half the battle. I watched my husband and child devour some KFC chicken...I soooooooo wanted some. In due time i will be able to put something chewy in my mouth!! Well...keep me posted on your progress. Talk with you later!

Hi Joe! How are you doing? Well I went back to work this week and wish I had taken a little more time off... Oh well, I will make it. My short term disability insurance was denied because Dr. Perez and Ceron didn't get the paperwork filled out completely. Aetna is going to call them and try to get the information they need. I asked then to please have a spanish speaking person talk to the Doctor. They might get further. It was like pulling teeth to get anything filled out once I was back in the states. I have a feeling if all of this hinges on the good Doctor filling the paperwork out that I might be SOL.

Hope you are adjusting. I haven't been able to contact Kimberly . Have you heard from her? Hope she is doing ok.Are you having any problems eating mushy food? I find that I am getting hungry a couple of hours after eating but can't seem to eat much at one time! So I am still losing weight. 35 pounds so far! Yeah! Tell your sweet wife hello for me and let me know how you are doing!

I am doing good today. The first 5 days were rough. I could not get out of bed for a long period of time. I felt like crap but I have been improving ever since. I am excersing again. Just doing the treadmill and eliptical for about 20 mins a day. I am down 15 lbs since surgery. I have a bad problem of weighing everyday sometimes twice a day. I try not to but I cant help it. Its like I want the scale to go down a lb a day but I have to realize that fast weight lost is not good for my body. Slow and steady....I am learning. This is my final week of liquids and I Thank GOD!!! This has been a challenge for me...watching my husband and 2yr old eat spaghetti, pizza, chicken. I am getting thru. Didn't mean to ramble. We are doing it!!!

wow I have to say you look great. I am willing to bet you have worked your butt off too for it. I had surgery in March, haven't lost a ton of weight but have lost a lot of inches. My daughter had surgery the previous Mar in 08' and worked her butt off. She's lost 130 or pounds. My weight loss has been only about 35 lbs. It's hard! But I keep going. My dr wants me to lose 100 lbs. One step at time!! LOL!!!

He's from Geelong...born & raised (although I don't think y'all say that down there, it's a Texas thing). Yes I've been to Australia a few times. Actually I think a couple of pics in my album are in Australia. I like it...alot like Texas (topography, at least). Now the accent...that's something else. I swear I can totally understand my husband...but as soon as we step foot on Qantas...I can't understand a single word. hehe For the most part I don't have a problem understanding folks...but once you get a few beers in them...they're goners. Hence the reason I try not to drink too much when I'm down there...I want to understand what they're saying. lol Anyhow...about the skin...yeah I guess you're right...I just want to get rid of the weight. I'm guessing I'll take care of the excess skin later...plastic surgery, is always an option. Plus I plan to "up" my exercise...so apparently this should take care of some of the skin issue (so my doc says).

Hey, how are you? I wanted to know how much weight you loss and how you do it girl? I'm aobut 11 months post op...and only lost 5lbs..can you please help me out?

PrettyJenny_tx

Thanks so much for the information. I'm so glad that someone has done the 6 months and still got the surgery. Did you loose a lot of weight within the 6 months? I'm afraid if I loose very much they may decline me thinking I could do it on my own. Should I loose as much as I can, or just enough to get the surgery?

By the way, 14 pounds sounds like a whole lot to me. I think you should be proud of yourself. Id be happy with 14 pounds in one month. Ive never done that before even when I diet and excersize. It takes me months and months to lose that much weight on my own. Dont be so hard on yourself, youre doing a great job!

This has been the longest week ever i am measuring my food and takinging in around 100 grams of protien and still no weight loss. I am so frustrated and going to the gym evryday but the scale is still the same. Hope next week is better. I can't wait to start working with my trainer.

I just worked out alot and stuck to the program. It just came off. I have been extremely lucky. Plus alot of my weight issue is due to PCOS. Everybody else in my family is skinny.

