The suspense on the last two pounds is maddening. We need an update!

The suspense on the last two pounds is maddening. We need an update!

<insert Eeyore voice here>

I am here... I am on the plateau from HELL! I am swimming, playing w/kiddos, etc. I have really struggled to not let my emotions get to me and try to gorge myself here and there. I have been floating 2 pounds up and down. I can't get the scale to move below 302. I have been beat to the century mark by GaBeeKeeper and Hollyberries. Congrats to those two!

It has been over 6 weeks since my last fill. (relocation) I went through a period of a few weeks where I felt like I could eat a horse! I felt like my restriction was just GONE! I was pretty ticked off at my clinic in Waco and wrote them an email encouraging them to hurry and find me a doctor here that I can work with. Well... wouldn't you know it... THAT night, Mr. Restriction decided to come back! Now, I can eat about the right amount and be full. I don't know what the heck is going on, but I am glad to have my restriction back.

I think now that it has been a few days with restriction, I will be getting back on the weight loss. I gotta be honest, I got pretty down on myself for not losing weight. This is the first time since Sx that I have had any length of time that I was not losing weight every time I stepped on the scale. It was just a hurdle I need to cross. How can I help anybody down the line If I don't experience the whole gambit of "Band Gremlins". I am feeling much better now... Amanda (wife) has been very supportive in my hard time. She really encourages me that I WILL make my goal weight. After all, I have lost 25% of my max weight. That is no small feat in 6 months!

Thanks for thinking of me...

VENT OFFICIALLY OVER NOW!!!!!!!!!

Good to hear from you! You should NOT feel down. You have just joined the ranks of the many of us who are slow losers. However, I am sure you will soon be back to your rapid loser sttus. Your body is just fighting back a bit. You have put it through quite a lot over the last 7 months. Relax. If you stay the course, the weight will start to drop again. Just remember all you have accomplished and all the many, many NSVs you have (in addition to the SVs).

ArcherMan!

Good to hear from you. I have to admit you and I have been going through the same hell. I have done the same thing up and down up and down. Although since hitting 254 I have stayed steady and not gone up yet. You have done remarkable and keep a really good attitude because it is a battle now for us. Although, we have lost really quick for Bandsters the next stage will be tougher for us.

I have decided that I need to exercise because I lost a lot without it. I started doing Water aerobics 3 days a week and 2 days weight training. I have been doing this for 3 weeks now and am feeling a difference in the clothes. I like you have decided that if it takes longer so be it. We have a lifetime to lose the rest. Lets be proud of our accomplishment so far and join the turtle club; we are great company.

I am canceling my appointment for next week for another fill because I still can't eat without pain. I have to take it real slow and easy or I am sliming and pbing.

Keep up the great work and don't get down on yourself to much...you really have done remarkable.

Don't be a stranger, we are your "Bandster" family and we will always lift you up. How is the new job going?

Cindy