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dfox3325    0

dfox3325
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Just very pleased with my results!!!!

Almost 9 months since my surgery and I'm just very happy and excited. Over 70 pounds lost!

Still more to go but now it's the downhill slide.

I really don't even feel that I am on a diet.

I eat almost everything but I guess I'm at the "sweet spot" that everyone talks about. It takes very little to fill me up and I am satisfied.

I'm at 6.5cc fill and I'm sure in a couple more months I'll need a little more.

Best thing I ever did!!!

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CASSIEME1    1

CASSIEME1
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what am i doing wrong still unhappy can't lose as desired

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dfox3325    0

dfox3325
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Why do you think you are doing something wrong?

My surgeon said that I was way above the norm with my weight loss.

The average Lap-Bander should lose 40% of their overall excess of weight in one year.

Example: If you are 100 pounds over weight, then 40 pounds is totally normal in one year.

If you aren't doing that, then you need to be educated in your eating habits.

I don't eat dough or breads and was never a sweet eater, basically carbs was my mainstay.

That's way it worked for me.

I totally watch high calorie "slider" foods.

I try to eat normal foods, which on some days give me problems.

I drink a lot of buttermilk and eat cheese. These are my favorite foods and they are good for you. They are also filling and full of Protein.

I also Jazzersized and did weight training extensively the first six months.

It hurt and was hard at first but I did what I could and now I'm good at it.

Not bad for a 53 year that had given up!

Keep working on it!

Diane

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thebestlifenow    0

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Hi! I am searching for some support from some fellow lap bandees please. I have not had success in losing weight with my lap band yet. So I am just starting over again this month like I am brand new. I am 2 years into this! So needless to say I am a bit discouraged. The only positive I have to say is that I have not gained any more weight in 2 years.

I have only had 3 adjustments. For some reason I had the wrong idea that you only need a couple adjustments. Now I am finding that everyone is different and I should go every month to 6 weeks! I just thought something was wrong with me.

Any way you mentioned that you are up to 6.5 cc. I think the most my doctor has ever given me is 2 cc in the 3 adjustments I have had.

Do you have any words of encouragement for me please.

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jvinciguerra1    0

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thebestlifenow .... you had no support from your surgeon ? :)

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dfox3325    0

dfox3325
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Thank you!!!

This post has been awhile so I've lost even more. I'll have to post a new photo too.

Right now I only have 23 pounds to go and these have been the most stubborn.

I'm feeling and looking good and I love the clothes and how sexy they fit, so these last few pounds are harder because I'm very happy even where I'm at now.

They will go away in a few months slowly but I'm still very pleased with the results of the LAP-BAND®.

Keep in touch!

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kll724    3,055

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You look great. Are you sure that you are the same woman as in the 1st picture? You look younger and very sure of yourself. Congratulations. I want to be like you when I am nearer my 9 months. I am only 3 months out. Great job! Karen

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kll724    3,055

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:thumbup:

I just posted a new profile photo, go check it out!!!

WOW!!!!:thumbup:

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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