Hi November bandsters!

Let's keep this going to support our efforts though out the wonderful we are soon to begin. Let's start with the date we are being banded and where?

Our weight and goal weight...

My date will be November 7

Dr. Aceves

I weighed myself this morning and I have gained!!! :faint:

Starting weight 225 (highest ever!!! )

Goal 150

10/26 Jdru (Jessica) 215/215/125 Dr. Hansen (Honorary Nov Bandster)

11/1 melany72 Dr. Hargroder

11/2 DeniseC (Denise) 226/219/130 Dr. Carbonell

11/2 prbrooksie 252/252/150 Dr. Malley

11/2 Kym828 (Kim) 278/278/175 Dr. Ortiz

11/2 pebbles4388 249/249/150

11/3 Jess333 (Jessica ("Lil" Red)) Dr. Ortiz

11/7 AngelaT (Angela) 225/225/150 Dr. Aceves

11/7 Jackye 225/225/150-45 Dr. Rumbaut

11/8 L8BloomR (Karen) goal: -105 Dr. Francis

11/8 dpingl goal: -92 Dr. Hoehn

11/8 niecyrenee goal: -232, down 8 Dr. Pitt

11/9 Keekahari (Kee) 280/245/175 Dr. Moazzez

11/10 FullofGRACE Dr. Curry

11/10 alix_1 (Alix) 222/222/140 Dr. Garza

11/13 swilborn (Sherrie) Size 22/???/140 Dr. Rodriquez

11/14 ahaizlip (Amy) goal: -129 Dr. Liu

11/17 Asmallerchick (Kelly) goal: -200 Dr. Aceves

11/20 Diana_G 234/234/145 Dr. Huacuz

11/20 Veggestyle 275/?/150 Dr. M

11/20 Laurba

11/21 Jess02 (Jess) Dr. Rumbaut

11/24 aussie_bandit 153kg/153kg/75kg

11/30 Inner_me (Chris) 350/350/200 Dr. Cahill

Sister, it is the worst.I thought -I'm gonna die, just kill over and die. Your doc doesn't do and xray to a least find the port? Or can you see yours? I can feell mine and my band know that I've lost weight. It feels weird. And only you know if you need a fill, we are like the stars in the sky -all of us are different. I am filled total 2.25 in a 4cc band and that was my second fill. Some folks can only do .5,.3,.7 at a time. We are all different.

It's weird, isn't it? After my first and second fills, the barium looked great going down, but I never felt restricted..... My third fill looked exactly the same, but it worked!

I never get an xray to find the port...just after with the barium....

Sister, it is the worst.I thought -I'm gonna die, just kill over and die. Your doc doesn't do and xray to a least find the port? Or can you see yours? I can feell mine and my band know that I've lost weight. It feels weird. And only you know if you need a fill, we are like the stars in the sky -all of us are different. I am filled total 2.25 in a 4cc band and that was my second fill. Some folks can only do .5,.3,.7 at a time. We are all different.

I can feel my port. It actually bothers me if I lean up against the counter or something. I just lie on my back, he numbs the area, feels around and then injects the sailine.

So I had my third fill and it was a bit enlightening. He says that his average patient needs 6-7 fill adjustments their first year to get it right. I was like, thank god. Here I thought I was not doing well or something and i am only on my 3rd! So, I lost another 3lbs and am still averaging 1 lb a week. He says that is great and a nice clip. I wish it were a bit faster. Hopefully with this or future fills I will get to moving a bit faster.

Congrats on the 3 pounds. Way to go. Faster is not always better. I heard the slower you go the less likely you are to have lots of hanging skin.

I don't get the numbing shots. The first time I had a fill she told me that the shots hurt worse than the fill, so I didn't get them, and it's been fine. I dont' get the little numbing rub either. I was surprised how no-big-deal it was.....

I think this fill thing is as much an art as it is a science. Third fill did it for me, but who's to say what I'll need tomorrow...especially if I lose more fat around my actual stomach and that loosens the band!

I swear I can't get the weight off and it has been up and down the same three pounds for about 5 weeks now. I guess I need a fill. I don't know what else to do. I stick to the 1200 calories a day and exercise. I even when to go see a nutrionist and she said what I am eating is fine. My body is as stuburn as my head I guess. I wish I could give my metabilsm a kick in the butt......seriously. I am trying. I am at least 25 pounds less thank I was before Christmas so I am just trying to be positive. I am going to get a fill in April but have to drive far.

