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I had surgery on Wednesday and went back to work on Monday. I had the gas pains and nausea. I was also very weak and tired. You can do it, for sure. As an aside. I had 2 csections and this surgery was a breeze compared to that.

You should celebrate! You look amazing!

CG! You are so cool! Love it you beautiful babe!

Sometimes it just takes time for our body to adjust. It sounds like you are doing all the right things. I think you will see results coming soon!

Yum. Those look good.

My biggest loss was at the beginning then I averaged out to 1 lb/week loss...it is frustrating at times, but 9 months down the road and 66 lbs lighter I'm SO GLAD I didn't give up. You can do this!

Stress keeps you from losing weight too. I think if you just continue doing the right things the band will help you succeed. Like 2MF said...it's simple math...so relax and keep moving and you'll see the weight start to drop off.

Yes. Stress can tighten the band. Mine also tightens when I exercise and first thing in the morning...I'm glad you are back seeing a doctor. Sounds like you need to spend the next couple of months getting to know your band again. I'm glad everything is ok.

It took me 6 months and 4 fills to start to feel restriction. I just got my 6th fill and I'm pretty sure I'm smack dab in the green zone. I am not physically hungry, but even now often feel mentally hungry. There are trigger foods for me...chips and icecream make me "hungry" even when I'm not hungry....if that makes sense. Anyhow...keep doing what you are supposed to do and as those pounds keep dropping it gets easier to forget that hunger.

Isn't it the BEST FEELING?

Nuts!

Kitt...I completely agree that it's unkind to judge either direction...in this case, if I hadn't watched Rachel's journey I may have not felt such a strong reaction to how small she was. Debbie...I thought Jillian explained it pretty well...caffeine pill vs drinking buckets of coffee. I guess I just think that all the trainers (and I'm partial to Jillian) ultimately want a healthy result for the contestants...and probably don't care about the win so much.

That is crazy. Makes you think the show format should be changed somehow doesn't it.

I really think this extreme loss was about the $$. Now that she has the $$ I'm hoping she puts a few pounds back on so she is back to athlete and not skeletal. Besides...you know there was no way Rachel made it out of that Finale without Jillian talking to her about the extreme loss. If any of the trainers are going to be blunt and straight it's her. I'll bet they follow up closely with her too. BL doesn't want an anorexic looking role model either.

I have to add that the clip where the doctor tells her she was only 5% away from professional athlete body fat percentages was what struck me after seeing her at the finale and realizing she had lost another 35-40 pounds since he'd made that comment. That is what really made me think she'd lost too much. There was no muscle anymore on her frame.

I watched and was shocked. I didn't think she looked healthy at all. I hope she went that low for the money win. I'm hoping she adds about 15 pounds back on for maintenance. It was hard for me to look at her bones and not think anorexic... Praying its not an eating disorder! Either way...her transformation was incredible!

You are ROCKING the polka dots! Way to go!

Inches for me are more frustrating...the go so slowly for me! I jumped over to see your blog. I keep one too! Love following banders!

Welcome! I'm excited for you!

I get it B52. My doctor uses the same chart. I don't have too much restriction...I don't crush pills...I'm just simply not hungry. And I have to respond to the above... Cheryl, whether you disagree or not or would never want to not feel hungry or not...the fact remains that this is how the green zone feels for us. And if you'd read his post you would have read that he eats through the mental part of not being hungry. And so do I. There is no starvation or malnutrition going on. No going 24 hours without meals...So half your post doesnt even apply to what the original topic was. Even lellow talks about setting a timer to remind herself to eat. I plan my meals around when my children eat...that's my mental timer. There may be those who stop eating and what you describe woud be their reality, but it's not an automatic that anyone whose green zone allows them to not feel hunger is going to be anorexic or stop eating completely.

Woohoo! You can do this!