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Finally broke the under 180lbs!

leo

By leo, in The Lounge

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leo    4

leo
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I have been hovering around 185-181 for ages it seems. actually about 2 months :)

But today i am finally 179lbs!

just wanted to share :D

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Graceful One    4

Graceful One
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Congratulations...I'm still freaking stuck at 201...EESH...three weeks now!

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donali    57

donali
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Congrats, Leo!

Those darn plateaus... Of course they are more frequent and longer lasting, the closer we get to our goal. How unfair is that?!?! lol

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Vera    7

Vera
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WTG Leo

I read your "Daily Blog" and I like the

fact of the day

"When your little stomach is full and the pouch stretches it activates nerves called baroreceptors (pressure)...

Good info (leo's web site)

Congratulations

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bbrecruiter2000    1

bbrecruiter2000
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Congratulations Leo!!!

You are getting very close you your goal. hang in there. I hear the last 25 are the hardest to lose. I think I am going to blow up my scale when I get below 200......

Babs in TX

334/233/180

-101

6/23/03

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leo    4

leo
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TY :):D :D

Yes these plateaus are really something. Without the band I would have been eating as usual long time ago.

I still have till end of this year to reach my goal, so still plenty of time :D :D

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Alexandra    55

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Originally posted by leo

Yes these plateaus are really something. Without the band I would have been eating as usual long time ago.

And THIS is the crux of the matter, right there. This is what the band is all about, and why it's my chance for success for the very first time in my life.

I can get morose about the fact that the scale has not budged in two weeks or more, but I still can't have a huge baked potato. So even if I feel like giving up, throwing in the towel, forgetting the whole damned thing and resigning myself to being fat the rest of my short life (and how many times have I done THAT in the past 40 years?), I STILL have my friend and gatekeeper there to keep me from sabotaging myself until I'm feeling more optimistic. It's the coolest thing ever!! :):D :D

Congratulations, by the way! I'm really looking forward to the time when MY last 25 lbs is taking forever to come off. Hell, I'll be thrilled about the last 50 lbs! :D

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sassaay    1

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Congratulations Leo! Your website was one of the first I found while researching the band.

I am glad to see you doing so well.

Great Job!:)

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donali    57

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Originally posted by leo

Yes these plateaus are really something. Without the band I would have been eating as usual long time ago.

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Originally posted by Alexandra

I can get morose about the fact that the scale has not budged in two weeks or more, but I still can't have a huge baked potato. So even if I feel like giving up, throwing in the towel, forgetting the whole damned thing and resigning myself to being fat the rest of my short life (and how many times have I done THAT in the past 40 years?), I STILL have my friend and gatekeeper there to keep me from sabotaging myself until I'm feeling more optimistic. It's the coolest thing ever!!

Wow - Alexandra... Big lightbulb moment for me, and my past dieting experiences. With the band, we ARE forced to keep doing what we are doing, regardless of whether we're losing weight or not, which reveals a lot about the normal weight loss journey and plateaus.

You are so right that many of my attempts to lose weight prior to the band were sabotaged by plateaus - I was hungry, deprived, and/or missing my old eating habits, so when I didn't see scale results, I threw in the towel and went back to my old ways, knowing they wouldn't help me lose weight, but if I wasn't losing anyway...

Now, no matter HOW long I am on a plateau, I can't go on a binge and eat a whole large deep dish pizza, or a whole bucket of fried chicken, or a box of spaghetti. My psyche is now forced to deal with the reality that this journey really DOES take time. I never felt like I had the "time" before - of course, because I didn't want to diet any longer than absolutely necessary... And that mindset in and of itself is so very telling... "I didn't want to diet any longer than absolutely necessary..." Doesn't that phrase scream out that I had no plans to really change my eating habits for life?

But now my body has been changed for life, whether my mind was ready or not. I was always "ready" before, but the "for life" part always dragged on waaaay too long... lol

This time, I started out emotionally ready once again, and now the band helps with the "for life" part.

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Vera    7

Vera
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Donali I always enjoy reading your posts...and everyone else's too...

Just the other day I was trying to explain the band to a friend and her responses was "Its a LIFE-style change" exactly I said.

I have gotten the comment "When will you have the band removed?" My response "Never, Its for life" (At least I hope it is) Which brings up something I read stating that the band should be replaced in about 10-12 years? Has anyone heard of this?

Leo Congrats again!

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