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Hi everybody....i will be banded in a couple of days...i'm 5/5 200lb. so i have about 70lb to loose. Is there anybody out there

around my range? My question is would i loose slower since i don't have that much to go.

Thanks So much!

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I was 5'4 and 218 Size 20 I am now 172 at 4 1/2 months and size 14 .I got stuck at 200,189,184,178 and now 172 for the last month. What did you doctor tell you to expect.

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how do you get out of the stuck zone. I'm going to mexico, he said it would be slow because my bmi is only 35, i was just wondering if anybody had the same weight to looses and can tell me different, thats all. Looks like your doing great. Has it changed your life...do you miss food...

Thank P

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Hi Pepper,

I had surgery in Mexico too. Who's your surgeon? Tell us a little more about yourself.

Welcome to LBT and good luck on your weight loss journey.

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I have lost 90 pounds in almost 17 months. I am 130 and size 4/6 now and a happy camper, although the BMI thing says I should lose another 10-15 pounds.

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Yes, i'm going to Dr. Rumbaut leaving Sunday having it on tuesday...so excited...I have sooomany questions don't know where to begin.

pepper

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I'll be in Monterrey a week after your surgery getting my first fill. I have a doctor here who will do fills for me but I'm pretty nervous and I kind of want my first fill to be with Dr. Rumbaut. I understand from others here on LBT that it's no big deal and I'm sure they're right but I'm just the nervous type! LOL That's funny considering I went and had surgery in Mexico - very out of character for me. I'm glad I did it though - Dr. Rumbaut is a LapBand genius and the care I recieved while in Monterrey could not be surpassed anywhere in the U.S. From the time I got off the plane to the time I got back on the plane it couldn't have gone more "by the book".

While you're at the hotel, spend some time in the lobby. You'll see lots of people coming and going and if you make eye contact you'll meet people having lapband surgery with Dr. Rumbaut! I met several women that way and I'm in contact with 3 of them still who all had surgery on the same day as I did! I think Dr. Rumbaut did 6 surgeries on that day and 4 of us have stayed in contact with each other!

Across the parking lot from the hotel there is a grocery store/mini shopping mall. Just as you leave the hotel parking lot into the mall parking there is a restaurant called Sanbourn's. Their Pollo Especial (chicken with rice in broth) is excellent for pre-op and post op, is very inexpensive and, if you want, they'll deliver right to your hotel room. The hardest part for me was the language barrier and if you're in the restaurant you can just point at the picture (they have menus in english as well as spanish) and if you're ordering from your hotel room, the hotel front desk staff is very friendly and will call and order for you if you like. Sanbourn's will even charge the cost to your hotel bill making it that much easier. Hint: squeeze the lime into your Pollo Especial - it gives it a nice citrus zing!

Best wishes for a happy banding experience.

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I started at 222.5. I am down to 186. I have been a very slow loser but I love my band and am very pleased with the results and the change in me.

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I was banded one month ago yesterday. I had no dramatic loss the first month, like many that you will read about. I lost 8 lbs while i was on liquids, then gained almost all of it back, now i have gradually lost the 8 again. I had my first fill on wednesday.

i am 5ft2in and i started at 207.

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Pepper, I was just about the same as you, same height, started a few lbs heavier. I am a size 14 now.

I have lost almost 40 pounds in not quite 7 months and hope to be at goal by the end of the year. I was told (not by my surgeon, but please see my "doctor is a crackhead" threads) that my weight loss would be slower since I did not have a much to lose.

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