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Thanx, Yoda. It is just that I feel no restriction and that I can eat bread with no aggravation that leaves me feeling freaked out!!

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I had my 3rd fill and i only have 5.5 cc .I have restriction. My husband had 2nd fill and he has just a little restiction at 6.5 cc. Yes we both have slimed and pb. You probably need a fill.I wouldn't be in a big rush for the cc in your band.

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Mandi thinks green needs a ticker.

I need a scale first. :help: Todate the only times I've been weighed have been at the TLBC.:phanvan lol.

My posts do look really boring, though. There's nothing on them except typing.:notagree

By the way, congrats on your ticker, eh. I see that you are close to onederland.:clap2:

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Green, Yoda is right, don't compare yourself to others. You'll go get a fill, get a fill, get a fill, then all of a sudden like .2 or .3 makes a huge difference. It's just finding that area is different with everyone.

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OOOooooh.... yeah. I forgot that was you. You are incredibly strong to be able to NOT weigh yourself, or to not run to the store and buy one. Am I correct... you don't even know how much you weigh, right? (you never looked when they weighed you, and asked not to be told?)

How are things feeling, clothes getting bigger? Did you do measurements?

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Yep, That were me. From the age of 25 until the morning of my lapband op I didn't know what I weighed.... That's like over 30 years!:) Now I get a weigh-in when I go to the TLBC for a fill and so far that has been twice.:rolleyes

This means that I've been relying on NSVs to tell me the news. My clothes are definitely baggier and I can put them in the dryer now.:clap2: And I can get into a couple of pair of jeans that I had sort of outgrown. :biggrin1: My gut is smaller than it was but I have yet to see my waist. (Oh waist! Where are you??) :peep: The best thing is that my boobs now stick out farther than my gut!!:bananapowerslide: I don't know whether I have actually gone down in clothing size, though. I think my big waist and broad shoulders kinda interfere with that.:phanvan

The other NSV is that everyone has noticed that I have lost weight. :clap2: I need to lose some more and I suspect that I have hit a plateau. *sigh*:)

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ok, so you say up until the morning of surgery... what were you at surgery!? C'mon green... if you can't tell US, who can you tell? :peep:

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Green, has TLBC at least told you how much you've lost?

At my last weigh-in I had lost 15 and a half pounds. :clap2: I now weigh 180 lbs, so yah, I am in onderland.:) TLBC has told me that my ideal weight is 150 lbs. I agree with them. I am in my late 50s after all. People my age look kinda scrawny and haggard if they get too skinny.:peep: I am still wearing 3X sweaters but I can now wear 16W jeans again. My arms and legs are thin but then I tend to gain almost all my weight on my torso - just like my mum. This is why Green can look exactly like a sausage.:hungry:

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NSV's are really all that matter, right. Ya right, tell that to me when I'm whining I havent lost any weight. lol. But it's true.

Green you are NOT a sausage, mmmmmmmmmmmm I want dinner.< /p>

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Just think Green.....only 30 more lbs and you'll be at your ideal weight! That is awesome! You'll be there sooner than you think.

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Thanx for the kind words but I dunno.... I suspect I've hit a plateau and I can eat bread without trouble. I am feeling very confused at the moment to tell the truth.

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I have restriction, and I can eat bread without trouble (mind you I eat verrrry tiny bits and chew it to bits).

Just because people can eat bread "without trouble" doesn't mean it isn't working....bread is just like any other food....some people have probs with it and some don't. Don't use whether you can eat bread or not as your guideline.

How long have you "plateaued"? Don't forget; a plateau can last several weeks.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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