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Banded2003NYC    55

Banded2003NYC
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Banded July 2003

SW: 330pds and lost 105pds. Was originally a size 24/3X and now size 14/16. Lowest was a 10/12. Kept it off for over a decade and gained 20pds recently which isn't a big feat to lose. Only had 3 fills over the course of being banded and I honestly love the fact that I have complete control and I can tolerate all foods and I know when to walk away from a plate on my own.

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Julie norton    2,850

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Love???? love hearing good band stories. As you can read it is not for everyone and many are not successful. And perhaps non compliant? Don't know.

A common thread seems to be keeping the fill in our bands a bit low. I just read many posts of dehydration

And sleeping upright due to tight band issues.

I'm very thankful I was one of the

" lucky " ones that seemed to have good long term results. It has changed my life for the better and certainly for the healthier.

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jfc193    719

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Love love hearing good band stories. As you can read it is not for everyone and many are not successful. And perhaps non compliant? Don't know.

A common thread seems to be keeping the fill in our bands a bit low. I just read many posts of dehydration

And sleeping upright due to tight band issues.

I'm very thankful I was one of the

" lucky " ones that seemed to have good long term results. It has changed my life for the better and certainly for the healthier.

For me the three times my band was super tight were not very pleasant. My band and I are at our best when it has less Fluid in it.

I am very grateful for the tremendous opportunity to live a healthier more active life.

I just have to make more good choices than bad.

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Falynnb    1

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I am 4 days post op. HW:334

SW:301 CW: 291

I have lost 10 lbs in 4 days scary. I'm feeling like I can eat anything though just in small amounts. My trouble right now is not eating whatever and sticking to the post op diet. broth sucks lol. This is going to be an amazing journey and I'm very excited for it.

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Barb Rich    8

Barb Rich
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Banded Dec. 17, 2015. Down 85 lbs. and feel great. About 35 lbs lbs to go.

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Barb Rich    8

Barb Rich
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Banded Dec. 17, 2014

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Nikki D    62

Nikki D
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Banded Jan 27, 15. Total lost: 150. Still have 17 to go. ????

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Barb Rich    8

Barb Rich
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Love my band. Down 88lbs at my year anniversary. Feeling great. Look at my before and after picson my profile.

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JoJoNYC    69

JoJoNYC
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Surgery date 1/14/2015 down 109 lbs so far. 33 more to go!

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bethlapband1    3

bethlapband1
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I was banded jan 11th 2016 and I'm about 16 pounds down my start weight was 205 pounds .. Pretty disappointed as 2 months out and only lost this.. Hoping things will improve though.

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funky_monkey800    247

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Just an update! Banded Nov 2014... Start weight 250.. Today weighed in at 145 :)

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mimi2016    4

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Lap band 28th feb 2016 and weight loss 22 lbs

Is it ok as before my first fill i started eating more then doctore told to take i am scared i will lose weight or no please help is this ratio of weight loss is ok in 43 days 22 lbs less ?

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Xtina717    6

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Banded 3/22, first fill 4/20, down 16.7lbs as if 4/26. Only had a 3 day pre op diet didn't really loose a significant amount of weight during that time. Good luck everyone!!!!

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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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      1. summerseeker

        summerseeker

        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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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