Andytim08

Thanks for all the positive feedback! So far the gym has been great. Usually when I start working out it takes 3 weeks for the weight to start coming off, so I am being patient.

Hi fellow April bandits- Well, After losing 38 pounds I have been fluctuating up and down without any weightloss since August. I had to have extensive eye surgery and was out of work and under docs orders could not excersise and soooooo I got out of the groove, The positive is that I haven't gained any weight. I just keep fluctuating 3-4 pounds. Last week I started back at the gym so hoping that helps. I did go for a fill 3 weeks ago, but they denied me saying that it sounds like I have restriction and that I need to work out again and it will come off......I am in the lower 190;s which is a weight that I have been stuck at quite a few times before the band.....Hopefully the gym works. Positives- no weight gain. Negatives- no weight loss. LOL!!! I am back on now.....Thinking I may have another visit to the dietician to put me back on track as well.

Haven't been on here in forever! I have been busy! My husband came back from Army chaplain training, I went to Virginia Beach to visit his family a few times, and right now we are under contract for our first house. I also am having eye surgery monday for eye issue and won't be able to work out for 2 weeks. I think the NSV's for me are #1- looking down and seeing that I am crossing my legs automaticly. I used to attempt to cross and had to reallly think aboiut it and try reallllllly hard. So crossing without thinking is different.#2 I can button almost all of my old size 12/14 jeans. Out of those, I can say that I would actually wear 1 pair out of the house. Just because they button, doesn't mean that they fit, but I am getting there! #3 Slacked off at the gym when hubby got home in July but still eating right. I was freezing last night from the AC and I put on my favorite sweatshirt which hasn't been worn since the winter and I was so surprise how it just hung on me like a tent! After reading everyone's NSV's and weight loss success stories, I am actually getting off here to go to the gym! It's awesome to hear how everyone is doing!.

The reason I was excited was because I was feeling extrememly hungry. I continued losing weight due to my working out and watching everything I ate. I didn't get the lap band for any other reason than to help me to feel full with a smaller portion of food so that I could reach my goal weight. I was in the military for over 10 years, and maintained my weight between 150 and 175 . I then got married and had a miscarrage last year, and that is when I gained enough weight to make 40 BMI. I know about will power and I know about lifestyle change, but for me, this was about being able to feel full and content with a small serving of food and not trying to eat like my husband. Fills are definitley a small part of the journey, but I got the band for what it is for- restricion. My eating habits have changed, but my lifestyle is the same, as I have always been active. Everyone's journey with Lap Band is different. I wasn't new to exercise, or eating healthy food. My serving sizes had just become wayyyyy too big. I also had an icecream habit, which is completely gone now.

Just wanted to post that I got it. Yay! 1.5cc in my 10 cc band for a total of 4.5cc.

Wow! My husband and I have been talking about getting bikes and a rack too! After reading these posts, I think we are going to have to get them sooner than later! We have some excellent places to ride here. The gym is little over a half mile away, and walking home after working out in this weather is not fun so I have been driving. Oh that would be fun to bike!

I can't believe eeryone has had a fill and I haven't yet! Hopefully June 13th. Noticing I can eat alot more now in a short amount of time..... Who knows? Maybe only 1 fill will work for me? Guess we will soon find out.

A couple of things for me... Several patients (I only see them for maybe and hour or so and then they go home ) have said to me "WoW! You look nothing like your badge picture! When was that taken? You must have lost weight!" It can't be a fluke because it seems to be happening alot- could be the anesthesia talking LOL. I also went to try on clothes again at Old Navy and I went right for the xxl shirts and sun dresses which hung on me. I then tried the XLs and the dress I really wanted was still way to big! I bought an L, which was snug when I bought it but now fits. Same thing with the shirts. My B/B ratio has changed. Belly is now smaller (before it seemed to be about even with) than my boobs and I will probably be down to a d cup in a month because the girls are shrinking as well One of the biggest accomplishments is that I have lost all my cravings for ice cream and sweets. I am almost afraid to try them for fear I will fall off the wagon again, but I am just shocked, because sweets have always been my "go to" food..

I have lost 16 total since surgery. I went in for my first fill and they said it was too early for me to have a fill because i wasn't eating all solids yet and i did have a little restriction.. Since that appointment 2 weeks ago, I have lost 2 pounds. Then I gained 2 pounds back, after eating 4 slices of pizza over the weekend and then I lost the 2 pounds this week. I am a little irritated because My protein is high, my calories rarely go above 1200, I work out, and I am drinking water. My next fill date isn't until june 16th. I can't seem to get past 212.5. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!! Frustrated.

Mine is directly to the left of my belly button...slightly upper left....I wonder if it is because I had the SILS/ Single Incision.

Spot- how was your first fill?

Scale finally moving again! Post op 3 week mark tomorrow, down 14 pounds. I think it is because I am excersing more. Hope to hit 20+ by 4 week mark.

Still holding at 12.5 pounds...Keep flucuating between 216 and 217. I think my body is compensating for all the weight being lost in 7 days. I also started back to work and the new phase of my diet-soft foods. I had my post op appoinment on thursday as was told that I could start incorporating them into my diet. Think that is why my weight is in a holding pattern. I also got the go ahead to start back on the arc trainer, so today will be my first day on that! I walked 2 miles today (i didn't exercise for the past 3 days due to work and appoinments, but at least at work i probably walk 3 or 4 miles a shift.) Will weigh myself monday and hope that I have broken thru the plateau. I go in for my first fill on May 12th.

Nice to hear how everyone is doing!!!! Thanks Brenda 62 for that recipe. I broke down this afternoon and had a mocha frappacino-light. My husband was at Starbucks... I went online and saw that it was only 140 cal for 16oz. So I cheated and had a 12oz one. I also cheated on Easter and had a bite of mashed up potato salad and a bite or 2 of tuna salad. I remember when I could just pile it on my plate! I think I am going to be psycho about the scale as i just weighed weighed myself AGAIN and weigh 1.5 pounds more. My husband told me if I start getting crazy with it he is going to hide it lol!. I hope to be down to 214 by friday.I am going to officiallystart mushies on Thursday.....I start work on wednesday and am on my feet so hopefully between that and my walks I will be there. I know it is going to slow down...as long as I don't gain weight back, I will be happy.