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Hey Kim, I am in too if you dont mind.. this is exactly what I needed to do and also the support from each other is great.. so I will be checking in and posting my exercises that I do... you guys are a real great bunch of people with some of the biggest hearts that I have ever seen.. I know that I do not post all that much but like I read it everyday and cant stand when I miss a day of reading how everyones day went.. I am going to try to post more often myself and start becomming a part of this board..

Hi everyone I know its been a over 3 weeks since I last posted but I have been so busy with my inlaws 50th wedding anniversary that I have not even had much time for myself.. but here is the good news last time I posted I could not get over that darn 200 mark I was so frustrated for about 3weeks straight I did not even see the scale move at all then one day ta da it did.. today I am now 195 lbs yippee!! I also went on wednesday to get my fill down in TJ and I asked my doctor how many cc's my band held and found out that it holds 9 cc's very interesting everyone I know thier bands hold like 4cc's does anyone elses band hold that much.. I was just wondering why I did not get the other one like everyone else has and of course I forgot to ask duh... I got a really good fill this time and I think thats all I am going to need for quite a while I hope... I am at 6.5 cc's at this time and I eat very small meals now.. before he gave me this last fill I was able to eat much larger portions and was not satisfied that I was not restricted enough but now I know the difference much different... well anyway thanks everyone for listening I am very happy and working hard at keeping this real for the first time now I am finally really noticing a difference in the way my clothes fit they are getting much looser that is the best feeling.. I know that I can wear a 16 comfortably and the 14 is right behind that.... :D :D :) :) :) :)

Thanks guys.. you know and I have to admit that actually being under 200 lbs has really picked up my spirits and got me really motivated to do better... I am trying even harder but dont get me wrong I will still have a peice of candy once in a while..

Hey guys sorry to vent like this but I need to write or I am going to explode.. I have lost quite a bit of weight and am happy with that but I seem to be stuck and not only with this band but when I was doing lindora weight loss program I got stuck there too.. For what ever reason I cannot get past this stupid 200 lbs every time I stare at the scale it stares back it refuses to budge its an all out war between me and my scale and right now it has the upper hand.. I have been doing very well with eating and water intake and even exercise so what else is there.. I just want so very bad to be under the 200 mark and after that the weight as it comes off slow will be rewarding but I just dont want to see 200 anymore.. well thanks for the ears and sorry to vent like this but I just needed to write it out and get it off my chest you know...

Hey Alex, I had a question for you or anyone else that can answer this. its in refrence to the PBing.. you said that you actually felt like if you were vomiting and not just the little spit up that you usually do.. but my question is say we get like the flu or something like that and we really have to vomit from way down in our stomach can that make our band slip or make us have other problems.. you see I am picturing it trying to come back thru the tight little opening that we have and am thinking that no matter what this cant be good...

Thanks for all the support everyone.. today I did not eat good at all I guess thats par for the course.. and I think that I let that 200 thing get to me... but I am not going to change it this way by eating all the wrong foods I even tried to eat a piece of bread last night cause I felt like having some and it got stuck and well you know what happend next.. PBing everywhere so tomorrow its back to being a good girl... I am going to get under 200 by the end of next week thats my goal.. ZOE.. thanks for the info and even if I am not one of DR Rumbaut girls its nice to know that I am on tract and that its just a plateau that I have hit... Hope everyone is doing well and also has anyone heard from Andrea yet just concerned and hoping that she is doing fine.. I am sure that she is probably sore and a bit tired as I was and the rest of us were as well..

Rica, that is the best complication that I have heard of yet and come to think of it my husbands libido has been on the rise since my surgery as well.. must be something in the air..

Hey Andrea, hope all went well by this time you should be recovering from a successful band and getting all that great pain medicine.. and before you know it you will be up and around and on your way to a new journey in life... Let us know how everything went.. cant wait to hear back from you...

Marie, that was an awsome pep talk and you are right Andrea you will get thru this just fine and be on your way to a new you.. I loved the second part of that post cause it was just the pep talk that I needed to read tonight as well... I sometimes get a little impatient with myself and need to remember that soon I will have more energy, pep, pazzaz and ye ha a new wardrobe and of course much smaller than the one that I have now.. my biggest downfall is that I am not patient at all I mean that I just want to see results fast and I know that this is a slow process.. so that I am working on as well.. but I do love my band and am very gald I did it and would do it all over again..

Hey Sandy, Welcome to the group.. I am new here too and think that its a great place for support and information... Good luck on Wednesday and hope to get to know you much better...

I think that I posted in the wrong area a few minutes ago.. I posted under back from mexico but i meant to post under this one so instead of re writing you can read my post there if interested.. thanks and nice to meet everyone...

Thanks Zoe, I am still trying to figure all this stuff out but I can tell you that I dont take in a lot of salt and been watching what I eat.. I think that its just my period but its frustrating when you know that the scale has not moved all week.. but on the brighter side the scale has not moved all week.. it could have went up..

Hi Karen, WELCOME !!!!

Hi everyone and thanks for all the WELCOMES... I will be here a lot and probably asking a ton of questions and then as I get to be an experienced bandster I hope that I will be able to answer questions for people and help them out as well...

I have read these post for several days now and wanted to say that it has helped out a lot.. I read all about things that I might of had questions on and always seemed to find the answer here.. and there are so many nice and caring people out here I think thats great.. I was banded on Aug 13th yes Friday the 13th I know what most of you might be thinking that you would wait and do it the day after or the day before.. but any how I did it on that day down in Mexico Dr. Gonzalez is my Dr. and he and the staff were just great and cause I chose to do it on the 13th I had the whole floor almost to my self.. boy was I spoiled.. I went back last week to have my stitches removed and my first fill I stepped on the scale in his office and was 16lbs lighter than before the surgery but now my one question is do you all have Water weight gain when you are going to start you period and is there anything that I can take to get rid of some of this water... well thats all I really have to say for now.. I hope that one of you might have the answer for me.. thank you...