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I fixed mine. :thumbdown: Name: Bergdorfblonde Weight loss from day of surgery: 32 lbs Total weight loss: 32 lbs Name: Brandottie01 Weight loss from day of surgery: 32 lbs Total weight loss: 32 Name: Candle Weight loss from day of surgery: 114 lbs Total weight loss: 128 lbs Name: Ceradad Weight loss from day of surgery: 102 Total weight loss: 122 Name: Frangipani Weight loss from day of surgery: 119 lbs Total weight loss: 125 lbs Name: Gometros Weight loss from day of surgery: 52.9 lbs Total weight loss: 74.9 Name:Gweniper weight loss from day of surgery: 57 total weight loss: 91 Name: hf2havefun Weight loss from day of surgery: 41 lbs Total weight loss: 62.5 lbs Name: JudiM weightloss from day of surgery: 73 lbs total weight loss: ?? Name: KarenG. Weight loss from day of surgery: 98 Total weight loss: 98 Name: LessNLess weightloss from day of surgery: 63 lbs total weight loss: 69 lbs Name: NanaRenan Weight loss from day of surgery: 77 Total weight loss: 97 Name: Nikki S Weight loss from day of surgery:102 Total weight loss:102 Name: Pammycakes Weight loss from day of surgery: 113 lbs Total weight loss: 115 lbs Name: Pizzicato66 Weight loss from day of surgery: 75.5 Total weight loss: 87.5 Name: purplegirl1818 weightloss from day of surgery: 73.5 lbs total weight loss: 90.5lbs Name: TexasBecky Weight loss from day of surgery: 111 Total weight loss: 121 Name: Salsa Weight loss from day of surgery: 105 lbs Total weight loss: 105 lbs Name: SPEBSQSAlady Weight loss from day of surgery: 57.8 Total weight loss: 57.8 Name: Valstar Weight loss from day of surgery: 52 lbs Total weight loss: 57 lbs __________________ Dr. Geiss - LI, NY - Banded 8/27/07 APS 10cc Band (placed with .5cc) Fills: 11/5/07 ... 2cc

I'm still here too! Going slowly and surely. One thing is for sure, I need to get back into the swing of going to the gym again. It's been a few months with every excuse under the sun as to why I don't feel like going. Who knows maybe if I actually get my butt back into gear and start doing more than just walking the pounds will start flying off again like I've wanted them to all along. I'm going to try to log in more often as well. I certainly need the support. Great job crazy ates! Let's continue to encourage each other and keep up the good work! Logging on and seeing everyone else's great progress has given me a dose of motivation. Thank you! I really needed that!

I haven't been around for awhile either I'm now down 62.5lbs total. I really need to buckle down and get back on track. I was really hoping to have been at goal by my Bandiversary. Apparently, I have some catching up to do with my fellow crazy 8's.

That's great lessnless! I can't wait until I'm even 150lbs. It's been really slow going for me. However, I do have a NSV too. My work does an Employee Appreciation Day for us at Lake Compounce Amusement Park. I went last month with one of my co-workers who had the gastric bypass 2 weeks after I had my lapband just over a year ago. Anyway, when we went before our surgeries last year to the park we couldn't fit on any of the rides except for the Ferris Wheel. In which we were afraid of exceeding the weight limit with the two of us plus 3 girls under the age of 12. Well, this year we were sooooo excited like a couple of kids because we were in fact smaller than last year. The true test was the flying swings. We got in line and waited to get on. The gate opens and we go running in (yes, I said running) with the rest of them and picked out our seats. WE FIT!!!!!! :thumbup:Not loosely, mind you but we weren't stuffed sausages if you know what I mean. So I guess even if the scale isn't moving the inches still are. It would just be nice to see the scale move too.

