well a lot has happened since june 9th I have lost weight and gained weight and had my 1st fill but overall i am happy with where i am I have gone from 316-18 pre-op to 286 post op today I had went on vacation and gained back 5lbs so i worked hard to get that back off before yesterdays appointment and i weighed in at 286 had i not gained the weight (by eating a lot of starch) i probably would have been under 280 but hey i know what i did and i wont be doing that again. which brings me to yesterdays appointment I got my 1st fill so I am looking forward to seeing how it affects me going forward and my doctor gave me the ok to resume full physical activities so biking and gym time here i come

Congratulations on your weight loss. I think it's great you recongnized where you went wrong and gain the weight and got it right back off. I'm looking forward to hopefully joining the loser bench with you.

Hi photoman

My band joined me on June 10 so I am almost your band twin. What an amazing journey. The band forces us to learn and explore ourselves doesnt it. I have learnt more about myself, my eating patterns and my life really in the last 2 months than the 2 years prior to that.

my weight loss has plateaued for now, waiting on my second fill in two weeks (first made no difference)

but I am exploring that in relation to whats happening in my life too.

keep up the fantastic work and good luck

Congrats on your loss, that's awesome!!

Getting back to the gym was the best part for me. I never knew I could love working out as much as I do!

thanks all for the encouragement yes it is a journey I am getting used to my fill I am noticing a difference in how can eat now as opposed to pre-fill i am filling up a lot faster and not getting as hungry physically I notice I still get mentally hungry and that is where my challenge lies but in time I will get that under control also.

I suppose if you get technical about it, it's all a "mental thing" most of us are not normal because we have some really screwed up in the head stuff.

Unfortunately the band does not "fix" that other than be a physical reminder not to stuff the face at any particular time.

We truly have to reprogram our minds to not use food for comfort, boredom and any other reason we can think of to eat.

Now it must be eat to live, instead of live to eat!

That seams to be the tough one and the most important for long term success. I think developing good habits will be the start of that change.

IT"S A PROCESS!