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I wanted to know if anyone had a month to month diary of how much weight was lost on lapband. I also wanted to know if there was anything special you had to do a long with eating right and exercising.:smile2:

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Hi:

I just looked it up.

Pre-op (3 months) 37 pounds lost, and then the following numbers in each consecutive month post 14, 15, 11, 9, 3, 9, 9, 6, 12, 3, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4.

The other thing besides eating right and exercising is consistent follow up with your surgeon and attending support groups with fellow bandsters if possible. You need to stay on top of your fills to ensure that you are getting your band adjusted as necessary. In addition, I think it helps to be accountable on their scale as well as my own.

Best wishes to you.

Sue

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286 at start of liquid diet (2 weeks)

275 at surgery

256 at 9 weeks

I am losing roughly 6-9 lbs per month

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I have pretty consistently lost 2.5 pounds/week since banding. Some weeks, a bit more, some a bit less. But the average has been 2.5.

I stuck with my doctor's (low-carb) postop regimen even before restriction, so my loss was not slowed by a wait.

I do follow a pretty stringent eating regimen, and exercise daily at least once (usually twice--my dog loves me more if I do).

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I lost 107 pounds in about 10 months. So that's an average of about 10 pounds a month. Some months were less and some more. You can expect to loose weight fairly quickly at first, and then it slows down as you get closer to goal. Best wishes!

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I have everything documented in my blog like foods ieat, how much i lost each week and month etc. You can see my month summary on the right side of my blog and the rest detailed in my posts.

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No liquid diet - Start weight 222 lbs on June 28 surgery date

June 28-July 28 - 198

July 29 - August 28 - 188

August 29 - October 3 - 182

Total of 40 lbs so far.

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just check out my signature below!

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I weigh myself daily and only record when I change weight. I also take my measurements (chest, waist, hips, upper arm, forearm, thigh and calf) every Thursday, I also take front and side pics every Thursday as well and my 'official' weight recording is Thursday's too.

At this point, I'm losing 3-5 pounds per week. Total of 49 pounds since 7/29/10.

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I lost 107 pounds in about 10 months. So that's an average of about 10 pounds a month. Some months were less and some more. You can expect to loose weight fairly quickly at first, and then it slows down as you get closer to goal. Best wishes!

holy moly!!!!!! please share any tips you can give! thats amazing!

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July 14th 261.1...day of surgery

19th 244.0 -17.1

26th 239.9 -4.1

Aug 2nd 238.6 -1.3

9th 240.6 +2.0

16th 240.8 +.2

23rd 232.4 -8.4 (this was week after first fill)

30th 231.0 -1.4

Sept 6th 229.8 -1.2

13th 229.0 -.8

20st 229.2 +.2

27th 229.2 stayed the same

Oct 5th 219.0 -10.2 (this week started drinking Protein shakes with 69 grams of Protein in them)

so 42 pounds in 12 weeks that averages about 3.5 pounds per week :thumbdown:

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I kept track of my weight loss pretty regularly; below shows my progression (I deleted some of the stats so you didn't have to sort through daily weights--but a few months I didn't record it on my ticker).

09/27/2010 - 134

08/15/2010 - 135

07/20/2010 - 143

06/13/2010 - 145

05/12/2010 - 150

04/14/2010 - 159

03/11/2010 - 168

02/04/2010 - 180

11/13/2009 - 191

10/04/2009 - 199

09/04/2009 - 205

07/14/2009 - 208

05/26/2009 - 219

01/04/2009 - 231

12/31/2008 - 246 (day of surgery)

12/01/2008 - 252

I didn't really do anything special, I didn't even exercise that much until I started running in the last few months. Right now I hover around 135, up and down a little day to day. I'd like to get down to 125 eventually, but honestly I'm focused more on improving my running and training for a half marathon than I am on weight loss right now.

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I am very happy with my progress I think it is very average 8-10 lbs a month!!!

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holy moly!!!!!! please share any tips you can give! thats amazing!

Here are my tips:

High Protein (at least 60 grams) low carb and low fat.

I workout 5-6 days a week- cardio, 3 days a week weights

I eat in a very structured way- I plan in the morning (or the night before) what I will eat for the day. I also eat around the same times every day.

I eat 5-6 times a day, 3 meals and 2-3 Snacks

I am also just lucky to have a body that responds nicely when I do the right things. I've lost the weight before but never been able to keep it off. This time I have a tool and it will stay off forever!

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Here's my weekly

09/18/09 365

09/25/09 362

10/01/09 359

10/07/09 352

10/14/09 346

10/21/09 343

10/28/09 339

11/03/09 335

11/10/09 332

11/17/09 329

11/23/09 324

12/01/09 320

12/08/09 316

12/15/09 314

12/22/09 310

12/29/09 308

01/05/10 303

01/12/10 299

01/19/10 296

01/26/10 293

02/02/10 291

02/09/10 286

02/16/10 281

02/23/10 275

03/02/10 270 (surgery day)

03/09/10 266

03/16/10 265

03/23/10 264

03/30/10 259

04/06/10 255

04/13/10 257

04/20/10 254

04/27/10 251

05/04/10 251

05/11/10 247

05/18/10 248

05/25/10 244

06/01/10 242

06/08/10 239

06/15/10 236

06/22/10 234

06/29/10 232

07/06/10 228

07/13/10 226

07/20/10 225

07/27/10 220

08/03/10 222

08/10/10 222

08/17/10 220

08/24/10 216

08/31/10 214

09/07/10 216

09/14/10 216

09/21/10 213

09/28/10 214

10/05/10 208

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