Keeping with the monthly jump, here is our October 2007 thread.

We are all entering out 7th month. Let's keep the motivation and conversation flowing!

I love my Marchie folks!

Juli

Hey Marchies! I'm celebrating--reached ONE-derful ONE-derland this weekend and I'm staying there forever! I even weighed late last night "to be sure" because I always weigh several lbs more at night and sure enough, even at my heaviest time I was 199.3. Woohoo!

My last fill (my 10th) really helped. I finally feel like a bandster--small servings, golf ball and hiccups sometimes, breakfasts are hard to get down, I'm not hungry all the time, I'm losing weight, etc. I have a fill scheduled on Wednesday and can't decide whether or not to cancel. I also have one for two weeks after that so I may skip this one to give myself more time at this level and then take that next one if I need it before Thanksgiving. What do you think?

Happy Halloween! Enjoy those pretzels, Juli. We're right there with you.

CONGRATS momlambert....that has to be the best feeling ever. Knowing that you are under 200lbs and that because you have the band you are going to stay there!!! Thats the best!

Mamma Lambert,

Congrats girl!!!

From my experience I would not get another fill, you sound pretty close to your sweet spot to me.

You are losing but can still eat somewhat comfortably, I say stay put.

I was a little looser then you are now, got a fill, thought I was ok, over a span of a couple weeks the band got so tight. The Pbing started which i could not get under control. I had to have a complete unfill, now I am struggling to get restriction. I have gained 7.5 lbs in the mean time and am fighting to get those off. If I would have just stayed with my nearly sweet spot fill I would have been probably down a good 10 lbs.

Just my 2 cents!

Thanks, Janine. Your advice is worth a lot more than 2 cents! I think you are right--why mess with a good thing right now? I'll wait until November and see how things are going by then and decide whether or not to get a small fill then. But, right now, I'M HAPPY!

Hey Marchies,

I finally got around to getting my before and current pics together so i thought id share them with you the first set is just my face and its a huge difference...

The second set is 1.5mths post op and well 3 days ago

And congrats to momlambert!!!!

Jenni

Way to go!

You look fantastic.

Jeni, you look AWESOME!!!!!

thank to oh juli and jcambra

Momlamber-I would stay where you are for now and see what happens. You are doing great.

Janine-You are doing great even without the fill. Be proud of the lbs you have lost and keep up the great work.

Jmcambra-Way to go with the exercise challenge. What type of exercise are you doing? I am trying to get into it, but so far by the time I get home I am ready for bed.

Jeni85-Looking good, keep it up and can't wait to see your 1 year photos.

OH Julie-Man you are kicking some butt. 93 lbs since March!!! WOW! You are my hero.

Well, now me. I had spaghetti last night for a total of 340 cals. Another cup of grapes for a grand total of 980 cals for the day. I was hungery before bed but I decided to come to grips with it and not snack like I have done in the past. I do think that I will have to up my cal to 1100 per day because I don't want to enter that starvation mode and keep everything I put in. We will see what today brings. Hope to get off my butt and exercise tonight.

Mrs Husker - I know I won't make my goal this month, I had the flu in the beginning of the month and I really couldn't do anything for a week. Anyways, I've been doing a combination of running, spinning, elliptical, and strength training with a personal trainer. It totally made me plateau; in 2 months I haven't lost a single pound, but I've lost 10 inches, and I know I'm getting a lot stronger, so I'm not too worried...

Mrs. H, As much as I wish I'd lost 93 since March it's just not true. That number includes 23 pounds I lost from January to March presurgery.

But thanks for the props.

oh juli - 93lbs is 93 pounds you still did it and now you know they are gone forever!!! CONGRATS!!!

Welcome to Onederland Momlambert!

You look Great Jeni!

How long are we supposed to go back on liquids after a major PB/stuck episode? I had a rough lunch break today . It was on a piece of smoked sausage....

Sophie, every doc is different so you may want to check. My doc doesn't require going back to liquids, some docs want to see a patient on liquids for 3 days. Try some warm soup for dinner and play it by ear tomorrow, or double check with doc...

I personally take it easy for the following meal, if that's good, then I'm back to regular.

I find that if I PB too often I get stuck in the soft foods mentality. So I'm trying to be careful of that too.

Hope you feel better soon.