Here is my Fitday graph of weight lost in the last 9 months or so. As you'll see, it's by no means a straight line. But it ends up going in the right direction!!

Alex this is so cool of you to share this with us. I'm gonna check out fitday. i need one of these charts to keep upo with my progress!

Very cool! Any conclusions about the downward trends, what caused them or has it just been consistency and patience? In other words, during those quick slips downward, had you just had a fill, or not necessarily...are you getting my drift? If not, I'll come up with some new words because these aren't coming out nicely...duh.

Kathy, I know what you're asking and the answer is not really. Except for the period right after Christmas, when I had a new fill and strep throat to boot, the last fill had been in June of '04.

I just thought it would be instructive to see what the chart looks like when someone plots their weights frequently. People get so hung up on the numbers-per-week that it's almost like they're missing the forest for the trees.

Lots of people would have been undone by those upswings, losing hope or thinking it was all a lost cause. But bince July of last year I've lost 40+ pounds, or an average of 4-5 lbs per month. And that's the SECOND year of being banded!

WOW Alexandrea!

And you did this in your second year of being banded??? WOO HOO!!!

BTW- how's the nighttime reflux? Any better?

I love to see the progress you all are making. I am kinda in a rut right now. Need to get back to drinking my water and exercising....Have a great day!

Graft is from my start date of February 2004 to Present

Alex-

thanks for the chart. I think it's important for people- especially newbies- to see the ups and downs, but the concistancy of the downward trend. It's really easy to totally over react to gaining a few pounds here and there and lose sight of the big picture- that this is the rest of our lives.

You've done so fantastic, and I just love your attitude, Alex. Thanks again.

Megan

Paula, the good news is that the reflux is gone except for very slight symptoms if I eat too late at night. So it's manageable. However, it's scared me off of wanting any more fill anytime soon.

In statistics, we call that an irregular downward trend. I think you should post it with your before/after montage. Yes, I think that is a great idea. Congrats on the hard work!

Very cool! Do you have a similar chart for your first year?

Very cool! Do you have a similar chart for your first year?

No, and now of course I wish I did. It wasn't until I bought the home version of Fitday that I started charting my weight loss with any kind of consistency, and that didn't happen until June of '04.