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Good luck and great health to you. Congratulations on your band journey. Kimberly

I have great restriction right now... so I do a liquid breakfast, and don't get in enough protein with out supplimenting. I try to get in 80 grams a day. My doc says I'm doing great.

Hello :thumbup:from last April bandster! May you all have fantastic surgery, and recovery to begin your journey! If you want to ask anything... anything from an almost bandaversary person, bring it on. PM or post I'll try to help in any way I can! Congratulations to all. :thumbup: Good luck and Great health 2008!:thumbup: Kimberly -April 2- 2007 banded.:tt2:

I'm addicted to Starbucks iced coffee! If that's as bad as it gets for me - I'm OK with that. I can/have become addicted to MANY really bad things and finally settled on food... before my band. Iced coffee-OK.

Springfield Missouri.

Exercise can make your muscle bigger, to fill out some loose skin. I don't think it can shrink skin. Time and nature may do some shrinking. For the most part, I think, after a 100 pound loss, or more, we have streched the skin past what nature could repair. Good luck and great health to you.

I bought some protein items from a body builder one day, and got the... who are you buying for? When I told him it was for myself, he looked confused at first, and then said.. It's never too late to get in shape, smiled and I left. He recognized me about -50 pounds later, and was very friendly and talked about protein and exercise with me for about 1/2 hour. Now I'm down 120 pound+ and I may stop in to say Hello! You should lose and then stop in to say FU.

Prove it to doc you can do better than 100 pounds!!!

I hope DH goes easy on you.... lol You are still healing.

OMG- I finally did it... I put in some before and in progress pics. Today they are located on Pics thread as permalink # 1184 and 1185. I don't know how to directly link to that sorry.

Welcome - it may be a long journey but worth every minute of it. Good luck and great health to you. Kimberly

I was eventually hungry after surgery. But now it's all been worth it! Good luck and great health to you.

God Bless you, and your struggles. May you be successful and healthy after all of this. This is a great place to find support and others with some similar issues too. My prayers are with you and your family. Good luck and great health to you.

Are you active and exercising? Are you eating good for you food? chew chew chew? Good Luck and great health to you. By the way- 86 pounds is a lot of weight to lose! Congratulations so far!

Are your incisions always red? Is that to be expected? And how about an update on the itch - still bad - or getting better? Love your pics. And all your posts too. Wishing you well. Kimberly

He must take the same time every year... last year my surgery would have been March/end... he was Out of the office so I was his first patient April-2-07. lol Maybe you'll be right at April/begin? Good luck and let us know.

PS>>>> no frozen -blended margaritas for me- the cold tightens my band so fast, I felt like I was having a heart attack! lol

Guacamole salad (no lettuce and no tomatoes).. goes down very well about the same time as a margarita. I don't usually eat/drink at the same time, but a tiny bit of food is not an issue for me, on those rare occasions. I have also use the companionship/visiting/catching up/talking... excuse after eating- I may "nurse" a drink for 1/2 hour - 1 hour before "hittin'" it hard, so to speak. lol goog luck.

Wooooohooooo!

Granny let me know how this next fill works out for you? K?

My self pay was $17,000-$18,000.... in Springfield MO. It is cheaper for self pay (with my doc) than Ins. "cost"... they rarely pay the full "cost".

lol.... Ohhh to be 18 again? Congratulations on getting banded. Try not to compare your journey with hers too much.... she is so young. If I could only have done this when I was 18 my life would have been diff. Good luck and great health to you.-Both of you-. Kimberly

Congrats.. on getting a date. Good health to you.-Kimberly

Brad- I think it's wonderful that you are checking this out. I'm very glad my fears never kept me from getting my band. I have lost 120 pounds in less than a year, and now I can play with my 2 year old. I can enjoy being outside with friends, and get some exercise too. I hope she has chosen a doc wisely, follows direction and gets lots of nutrition information and support. -Not just more diet advice-lol. Good luck to you, and her.

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