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I Love dr. Ahigan. I travel 3hrs. for my fills with him. He is very straight forward. I have had 3 fills with him and i always enjoy visiting with him. I just be glad to hit the sweet spot so i wil not see him as often.lol but overall he is great.

Hi everyone i am 3months out and have only lost 26pounds do to my ability of not knowing when i am really hungry or just think i`m hungry. I considered trying to take the alli diet pill. i was just wondering has or is anyone one else taken the pills or are considering taking them my mother has lost 20 pounds in 3 months and i figured it will help me. any feedback is greatly appreciated.

that was funny. she might have been becuase it gives you a menu to follow. its great. but/nobody`s perfect and she thought she could get away with it.i`m ok with it so far so good. i don`t know about tomorrow or the next day but all i can do is try and if it doesn`t work so be it. wheetsin you are exactly right about not making comments personal so i apologize to any one i affended. but sometimes you can`t help but be defensive. if i have nothin good to say i say nothing at all accept when bein attacked. but i would never insult someone who was just asking and needed help making a decision.

wasabubblebutt, my mom was just saying that its not as extreme as everyone thinks it is. i thought you were trying to be funny when you made the commit. I just wanted feedback on the pills before gettin them. some days i`m week and some days i`m strong. I know i shouldn`t need pills when i have the band but i figured would could it hurt and it may help me to eat better and who knows if that is the case of needing depends maybe it will help with my lack of doing what i suppose to. maryrose thanks for the advice i will look into more. I really was hoping someelse had tried it b/c it is much cheaper then the bodybug which i did consider. but at the same time, when is enough enoughl what other drastic measures do i need to take to lose weight. i need to join the challenge but i`m so slow i don`t know how to join the thanksgiving challenge. i`m computer illerate.

Thanks for the positive feedback. I just thought that it might help me better make the right choices in food. wasabubblebutt that was just wrong about debends and besides don`t knock it until you`ve tried it talk is cheap and it only happens like that if your totally eating all of the wrong foods all the time. unless you know.lol everybody can`t be were you`re at and i`m sure it took time for you to get their. so my thing is if it worked for my mother at 68 then it may work for me. I`m doing better with food choices now and it was just a thought. i also had a girlfriend that is taking them and lost 9 pounds in 3weeks. I thought being banded was all i had to do so now i know its just a tool. we all say what were going to do it just hard sometimes to do it.

wow, she said that the fat she eats go through but its not as bad as everyone thinks it is . I thought about taking it on my bad days. I have had food for comfort for so long giving it up is a battle. I will sleep and pray on it. I really don`t want to spend no more money on weight lost but i`m just desperate to loose.

Gummiebear, this is confusing to me as well. my band doesn`t feel tight and i can eat anything. my doctor said that i was pretty full. i have a 4cc band and i have 2.2cc in the band but i am living off of self control. i had a fill on the 16th of september but still have little restriction. me myself think it has to do with your mind and knowing when you are full. i have had food as my comfort for so long when i full i still want to eat. so the hardest part for me is knowing when i am really hungry and when i am not. use a little self control it worked for me but it was and still is hard.good luck

Hi i am 3months out and have only lost 26 pounds b/c i use to eat and always start tomorrow so therefore i haven`t lost like the others. I have a ton of candy in my house as well but i choose not to eat it instead i eat a protien bar. candy comes and goes and will be here forever try to concentrate on your weight lost and what you need to do. hope that helps.

Thanks everyone for the support. I wanted to wait till i lose the weight just so he would see what he would be missing. Beauty is only skin deep. any way i have another issue, I talked to the doctor and told him that i wasn`t feeling any restriction and he said that maybe i needed another fill but he didn`t understand why it happens after leaving the office. Too make a long story short he told me it is a possibility that i may have a leak. WTF a leak, he said that when i come back in and he draws the fluid and he doesn`t pull out what he had put in its a leak. that means i will have to go all the way to Mexico to get it fix. Friends I am not claiming it but it would be just my luck. if that is the case then this band is not meant for me and i was just meant to be big. Also i wondering if me eating beforegetting fill has anything to do with that. also i was on my monthly.Why would he say i may have a leak why couldn`t he just say maybe i haven`t reached my sweet spot. One more question, does .4 or .6 cc make a difference in your band. He took that out before i left the office b/c i couldn`t swallow. I`m not getting it done under floro. Please tell me this is not the case. If so I am considering removing the band. Please anyone with any feed back is aprecciated.

