June 2007 Bandsters

[Pippz 0]

PAM YOU LOOK AWESOME!!

OKAY EVERYONE ITS PICTURE TIME!!! Post them up!

[toniteach 0]

Girl, you lost every bit of 66 pounds and then some! You look fantastic!!!! Must be that great music you listen to :mad:

Keep it up! :clap2::mad::clap2:

---Toni

[toniteach 0]

.....my home away from home!!!! The Weight Watchers scale looked nice, and I about fainted...it was $5.00 off and only $23.99. :omg: Hope that helps ya, Janine!

Hugs,

Toni

[sunlight575757 0]

Hi kt, i was banded june20th 2007 and have had one fill. I can still eat almost what i used too. I go for a fill sep 6th and hope to find the sweet spot or some restriction. My weight is staying between 246 and 248. I was at 248 at my first fill , so i have not gained weight. I started at 275 so i guess i had better be happy with that for now.

[bigbaby 4]

To those of you in the medical field--or can help me....What's going on?

yesterday I ate a jello-pudding cup SF/FF and it was as it I took coma medicine--I immediately went to sleep....someone give me info on bloodsugar and how food affects it.

Danbo--the crawfish shouldn't have been too bad....there's so little meat in them, so you'd probably have to eat an awful lot to get in 3-4oz.

HOLLI---YOU'RE DOING GREAT!!!!! KEEP UP THE WEIGHT LOSS:scared: (I couldn't find a #1 trophy)--but you're #1

[bigbaby 4]

PIPPZ---YOU KNOW YOU LOOK GOOD!!!!! WHEN DID YOU START THE LB JOURNEY? have you averaged 10lbs a month or more?

[Pippz 0]

THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENTS.

That pic is from my heaviest last year, I was 327. I went to the surgeons in November and weighed 319 on my first (second) consult. I didn't lose much weight on the pre-requisite 6 months nut consultations, maybe 5 lbs. I started dieting heavily about 1 month before the surgery and lost 25 lbs that month. The rest is all from the lap-band.

I'm 5'10 and think that has a lot to do with making me look smaller. My arms and legs are proportionatily bigger than the rest of my body, just my middle has disappeared a lot. I'm at 260ish right now (haven't weighed myself in a few days).

[huntersmom 0]

I had my second fill yesterday and now I have 1.5cc in a 4cc band. My dr is very conservative. He will not put another fill in for another month. I had liquids for the first 24 hours and then I could eat. I have eaten already and don't really seem that I have much more restriction. I just feel that the food is going down slower than before and I am counting my chews too to make sure I do not get a stuck or pb.

[pamla68 1]

PAM YOU LOOK AWESOME!!

OKAY EVERYONE ITS PICTURE TIME!!! Post them up!

you too Pippz! bravo!!!!!!! You look wonderful!:clap2:

[mjsafari 0]

Hi all from Sunny Florida (hotel has free computer and internet in room) - Gaylord Palms. It is a beautiful place. Just wanted to say GOOD JOB everyone! We are getting there!

I really feel my restriction working, even when my eyes are bigger than my stomach. I have left food on the plate at every meal - very big deal for me. What a difference 50lbs makes, I could buckle my seat belt on the plane, I am not tired from walking between meetings, and I am NOT sweating like a pig!

I will post a before picture when I get back home. Should we start a picture thread for our group, so we don't clutter up this one?

[insubordination 0]

Great pics Pamla and Pippz. I must say you both have lost an incredible amount of weight and it's really noticeable in the stomach. Holly, you have done incredibly well too.

It is supposed to tighten up so food takes longer to go through to the big stomach, but things get stuck and back up if it doesn't go through, but I thought it wasn't supposed to go through right away, ie: feeling full faster. I'm confused, you would think after all of this I would understand a little better.

It's not supposed to go through right away, is it? Just to slowly drip through. Some soft things go straight through.

I think food 'get stuck' not only on the banded part but also when you have filled your small pouch. The food backs up into the esophagus. You have to wait it out until it can get into your small pouch. I could be totally wrong of course. That's just what I thought.

[o2bthin 0]

Pippz, you look awesome. How much did you weigh before preop? How much did you weigh at surgery? Has your weight loss been consistent?

sunlight, I'm just about where you are...started at 275, stuck at 246. We had our surgeries 2 days apart. What size band do you have? It's taking me a while to get a sweet spot. Good luck with your next fill.

I'm doing the happy dance because I was able to schedule a fill for tomorrow. This one should do it I hope. I only have to travel about 1 1/2 hours too instead of the normal 3 each way including ferry time.

Pamla, you are looking good! Take some more closer up.

You guys don't want to see my pics, trust me.

[Pippz 0]

Pippz, you look awesome. How much did you weigh before preop? How much did you weigh at surgery? Has your weight loss been consistent?

I listed all my starting/preop weights a few posts above this one. Sorry, don't feel like retyping. HAHA :-) My weight loss has not been consistent. I lost a lot in the beginning, then over 3 weeks I lost maybe 2 lbs, so I started working out in an actual gym for 1/2hr a day and the weight loss has started up again!

[TexasFire 84]

Here are my progress pics:

Slideshow of Medium Show - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

[Pippz 0]

Stef you look AMAZING.