☠carolinagirl☠

hang in there cutie..doing fab....

my band and plicaition helps me feel (full if you will) at my cup of food...i can tell when i had enough.. and always stop at 20 min...i love reading how different we all are.......and especially how successful we are...alot can be said for letting the band work...

i eat when hungry too..protein always first and drink alot

if you are following the bands guidelines, drinking/eating allotted amounts, then you are doing great..even if you dont feel like the band is working, it is...be patient it will come...FYI, i am proof you can lose without a fill.. best of luck to you all ...we can do this

i miss coors light yep i am honestbut my dr said no carbonation so i have banned it from my life.. sure i miss junk foods but i love being **this close** to weighing 199 again more ....

i didnt focus on a number to lose when i started...i only wanted to lose enough to push my granddaughter around the block in her stroller....larger bmi people can lose more at the beginning, its just how it is....but as others so perfectly said, if you expect to lose weight, thats great, but it wont happen overnight... how successful you are or how unsuccessful you are is based on you.

that full feeling will pass...great job on weight loss

a penis is just a penis...........just another d i ck

just drink when thirsty and when you think you are hungry...it adds up... you probably take in more than you realize as bayou posted...I drink all day and the long walks to the bathroom here at work (74 steps one way) help me. ....

let us know what dr says.....keeping you in my thoughts..

you will.....and you will follow your own path.....i know you can do it... now YOU believe you can...i got all the faith in ya.

love all the different answers. i understand reasons people gain weight.....we all have had bad things happen and makes us depressed/miserable/turn to food/drink for comfort...i accept that....understand that.....heck i did that......that bag of doritos wasnt gonna hurt my feelings.......but what i know is that everyone who is (fat/obese) got that way the same way.....by eating more calories than they burned off. that is how i did it...i have lost a zillion pounds numerous times and always gained it back by me eating more then i burned off.....i am not putting down anyone and years of therapy helped me with issues.....i have no idea why i wrote this. thanks eye candy for putting this article on here. i read it yesterday.....to lose weight is easy,,,its the mind change that is a b i t ch

wonder if there is a tax or extra pay for being too gorgeous too?? i heard this topic (thanks for sharing mis)

well bless your heart that brightened my whole day. i am very lucky but also know he is very tough on me. on my pre op diet, i was whining and he told me to woman up....you wanted this surgery, then do what you have to do to make it happen/work...def a rock in my corner..he keeps me straight and doesnt coddle me.....def what i need....hence why i am the way i am on here...again, your words were super sweet and i thank you for taking time out to say them to me.

just do your best, you deserve it

i loved your last sentence: change is hard and most of us being human don't like change...

what you said sojo is 100% dead on i dont feel as if you were bashing. you are only suggesting the right thing to do.. follow and do what your doctor said to do... its not easy and it shouldnt be seen as a easy fix to lose weight......i use many times a simple red light for example... if you come to a red light at a busy intersection, are you going to run the light or are you going to stop? you make the decision.....if you want to have this surgery, then follow the instructions as they were given to you in order to be successful. i cheated all my life on (diets) and now i realize i was only cheating myself. ..the band gave me a (help) and i told myself if i was able to have this surgery, i would do whatever i had to do to make it work...i developed want power.....want power to where i want it bad enough to do it.... and like some, i have been the brunt of fat jokes, stares etc....but the one who was hardest on me and my weight was myself.....i took responsibility for it..and sojo was trying to advise this poster to do that.

yes i also have noticed this and i am still a relative newbie myself i am seeing (and reading on this forum) people continue to want overnight/quick loss and (incorrectly) assume that sleeve/bypass/ds will get them that quicker than the lap band......heck my dr wanted me to do the bypass himself (my ins did not cover the sleeve). and the one connection i see is that many are thinking just having WLS will make you lose weight and you can still eat/drink as you did to make you need that surgery in the first place.....and if you have surgery and you dont lose, the surgery is a failure and then its on. to lose weight, with the band or any other WLS, you must (and i feel this to be true) one must change what they eat and have a mental change)...from i cant to i want too one must (help themselves) before anything can help them.

surgery made your life better and that is what its all about. what a wonderful post from you. congrats to you sir

i listen to the great one who hold wabbit gun.......chew alot, take small bites and go slow.....you taught me welll.....running behind grammy now,.