Thanks everyone! I had an un-fill of 0.2cc's on Monday and I'm feeling much better. I can get liquids down no problem and no longer feel like a water cooler (blub, blub). Unfortunately, I was so exited that I could get fluids and food down that I kind of forgot the "eat slowly" part and got sick once already. Today was much better. The scale moved a little bit more yesterday morning. I plan on upping my exercise also. It's just some days you'd rather just go home and relax after work instead of working out at the gym.

How about taking a cruise?:cursing: I've read that some of the other groups have gone and had a blast! I've been on Norwegian Cruise Lines before and you can sit with whom-ever for meals and there is no set times to eat. Maybe the Carribean? They have cruises starting at 5 days for $349 and up for an inside cabin.

I haven't been on in a while. According to my doc I'm doing really well. I'm not completely feeling this way. I just had my 7th fill for 0.5cc's for a total of 5cc's. They had me test drinking water before I left the office and I seemed fine. The next morning through the rest of last week I've had a really hard time getting even liquids down. By Friday and Sat. I was getting sick after every meal and that was on soft foods or just liquids. I was even taking small bites. You would have thought that the stupid scale would have moved since I wasn't getting in as many calories as before this last fill, but noooo it stayed at 210 ALL WEEK! ARGHHH! I'm getting so frustrated! The scale finally moved to 209 this morning and tomorrow I have to drive an hour an twenty minutes to my doc's other office to get an un-fill since they won't be back at the office up by me for another couple of weeks. I can't wait that long. I feel like I'm doing everything right and the scale is moving at a snails pace. I so thought that I would've been at my goal by my 1yr bandiversary.

Here's an update on my numbers. Name: Frangipani Weight loss from day of surgery: 91 lbs Total weight loss: 97 lbs Name: Candle Weight loss from day of surgery: 102 lbs Total weight loss: 116 lbs Name: Salsa Weight loss from day of surgery: 100 lbs Total weight loss: 100 lbs Name: Pammycakes Weight loss from day of surgery: 94 lbs Total weight loss: 96 lbs Name: Ceradad Weight loss from day of surgery: 102 Total weight loss: 122 Name: KarenG. Weight loss from day of surgery: 85 Total weight loss: 85 Name: NanaRenan Weight loss from day of surgery: 52 Total weight loss: 72 Name: TexasBecky Weight loss from day of surgery: 98 Total weight loss: 108 Name: SPEBSQSAlady Weight loss from day of surgery: 57.8 Total weight loss: 57.8 Name: Brandottie01 Weight loss from day of surgery: 32 lbs Total weight loss: 32 lbs Name: Bergdorfblonde Weight loss from day of surgery: 32 lbs Total weight loss: 32 lbs Name: Gometros Weight loss from day of surgery: 52.9 lbs Total weight loss: 74.9 Name: Pizzicato66 Weight loss from day of surgery: 71.5 Total weight loss: 83.5 Name: Valstar Weight loss from day of surgery: 52 lbs Total weight loss: 57 lbs Name:Gweniper weight loss from day of surgery: 50 total weight loss: 84 Name: purplegirl1818 weightloss from day of surgery: 73.5lbs total weight loss: 90.5lbs Name: LessNLess weightloss from day of surgery: 56lbs total weight loss: 62lbs Name: JudiM weightloss from day of surgery: 62lbs total weight loss: ?? Name: hf2havefun Weight loss from day of surgery: 41 lbs Total weight loss: 56 lbs Name: Nikki S Weight loss from day of surgery: 102 Total weight loss: 102

