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3 years has passed since you registered at LapBandTalk! Happy 3rd Anniversary dream catcher!

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3 years has passed since you registered at LapBandTalk! Happy 3rd Anniversary Gracey!

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I am so glad I found this site...I had lap band surgery on May 12th and lost 13 pounds the first week but haven't lost a pound since I started phase three....good to know I am not alone!!!

Hello, sorry its taken over a week to respond to the welcome.. I' getting used to the website... the website is busy... (not in a bad way but...) I've only gone to the lap band seminar, most post that I've read are people who are way past that.

I am somewhat in your shoes. I was banded 3/3/11 and only down 16lbs. I had my first fill (5cc's) on April 14, 2011 which did nothing for me. I go in for my second fill tomorrow. Hopefully this one will work for me.

hello my name is Juanita i was just banded on April 25 today is week 21 for me i lost 20 ponds so far.

I'm in the mushy phase too. I'm so happy I can eat fish (not pureed). But, like most people on here my weight loss stopped as soon as I started this phase. Oh well, at least I feel almost back to normal. Except I have been very sleepy this week.

How did your fill go today? How much did he put in?

I'm only up to 4.5cc's after 3 fills.

Hope I feel restriction soon.

Oh....can you start soft foods yet?

Good Luck!

Hi, I saw you responded to my WW post. Just wanted to keep in touch to see how it was going for you. (If you joined) I did, Thursday will be 2 weeks. My first week I lost 3.8 which was exciting. I really like the new program. Fingers crossed on some weight loss this week, I had family parties over the weekend (those are always great sabotagers! lol)

I'm doing great! Yeah, we're here around somewhere...I don't get to come on LBT much anymore if you want you can find me on FB Dora's Lapband Journey. So far so good with the band. I'm a little over 2 weeks out and I have lost close to 15lbs. Can't wait til I get the clearance to start working out again cause it'll fall off faster then. Keep in touch, let me...

I have my seminar 5/3/11. Nervous but excited. Concerned about my insurance d/t wanting 5 year history. I have not had a BMI over 35 that long, however I have 3 comorbitities. I hope my ins.(BCBS) NYS isn,t going to make me maintain this weight 3 more years at great risk to my health.

It is encouraging that you have done so well! I will have to try harder. I got a fill a couple weeks ago and have not really been able to eat much of anything but still have not lost .

In the begining of this process I really did not put the work in as I should have. However, I feel like I am doing something wrong if I don't hit the gym at least 3-4 txs weekly. On an average I do about 8 miles of cardo weekly. My size has gone from a size 26-24 to my current 16-14 womens. Girl, I have not worn those sizes since 96/97. God has truly been good to me!

I was banded in 2003 and still have yet to make my goal. Feeling of failure... yep! Embarrassed? ....yes. Still the optimist?...surprisingly yes! I have done 4 triathlons and one half marathon and had many personal trainers. Yet the weight hangs on. Going for a fill next week cause I can eat anything.

...hey!...i wish i knew when it is going to be..lol...i have one more visit to go back to the doc and meet with the dietician and the nurse practitioner...i am trying to use my insurance so i had to complete the 3 month supervised diet requirement...so after may 20th, which is my last visit, they are going to submit my paper work finally...did u have to go thru the same thing?

You willk do just fine-- i say that as i cried in the waiting room before the surgery- but it does go fast- the next 3 days were the worst- im on day 2 of feeling ok- but i have been trying to drink to fast- which i know is a no no- i have to relearn that!

Hi Dee, You asked on my blog how long I've had my band and how I'm doing.

I've had my band since 10/16/2008 and I have lost 87 pounds. I love my band and I know if I followed the rules better I would have a larger weight loss. I have been excersing and I think I am losing inches but I have been stuck in the same area for a bout 3 months now. I haven't been to my dr. since Dec but I have an appt and hope to have atleast a 1 cc fill on Wednesday. I hope to get the weight loss moving again soon!!

Thanks for responding!!!

hello, i hope everything is goin great for you!! how have you been doing with everything lately? i had my surgery a week ago!!! it went great the surgeon said! i was in more pain than i thaught i would be though!lol were you in much pain at all? how long has it been for you now? a month? how is the eating going? i hope to hear from you soon!

Hi Matilda,

I went to my two nutrition/information classes on Thursday. Kaiser requires that we take a ton of classes and by the time we have the surgery we are really ready for it. I am 6 pounds under the weight they required me to lose for the surgery too. I am ready I think. My job isn't really sedentary. I am a teacher on special assignment for our district and I do a lot of filming and work out at the different school sites. I think 2 weeks will be enough time off, but I will still have to be careful not to over commit myself when I come back to work. At the class on Thursday they said that the first month or so expect to be tired like a toddler and to expect to fall asleep easily at night.

hey there lady, hows things going for you two weeks to go for me. yay