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Hi,

My name is Jan, My surgery was 3 years ago and I have lost(kept off) 93 lbs. I have been really struggling lately and need encouragement. I don't know if I qualify or not my weight has not gone enywhere but up and down for the last year, no reasl losses.

Can I join????

jan

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Hello

I got my lap band in Nov. 2006. I have lost 35 pounds, and I feel so much better. I have stayed the same since March, had not fills, but keep losing inches. I am happy to find someone who has lost 70 pounds of three years, that would be fine for me as well. The Lap Band has kept me from doing harm. I am in limbo with Workers Comp case and SSD. So being home and not working for three years has given me much too much alone time.

I need structure and I know it, so I am doing my best to meet new people, and I have found a volunteer position as an Ombudsman for NYC Foundation for Seniors. I will start the 36 hour class in July. I am going to my surgeon on July 6, she will give me a fill. I am not sure that I have much restriction, but, I am not really very hungry. I eat more to feed my emotions than my body, I know I can do better, and I am hoping this fill will make a difference.

Regards,

Barbara

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Hello

I got my lap band in Nov. 2006. I have lost 35 pounds, and I feel so much better. I have stayed the same since March, had not fills, but keep losing inches. I am happy to find someone who has lost 70 pounds of three years, that would be fine for me as well. The Lap Band has kept me from doing harm. I am in limbo with Workers Comp case and SSD. So being home and not working for three years has given me much too much alone time.

I need structure and I know it, so I am doing my best to meet new people, and I have found a volunteer position as an Ombudsman for NYC Foundation for Seniors. I will start the 36 hour class in July. I am going to my surgeon on July 6, she will give me a fill. I am not sure that I have much restriction, but, I am not really very hungry. I eat more to feed my emotions than my body, I know I can do better, and I am hoping this fill will make a difference.

Regards,

Barbara

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Hello My Fellow Turtles!!

Haven't written in a while - haven't even really been lurking much - but I wanted to check in and say that I am still the mother of all turtles (although I realize that Vines remains our Queen!) and having a wonderful summer. I'm at an OK place emotionally with my weight loss (or lack thereof) and turtle-dom.

Thanks so much for keeping this thread going. You aremuch better bandsters than I could ever hope to be!

Hugs and Kisses all around.

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Hello All,

New to forum, I would like to join I think I am a slow looser had surgery 9/19/05 to date have lost 31, I am getting very frustrated, I have had 3 fills and nothing seem to get me going. any sugestions?

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You may need another fill. I think this may have been part of my problem too. It would be nice to know at what fill level everyone is at right now.

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I got one on 6/6/06 I tink it was .8cc. but still not loosing, I walk 2 miles 4 days a week lift weight's too. but nothing is happening.

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I haven't posted in a long time. I have been so disappointed in myself and am dreading the approaching 1 year anniversary of my surgery and I have only lost about 40 lbs. I have a 2.8 restriction on a 4.0 band. I feel almost no restriction. Of course, I have figured out how to "trick" the band and shoot myself in the foot. The compulsion to eat, especially sweets, is overwhelming. The very first thing I think of when I wake up is "what can I eat?"

I suffer from bipolar disorder and eating is a huge issue for me and a huge symptom of the depressive episodes. nevertheless, I am overwhelmed with self-loathing and disappointment.

I remember how well the band was working at first, how the weight was coming off, how people were always commenting on how good I was looking.

I also remember paying $15,000 cash for the surgery because my insurance wouldn't cover it.

I am so disappointed in myself.

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that is so true I have a demon that lives inside me and i let it win everytime it learned to get around the band and i too have lost 40lbs and have been at 40 for 2 months self forbid i look good or feel good its not god forbid but "self forbid" self is the problem need help the last message was very much me

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I too ave been a slow loser. I finally got a little pushy with my Dr. and said I really feel like I had been doing things right but I have never had restriction (my surgery was 4/26/05). This week I had and Upper GI and found my band is not where it is suppose to be. So I'll need to have surgery to see what is going on. If you feel like you really are doing what you need to for the most part start checking to make sure your band doesn't have a leak or maybe it has slipped. I have lost 50 some pounds over the last year and know I can't give up. We just have to remember this is our tool. We have to work on all of our mind games we play. If we mess up just forgive yourself and move on. I just found this website and Im glad I have. Everyone hang in there we will make it.

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i think this is the place i need to be. I was banded in Feb.06 and have lost 20# but have not lost anything since have kept the jounarl lately since getting so down. I am one that is lucky in that i don't need to lose alot more weight maybe another 20 to 30 lb's but still to work so hard and not lose anything for 2 mo is hard. I lose to one point and even though still staying with food mesuring and weighing of food the next time i weigh i will be up 3 to 4 pounds and then here we go again until i get back to the one spot and then we go around again have been doing this for 2 mo. until then was losing maybe a 1 a wk. Even went so far to go on Funny's diet hoping it would jump start me again i was at the day when you were supposed to have lost 5 to 7 pounds so thought i would see how doing oh great i'm up .5 pounds from when i started. pass the point of knowing what to do . Just venting somedays i feel this was just a great big nother weight loss gimick. The most expensive one but one anyway. Need a fill i guess although don't really ever get hungry but 2 mo without any pounds coming off.

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I guess I can join the slow losers also. I was banded 4/27/06. Everything was great for a while.. I lost 43lbs and then ALL OF A SUDDEN I was on solid foods and gained 10lbs. I have been at 33lbs for the last two weeks. I had a fill on 6/20/06 and i have NO restriction from it. Still waiting for my doctor to call me back for another fill. I exercise 5 times a week for an hour. I just can't seem to get the weightloss going. Getting frustrated, and I'm afraid I am going to turn to food for comfort. HELP!!!!!

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I would love to join slow losers. My husband and I were banded 3/30/2004 Gene has lost 105+ lbs and I am only down 54 lbs. He is very supportive but I am going out of my mind. I am so disappointed I joke with my husband that I am going to ask the Dr for my money back. I just can seem to lose. I will lose 2lbs one day and a couple days later I may be up 3 lbs. I've been going up and down like that for almost a year. I seem to work so much harder at this than my husband. The Dr tells me it is always easier for guys to lose the weight. I am still so very frustrated. My husband is 10 lbs from being the weight he was when he graduated from high school. I just can't make under the 200lb mark. I know I don't exersice like I should. I can't do any distance walking I have a degenerating ankle joint. If I walk a mile at one time I pay for it for 3 days and the cycle repeats itself. I do try to ride an recumbent bike. But you know I get so bored on that. Talk about a whiner huh.

Any suggestions. Oh yea I try not to compare myself to my husbands weight loss but that is easier said than done.

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