All my life i struggled with my weight. My father made me feel like i was less of a person because of it. As i got older it is still stuck with me as to being a failure. i have tried every weight loss pill, diet and program there ever was. i finally lost weight down to 210 and was a nice size 14 for i am tall. i got married and pregnant and then my husband made me feel like i was nothing for 3 years because of my weight gain. when i got my band and starting losing weight, my self esteem came back and i stopped letting him treat me as if i had a problem with my weight when he was the one with the problem. He wouldn`t even take me places. so i vowed to lose weight and then leave him. if you can`t be with me on the journey down i don`t need you on my way up. but he`s probably smiling because i`m not loosing maybe gaining. I decided to get the band after 2 months of research and did it self pay. I was banded july 30th and have only lost 20 pounds. i suck. what is wrong with me. food has been my comfort for so long its hard to kick the habit. i am tired of sayin tomorrow and just want to do it. I always slip up and look back at bein a failure like my dad said and how my husband used to treat me. I need motivation and help. i read other threads and get upset and sometimes motivated because i need to know what will kick my drive off to success, why do i always feel the need to have something in my mouth. i stayed a size 14 for 8 years and once i got married the weight piled on. the band may not be for me. i have had two fills and yet i feel restriction sometimes but i can eat more then a half of cup. so is any one having the same problems. i also will start counting calories again tomorrow. i am challenging myself to weight lost of at least 25 to 30 pounds by christmas and i hope you all will join. i got the band to feel better about myself and i`m tired of cryin over spilled milk or maybe i was just meant to be fat. so any motivation, help or encouragement will do me good.:help::help::help::help::help::help::help::help::help::help::help::help::help::help::help:

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Thank you everyone for the positive feedback. I get so tired of failing and so tired of trying to do better the more I try the more it sets me back. My mother saids I concentrated and possess over my weight loss too much and that is why i probably can`t loose. Today I will start counting my carbs, stop concentrating on getting even, and slowly forgive my deceased father. I tried counseling several times but it didn`t prove to be affective because i had a hard time opening up to someone i didn`t know and i was going to school for social work so i knew about the red tape and when things could be let out in the open. But now that i have you all counseling maybe willnot be an option. I will do 1000 to 1100 calories per day and try to cut back on my carbs. I will stop feeling sorry for myself and continue on with my journey. I just thought with the band that the weight would come off so much easier but it still start within you b/c the band is just a tool. thank you all for the positive feedback and any suggestions on what i could do to speed up the process of my weight lost will be appreciated. I love everyone and the site is fantastic you all responses made a difference.

how can i be such a failure i keep telling myself. i am 17 days out and i cheat everyday for the last 4. days i ate 2 mozzarella sticks, yesterday i ate some party mix, day before pringles, and cant rember,oh yeah i pureed some chicken and even ate a wing. how stupid am i and i pray and try so very hard. i just hadn`t had food in a month and i wonder why i only lost 8 pounds. i pray all day and night, read the thread that holds me for a while and then hunger hits so hard. i got my surgery in mexico but i`ll be in trouble and dissappointed if it slips. please anyone i need support because now i want to just cry because i`m so weak. what is wrong with me. others have a hard time but they stick to it. helpthe dumb failure someone or even if you have done the same as i i will not feel like such a failure. right now once again i will start. pray and do the best i can to stay focus but help is still needed. do food run my life or do i run my own. please anyone who is in the same boat please let me know so i will not feel as bad and just human.:faint::faint::help::help::help::cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:help::help::faint::faint::faint:

i love this site. everyone is so helpful and lovin. after reading i see that im not the only one lately and the honesty on this site is fantastic. thank you all for the support and positive feedback. good luck to all and i will cheat as less as possible.and keep my head above the sky.

hi people i was wonderng what is the percentage with band slippage? what makes the band slip? are there any guarantees that it will not if you eat like you suppose to? How can we avoid are band slipping? how and why does the band erodes? how can you tell when it has eroded? your help with answering questions are greatly appreciated.

