Hi guys:

I was banded on august 13. I've been on liquids for the most part but yesterday my friend made me some slamming Soup and it had baby carrots, celery, cilantro, tomatoes for color and some chicken broth and dark meat chicken.

I have to admit I had a piece of that chicken. and today I had a hand full of raisinettes. I am not finding myself hungry but being that the past two days I am picking at stuff (including guacomole, yesterday as well), I am a bit depressed today. My band is not filled. I have not made an appointment but I will on Monday when I go to NYU for my esoph exam.

I sort of feel scared and i sort of feel like I am going to fail at this since I have been picking. No excuses. I just tested the waters and I feel bad about it. I didn't go over board but a hand full of raisins here, some chicken there..... you know what I mean?

How are you guys doing? Anyone experiencing the same thing?

You are all doing so well! I am feeling like I'm a little behind. I'm only down 55 pounds. I feel like I am about 10-15 pounds behind the game!!!!

You are certainly not behind the game. You have to look at total % of excess weight lost. You have lost 65% of what you wanted to lose. So comparing that to someone that needed to lose the full 100 pounds, that is equivalent to them losing 65 pounds, which makes up for the 10-15 pounds that you feel behind. Weight is just a number and you have to remember that this is an individual journey. However if you do want to compare yourself to gauge your progress don't look at the "number" of pounds you have lost in comparison to everyone else, go and look at the "percentage" of pounds that you have lost. It does make it a lot fairer! Also, when you don't have as much to lose, it is going to come off slower. We are about the same distance to goal and I know that my weightloss has slowed significantly.

Pizzicato -thanks for the great websites.(poop facts)

Once again I appreciate all the personal experiences and info you girls give.

I now have a much better understanding of things.Its like group therapy.

All you girls? Hey! :tongue2:

A lot of us have passed or are nearing the 6 month mark.

I wonder how much we've lost collectively? Everyone's tickers look awesome!!!

:glare:

I AM NOW OBESE!!!!! Halleluia!!!!! The scales moved again finally. I lost 4 lbs this week and now no longer morbidly obese!!! YEY!!!! OH and I am now under 250!!! When I was struggling with my weight around 300 lbs, I used to say I'd be happy if I could just lose 50 lbs................NOT!! I am happy but now looking forward to losing the next 50 lbs!!! YIPPEE!!!

Oh, one more thing. I still have restriction! Is that normal? I've lost about 14 lbs since Christmas. How long do most fills last?

I am at the 6 month mark and I am thrilled.

I am pleased with how I am doing at the 6 month mark but I see that we are ALL doing AMAZING!! I am seeing 70-80 lb losses! Isnt it exciting?

Hi everybody...Not quite at my 6 month mark yet but so far I've lost 26.5lbs. Was banded on 8/14/07. You guys have all done great!!!! Let's all keep up the great work!!! WE CAN DO THIS:thumbup:

I am at 40lbs. Wishing I was up with the bigger losers!

Just wanted to stop in and see how everyone is doing and everyone looks like they are making good progress!!! Can't believe it is almost 6 months for me. Enjoying the new smaller me with smaller clothes and no more sore knees but have a long long weight to go. Keep on rockin folks!!!

shelli:biggrin2:

Hey all, Not quite at 6 months but also, loving this band! I am down a little over 50lbs! I am down 29 inches!

On another note, does anyone understand why I am unable to eat in the morning and then able to eat anything at night? Also, for the first time, my restriction seems tighter now than it did 3 weeks ago when I got the fill.

almost 6 months, and I am still learning how this thing works, go figure!

Val

valspar, I too have problems in the a.m. But I have read that on here before. I go for a fill Friday. If I can remember I will ask the Doc. I got to subtract 2 more lbs today!!!!!

Not real excited but upping the exercise to try and move it to 160 quickly!

I am looking at some of the numbers on the other posters and I also feel I am falling into the slow loser bunch. As my son reminded me, I wanted to lose 100 by my "bandiversary" and I am a little over 1/2 way there at 6 months so hey, there is still a chance...

Congratulations to everyone for having such positive results.