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That is a lot to me for a first fill. I've been banded for over a year now and I'm just at 5.9cc. Admittedly I had to cancel a couple of appts to be filled but my surgeon has always been very conservative with fills. I think my first fill was 1cc. When I went for my last fill he threatened not to give me one because I had not lost any weight. The band is supposed to be a tool to help you if he doesn't fill me properly how is the band supposed to help? He accused me of sitting and eating ice cream and cake. I am not into sweets and am that rare one that does not like ice cream. I was very insulted . He finally gave me a tiny fill , less than 1cc. So I'm now still not losing because I can eat more, not sweets but regular food. I'm having to rely on sheer willpower just like any other diet I've been on and I'm really not losing like I should. I've been at the same weight up or down a couple of pounds for almost 4-5 months now. My next appt is on 9/21 and I'm struggling to lose a few pounds by then so that I can get a sizable fill and start to lose again. Very frustrating.

Theres a whole thread about C25K in the exercise forum. I was trying to get into it but I had to realize I just can't do it. I have an internally degraded left knee and it really started to hurt on week 2 . Then on top of that we had a car accident 2 weeks ago that aggravated everything so I'm gonna have to go back to Leslie Sansone walk away the pounds. The best to you on completing the program I hear it can be ver rewarding when you complete it.

I wish I had this option. My losses have been so slow since my surgery in 8/10. I just can't seem to find my groove. I don't regret my band but I'm now wondering if another surgery would have been better for me giving me more restriction. I feel like I'm just struggling on another long diet.

Hi, We had surgery on the same day. We also started at the same weight almost. I was 264 according to my home scale. I have not done as well as you and I take full blame for that. I have not followed the rules as closely as I should and I have been indulging in alcohol on most weekends which stalls and slows my weight loss. I had to come to grips with that today and stop fooling myself. So I am cutting out the alcohol all together. I am also cutting out the carbs for the rest of the month so that I can jump start my losses again. I have been at the same weight for the last 3 months. My next fill appt is on 8/17 hoping to be down at least 10 more lbs by then. You have done very well at least your in onederland as I should be too. I take consolation in the fact that most surgeons say that with the band we can lose from 1/3 to 1/2 of our excess weight. I'm so disappointed in myself overall though. My band has not failed me I have failed it but I will get it together.

Whew!! My heart fell into my stomach when I read your thread title but now I see and oh the relief!! Nice way to put it in perspective. I don't know what I've lost ...well I guess so I have an 11 lb Maltese so I've lost 4 of her. Still striving to lose one of those skinny Hollywood starlets like Nicole Ritchie (100 lbs!)

I like it too. i got the Mango peach (?) flavor. I was pleasantly surprised by it. The taste was good and not an aftertaste .

Congratulations, You're so close to goal. Keep up the good work.

Congratulations, You're so close to goal. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for this post. I don't know about OP but it gave me food for thought. Very helpful.

I'm loving the Skinny Girl Margaritas. I buy the one by Bethenny Frankel but I ordered one at TGIF and they had berries muddled in the glass so that's what I do. I muddle some blackberries or a couple of strawberries in a glass and a little bit of Splenda with ice and it's good. I also like the vodka with one of my diet Snapple Iced teas. I have not had any carbonated drinks since my surgery and I will continue to stay away from that. I'm so glad to be out of my Diet Coke habit. Honestly though I need to stay away from alcohol altogether . I find that it stalls my losses and if I was not having the drinks on the weekend I'm sure I would have lost more by now. I'm like the poster up thread I can go for weeks without having a drink and then I see someone on Tv with a nice frosty looking cocktail and then I have one and continue that for a while until I decide to stop so I'm gonna stop now.

I was thinking the same thing.

I agree the billboard is the problem. A lot of people are ignorant as to what the band is and how it works and that you have to work hard to have success with it. Even though I did much research before I was banded. I still thought I would lose all of my excess weight in the 1st year without having to work as hard as I have on other diets. I honestly feel I have had to work harder with the band. I don't regret my choice though. That billboard only reinforces the negative ideas some people have about WLS.

My feelings exactly!!

Well, their not chemical drugs or medicine . They are a natural enzyme from fruit. So it's not like I'm chewing 8-10 Tylenols . If 4 would have helped me I would have stopped there. We all have to do what works best for us. I wish you well.