hi pat welcome aboard again glad to have you back. i got banded 7/30/07 and lost 8pounds and some inches. i am now going through banister hell because i`m always hungry and sometimes cheat and then get scared about slippage. congragulations on your 101.5 pounds way to go. i hope to get there. once again welcome back and don`t stay away too long. i also got banded in mexico by doctor huazuc and it was fabulous. The only thing i don`t like is that i had 2 post-op menus and didn`t know which one to follow. i read different things on the forum and realized what i needed to do. i am the one that need a specific menu to follow and guidance along with it.

wow everyone is so great and i feel as if we all are friends. i love the forum and the great people that are affiliated with it. if i could i would give everyone a big hug that has responded because i have no support at home. you all are fantastic and thank you very much.i run my life not food. i went out today and didn`t cheat. lol and i feel great about that also my 2yr old still doesn`t sleep all night and when i`m tired which i have been i crave carbs and thats a fact. when i came home from surgery the day after i had my 2yr old and not a break or even a full night sleep since then so i am exchausted. a good nights sleep will make me a new person and then i can stop kicking my azz. lol what would i do without the forum. much luck and success to you all.yeah for the forum.

thank you for the input i dont think i need to see any one its just that i get so tired of failing with this pro-op diet. i know we are all human and make mistakes but how many? i will difenitely try my best today and hear on out. its not easy by far. but i need help and motivation from my fellow lapdanders and pre-banders and i just so upset because i try so hard. thank again for the quick reply and i`ll keep it in mind. wishing you the best of luck and best success.

hi everyone i got banded july 30 in mexico and cheat with cheese doodles and party mix. i chew meat and spit it out. this is so hard. my protien drinks, eggs, and tuna is not making me full. i feel like a failure but i am so hungry i have a headache. i have been 25 days without real food and i`m hungry. i only lost 8 pounds but a lot of inches. i probably cant loose weight from snackin i`m drinkin so much water. but we are all human and i pray to god that my band don`t slip but we are all human.

how do you cook for hubby and children without snacking. i find myself chewing food and spitting it out all the time. i don`t get hungry until i cook. and the days i don`t cook my husband bring favorite dish home pizza. i also find my self eating my baby cheese doodles. i need help. i have only lost 8 pounds since surgery which was done on 7/30. even before snacking i still wasn`t loosin weight. i need to know how you cook and not get tempted. i am doin 3 protein shakes a day and the fill me up durin the time and couple of hours later. please, please, i am so ready for this journey but i hav`nt had food in about an month.i need guidance. i got banded in mexico and i have 2 different diet plans to follow. im so lost.:help::help::help::help::eek::Banane20::eek::faint::faint::faint::rain::rain::rain::rain::rain:

i don`t mean that i ate pizza he brought it home but thanks for the input. secondly i recieve many papers from my surgeon and it has 2 post-op diets. one i can eat 3d to six weeks and another 2 weeks post op. i called and they said if i was still hungry to go to mushies which i didn`t want to so i stayed on liquids. my husband isn`t supportive because he didin`t want me to go. so i will try all suggestions given and thank you.

hi everyone, i am having a rough time. i do ok until i cook for the family which is about every day. so now i got to the point where i am tasting and snacking on it. it has sabatoged my weight loss becuase my weight loss is on stand still. my surgery was done on 7/30 but i only lost 3 pounds before i started snacking on the food. i exercise everday for at least 40 minutes to an hour walking six days a week. what i do is chew the food to get the juices and then spit it out. i must admit sometimes i swallow but most of the time i don`t. i also find myself eatin my baby cheese doodles. my husband doesn`t help because when i don`t cook he`ll bring home fast food ( pizza which he knows is my favorite). how do you deal with cooking and not sabatoging your weightloss i hav`nt had food in almost a month. i just drink my protein shakes 3 tmes aday along with crystal light and sf pops. please all married mom with chidren help. any advice will be appreciated. my total weight loss is 8 pounds. my goal for the end of the month is 12 pounds. my cw is 233 and i`m 5 8.:help::help::help::help::help: