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First time I EVER smiled while standing on a scale!

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ta0726    0

ta0726
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I was banded on June 4, 2009 - I am officially in onderland - well 199.5 - I'm quite close. I started at 283. I am sure my progress could have been better, but I slipped up a couple of times and I have been going to the gym, but slacking on cardio. I got on the scale though and I don't think I have EVER smiled while standing on a scale! Now I know what everyone is talking about.....and what helped me in the past week was all the posts about the Protein intake - very true!

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kimaly    57

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Congrats!! It's a great feeling and there will be many more smiles to come. We take this 1 victory at a time.

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patsal    1

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Yeah for you! Congratulations, it is a wonderful feeling to get on the scale and be happy with what it says!

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Humming Bird    275

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Onderland feels great doesn't it?! It is worth that smile and a happy dance to go with it!

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deb_ladyrose    0

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That is awesome!!! Congrats to you.... and may you have many more smiles to come while standing on the scale :thumbup:

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juliansmom2003    3

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Congratulations!!! How wonderful! 199.5 or 190--it's still onederland, so welcome!! Nice to have you here :-)!

Keep up the great work!!!

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twyla420    0

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Congrats...you deserve it!

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adagray    1

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What do you mean by 'close'. You ARE in onderland baby, its got a ONE in front of it!!! It could be 199.9 and that's still onederland in my book. Congrats to you!!! You worked hard for this. Enjoy! I can't wait to be right there with you. :->

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beronik    0

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:frown:i was also banded on june 2009 i have though not lost that much started at 318 down to like 280 i am getting my 4th fill when did you hit the spot i try but i am slow loosing i am so upset at myself anyone

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beronik    0

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and i congrat you i forgot but also which is a good Protein Drink

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sweetbean70    2

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CONGRATULATIONS ON ONDERLAND!! :thumbup:

I was banded 4 days after you were banded and have lost a total os 75lbs as of 4/9/10. I still have nearly 50lbs to lose before I, too, am in ONDERLAND. Still, I know I was grinning like a fool when I went in for a fill last week and the scale showed that I was below 250lbs. I now weigh less than I did when I got married nearly 14 years ago (mini goal). How much Fluid do you have in your band now? I have 5.1CCs in a 10CC band and my dr and I feel like I am at my sweet spot. In fact when I went in for a fill last week, we opted not to put any more Fluid in my band for another 3-4 weeks. :laugh:

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LapNYC    3

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What an accomplishment! What clothing size were you at the beginning and what are you now? Just out of curiosity. Congratulations!!!

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Mangofish    1

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YAY to you!! I also saw 199.5. SO HAPPY!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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