I had my lapband in june of 2011, today I weighed in at 199.7! I cant believe I did it! total loss of 74.3 pounds...Is this for real??? Have not posted in a while, but soooooo excited!

Katie

thanks for your words of encouragement, b/c I'm sooooooooooo discouraged. I sit here day after day reading all the success stories and I'm happy for each and every one of them, but then i look in the mirror and ask why can't I have that success? I go for my 2nd fill on 2/15, I hope I can get some restriction.

it took me 5 fills and 2 emergency unfills to get proper restriction and now that i have it. i have nice steady loss. i was sooo frustrated too. i felt like i got this band i want all the big numbers everyone else gets. well i'm not everybody else and i had to realize that. i'm just shy of losing 40 pounds and it's taken my about 8 months. clothes gone from 20 to 14, but it's been a journey, please dont be discouraged, it takes time to find good restriction

jennifer

oh i am 5 pounds away from onederland and i'm praying i can make it by feb 14th!!

thanks to all of you for the encouragement, you guys are wonderful. It's nice to be able to come to this site and share my story with others thats been through or some that's going through the same frustrations as I am...THANK YOU THANK YOU AND THANK YOU....I will keep my head up and press on, b/c I know my day is coming....

Congrats on Onederland! I've got 15.4 pounds to go to get there (my next goal and getting my BMI under 30). It is slow going, but at least my weight is moving in the right direction.

Congrats! That is so exciting.

I am almost there. I am at 200.4 right now. I expect it this week or next. I can't wait.

that is AWESOME!!! i was banded on 12/16 and I'm not having much luck with my weight loss...

Just stick with it. It took me 6 months to feel restriction. Then, I had some bad thyroid issues I had to get ironed out before I started losing. I was banded in 2005 and have lost 68 lbs and kept it off. It has been slow. I took a break for a few years and am back on track losing again. It took another fill, more adjustments to my meds, eating really well, and working out, but I am getting there. Just be patient and work the program and it will work for you.

Congratulations!!! Welcome to One-derland!

Congratulations on Onerland! I can't wait! I was banded on June 7th, 2011.

Not quite in the green zone but losing very well.

Congrats! keep it up