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Well when tommorrow hits, it will be one year since my Lapband Sugery.

Honestly I'm thrilled with the results, but I'm been real bummed out for the last 6 months.

I've really been hovering around the 100 pound mark.

I'm really struggling to figure out how to break 100 pounds and lose again. I'm been adjusted out the whazoo.

So I guess I'm just impressed that it has been a year but know I still have a lot of work to do, and just trying to figure out how to see more results.

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100 lbs in a year is fantastic! I understand how frustrating a long plateau is, but you're a 10 year old smaller than you were a year ago!

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Congrats!!!!!! That's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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First, GREAT JOB! Woo Hoo! This is a very long road sometimes and you are doing great making your way.

I think sometimes we tend to eat the same stuff over and over. Try to change it up a bit. Try drinking a few extra Protein shakes. Drink extra Water for a couple days. If you eat salad every day for lunch switch to chili for a couple days. Sometimes just mixing up the diet breaks a plateau.

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100 pounds is amazing. Pat yourself on the back for your accomplishment and keep marching ahead. Could you add a little more activity or maybe more Protein into the diet???

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100 pounds is an amazing loss! Congratulations!

Are you exercising? If not, now is the time to start. It will jumpstart your loss.

If you are, try changing your routine a bit.

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One of the women who works at my doctors office weighed nearly 600 pounds before she was banded. She said that she has lost 300 pounds in 2 1/2 years. She told me that it is a slow process when you have a lot to lose. Your body has done well so far. I bet if you got a really good exercise program that you stick with and speak to a nutritionist you can get on track to lose another 100 in a year.

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Congrats!!! 100 pounds in a year is awesome...its a lot easier to loose weight when you have a few hundred to loose as i found out the more you loose the tougher it is.......someone who has to loose 100 pounds can loose 20 pounds quicker and easier than someone who has to loose 20 pounds..... your doing great keep up good work :)

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I am right there with you , my bandversary was wednesday and i am sitting at 88lb when all i wanted to was hit 100 i feel like i failed by not hitting that goal.

I am going for another fill on 10/26 and hoping that it will give me just that little extra i need to get losing again.

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Iam going on 2 years and still have alot to lose.....i lost a total of 90lbs and i now im back at 70lbs uugh its been a struggle but i have to admit I have been eating alot of junk but i am excercising and lifting weights but I need to do better with my eating habits asap

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