Holly Dolly

Congrats on having a great month! Hopefully this fill will be a good one for you!

Great job, congrats!

omg!!! No way should you be down on yourself. You have lost 100 pounds in a year, that's AMAZING!!! I have 12 pounds to go too, and was thinking today I don't think I am going to torture myself with only 1000 calories a day! I'll let the last 12 come off slower than I would have during the last year. If you think you can use afill, I definitly wouldn't wait until April.

I am happy everything worked out for you. After my next fill I will ask my dr for the referall for an up GI. He had mentioned at the support meeting that he ran that he used to always recommend it one year out but then people didn't want to have it done. It would be nice to see if the band is working the way it should. Thanks for the reminder!

I tried to look for you on facebook and searched Bandster Bridget & Friends, and just bandster Bridget and couldn't find you!

Good luck, the first couple weeks were the hardest!

I didn't see my dr either until 2 weeks later. I did have a nutrion class that day also before I was to start back on food. It was actually 12 days later, and I was so happy she told me I could start eating food that day!

oh, I was thinking you had it done in 2011, so that makes sence. I'm hoping this fill works, or I will go back in 2 weeks for another one. Good luck, let us know what happens.

I just started adding chopped strawberries to mine and thought to myself, why didn't I do this before! Yum! I do buy a yogurt from Ralphs called CarbMaster. It is their brand and though it's not greek yogurt it has 8 grams of protein and only 60 calories.

wow, I can't believe he would make you wait 4 months for an appt. My dr likes to see his pt's once a month for the first year. I hope today's appt is a good one for you!

That's the craziest thing I have ever heard! I hope you are able to get one tomorrow. I had one yesterday and I had been wanting one since October but she thought I was already full enough. I was surprised too when she told me not to wait another month if this fill still doesn't seem enough! I'm hoping this one works for me! Good luck tomorrow.

Good luck lellow. I hope it is nothing serious and the band will be in good working order soon. You are an inspiration to all of us fellow banders!

wow, if only losing the weight with the band was as easy as just writing a check! Too bad you couldn't post that on your wall and after she saw it defriend her! Some people just don't get it. They see those commercials that make one think that way and it is so far from the truth! My friends also thought that before I had the lapband that it would be easy for me. But they have seen what I have gone though and what it took to get me to where I am at...and that is HARD WORK!

Running scared....you need to change your name! Just do it! What have you got to lose??? looks like 131 more pounds! You already know what you need to do, you wrote it yourself! Work at it, journal and follow the dr's recommendations! Best of luck to you!

I missed the tub too. I ended up taking a bath and just not filling it up so high so it wouldn't get my stiches wet.

I have no problem with broccoli. I don't eat raw carrots anymore and snow peas that were my favorite have gotten stuck twice.

It can take many fills, I just had fill#8 yesterday.

Awesome, can't wait for you to share your success with us!

I know how you feel. I finally got a fill today, my last one was late Sept. My phys asst didn't want to give me one before because she thought I was too full already. I am , or was 6.5 in a 10 band. So she put me on phentermine for the last 3 months, which helped on the days that I took it. But I am ready for the band to keep my hunger at bay. About 2 weeks ago at my support group meeting I was telling the dr how I was feeling and he agreed I needed a fill. Once he told me that I was dying to get in there! Anyways, I am just a year out and still waiting for my green zone, hang in there!

So true elcee! I've had ups, I've had downs, but no disappointments! Well, to the exception that I wish my hunger was better controlled.

best wishes to both of you girls. I can say that it took work to get to where I am at. I'm not perfect but good 90% of the time. What has really kept me on track is writing everything down that I eat. I also measure and weigh everything unless it is prepackaged. Some people don't need to do that, but I get hungry often and know that I CAN eat more than I really need but I don't. I'm hoping this fill does it for me!