I'm finally at 50lbs total lost. It's seems like it's taken forever to get here. I feel so behind compared to everyone elses totals. I didn't have much of a restriction unitl my last fill almost two months ago. I guess you could say I plateau'd out for awhile. I added my numbers to the bottom. Great job everyone. I can't wait unitl I get that far. Keep up the good work. :regular_smile: Name: Frangipani Weight loss from day of surgery: 86 lbs Total weight loss: 92 lbs Name: Candle Weight loss from day of surgery: 87 lbs Total weight loss: 101 lbs Name: Salsa Weight loss from day of surgery: 88 lbs Total weight loss: 88 lbs Name: Pammycakes Weight loss from day of surgery: 88 lbs Total weight loss: 90 lbs Name: Ceradad Weight loss from day of surgery: 85 Total weight loss: 105 Name: KarenG. Weight loss from day of surgery: 79 Total weight loss: 79 Name: NanaRenan Weight loss from day of surgery: 52 Total weight loss: 72 Name: TexasBecky Weight loss from day of surgery: 96 Total weight loss: 106 Name: SPEBSQSAlady Weight loss from day of surgery: 57.8 Total weight loss: 57.8 Name: Brandottie01 Weight loss from day of surgery: 23 lbs Total weight loss: Name: Bergdorfblonde Weight loss from day of surgery: 32 lbs Total weight loss: 32 lbs Name: Gometros Weight loss from day of surgery: 52.9 lbs Total weight loss: 74.9 Name: Pizzicato66 Weight loss from day of surgery: 66 Total weight loss: 78 Name: Valstar Weight loss from day of surgery: 52 lbs Total weight loss: 57 lbs Name:Gweniper weight loss from day of surgery: 48 total weight loss: 82 Name: purplegirl1818 weightloss from day of surgery: 73.5lbs total weight loss: 90.5lbs Name: LessNLess weightloss from day of surgery: 51lbs total weight loss: 57lbs Name: JudiM weightloss from day of surgery: 62lbs total weight loss: ?? Name: hf2havefun Weight loss from day of surgery: 35 lbs Total weight loss: 50 lbs

:cake:February Birthdays! Happy Belated and Happy Birthday to our fellow Bandsters Below! tlambright1986- Tiffany -02/12/1986 SPEBSQSAlady- -02/16/1951 pashmina- -02/17/1978 MichelleA219- -02/19/1987 Hope you have/had a happy one!!!!

Sorry this really late I know. I've been soooo busy with the holidays and everything that this is the first time in awhile that I've logged-on. I'm on a computer at work right now so I don't have our list for everyone who's birthday is in December so I'll add an additional post once I get home for all of you. I hope you had a good one! December Birthdays! Happy Belated Birthday to our fellow Bandsters!

I've lost a good amount of hair also. :wink: My ponytail used to be so much thicker. Plus, I know in the winter we tend to shed more hair anyway. I can't wait for it to stop. I've been banded now for almost 5 months.

January Birthdays! Happy Belated and Happy Birthday to our fellow Bandsters Below! maddog2005- - 1/07/1977 JudiM- Judy - 1/23/1959 L!NDS@Y- - 1/28/1978 Shelli16415- Michelle - 1/29/1955 newgirl07- - 1/31/1970 I hope you had and have a good one! :wink::wink::tongue::wink::wink:

December Birthdays! Happy Belated Birthday to our fellow Bandsters Below! new2tch- - 12/03/1959 Justplainme- Tiffany - 12/09/1981 hf2havefun- me (Heather - 12/28/1975 ejbserafin- - 12/31/1971 Again, sorry it's soooo belated. I hope you all had a good one! :wink::tongue::tongue::tongue:

It's good to get a copy of the menu in advance. You could always ask for a lunch size portion, which is smaller, or eat the portion size out of the meal that makes you feel full, not "stuffed" and ask to take the rest home. Most meal portions these days are way beyond the normal serving sizes anyway. So, if your group does happen to ask why you didn't eat that much, you could even tell them that the meal was soooo good you wanted to save some to take home and have again. I think others can be more critical and notice your eating habits more so when they know you've had the surgery. I have a group of friends at work that know I have the lap-band and are almost like the food police at times, yet others could really care less and not even pay attention to whats on my plate or whats left on it. Don't stress too much over it. You'll be fine.

