AUGUST Bandits

[spunkywoman 1]

Hi all! Where have you all been.:clap2: I have seen every month but August. I'm such a newbie I didn't know how to start this thread. I was banded on August7. I have been starving since a week after surgery. I begged for a fill but was told to eat. Just stay under a 1000 calories. The protien drinks made me so sick I was in the hospital 2 days before surgery. I had 1 fill and I can barely feel it. Wednesday I get my second fill and I think this cone will make a big difference.

I think my missing link is the exercise. I have bad knees and back but you all are encouraging me to try the treadmill.....:faint:

Good luck all.......great meeting you all.

Judy

[Karen H 0]

Updates anyone? Is this thread still live and kickin?

[Rita Ann 0]

yes it is my name is Rita-Ann and I was banded onn 8/11/06 and I am down 67 + pounds and had my first Tummy Tuck in January......

[badmadmama 0]

I want a tummy tuck! And a boob lift as well. I still carry all my weight around my middle. I exercise like a demon, which means that I CAN suck my stomach in, but the skin is all crinkly when I do, and now I have little puckers where my boobs and my ribcage meet.

I am down around 175 from 242. Down from a 2x to a size 12 in pants! I still want to lose about 15 pounds (I am 5'10" tall), but I have only lost 5 pounds since November - blame vacations and holidays, and general lack of self-control. Where is everyone else?

Eileen

(Dr. Myers, August 2006)

[LadyK 0]

August 24, 2006 bander... Here is my update, down 41 lbs from 220, to 179. Down from a size 18 to size 12, for the last 2 months, every 3 to 4 weeks I give my clothing away. My daughter and I just got back from our spring break cruise, I only worked out twice on the ship, but we did all kinds of walking and I lost 2 lbs. I have a different relationship with food, I only eat if I have to, and no food is over the top appealing to me anymore. Beef no longer agrees with my band, chicken is hit or miss with my band, fish works best for me. I have had 3 good size fills, and 1 minor adjustment a month before our cruise. Having the band is a major life adjustment, but I would not have it any other way.

[Karen H 0]

WOW LadyK-- from an 18 to a 12! That's fantastic!!!

I started in a tight 20 and have just purchased some 16's that are beginning to get loose. I hope to say the same about 14's in a month or so. I just took alot of nice slacks to my new found alterations store... spending about $90 to take in $500 worth of clothes. I asked if they can continue to alter them... said they had a man loose over 300 pounds, and when the pockets of his pants got too close, they could no longer alter the clothes any longer. WOW!!! What a problem to have!

It sure is fun!