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Good luck tomorrow! On Thurs I will be 4 weeks out from my brachioplasty with chest wall reduction. I'm happy with my results despite having complications... Hope all goes well! Let us know how your doing!

I love my Nija blender. Use it to make fruit smoothies all the time

My legs are my best feature & I can't wear them either I even have super skinny lil ankles. A lot of my skinny friends can't wear them either.

Always great to hear from long term people about their success! Way to maintain Congratulations!

Does ur doc do fills umder fluroscopy or blind? If he does with fluro (xray) u shouldn't get over filled & will do just fine. Either way I'd go ahead. Just make sure ur stocked up on protein drinks for the field trips

Pull ups (my gym has a counter balance machine ), planks, push ups, leg lifts to the side & horizontal

Also when I do weights I do it more of a circut style. Low weight high rep. I have a workout round timer on my phone that plays with my music. I do 18 sets/50 secs each with a 15 sec rest to get to the next machine it's more of a cardio style of weight training bc it keeps ur heart rate up. Love it

Exactly what I was going to say. The more muscle u have the more calories ur body will burn every day!

Yikes! Why are u eating 4 bowls of chex mix cereal? Are u really that hungry? Or are u just eating to eat? Sorry but that seems a bit much even for a non banded person.

How long been banded: 13 months How much did I want to loose: 100 lbs originally (135 lbs is now my goal) How much lost: 120 lbs How happy 1-10: 10! I jad tried for yrs to loose wt. I had a personal trainer & a lifestyle coach. food jas always been my issue. The band helped me gain the control I never could find on my own Love my band. Best decision I've ever made!

So I'm pretty bummed right now. I got an unfil for plastic surgery may 1st, brachiplasty may 3rd. Since then I have gained 30 lbs!!!! Wtf! I realize I haven't been eating the healthiest but dang thats a lot of weight in 2 wks. I do have quite a bit of swelling still which accounts for some. I'm also not supposed to exercise for 3 wks minimum So I decided to check my eating habits & I'm going to adk my ps if I can @ least start walking or riding a recumbent bike a little. I was feeling super good prior to this... down 120 lbs in 13 months. I feel like a failure right now

I'm now dwn 16 of the 30 lb gain I'm sure a lot of it was water weight. My clothes were pretty snug for a bit but they r starting to fit again. Thank goodness bc I just turned over my closet & I have a ton of new clothes I wanna wear!

So 3 and a half wks ago I was loosened prior to brachioplasty. Following my ps I gained 30 lbs!!!! Holy crap right?! It was av lot of Fluid but def some chub to. Not being able to exercise & being able to eat me took its toll. Well last week I decided to gain some contol back. Started thinking while I'm eating and consciously questioning each bite & my fullness. Now down 16 of the 30 lb gain! I had complications with surgery & am still unable to exercise though. @ my unfill my doc actually discouraged me from coming back to b tightened back up. He said I had lost more weight than the vast majority of his pts ever do & in a short time. I'm 5'7" & have gone from 284 to 164 (@my lowest ) My concern is my wt gain & feeling of being so close to goal prior to it. My goal is 150. I scheduled a fill for June 5th & am hoping he will give it to me. I don't want to be super tight again the way I put it is.... I want to b 1 taco tight not 2-3 taco tight. Lol Thoughts...

I can now add loosing friendship's to the list of complications ... I recently after months of them distancimg themselves had to let go of 2 friends. Their jealousy had turned them into very nasty ppl & shitty friends. As my therapist put it "the ome thing u all had im common, the thread that held u together is no more. U r not fat ne more"

So happy for u! The last time I went to WOF I remember I had to change seats on the big shot bc they couldn't buckle it. I was mortified I wouldn't even ride the patriot bc i was scared they'd say I wouldnt fit. Now 120 lbs lighter I'm confident I would fit on every ride! Makes me want to go agAin!

Live life everyone! It's sad to me that ppl avoid going to lunch with friends bc of the band. I've had some recent trouble with some good friends not ever calling me to go out toy lunch ne more. When I asked them what was up they told me "well u don't eat. So we figured u don't want to come " This infuriated me! Just bc I don't scarf dwn a 1100 cal meal with u?! Needless to say I find enjoyment out of the satisfaction of knowing I cam control my eating.

Good luck! Congratulations on making it this far

Congratulations on your surgery and the removal of soooo much skin! That's great The road ahead of you is going to be rough.... I'm 3 weeks out from brachioplasty and still struggling due to complications. Take everything one day at a time. The biggest thing I can tell you is get on some major stool softeners or mirilax now! I've had a huge problem with constipation b/c of being on pain medications for so long. I've never had to stay on pain medications longer than 4 days and here I am 3 weeks out still on them Things are going to be rough... look at the long term results! Keep up the great work!

Yippee! Welcome to the club lol

Thanks SVM10 it's pretty painful I'm bummed bc I'm 3 wks out & still on Vicodin. My pcp says the pain from the sutures should diminish by 3-4 day though. I pray that to be true!

So I'm 8 days post op brachioplasty. I noticed some gaping in my arm pits a couple of days ago. Talked to the nurse she said it was normal. So now my left arm pit is gaping huge! I'm talking an inch and a half long by almost half an inch wide! On top of that is got puss and drainage. My right arm pit is doing fair its a very small gap. I'm in agony! It hurts super bad I'm planning on calling the doc in the am. Hopefully he'll do something despite it being a Sat!

I'm currently recovering from brachioplasty and have had some complications. I'm almost 3 weeks out and actually am going to have to take 2 more weeks off b/c I had to get 18 stitches today. I can't lift anything... pretty much need to baby my left arm. Since I'm a nurse I can't work without a left arm! All that said... don't be scared I don't regret a thing. I say wait absolutly! The reason... you never know if you will have complications. If you do have complications you don't want to rush back to work b/c you won't heal. The weight gain is also a factor! I gained 30 lbs at one point down 10 of that now but still have 20 lbs to work off. You don't want to have to do that twice! Plastic surgery is no joke. I found my brachioplasty to be the toughest surgery I've undergone. I've had my gallbladder out, pilinidal cyst removed, and the lap band.

So went to the doctor today... He decided it looked like it was healed enough to be sutured. He told me the reason why it gapped in 2 places was because it's a "running stitch" and once it pops in one place the integrety of the entire arm is compramised Well 18 stitches later and an area that had a collection of Fluid under the skin drained... Needless to say I'm one hurting unit! The 11 stitches in my left armpit are super sore So attached are some pics... they are a lil graphic (you've been warned).

Massages are so therapeutic! I get one at least monthly. I usually do Thai which is more stretching with some massage. I hope u enjoyed it & it made u feel better. Sometimes u feel like crap after them bc it releases a lot of toxins & flushes them out of ur system. That's y they want u to drink lots of water after.

It's all about the FOOD! If u ask me ne ways. When I'm @ restriction I don't count calories. Also u will plateau. Everyone does. I personally loose for 2 wks then hold steady for 2 wks. I'm down 120 lbs in 13 months. I've had a lil set back due to be unfilled & unable to exercise bc of plastic surgery. So currently I am counting cals to help get the last 13 lbs of my 30 lb weight gain off! Surgery was 3 wks ago... I had a ton of swelling. But right b4 surgery I hit 120 lbs lost & was 14 lbs from my 150 lb goal weight