I don't have much experience b/c I was just banded 2 weeks ago, but please: Go back and get the fill! Don't worry about being embarrassed...you only have to worry about what you think, after all this is your weight and your body.

I have a lot of friends who have had gastric bypass and they have lot's of problems. There are nutritional issues. They have hair loss, bone density issues, and often gain the weight back. It is a painful surgery. YOU already have a built in power tool to help you lose but you have not turned it on yet.

How about if you try the preop diet that you went on again. This will kick start your diet and make the fill seem easy. Then go tell your doc that you never came for a fill and you want to really take advantage of the band. If you don't lose that 30 again right away then increase your exercise. I know you can do it. The hard part is already behind you. I'm praying for you. Good luck

How is everything going? I gain about three lbs. I get a fill Monday, July 20. I don't have restriction anymore. It has been 12 weeks since my last fill......I just wanted to check in and see how things are going.

50 pounds!!!!!!!!!!! don't come down on urself...50 pounds is a lot of weight to lose....my exercise routine is all cardio...i need to take my flabby butt to the gym...but have no motivation to go...i have all the motivation in the world to do cardio exercise...but when it comes to the gym...i dont know what my problem is...i power walk/jog for at least an hour and a half to 2 hours 6-7 days a week...i do not count my calories any more...i measure my portion to b a half cup...i do not snack...but i'm not big on counting...i eat what i like...with an exception to rice...pasta and bread...no sweets either...but i don't have a sweet tooth...my motivation is the way i feel...i was absolutely misreable being over weight....i dont think i'll ever 4get that feeling...i'm on a natural high...i cant go back...i look at food as food...it taste good for a minute...but the damage can stay on u for a lifetime

Barbara- I'm really curious about your third fill, since I'll be going in for mine in a week 1/2. Do you feel a lot more restriction this time? I'm nervous they're not going to give me anything either since I've lost weight and now I'm just in that overweight category (even if I dress heavy, I'll be down about 10 pounds since my last visit). Was the nurse telling you to check the calculator to say that you'd lost enough or need to lose more? Yeah, I'm just under 5'9" so my BMI is now 29.9.

i started about 4 weeks post op walking. i have a ski machine that i use at home a lot.i dont really weight train but ive got a small set of dumbells that i use to work on my arms. besides my stomach they;re my worst area.

thank you!!

i def want to get a few more once i lose all my weight!!

not quite sure exactly what though - i would love to get something that symbolizes the journey of the whole process

your band should be fine. just wait til you've had a fill or 2 and start getting some restriction. the weight will start coming off

i'm just feeling aggrevated a little but i'm doing and eating right with the support of my family. maybe after my fill i will loose lots of weight

Hey you .... On my gosh my summer has been insane! I went to the River two weekends ago, then on an Oregon road trip last weekend, this weekend the river yet again. I have never had such a fun filled summer. I am enjoying every second of this!!

Enough about me... Regarding your fill I think that is totally normal. I think that they do not want us to the lose the weight too rapidly!! I am in the same boat as you. I too have no restriction at all. I have to be very careful cause I have no problem eating anything. I have not even had anything remotely close to a "close call". I figure that I am pretty safe though since I am still losing two pounds a week consistently. So my final answer is YES you are over thinking all of this!! Sounds like your tool is working wonderful!!

:thumbdown:My nurse told me to stay away from potatoes and things like oatmeal because the carbs will keep me from losing...

Well, I decided to have broth instead of creamier tomato soup yesterday, and sure enough I lost a pound that I had gained back. Unfortunately, I did experience hunger later... g:frown:

I can hang.

How are you doing today?

-Maudi

Policystic Ovaries... They cause all kinds of problems with my system.... from beyond slow metabolism to infertility problems and many things inbetween. I am praying that losing weight this much in a year will help be get prego on my own or at least make it easier for the doctor to help me get prego..