Not like I have helped, after being banded in April I didn't really come back much.

Life has been stupid busy over the last 5+ mo and I seem to have lost track of the band. Weightloss stopped about 5 mo ago and recently it started coming back on. A pound here, a pound there. Its amazing how good the mind is as diverting attention away things like "well its still 60+ pounds off, don't worry about it right now".

A few days ago I said enough is enough and started back / revisited a number of things. Its time to end the "I will get back on track tomorrow when things settle down".

I have noticed over the past few months that Bars are the devil for me, I would use them for meals, Snacks, etc. The calories add up fast when eating them. Eating the junk food after the holidays with the mentality of "well once its gone, its gone" is also a big no no, other things pop up and the food comes back into the house again. It seems Ice cream and cake have no real issue getting past the band.

That said, I peaked at 75 pounds lost, and am sitting back at the 65ish mark, the 5 month plateau is over!

How is everyone else doing?

Socadad . I so understand where your at. i had lost 75 lbs was feeling great at the end of jan. Then life happened. I had a health scare with my mom. Then fell and hurt my back badly and was put on steriods. Then my oldest daughter went to a party and i am not sure what happened but she ended up on lifesupport for a weekend. Then i got brochitis and another round of Steriods. So with it all i sorta gave up. I gained back 5 lbs. So this week i went to the dr and got my scolding. He added 0.3 in the band and told me I have the tool but i gotta use it. I knew he was right. So i am also back on trying to work my band. I also at that same time stopped visting here. This place really helped me stay on topix. I miss everyone here.

Sadly, I rarely think to come to this forum. I usually just peruse the new topics from the main page.

Wow Jim your weight loss is fantastic. Almost 140 lbs since surgery. Wish i was close to that number. But then i would have reached my goal I am over half way there but it seems a long way to go sometimes.

Thank you!! You're doing great!! We will both get there in time. I am very happy with the first year results but I still battle with lack of patience at times. I try and remind myself how far I've come. I think that 6 month required diet just raised my expectations of big numbers.

I know i will get there. My dr is not very agressive on the fills but even with that i seem to get restriction very easy. It just seems I like all food adicts have to work so hard to try not to eat around the band. I have since he put in the last 0.3 on tue seems to have kicked off losing again. I am down 3 lbs since then. I hope it contiunes. I am ready to get out of the 240s and into the 230s.