Weigh in... how much have u lost?

[Allison 2]

Hehe thanks!

[Yvonne72 0]

WooHooo... I did it, I hit my first major goal today!!!

I am under 250!!! I cannot believe I finally did it...

Now- my new goal is to get to 220... it's been 8 years since I've seen that number... Goal #3 to go to OneDerLand!!! :thumbup:

I LOVE MY BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Allison 2]

Congrats Yvonne!!! I also hit my first goal today, I finally hit ONEderland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so excited I called my mom upstairs to come see the number on the scale for herself! I'm officially down 30 pounds, and am starting to see a difference! Of course I still have a lot to go, but right now I feel amazing!!!

[mominlv13 1]

It is now 9 weeks after surgery and I have lost another 5.8 lbs. YAAAAHOOOOOO!!! Total now is 43.8 lbs. I am sooooooo psyched!! 9 more lbs and I will break the 300 mark. WOOOOOOOHOOOO!!!!

Fran

xo

[NY2LAGirl 0]

Wow everyone is doing so amazing hitting our first goals! Allison under 200 I can picture you jumping up and down and calling your Mom, she must be so proud of you. And Yvonne and Kiki just keep up the good work!

I myself have lost 5 pounds since my second fill a little over a week ago! I have had some not so pleasant sliming/Pbing (I threw up in the movie theater during Hancock) but I am learning slowly how to work this gift I gave to myself with the support and love of my husband. My first goal was to be under 170 and I may be there by next week. My secret weapon has been a half of a power bar between meals. I'm not hungry between meals anymore so when I do sit down to eat now I am not so starving that I rush and get the dreaded golf ball in the chest pain and I don't eat as much.

[Yvonne72 0]

Congrats Yvonne!!! I also hit my first goal today, I finally hit ONEderland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so excited I called my mom upstairs to come see the number on the scale for herself! I'm officially down 30 pounds, and am starting to see a difference! Of course I still have a lot to go, but right now I feel amazing!!!

Way to Allison! Please stop by the gift shop in OneDerLand and let us know how it is... I hear it's beautiful on the "other" side! LOL:lol:

[Yvonne72 0]

My first goal was to be under 170 and I may be there by next week.

NY2LA - please keep us posted... I'd love to hear about how you feel when you see 169 on that scale!!! WooHooo...

[FeliciaLevy75 0]

I prefer to say that I have now abandoned about 50lbs. hehehe

No longer "about" 50 lbs.... but OFFICIALLY PAST THAT!

Woohoo!! =)

[Yvonne72 0]

No longer "about" 50 lbs.... but OFFICIALLY PAST THAT!

Woohoo!! =)

Congrats Felicia!!! I'm so thrilled for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fluffycat 1]

I am just not there yet but it is my own fault. I'm not working the band. i haven't had a fill yet. I am scheduled for August 9th. The closest fill center is Moultrie, GA and the nurse is only there once a month. I avoid the scale and i hate diets. Just the thought of a diet has me craving food. Sometimes I get that golf ball in my chest--it makes me realize I do have a lapband in me. What I don't understand is most times I can eat "normal"--too much food and everything is fine. other times if I rush or am anxious, I can eat 2 or 3 bites (usually meat) and have to stop or i will PB, slime, throw up. How is it possible for my pouch to only hold 2 or 3 bites sometimes and other times I can shovel the food in non stop? Also, what will happen with my eating habits after a fill? Will it be like eating those 2 or 3 bites all the time?

[NY2LAGirl 0]

fluffycat you are still in what everyone calls bandster hell. You have that band but it isn't doing it's thing yet but every once in a while it reminds you it's there with a little sliming, PBing or the dreaded golf ball in the chest pain. I found with my limited experience that dry, or dense food is what doesn't go done well. chicken just sliced dry makes me get the golf ball thing so I need to spread a bit of non-fat mayo on it.

As for how much you can eat sometimes I can eat more than others but if it's just Protein you WILL still lose weight it's all the other stuff that drags you down. I usually have a kashi cereal(high in protein) for Breakfast because my Doctor knows I hate breakfast and the Cereal is fast and easy. For lunch I will have a cheeseburger no bun and some fruit like watermelon or grapes (have to eat those slow & chew) and for dinner I will have a chicken breast which I cook using different weight watchers recipes to mix it up. Last nigh I had a chicken burrito minus the tortilla. I do eat a high protein power bar between meals to hold off starving then eating too fast at the next meal. Even though I have some restriction I still can't go between meals without something!

Good Luck with that fill!

[Great2BThin 5]

No longer "about" 50 lbs.... but OFFICIALLY PAST THAT!

Woohoo!! =)

Congrats!! I hope to catch you!! :eek: Actually I want to hit 55 so bad (11 more) as then i will be closer to 200 than 300. Have you found that the further out from surgery you go, the smaller the weekly losses? Or are you still losing consistently the same every week?

[FeliciaLevy75 0]

Long2B....

The weight loss slowed down, but it is still pretty decent and steady. I started around a pound a day, and now I am down to about 3-5 lbs a week.

Remember that as you lose weight, your body needs fewer calories. You have to adjust your intake to match your new weight.

[Great2BThin 5]

Long2B....

The weight loss slowed down, but it is still pretty decent and steady. I started around a pound a day, and now I am down to about 3-5 lbs a week.

Remember that as you lose weight, your body needs fewer calories. You have to adjust your intake to match your new weight.

Thanks, Felicia. That's what I was doing but seem to be slowing down. If you don't mind my asking, how many calories are you consuming? I'm at about 700-900 right now since my fill. I just talked to the nurse at my surgeons office and I may get another fill after the 1st of August. I'm going out of town and wasn't sure I wanted to do it before leaving as I hear flying tightens you up.

BTW, I used to live in Vegas, in Henderson/Green Valley actually. I enjoyed our brief time there.

[FeliciaLevy75 0]

I lived in Vegas just north of the Henderson line (Silverado Ranch, not far from Green Valley) when I first moved here. Now work and school are north, so I moved. =) I love Vegas. I won't be here long term; I want to get back to California. But, I do enjoy it.

But I digress...

I am taking in about 700 calories a day and feeling great. I am not watching calories so much as I watch what I eat. 700-900 is just where I seem to fall. When I am more active, I take in a little extra and/or adjust the type of caloiries I am consuming so as not to deprive my body of anything it needs.

For example, this weekend I went to Chicago with some girlfriends. I was up around 1100 calories both Saturday and Sunday, but I was also walking a lot more than I do on a daily basis at home - about 8 miles each day in the heat and humidity. When I was swimming all day (4+ hours at a time) in Phoenix a few weeks ago, I was up around 1500 or so for that weekend.

I am also a fairly decent low-carber. I don't eat breads, pastas, or sweets. My carbs come from yogurt, some fresh fruit, and vegetables. I am studying the idea of ketosis and trying to see what I can do with that as well.

All this, and still no restriction. I am looking forward to that. My issues lie almost entirely in how much I eat, not what I eat. I was able to eat almost an entire turkey sandwhich on Monday (no mayo, no bread; wrapped in lettuce) when I should have been able to eat less than half. The whole thing was nothing in the calorie department in the grand scheme of things, but the fact that I could eat it didn't make me happy. (Neither did the fact that I kept eating it, knowing I shouldn't. But that's my fault, not the band's.)

I go in for fill #3 on July 30, I am looking forward to some restriction!