April 08 -- how are things going?

[MerryHearted 20]

In the last active thread for Sept 05ers, there were a few of us either struggling or actively still working on losing. How is it going?

I'm excited that I only have 3 lbs to go and I will finally be back down to where I was in May 07. And then, finally, I will be able to start making real progress toward goal again.

I am struggling with being tired a lot. I had a ton of energy at first, but now I want to sleep a lot. Getting plenty of Protein, so that's not it. I slept almost all day yesterday. My doc says maybe I'm just fighting off something.

[Aussie40 5]

Hi Molly Molly

I got my band in September 2005 in Melbourne, Australia. I lost 35kg (the targetted 66% of my excess weight) fairly easily within 10 months. I remained stable at that weight without much trouble and thought that the band had 'cured' my overeating until....

In October 2007, I got stuck in a really stressful work situation, my teenage son was going off the rails and I was about to turn 40. True to form, I turned to food as an emotional crutch. Unfortunately, icecream, chocolate and cheesecake go through the band just fine. To my horror, I regained almost 13kg over the past 6 months.

I've now come to accept that even with the band, I'm just a 'recovering' overeater. 10 days ago, I made a real committment to myself to get back on the wagon, so I found this website, cleared out my fridge/pantry and had my band tightened. Much to my relief, I've lost 3 kg since then and am feeling more confident that I can get back to my target weight.

I would be interested to know if it is common for people to backslide after a living with the band for a couple of years and how they deal with it.