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I know I have to continue to eat like I did. And try to block from my mind that the band is unfilled. I know with the heat my band will tighten on one a bit. My goal is fresh veggies a still keep one cheat day ever other weekend either Saturday or Sunday. Oh great good thing I only have 2 graduation party to go to one is early even and I do not eat after 7PM. So safe on that one. I told a few of my friends what is happening. I told them if you see me eating something good tell me to SPIT IT OUT!!!! And I won't lie I am sure I will be on the scale way more then I should till this slip repairs its self or has to be fixed. I am still waiting to here back from the contouring surgeon. So maybe good for now. Thanks for being out there for me. My support group here in town are all bypass people. No banders. So they have no clue how I tick. I will stay strong I hope.....

Well I had a rough month last month. Today went in thinking a small infill would balance me out. WRONG I found out my band has a slight slip. But lost 10 ponds. So did a crazy and they decide to take ALL fluid out of band for at least 3 months. All I can say is the F word. Food, failure, fast weight regain. I am so scared not to have my band working correctly. I know what and how to eat. But my brain kicked into overdrive. Thoughts of all the summer foods... I am scared of gaining back anything. I have even said to myself " I knew this was to good to be true" hoping this will settle down and will be back on track in a few months. But until then just got to try and stay on track. Oh darn it. Thanks

Chrissylu, I do not post a lot but I start over every day. My journey in the past 2 years has been like a rollercoaster. When I wake up and my feet hit the floor I can either have a productive day or a destructive day. Maybe for me it is easier because I am single and only cook for myself. Then again being I am alone I can eat what I can not always what I want. It's like WHO will know. I knew going into this new LIFESTYLE that it was forever. I have to say every day when my feet hit the floor " THIS is My life I can make it better or go back where I was" I have to take a look at my start picture that I have taped inside my medicine cabinet. As I do my multi vitamin I look at the picture then turn and look in the full lengthy mirror. And say out loud. " Karen... Look at how far you have come." " and yes you can always go back if you want" I have concurred cancer this past year and never looked back at that. But boy I can beat myself up over a bad choice or a bad moment. But the mirror does not lie. And I can step back on the right track easier knowing this group is here and most of all you Chrissylu for refreshing my red flags along my journey. This is not a race.......

I am not sure what the 5 day thing is. I myself just go back to liquids for a few days to get the junk out. I do all liquids for at least six days. I think sometimes you get back to the basic it help.

Misslex, Tomorrow is a new day.... I had a wild month like that back in May of last year. I learned I had renal cancer. So I ate out of stress. Then the scale went up some. I figured it out real fast. IF I DO NOT BUY IT I CAN NOT EAT .. I got rid of all the misleading foods and got back to charting and Protein Snacks. If I did not take care of me I was worthless to the ones around me. I pulled my head out of my own pitty party and used this group for one of my life lines. If getting a partial fill gets you back on track then I would do it until I was back on track. This is why I like having the band. I control it!!!!!!!! I also got rid of a real messed up kidney and am a survivor. We have to take care of ourselves. People who do not have the band don't get it. By pass is different then a band each have different side effects. I have a neighbor had by pass a month ago and she ask questions about things I have never experienced with my band. Misslex hang in there.... call your doctor and asks how he/she would handle your situation. That is why they are the doctor... :-)

HELLO GUYS...... HOW ARE THE MALES DOING WITH THE CHANGES IN THEIR NEW JOURNEYS. I just wonder if you guys go throughout the same stress, emotional the feel of going no where like I did from time to time? THANKS FOR SHARING GUYS.

Well, I hope to know in about four weeks if and how much insurance will cover. I am excited they figure what needs to be removed Will be approximately 20 pounds of skin. If that is true I worry about being to small. That would put me at about 130 that is a crazy way from 285!!!!!!!!! The arms and legs are all done in about 2 hours. That one is a day surgery. The tummy is an over night stay and you leave with a bikini cut and a drain tube for a week. So I guess if I could have band and kidney removed I can handle this. Might even get rid of kidney scar in the process. I asked if this would interfere with my bands port they said no. They do liposuction while they are in there to get things flat. But I was told can and will be sore for a bit. Brusing and have to wear contouring clothes. So we will see what happens. We have beat yourselves up for so many years about our weight. So we need to pat yourselves on the back for even a bad day. Because we know the next day is another new day in this crazy journey we choose. If I can do it anyone can do can do it!!!!!! Thanks for being here no matter what kind of day you had. Somehow your sharing keeps me on track.

