Well it seems there are several of us who are currently trying to get to twoterville. So if you are one of us trying for it please tell us your goals and we can support each other as we try to get our tricksy scales to be nice and cooperative.

NOTE: So many of the people who participate in this thread have made it in to twoterville that we have really morphed to include passing thru twoterville as well as into it. This has happened over time, we keep growing, lol, but in a good way :eek:

LOSINGJUSME you WILL hit 100lbs lost this week 5 of the challenge:welldoneclap: We are supporting ya!!

CAROL....we didn't bump heads this week:heh: , I got up early this morning and posted right away after I got on the scale:scales:

You know, I had problems logging in yesterday and now I have to play catch up! LOL!!

Molly....great NSV!!!

Losingjusme! You'll make it to 100 this week! I know you will.

Ridin...have a great time!

I had a fill last Friday and it feels like NOTHING! He filled me and then said "oops, a little too much" then took some out. I still don't feel restriction!!! I was hoping for more of a kick but with that whole "fat around the stomach" bit, I'm thinking maybe this is the best it's gonna get from now on. I'm going to have to start relying on some willpower.

Hey all, well I am back from first fill! It wasn't bad. I have lost 5 lbs since surgery. I am happy with that because I feel like I have been eating too much. I am trying to put my ticker in this post, wish me luck!

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Katie, it may take a couple of fills before you really start feeling some restriction, so don't worry if you don't feel it right now.

Tann, I was wondering if we were going to hit at the same time again...lol I didn't get moving towards the computer to fast this morning.

Katie, go to your UserCP thing and put your ticker in your signature. It should show up correctly then. (fingers crossed )

Libra, I've been trying to live on will power for the past month. It has not been pretty..lol Hopefully your fill will kick in to help. I'm hoping my next one will as well. I'm ready to move on out of the 70's and flashback to the 60's! :peace:

I am trying to have some self control without having a huge amount of restriction. It's not easy but I did better today. I logged everything I ate on sparkpeople and stayed within my calories range and got in all my protien. I am afraid of being too tight again but I think I definitely need to go back up to 9.5 it seemes to be a magic number for me. I will not be going any tighter than that though. I got on the scale this morning and I've been in a bad mood all day. I will not even utter aloud how much I've gained because I am spitting mad at myself. It is my own fault for eating chips, cookies and ice cream.

Hang in there Molly! We're all allowed our rough times. Just try and stay focused on the long run and your final destination and how you will feel. We have to retrain our brains,emotions and all. You can do it!!

Hi Molly, I agree...hang in there. All of you are such an inspiration to me. I'm trying to get where you are. It also helps to know that even as successful as you are, you have some rough Patches along the way. It makes the journey "realistic" to me. If you never had bad days, or never had slip ups, then I (or others like me) would probably think that they could never do this... So thanks for being in inspiration, and keep trucking along...you'll bounce back.

Oh yeah, before I forget...Tann and Molly, thanks for opening the door to Twoterville, too!!! I'm still bouncing off the walls...LOL. If I can express to you how shocked I was when I got on the scale. I must have looked at the number a couple of times before I realized it wasn't changing...

July 4th Challenge

Week 5

Name...................Starting…...…..Current….…......Goal….......To Go

losingjusme............317....................30 5 ..................295.............10

tann.......................257.................. ..245..................232...............13

juliegeraci...............232................... 232..................220...............12

Josette...................340................... 333..................315...............18

Inner_me................306....................298...................280..............18

Elisabethsew..........281....................275 ..................260...............15

Waterlily1072........ .278................ ...269 ..................252...............17

Libra.......................230................. ..223...................205...............18

Lapbandit……… .…208………....…...206……..…..... .185…… ...….21

RidinMyHDDream... .281....................276 ..................256..............20

FaithMD................ 341.5..................328...................310.. ............18

CONGRATS CRIS FOR MAKING IT TO TWOTERVILLE!!! JOB WELL DONE!!!:biggrin1:

Cris,

congrats on twoterville!! i will hopefully be right behind you (unless of course i keep eating like i have been ...)

Cris,

congrats on twoterville!! i will hopefully be right behind you (unless of course i keep eating like i have been ...)

Oh, you'll get there and soon. Your already catching up to me...pretty soon I'll be chasing you down...

Thanks everyone!!!

Hey all,

Had my first fill yesterday, not at all what I expected but I don't feel any restriction at all. I am on liquids until tomorrow and started TOM yesterday so I am of course HUNGRY! I can make it through the liquids and have to wait a whole month to go back for the 2nd fill. Got 1cc yesterday and they said another 1cc next time. I hope this works for me. At least I am down from my initial consult 15lbs. thats a nsv. I was just praying I had lost something from my week post op visit and I had lost 5 lbs. of course I think I am retaining a little from TOM being right here and just starting. I hope so. I want to thank all of you for being an inspiration to me daily when I check these boards. And I am hoping that your advice shows up in the form of a signature at the end of this post!

Here's hoping!

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InnerMe you deserve a standing ovation :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: Congrats on Twoterville

Ugh Katie I feel for you. Doctors that have conesrvative fill schedules make it really hard to lose in the beginning. On the other hand they probably have fewer complications with their patients. If you are starving fill up with veggies after you eat your protien. My fave thing to do when I have no restriction is big salads of just veggies and ff italian salad dressing. Lots of fiber virtually zero calories and filling!

Oh and thanks for the words of encouragement I needed them.

PS: the above message got seriously messed up when I tried to add somthing in edit so I deleted it as best I could, hehe :guess