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nursenancy    0

nursenancy
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I was banded 1 year ago today. The scales showed exactly 60 lbs. less today than 1 year ago. I had a hard time during the holidays but am on track once again. I was overfilled for a while and had to loosen my band so that i could eat the right foods again. Started out at 237lbs, 177lbs today. Is this a good loss for a year or do I need to be more agressive? I have read this forum for a few mths but just joined. It has not been an easy fix, but it has forced me into eating better.

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dk4k    15

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You are the only one who can answer that question, but 177 lbs. is looking PRETTY good from way up here!

Congrats on your success.

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Yetta2u    3

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I agree. You have done a wonderful job with your weight loss. I hope I will be able to show the same results in a year. I am not loosing that much at this time, but I am not giving up.

Keep up the good work!

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You are the only one who can answer that question, but 177 lbs. is looking PRETTY good from way up here!

Congrats on your success.

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echazottes    0

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I am almost a year out and have lost 50 pounds started at 236 now 186 and i hope to lose another 5 pounds by Feb 16th which is my one year anniverseray of having the band! I think we are doing awesome!! Not everyone loses 3 pounds a week....a steady 1-1.5 pounds is great! keep up the good work! and just think about how awesome you feel now when compared to how you felt before the band. This is teaching us to eat right and watch our portions!

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reverie    49

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That is right in line with the expected weightloss with Lapband. I think you're doing great!! Keep on pushing to get to your goal!

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Msbandtastic    1

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This question really needs to be answered by you. I think 60 pounds gone is awesome but if you know in your heart that you could have worked harder then you need to step it up and lose even more in the year to come. Good luck to you.

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MaineJackie    3

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You are doing AWESOME..............

Slow and steady.......it sounds like you are on your way to succeeding!!!

Way to go.

Jackie

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ElfiePoo    109

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Well I'm only down 40 pounds since surgery but I've had my own issues with the band...some due to the band, some due to me...but I'm still happy with 40 pounds. Right now I'm only losing 1 lb per week and I'll take it and not complain.

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beckermerj    0

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I have been banded a year on the 13th !! I started at 220 and now I am at 165 ... so 55 lbs.. I think we are on the right track.. I am so much happier!!!! What were your symptoms that your band was to tight? I think mine might be a little tight.. I have an appt on tuesday of next week to see if there is a problem . I have a lot of tightness in my chest area after eating. I especially feel it when I am laying down.

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shadst8    8

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That is over a pound a week--nothing to laugh at. Celebrate it Just has my one year anniversary--down 75lbs. Didn't make the 100lbs I wanted to, but no way will I negate this success.

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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.

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