This challenge will run until June 21, which is the first day of summer!!

Name............Start.......Current...........Goal..........To Go

Momto1plus1...173...........163................159................4

Name............Start.........Current........Goal............To Go

Momto1plus1...173...........159.............159................-

Bandpal..........151.14..... 148.5............150................ -

Cindyg...........190...........190..............175................ 15

Skinny_Jill.......151.3........151.3............143.3.............8

This challenge is perfect for me. I go on vacation with my family on 6/22 and bathing suits are a must. I will feel much better with 8 pounds gone. I was at 144 for a split second a while back and I liked it. I know I can get back there and to my ultimate goal of 135.

That's great Jill I would love to get to 144.

Name............Start.........Current........Goal............To Go

Momto1plus1...173...........155.............159................-4

Bandpal..........151.14..... 148.5............150................ -

Cindyg...........190...........190..............175................ 15

Skinny_Jill.......151.3........151.3............143.3.............8

Name............Start.........Current......Goal.......Loss....To Go

Momto1plus1...173...........155...........159.........18.......-4

Bandpal..........151.14..... 148.5..........150.........2.6....-1.5

Cindyg...........190...........190............175...........0..... 15

Skinny_Jill.......151.3........149.9..........143.3.......1.4.....6.6

Hi everyone! I mentioned my reflux issue on my last post. It got much worse and I couldn't sleep laying down without major issues. I had an un-fill of 2.5 cc's on Friday. I am so much better. I should have done it sooner. If I had been honest with myself I would have admitted I was too tight. I was eating the wrong foods because I was too tight. I learned a great lesson. I am going back tomorrow for the doc to check the band under flouro. He was not there on Friday. I want to be sure everything is okay.

Having this un-fill is so weird because I am actually hungry again. I thought I ate too much over the weekend but I actually lost 1/2 pound. I do have to be careful because my band is wide open now. I have less in my band than I did after my first fill. I think this process will get me back on track.

I have a touch of reflux myself. I know that I'm just a bit too tight. I have been since I got my last fill in Dec. I'm really where I want to be so I should get some taken out of my band, but I'm not in any hurry. Hope you are feeling better soon.

Name............Start.........Current......Goal.......Loss....To Go

Momto1plus1...173...........154...........159.........18.......-5

Bandpal..........151.14..... 148.5..........150.........2.6....-1.5

Cindyg...........190...........190............175...........0..... 15

Skinny_Jill.......151.3........149.9..........143.3.......1.4.....6.6

Name............Start.........Current......Goal.......Loss....To Go

Momto1plus1...173...........153...........159.........18.......-6

Bandpal..........151.14..... 148.5..........150.........2.6....-1.5

Cindyg...........190...........190............175...........0..... 15

Skinny_Jill.......151.3........149.9..........143.3.......1.4.....6.6

I'm not going to argue. I'm down another pound this week and am thrilled. :rolleyes2:

Name............Start.........Current......Goal.......Loss....To Go

Momto1plus1...173...........150...........159.........18.....-9 Bandpal..........151.14..... 148.5..........150.........2.6....-1.5

Cindyg...........190...........190............175...........0..... 15

Skinny_Jill.......151.3........149.9..........143.3.......1.4.....6.6

Hello everyone. Bandpal, I totally agree - we still need each other, and I miss everyone too! I promise to come and post more often.

I'm not sure what I weight right now and don't really want to find out. My goal this month is to make good food choices and exercise regularly and "feel" myself smaller. I think I've been a slave to the scale too much in the past and it has made me have a good or bad day depending on the number, so I'm trying to go by how I feel.

Can I ask you guys a question? I've noticed a lot of you saying you know you're too tight, with reflux, PBing, etc, but don't want an unfill because you like the weight loss. Okay, so that's where I was in December before my unfill - losing weight but too tight. Do you believe you can lose weight without being too tight? I'm wondering if I can. I HOPE I can, I want to believe I can, but in my heart I'm not sure I can. I guess that's why I'm so down lately because I don't know if I CAN lose weight without being TOO restricted.

I'm not even going to bother updating my ticker - way too depressing. I'll update it in 4 months when I'm back down there again!