I wanted to ask you guys if you feel a prick every once in awhile now that your loosing weight in your stomach area. I think it might be wear they stitched my band so it wouldn't slip. It feels like a prick feeling when I touch certain areas of my stomach or sit a certain way. Does anyone else have this sensation?

Congrats on the 3 pounds. Way to go. Faster is not always better. I heard the slower you go the less likely you are to have lots of hanging skin.

Well, I still have that problem. That flab that hangs under the arm UGHHH! I just hate it. My doc said that it won't tone back up after it is hanging like that. But, my great reward at the end of all this will be a date with a great cosmetic surgeon. Im telling you, I went from a busting DD bra to a C is too big. I am going to need implants at the end of this! OH, by the way I wasn't a DD 30 lbs ago, I was when I was at my highest,80+ lbs ago!

Well Tom is going to love this part of the conversation........I totally know what you are talking about Marni. I am noticing a difference with just 25 pounds and doing my Core Video that has a lot of arm training which I guess is working the girls to loose weight. That is the only part of my body I don't want to go away. The more it goes away the more the girls are going toward the floor............Not nice!!!! So after my loan is paid off for the band I am going to the cosmentic surgeon to pull the girls back in place and take the extra skin off my tummy. Nip and tuck here I come.

I can't wait until my 40th birthday because I am going to look like I was at 25 again..........I am pushing towards that anyway!!!!!!!!!!! Work it girl!!!!

I don't get the numbing shots. The first time I had a fill she told me that the shots hurt worse than the fill, so I didn't get them, and it's been fine. I dont' get the little numbing rub either. I was surprised how no-big-deal it was.....

I think this fill thing is as much an art as it is a science. Third fill did it for me, but who's to say what I'll need tomorrow...especially if I lose more fat around my actual stomach and that loosens the band!

Ya know, when I went for my IV I thought it totally rediculus to get a shot for a shot so I didn't. However these little numbing shots I do not feel at all. I hate the sensation of him pushing down on the port tho!

I wanted to ask you guys if you feel a prick every once in awhile now that your loosing weight in your stomach area. I think it might be wear they stitched my band so it wouldn't slip. It feels like a prick feeling when I touch certain areas of my stomach or sit a certain way. Does anyone else have this sensation?

I haven't felt any pricks per se. Sorry.

Well Tom is going to love this part of the conversation........I totally know what you are talking about Marni. I am noticing a difference with just 25 pounds and doing my Core Video that has a lot of arm training which I guess is working the girls to loose weight. That is the only part of my body I don't want to go away. The more it goes away the more the girls are going toward the floor............Not nice!!!! So after my loan is paid off for the band I am going to the cosmentic surgeon to pull the girls back in place and take the extra skin off my tummy. Nip and tuck here I come.

I can't wait until my 40th birthday because I am going to look like I was at 25 again..........I am pushing towards that anyway!!!!!!!!!!! Work it girl!!!!

AMEN SISTER! I didn't have the chance to look it at 25 so I am going to now! I joked to the doctor when we were discussing my ideal weight and I said, oh no.....I am getting down to 125 and buff in a Bikini! THEN, I'll let myself go and settle in around 135-140! He laughed. This journey is until the END!

I swear I can't get the weight off and it has been up and down the same three pounds for about 5 weeks now. I guess I need a fill. I don't know what else to do. I stick to the 1200 calories a day and exercise. I even when to go see a nutrionist and she said what I am eating is fine. My body is as stuburn as my head I guess. I wish I could give my metabilsm a kick in the butt......seriously. I am trying. I am at least 25 pounds less thank I was before Christmas so I am just trying to be positive. I am going to get a fill in April but have to drive far.

Hang in there. I battled the same way then just poof, there went 3 lbs!

Banded 11/29

Hey, I am under a 40 BMI, Yippee!!!

Wow, I hope that is not true about the skin under your arms never tightening up! I will be crushed! I have been working my butt off trying to tone that area up, and I was really hoping to be able to wear some sleeveless shirts this summer! I had never really thought about having plastic surgery, but maybe.....The one good thing with me is that my boobs were never that big to begin with, and I don't think I have lost anything there! Funny how that was the only part of me that wasn't big(darnit!)

Keep those tricep exercises going and hope for the best!