I know for myself I have good days and bad days. A good day is when I can eat my 3meals without getting stuck. A bad day is when I do not eat enough Protein and graze all day. I have a 14cc band and only have 7.25 cc in. Some days I feel it is just right other days I feel to tight. It is amazing how we are all so Different and how we all react to our own situations. I would kill for a chef salad but that doesn't work for me. I started this new life time journey at a bouncing 285 now at 154 So along the way many things have changed. WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS CALL YOUR DOCTOR................

Hello I am still out here. I go to see a plastic surgeon in morning. I have held my weight between 150 to 157 for the past 6 months. So going for a consultation to see if I am close enough to eliminate some skin. I might not be as bad some but may be worse then others. All I know is that I am the one who looks in the mirror. I am so glad I am single because my mate would think I was part elephant with all this wrinkled sloppy skin. When I figure out how to get back in here I will return. Glad to see all the old and the new in here....

I did not say to eat a buffet. I said I wish ​I had cheated before. I did the liquids for 6 weeks before my surgery. And yes reason for the liquids is to help shirk the liver. I feel it helped me get a better mind set for the days to come. This is a life altering decision to have this surgery. It is the best thing I have done for MYSELF... I did not take on this journey for a significant other but for my own health and self.

I did not say to eat a buffet. I said I wish ​I had cheated before. I did the liquids for 6 weeks before my surgery. And yes reason for the liquids is to help shirk the liver. I feel it helped me get a better mind set for the days to come. This is a life altering decision to have this surgery. It is the best thing I have done for MYSELF... I did not take on this journey for a significant other but for my own health and self.

I wish I would have thought about eating a buffet before my surgery. And had gallon of cream soda. But now one month shy of 2 years and holding at 150 vs. 285 I will not lie I still think about a rare steak, butter dripping sweet corn and hot bread. I would not change a thing. Best of luck.

Well here I am again. Let me share a new twist in my journey. My bariatric doctor just up and quit. WTH... So had to find a new one. Thank goodness we have another gal in town willing to take on his clients. Well my medical records from Dr. Lee show I am suppose to have 10.5 c 's in my 14 cc band. Well my new doctor did a complete withdraw to see where I was at. Well upon the draw found only 7 c 's instead. Now I do not know about others insurance but mine did/does not cover all fills so I have covered at least 3 fills at $250 each. No I am wondering just where in the neck did 3.5 c 's disappear ed to? Has anyone else ever had this happen? So with only 7.25 c 's in as of this week I and still Dow from 275 to 154 just feel taken to cleaners in so many levels. Doctor is gone, my staff I trusted and support group all GONE Plus I have a hard time getting logged on to this site.

Well I figured out how to get back here. So this is what is happening in Mankato, MN. I had gotten down to 148 and got scared I was getting to small So I had 1cc taken out now I am back up 7 pounds not to woried about the gain. But not feeling the restriction I had a few weeks ago. But I am also not vomitting anymore. So all is good in MN. I read all the post and glad to see all the new bandits who are doing great. It helps me stay in touch with just how far I have come 275 to todays 155 is a miricle in my books. I cry once in awhile when I look at myself in the mirror with or without clothes. I do not ever remember being this small. I am doing great from the kidney cancer surgery and gearing up for a back surgery hopefully some time this month. So keep on keeping on it all works off in time. Thanks for being here for me and I will get this figured out on sign in pretty soon. Thanks Karen

Well I am back and moving right along. I have a hard time getting logged in to this sight. So here is my new life journey on May 6th I went to hospital with major right shoulder pain yes from 1 to 10 an easy 6000 plus. Well got worked over and found out my heart, liver, lungs are in excellent shape but then came the crazy news. I have full blown renal cancer of the left kidney. My kidney is 4 times the normal size. WTH well May 29th I had it removed and all is good thank goodness they got it all. Crazy I never have had any signs of it or anything. The only way it was found is that the MRI gal went down a bit lower then normal. What a great fluke. So going to have a bit of a unfill monday until all healed and all will be great. Oh and the 6000 plus pain is from a 3 inch bone spur in my spinal cord so as soon as I get the all go sign will get that taken care of. My last words in the surgery room was " DO NOT MESS UP MY BAND" I am way below my goal so things are great. In Jan 2012 275 as of today 153. Thanks for all the support this group dishes out and even the butt chewing at times. Sometimes I need it.