Name............Start.........Current......Goal.......Loss....To Go

Momto1plus1...173...........150...........159.........18.....-9

Bandpal..........151.14..... 148.5..........150.........2.6....-1.5

Cindyg...........190...........190............175...........0..... 15

Skinny_Jill.......151.3........149.9..........143.3.......1.4.....6.6

TxArcher........282............282............275........XXXX...7

Ok... Better late than never right. I am planning on kicking tail starting tonight after work. I NEED to get my weight coming off faster! Don't know if I have a snow-ball's chance of making 7 pounds in 2 weeks, but I can try!

Anybody heard from Cindy???

Hi everyone, it has been a while since I posted on here. It's hard being here when there's no weightloss to report. I went to 8cc in my band but it was too tight, I had this permanent lump in my throat so had .25 taken out. I think this is my sweet spot but the problem is that I still eat a lot of rubblish which means no loss. All I have been doing in the last few months is maintain. That would be okay if I was at goal, but as we all know, I'm not! LOL I have been sick for over a week so haven't been walking and that doesn't help. I want to join the next challenge because I need to recommit to this. Good luck to everyone.

Hello everyone. Bandpal, I totally agree - we still need each other, and I miss everyone too! I promise to come and post more often.

I'm not sure what I weight right now and don't really want to find out. My goal this month is to make good food choices and exercise regularly and "feel" myself smaller. I think I've been a slave to the scale too much in the past and it has made me have a good or bad day depending on the number, so I'm trying to go by how I feel.

Can I ask you guys a question? I've noticed a lot of you saying you know you're too tight, with reflux, PBing, etc, but don't want an unfill because you like the weight loss. Okay, so that's where I was in December before my unfill - losing weight but too tight. Do you believe you can lose weight without being too tight? I'm wondering if I can. I HOPE I can, I want to believe I can, but in my heart I'm not sure I can. I guess that's why I'm so down lately because I don't know if I CAN lose weight without being TOO restricted.

I'm not even going to bother updating my ticker - way too depressing. I'll update it in 4 months when I'm back down there again!

Sorry I didn't mean to ignore you. I have been swamped. I do think that I can lose weight without being little too tight, I guess that it's just easier. Not necessarly healthiest. I'm below my goal but now I'm afraid to get an unfill.

Well today is the last day of this challenge. I have fluctuated a little this month. I realize that the 150 mark is just a little too small for me. I didn't feel good at that weight. I think that a few pounds more suits me better. It amazes me that I can tell a difference. LOL

I still can't believe that I'm at goal. I never in a million years believed that I could be the size I am. I wear a smaller size than I did in college or when I got married. Which by the way was 26 years ago this past week. :tongue:

Hi everyone! It's been a long time since I've posted. Glad to find some old friends on here. Wendy, you did amazing. Imagine feeling too thin! I've been struggling lately. I'm up 5 pounds since my son's Bar Mitzvah. Once the stress of that was over, I relaxed a bit. But then my son got the flu (unconfirmed swine flu!) and we were stuck home for a week. Too much eating out of boredom. Our county got hit badly with the flu. NY state stopped testing for swine flu unless you're hospitalized. However, he had the flu shot and only Swine was prevalent. Hundreds of kids were out of school in our area that week. Had to call around all of the pharmacies to find Tamiflu. We all went on it.

Anyway, I seem to have a new issue. For the past week, I've been getting a burning, dull pain in my stomach, a couple of inches to the right of my belly button. Could that be an ulcer? Both of my parents had ulcers at my age. Anyone know what happens to the band if you get an ulcer? I'll get it checked out but I'm a bit concerned.

On a happier note, all went well with my son's Bar Mitzvah. He came down with a cold, which added to the stress, but with a lot of cold medicine he got through it and did a great job! I wore a deep blue dress which I loved but I'm not very happy with how I looked in most of the photos. I have a few that I look O.K. but I wish that I had lost a lot more. I still look so big. It's really hard to lose without getting a fill. I may give in and get a small one. Just want this process over with!

Congrats to all of you who made goal and to those who are getting close. The rest of us need to find our motivation and look to you for inspiration!

Edited June 21, 200917 yr by cindyg1212