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You guys are very small for a lapband. I only wish I was your size. Lightweights always lose slower.

Greetings my original egyptian kings and queens. I am an 31 year old queen. I have lost almost 60 pounds and I am doing great. I was banded 8/24/07. Genetically we are different! As much as I love the we are world thing it is not true in our make-up. Our diets and our ethnic foods. Alot of foods we indulge in is not soul food it's slave food. Traditional african foods are very healthy and not many of them suffer from the diabtes,high blood from their diets. I excercise six days a week and 4 days of that is weight training. My docter suggested my goal weight be 125 but I think 140-150 is perfect. I love my nubian figure, bow hips and a nice booty. I wouldn't trade it for the world! It is so nice to see so many of us getting our healthy on!

Lately I have been. I am down over 50 pounds and I'm still complaining. I look around in the gym at the thinner girls and think to myself damn I'll never get where they are. My hips are flabby and I still have back fat. My stomachs fat and sometimes I don't feel like eating right and excercising! Ok I got it out!

I am losing all over. Esepcially my face and hips. I need to get my stomach down.

I want to start working my stomach. Any ideas?

I never have either.

This happens to me also especially since my second fill. I have asthma and it has been acting up lately

Actually I have excercised most of my life. I would just quit for some reason. There are days now that I don't feel like it. But i look in the mirror and see how great I look and feel and that keeps me going! It's like an addiction now! I must reach 150 pounds.

Can you guys list good protein?

I have been talking phentermine for years as well prior to the band. I did lose 50 pounds in seven months. Alot of that was the gym. Also it does make you bitchy,depression,tons of energy sometimes. It doesn't last long either. I gained all of the weight back plus some friends. I know we want the weight off fast. Sometimes slow is better so it will stay off for good!

This happens to me as well. I think it's normal.

249= size 22 225=20 210=16 199=14

That is great!

I'm almost in onderland! This journey has truly been great! I started in a size 22 now a 14. I just had a second fill this week.

I have excema and I peel away the dead skin and than put it in my mouth and than spit it out! I have to do this or it drives me nuts. I know gross!

I just had my second fill two days ago and I am sitting at 200 pounds. That freakin scale better move tomorrow!

You go girl! I can't wait until I'm there!

My daughter is 11 and she understood. She said it was nobodys business! At first she said mama you're not fat. Now she says mama you are getting too skinny! Ha kids are a jewel.

Kago that is fabulous! You sound like yo are in great spirits!

When did you quit? I quit two weeks before surgery. That was in august. Now I am addicted to the gym. How did you quit? I used chantix for a week and I stopped! I wanted to quit so that helps as well. You are missing that oral fixtation. Try sugar free peppermints or candy canes. Take deep breaths and count to ten.

I have been thin before. I look completely different! I am absolutely gorgeous when I'm small. My features are shaper and prettier. The doc I work with even said wow your face looks so much thinner and prettier. She's in her 70's and she just noticed I've lost almost 50 pounds!

I felt this way yesterday when I recieved my second fill. It went away after about 2-3 hours.

great job honey!

I'm between 205 and 207. I know I will make it by christmas! Wish me luck! Plus tom is around the corner!

First question is did you you follow the diet?