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So it was 1 year ago today that I made the big leap so I could find the healthy me that I had long since lost. I am happy to say that in this year I have lost 66lbs and am off 2 or the 3 medications I took!!! I had lost focus at the beginning of the summer and floundered a bit but I had a fill/adjustment earlier this month and feel right back on track. I would have the surgery again in a heartbeat!! I would love to hear from others :)

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I'm still a couple of months away from my one year anniversary but wanted to say congrats on a great year for you. I'm sure being off the medications feels absolutely wonderful! I wish you all the best and a healthy life for many years to come. :)

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Congrats on your bandiversary! You deserve a big Hurrah! Karen

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Happy Band birthday you are doing great.

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Congratulations Karen and much success for the coming year.

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Congrats! I think you have done great and your slow loss (not really slow but compared to some folks who feel they have to lose 10+ a month!) will help you maintain the changes for a lifetime!

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I admit I lost focus over the summer and even had a weight gain, amazing how easy it was to slip back into bad habits! I had a .75cc fill earlier this month and am mentally & physically back in the groove and it feels so good. Truthfully it is a huge success for me to stumble but then get back up and continue. Anytime I have lost weight prior to being banded as soon as I stumbled I gave up. So that is probably what I am most proud of!

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I agree 100%! and all the times I gave up I gained back what I lost and more!!! Thats why I never dieted through this whole thing...

I admit I lost focus over the summer and even had a weight gain, amazing how easy it was to slip back into bad habits! I had a .75cc fill earlier this month and am mentally & physically back in the groove and it feels so good. Truthfully it is a huge success for me to stumble but then get back up and continue. Anytime I have lost weight prior to being banded as soon as I stumbled I gave up. So that is probably what I am most proud of!

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So it was 1 year ago today that I made the big leap so I could find the healthy me that I had long since lost. I am happy to say that in this year I have lost 66lbs and am off 2 or the 3 medications I took!!! I had lost focus at the beginning of the summer and floundered a bit but I had a fill/adjustment earlier this month and feel right back on track. I would have the surgery again in a heartbeat!! I would love to hear from others :)

I was banded exactly 1 year ago too. I was doing pretty good, until summer! I wasn't gaining but I wasn't losing either. after summer was over I gained 6 pounds now trying to get it off is a pain! I am thinking that I have streatched my stomach. not sure. I need to go in and get another fill and see if that gets me back on track.. Crossing my fingers it will.. I agree with you about having the surgery again in a heart beat. :)

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Congratulations!!! I am one year out 10/22/11 and I have only lost 30 lbs which has been the same since 4/2011. I am so frustrated. My Dr says as long as I am not gaining I am doing well. I am off medications and C-PAP, but the weight loss is at a standstill.sad.gif

So it was 1 year ago today that I made the big leap so I could find the healthy me that I had long since lost. I am happy to say that in this year I have lost 66lbs and am off 2 or the 3 medications I took!!! I had lost focus at the beginning of the summer and floundered a bit but I had a fill/adjustment earlier this month and feel right back on track. I would have the surgery again in a heartbeat!! I would love to hear from others :)

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Happy 1 year Bandiversary !:youcandothis:

Your doing a good job, a loss is a loss ! Take it...... Glad your back on track,

wait until next year right !

Mine will be on 10/31/06 5 years banded, and 1 year pre op diet (required by Ins.)

So I started in 10/ 05

So I will be celebrating that one.

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I'm so glad to hear from others who are doing so well! Sure we all wish the weight came off overnight but I think we are all doing great. Any weight loss journey, surgery or not, will have it's ups and downs. Lets just have the downs (on the scale) win :)

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