Deep breath, I hit my 1st mini goal of 25 lbs. Am still 1 week away from 1st fill. I'm so excited but scared too. How do I keep the excitment going? So afraid that as the weight loss slows I will become discouraged. its really been too easy so far. Other than the gas pains I had from the surgery. Has anyone had the weight just melt away easiely till they hit the finally goal or is this going to really start to become more difficult as time goes on?

Yeah! You go Girl! 25 lbs before your 1st fill is awesome. Good luck. Karen

Great job!!! Good for you.

I tend to lose rapidly, level off, (even gain a pound or 2) then resume losing. Very weird, but you can almost set your watch by it. I have still averaged about 5 lbs per week. Albeit that the first 20 of that came off the first week.

Best of luck to you!

That is awesome. Congrats to you! Doesn't it feel great??!!! I know when i lost my first 20 i felt awesome. then 30 and now 40!

keep it up! you will hit plataeus, we all do, but don't let that get you down or make you think the band is not working for you. you will lose inches before pounds. there is an almost 2 month "lag time" between inches lost and lbs lost. i am down 4 dress sizes now. i just my weight loss on my clothes, not the scale anymore. it is easy to get obsessed with that scale.

Well done!

Congratulations. Hope you are celebrAting with non-food reward.

I've been lucky enough to have the weight fall off quite easily so far.I thought it had slowed down till I saw my GP this week who couldnt believe how much more I had lost and how well I was doing.

keep up your grsat work and keep on enjoying those NSVs

That is awesome. Congrats to you! Doesn't it feel great??!!! I know when i lost my first 20 i felt awesome. then 30 and now 40!

keep it up! you will hit plataeus, we all do, but don't let that get you down or make you think the band is not working for you. you will lose inches before pounds. there is an almost 2 month "lag time" between inches lost and lbs lost. i am down 4 dress sizes now. i just my weight loss on my clothes, not the scale anymore. it is easy to get obsessed with that scale.

OMG! I think I am at that 2 month lag time. I was banded 6/17/11 and have been losing and gaining 5 lbs for the past month! so frustrated. Please give me some tips to start losing again. I have had 3 fills now at 5.8cc in my 10cc band, so restriction is ok. Maybe i need a little bit moreI don't know. Help! Thanks