Hi, I was banded on June 21st. I am feeling a bit lonely and wanted to see how all the June Bandsters are doing? What have been your biggest challenges or victories so far?

Banded 5th June and 50lbs down. BOOM.

Hard work but MFP and not lying to myself and cardio is doing the trick

:-)

The 1cc fill I got last week did the trick! I'm feeling hopeful and encouraged

What about you!?

oh and I'm going to share my goal for this month with you all so I can be held accountable. My goal is to get to 182 by the end of September. I just hope it cools down a bit more here in NC so I can run outside instead of on the dreaded treadmill. ugh.

I am so happy for you! Tell me what it's like?

I am sure I am not green, but I think I may be yellow-green...lime-ish?...LOL

I feel I am on the edge of green, but I am not really sure what it feels like exactly. I have been documenting everything from the time it takes to eat a meal and how I feel after, plus how long until I am hungry again. I have been eating pretty clean with lots of (solid) Protein (60-80g) and 8-9+ cups of Water a day. After a small meal, I am hungry consistently at the 2-2.5hr mark. It's been almost 2 weeks since my fill.

If I thought about it, I still feel like I am on a diet, but it is a bit more manageable. I am looking forward to not obsessing as much.

Other than that, my youngest is back in school and I am glad to have some sort of routine back. I re-started the C25K program and thinking of making my new goal to be 199 by my birthday, Dec 1st, but that may be too ambitious. I'll see how I do this week.

The 1cc fill I got last week did the trick! I'm feeling hopeful and encouraged

What about you!?

oh and I'm going to share my goal for this month with you all so I can be held accountable. My goal is to get to 182 by the end of September. I just hope it cools down a bit more here in NC so I can run outside instead of on the dreaded treadmill. ugh.

Congrats! That is a great loss!

Banded 5th June and 50lbs down. BOOM.

Hard work but MFP and not lying to myself and cardio is doing the trick

:-)

How's everyone this week?

i am (((stressed)))

work is crazy and since i am the (bad guy in compliance), gets old w/people sniping and sniping

at me directly via phone/email...

thankfully the band is my friend and its nice to know its there for me...does that make sense?

Got my fill last week and can really feel it. To the point that I have to be careful what I eat and stretch out the swallowing. Had a few minor stuck periods but was ok. I have learned to make sure to keep any water or drinks out of arms reach. The 60 pound marker is starting to tease me. I set a reward that when I cross the 100 line, I am booking a diving trip to the Caymans. Just for laughs everyone should make a point to visiting the warehouse store and pick up a bad of something that is equivalent to the amount of weight you have lost.

^^^^ Guess my signature is rounding up. MFP has me a tiny bit more to go.

Oh I know what that's like. ugh Hope things settle down!

Yes, that makes sense!

i am (((stressed)))

work is crazy and since i am the (bad guy in compliance), gets old w/people sniping and sniping

at me directly via phone/email...

thankfully the band is my friend and its nice to know its there for me...does that make sense?

I too have to be more careful of my bites and chewing with this last fill. Especially chicken! I got a piece stuck last night and walked away from dinner early. So far the worst stuck I've had, but it went away with in 15 min or so, then I was fine.

You will see that 60lb soon! Way to go! (yes, these tickers round up so today I weighed at 216.5 but put 217 in my ticker)

Today I have finally passed the 40lb mark since my Weight Watcher days (I never could quite make it there) and 27lbs since starting the banding journey.

Got my fill last week and can really feel it. To the point that I have to be careful what I eat and stretch out the swallowing. Had a few minor stuck periods but was ok. I have learned to make sure to keep any Water or drinks out of arms reach. The 60 pound marker is starting to tease me. I set a reward that when I cross the 100 line, I am booking a diving trip to the Caymans. Just for laughs everyone should make a point to visiting the warehouse store and pick up a bad of something that is equivalent to the amount of weight you have lost.

Congrats on the 40lbs!!! I'm not really in the green zone yet, but I can finally feel my band. I have about 4.75 in a 10cc band.

I've been meaning to ask you LessLee, you have mentioned before that your doc did some test to determine where your green zone is. What test is this? also, what size band do you have? Hope you are having a great day!

Ah, ok. So you and I are probably feeling the same.

Slimband does this procedure they call "the Slim Spot technique". How exactly it's done I am not sure. They do it during surgery. I was told they hook you up to some type of monitor and fill the band to determine where your vagus nerve is stimulated, and that would be your estimated "Sweet Spot". They then take out enough to allow you to heal.

It's not exact, it can be off by 1 cc or so, but it gives you a bit of a head start with fills.

http://slimband.com/...pot-adjustments

I had 5.5 cc at surgery, and my level was estimated to be 7cc. I am now at 7.25. But weight loss will also affect it as you lose visceral fat.

My band is 10 CC, but they can actually hold more like 12 if needed.

Congrats on the 40lbs!!! I'm not really in the green zone yet, but I can finally feel my band. I have about 4.75 in a 10cc band.

I've been meaning to ask you LessLee, you have mentioned before that your doc did some test to determine where your green zone is. What test is this? also, what size band do you have? Hope you are having a great day!

Chicken seems to also be a tough one for me also. But it seems to be hit or miss on what passes or hangs up.

Another week, another check in! How was the past week for everyone?

I had to go buy new jeans because my other ones were falling off. I ended up being a 12 at one place and a 14 at another. It was so nice to not feel like crap about myself after trying on jeans! Next will be new work clothes, but those are more expensive and I don't want to shell out the money while I'm still losing.

Had my first stuck experience this morning. Wasn't fun at all!

hope you feel better now ally