I haven't had a problem with exception of one night at my friends house. She made microwave popcorn and put it in a large bowl between us to share while watching a movie. I was fine at first, really concious of it and taking small amounts. Once I got into watching the movie I started the mindless eating like I used to do. Before I knew it I felt like I had the worst indigestion of my life. After a little while it did pass and I didn't get sick from it. Now I know to either make one snack-size bag or pour some into a much smaller bowl for myself. I haven't had a problem since.

Didn't get as far as I wanted to, 16 pounds shy of my goal for this challenge. Guess I'll just have to work harder for the next one.

Sorry this is so late. I've been really busy this past month and this is the first time in a month that I've been able to log-in. Have a good one! November Birthdays! Happy Belated Birthday to our fellow Bandsters below! MissDarlene-Darlene - 11/10/1962 cheyncarsmommy- - 11/10/1983 pmmegm- - 11/12/1962 I hope that you all had a good one! Enjoy and celebrate!!!

I'm here again. I've been so busy lately it's been almost a month since I've been on here. I definitely need to check in more often. I'm certainly having my moments. I just got my 3rd fill on the 19th... another cc for a total of 4cc's. Still not feeling too much of a restriction. I've only lost 38 pounds so far and I'm a little disappointed. I wanted it to see the pounds drop a little faster, but I guess I just need to start in on the exercising again (been sick the past month and a half- not because of the band). Hope everyone else is doing well.

Sorry this is a little late Ses and lessnless. I was without the internet for a little bit and had to gather and re-write the list of birthdays. October Birthdays! Happy Birthday and Happy Belated Birthday to our fellow Bandsters below! Ses- - 10/01/1985 lessnless- - 10/06/1964 BrownSuga- - 10/11/1975 brez1015- - 10/15/1957 stonersmom- - 10/15/1959 purplegirl1818- - 10/18/1990 claramae- Clara - 10/23/1948 chimboree26- Cherea - 10/26/1978 pammycakes- Pam - 10/31/1968 I hope that you all have or had a good one! Enjoy and celebrate!!! :happybday: :whoo::whoo::whoo::whoo::whoo::whoo::whoo::whoo::whoo:

I don't work for Wells Fargo, but I know when the company that I work for changed our healthcare plan options they actually had people from Anthem come in so we could ask questions about the new plan options. Are they planning on doing that for your company? Or you could always call the health insurance customer service line and ask them that way. Hope this helps and I hope you'll be able to find all that info out. Good luck!

I have the smaller 10cc band. My doc's PA said that it depends on the size of the opening to the stomach to determine what size band they end up using. Initially my doc was going to use the newer/larger band but apparently I was smaller. Who knew?! My highest weight was 264 (I'm 5' 1") and my BMI I think was 50. I hope this helps. Have a good night!

Just needed to add another birthday for the month of October. October Birthdays! Happy Birthday Birthday to our fellow Bandster below! Lorsbander- Lori- 10/25/1972 :happybday: Hope you have a good one!

Hello Everyone, Everything is going all right I guess. Today is my 2 month Bandiversary and I have lost 33 pounds so far. I'd like it to be more. I haven't been exercising as much as I should be, but for the past 3 weeks I've had a double ear viral infection that is giving me dizzy spells. :dizzy: It is finally starting to get a little better but if I bend downward, look upward, or turn around too quick the spinning starts up again. My balance is so off it's not even funny. I've at least been getting walking in around work so I'm not sitting on my butt all day. Is anyone else having a problem getting all their water and protein in everyday. Some days I'm pretty good but other days it seems almost impossible. I am a little tighter since my last fill on 10/15/07. They gave me another cc. (2cc's on my 1st fill). Although, on some days I feel like I'm still eating more than a cup. They doc said I should be able to eat anywhere from at least a half a cup to a cup. I guess I'm not at my 'sweet spot' yet. I have another fill 11/19/07. So I guess we'll see. Hope everyone else is doing well. Have a good night!

Haven't updated mine at all, so here it is. Name..........Chall. Start Wt........Current......Chall. 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