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Hey I know it feels like it has been forever... I mean it felt like ages since the last time we spoke to h and k time goes by so fast and weight creeps up even faster. Yeah it is exciting to know we are doing around the same time so we can have a bandster buddy to relate to. I will add you today on facebook. I don't know if h and k told you but we are moving this week, sao when we get settles you and steph should come over for dinner and guitar hero..... I'm scared too especially after seeing the process and getting to hold the band.

Hello,how's it going?? I'm sooo excited n nervous!! I get banded on wednes(9th)...is it hard getting to drink 64oz n get ur protein in and still lose weight?? Keep me posted and i'll do the same...i would love to know how everything went!!! Thanx n good night...ms.gwen

hey thnx for the pic comment...i feel great and that is what was important to me too. i am watching so much of what i eat and walking and back exercises and have been using a treadmill, recently bought some weights and hoping to start zumba next week... and i love to mow grass, it is crazy that it is my new favorite past time,lol

i hope u are able to be the person u want to be and that u can enjoy all that life has to offer, i think u will do fine with the surgery,, any questions or wanna talk just holla, sometimes i might be a lil slow since it had been pretty i am outside alot now. best wishes, beth

I agree with Jennifer, you ARE a total inspiration! I get banded on the 14th and my starting weight is close to where you were!! You look awesome !!!

Well thanks for commenting:thumbup: on my post! It went well, I ate a small amount before going to the Dr. and on the drive over it came up, I was so frustrated and then I got on the scales and I was 3 lbs up!! The Dr. came in and we talked, this has gone on since my last fill and got more severe on my cruise! He put me under the exray and saw the swelling around my port and band immediately! The upchucking had caused irritation and swelling causing the band to tighten! So he removed .04ccs and then I had liquids for 48 hours, then I ate and I was so full and the food stayed down! How wonderful, I feel satisfied too.

I did not know it, but with a too tight band, you will NOT lose weight, when you throw up, you eat more to try and get something to go in and it may be all the wrong things!

I am checking out the recipes you have and going to try them now that I can eat again! We do have to learn to live this life after the LAP-BAND?! I am going back to the Gym next week too.

what can I say, I have learned to eat around the band! shame on me. Have to find my way back. Got another fill wk ago 5/27, not much going on. Stand still, gained some 5 lbs back. got to find my way back.

Thanks so much for your advice on the selfpay..I never even thought about claiming it for my taxes...also I will keep all receipts and submit just in case I can get something back!! they did pay for my office visits at the weight loss clinic so maybe I can get something from them for the items you got reimbursed for!!!

Thanks! I used to do aerobics, but I hurt my knee so now I have to be really careful or it will just go out. So far I have been doing the hiking and I just started up areobics again. A little at a time, but I will get there. Hopefully my knee gets stronger as the weight starts to come off. Im thinking about joing LA Fitness. Thanks so much for the info. Is it okay to message you whenever I have a question?

Hey you, well what can i say it is going!!! So i got my first fill on Tuesday only 1cc so I still feel no restriction... kinda disapointed in myself too i gained 2 pound from the last time i went to the doctor... but i am back down been busting my butt working out and sticking strickly to the way we are suppose to eat!!! I gotta say i was a little ashame but the holiday cook out is what messed me up!! oh well back on track!! So for total weight loss since my first appointment is 25 pounds...

hey there lady! girl i've been stressin on life and gaining weight...eating like i'm naturally skinny...had to get a slight unfil because i couldnt eat real food only slider foods and junk which of course made me gain...so i'm trying to get a grip and start to lose again...i feel like i have forgotten what i need to do?! how are you doing?

Just go to walmart and buy two of the flat weights - stick them in your pockets to weigh. take them back to walmart if you need to. Over the next six months as you are qualifying for the lap band - dietician, appts, doctor etc, you can gain the weight. I had to gain thrity pounds also. Gaining thirty pounds now is nothing - when your talking the rest of your life. If you have to gain thirty pounds to secure a healthy future - then do it. if you have to go to a different doctor who will simply ask your weight then do that (then you can switch as you get closer to qualifying)

hey love, looking good as always! congrats on your 100lbs weight lost! keep up the good work u look amazing! im proud of you

It's been 3 months for my and I am losing about 9 pounds a month. I had 4 weeks where I lost nothing but just kept my chin up. As long as I don't gain, I am happy.

Memorial day...to date I have lost 74 lbs. Life is getting better by the day. Can't ask for better than that. Weight loss is slower powst-op than I thoguht, but the weight did not come on overnight, so what can I expect? I am working out 3 days per week, mostly water aerobics. Only 3 times that I have had food stuck and it made me sick, so now I am being extra careful. I want to succeed and have no isses. I want to be at goal I by Christmas. I have redone my wardrobe already once, and getting ready to do it again within the next month.

It's good to know you're alive. I'm addicted to a few FB games myself, mainly CW. How are you loving your band? I was just thinking, my weight loss has been slow since getting it, but at least I'm not gaining, so I can't and won't complain.

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Hey, How are you doing? My weight loss has pretty much stopped :-( I cant wait for a fill!

Hey there! I was wondering how the weight loss is coming? Anything I can help with?

Hi there! Just wanted to see how you're doing after your Dr. visit? I agree with the others that you were/are too tight, but I'm sure your Doc figured it out and you're back on track. They call what you described 'soft food syndrome' and it's typical not to lose weight when you're eating sliders as the Band is meant to work with solid protein/etc.

Hope the Doc got you back on track and thanks for the lovely comment/info. -BG

Congrats on your weight loss....... Can u give me some examples of your daily food intake?

Thanks for the encouragement!! I guess sometimes I just want the weight to just fall off!! Wouldn't that be nice,huh?? I just have to re-focus & get moving!!

Thank you mickeyshart for the reply, I had my surgery on the 17th and it went perfect I am 5 day out now but still of course recovering. I'm down already 14 lbs from being on the liquid fast alone. You're right he doesn't talk much but he is absolutely great! Having gone through the surgery with him, now I can say I really like him alot and feel totally safe and comfortable with him. Thanks again.

And goodluck on your new journey!!! Congrats on the weight loss!!!

Hi, you commented on my blog for which I thank you. It really makes things easier for me to write - as they say in our educational meetings journaling is important, so I blog instead. This is a great site.

I wanted to wish you the best of luck. You are where I can't wait to be! How are you doing, so far? Are you on a liquid diet? I'm a little nervous about the whole surgery thing, but I have confidence in my surgeon that it will go alright. I need to lose this weight and this is the only way it is going to happen. Please feel free to reply to me any time. Again, the best of luck to you.

Hi! My name is Angela. I was banded on May 5th by Dr. Kirshenbaum in Denver, Colorado. Starting weight was 212. As of May 11th I am down to 186!

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