Hello all from a avid lurker, sometimes poster. I started my journey one year ago today. On the day of my surgery, I weighed 248 lbs. This morning I weighed 170 lbs That's 78 lbs in one year. Woohoo! I've gone from a size 18/20 to size 10. I don't think I have EVER been a size 10. I currently have 6.25 cc in a 10 cc band. The following have been my fills:

6/6/11.... Surgery

7/28/11......3cc in

9/21/11.....2cc in

11/10/1.....1cc in

2/23/12...... .5cc in

5/30/12...... .25cc OUT I live in south Texas and warmer weather definitely made my band way too tight.

Exercise

I work out about 3/4 times a week. Love elliptical ( spinning) classes and just started kickboxing classes I only lift weights during some type of cardio class.

food

It's harder for me to eat in the mornings than in the evenings. I'm not a shake person. Try to stick to Proteins first but I'm going to honest, I'm not a perfect eater. Its weird but sometimes I feel like my band talks to me. I can look at a food and one day my band tells me it's ok and other days it says " DON'T YOU DARE" haha.

What I didn't realize would change after the surgery:

< That I'd become a morning person. (I get up for 5:15 am spinning classes three times a week)

< That I'd weigh less than my husband ( first time in 15 years of marriage )

< That plateaus are part of the journey. Just keep doing what you're doing and ride them out. I had one last about 6 weeks! I've had 3 major plateaus. All lasted about a month. What cani say, just keep on keeping on.

< That roller coasters are sooo much more exciting. I used to squeeze in the seat. I went to a park in May, and I kept FLYING off the seat. Sooo cool!

My goal is to loose 90 lbs. I've got 12lbs to go. Am I sad that I didn't accomplish it in a year? Nahh! It's a journey, not a race. Good luck to all! We can do this!!!

Cyndee

Starting weight. 248

Current weight 170

Goal weight 158

12 lbs to go!!!!

Congratulations on the wonderful loss, and on the great attitude

Congrats and thanks for sharing!

You win the best post of the day!!! I love these kind of posts. So inspirational!

tmf

Amazing!

Great job, thanks for sharing..

Wow you have done great! You forgot to say that you got your life back haha. Well that is at least how I am feeling!

Yay!!! That is so amazing!

So glad to hear good weight loss stories. I have heard so much negative from others saying the band isn't going to work and I'm not going to loose weight. I was banned on 6/4/12

woot, woot!!! Congrats!

Hello all from a avid lurker' date=' sometimes poster. I started my journey one year ago today. On the day of my surgery, I weighed 248 lbs. This morning I weighed 170 lbs That's 78 lbs in one year. Woohoo! I've gone from a size 18/20 to size 10. I don't think I have EVER been a size 10. I currently have 6.25 cc in a 10 cc band. The following have been my fills:

6/6/11.... Surgery

7/28/11......3cc in

9/21/11.....2cc in

11/10/1.....1cc in

2/23/12...... .5cc in

5/30/12...... .25cc OUT I live in south Texas and warmer weather definitely made my band way too tight.

Exercise

I work out about 3/4 times a week. Love elliptical ( spinning) classes and just started kickboxing classes I only lift weights during some type of cardio class.

Food

It's harder for me to eat in the mornings than in the evenings. I'm not a shake person. Try to stick to proteins first but I'm going to honest, I'm not a perfect eater. Its weird but sometimes I feel like my band talks to me. I can look at a food and one day my band tells me it's ok and other days it says " DON'T YOU DARE" haha.

What I didn't realize would change after the surgery:

< That I'd become a morning person. (I get up for 5:15 am spinning classes three times a week)

< That I'd weigh less than my husband ( first time in 15 years of marriage )

< That plateaus are part of the journey. Just keep doing what you're doing and ride them out. I had one last about 6 weeks! I've had 3 major plateaus. All lasted about a month. What cani say, just keep on keeping on.

< That roller coasters are sooo much more exciting. I used to squeeze in the seat. I went to a park in May, and I kept FLYING off the seat. Sooo cool!

My goal is to loose 90 lbs. I've got 12lbs to go. Am I sad that I didn't accomplish it in a year? Nahh! It's a journey, not a race. Good luck to all! We can do this!!!

Cyndee

Starting weight. 248

Current weight 170

Goal weight 158

12 lbs to go!!!![/quote']

What an awesome attitude!! I absolutely love your analogy too! "It's a journey, not a race". Congratulations and thank you for sharing!

Thank you so much for sharing that was truly inspiring. Congratulations.

Yay! Congrats! I live these posts too

I love love love when you said this is not a race but a journey...total eye opener! Congrats on your sucess.

Congrats!!! Im sure even if you were to stop now you would.be extremely happy!! Good luck on your last 12 !! You can do it :-)

Hello all from a avid lurker' date=' sometimes poster. I started my journey one year ago today. On the day of my surgery, I weighed 248 lbs. This morning I weighed 170 lbs That's 78 lbs in one year. Woohoo! I've gone from a size 18/20 to size 10. I don't think I have EVER been a size 10. I currently have 6.25 cc in a 10 cc band. The following have been my fills:

6/6/11.... Surgery

7/28/11......3cc in

9/21/11.....2cc in

11/10/1.....1cc in

2/23/12...... .5cc in

5/30/12...... .25cc OUT I live in south Texas and warmer weather definitely made my band way too tight.

Exercise

I work out about 3/4 times a week. Love elliptical ( spinning) classes and just started kickboxing classes <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> I only lift weights during some type of cardio class.

Food

It's harder for me to eat in the mornings than in the evenings. I'm not a shake person. Try to stick to proteins first but I'm going to honest, I'm not a perfect eater. Its weird but sometimes I feel like my band talks to me. I can look at a food and one day my band tells me it's ok and other days it says " DON'T YOU DARE" haha.

What I didn't realize would change after the surgery:

< That I'd become a morning person. (I get up for 5:15 am spinning classes three times a week)

< That I'd weigh less than my husband ( first time in 15 years of marriage <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />)

< That plateaus are part of the journey. Just keep doing what you're doing and ride them out. I had one last about 6 weeks! I've had 3 major plateaus. All lasted about a month. What cani say, just keep on keeping on.

< That roller coasters are sooo much more exciting. I used to squeeze in the seat. I went to a park in May, and I kept FLYING off the seat. Sooo cool!

My goal is to loose 90 lbs. I've got 12lbs to go. Am I sad that I didn't accomplish it in a year? Nahh! It's a journey, not a race. Good luck to all! We can do this!!!

Cyndee

Starting weight. 248

Current weight 170

Goal weight 158

12 lbs to go!!!![/quote']

Congatulations!!! That's awesome. Love this post.