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I have seen similar plates (although I dont know the exact one you have) on Amazon.com I have also seen them at bookstores near the diet books.

I have a 14 cc band and have 11.1 cc in, am getting discouraged...I will lose 3-4 lbs right after the fill and then in the following weeks I lose restriction and gain most of what I lost. I use sparkpeople to record calories and was banded in nov 2013, have lost around 24 lbs but have been playing with the same weight for awhile now. Anyone else experience restriction only to lose it after every fill?

BAMA53 Your results are very inspiring! I weigh almost every day so I know how low I get, almost always I have a net small loss or maintain I think I gained a little once after the holidays. I guess I get discouraged when I see how low it goes and then bounces back up. My nurse says to do myfitness and it says to do 1500 calories, do you guys feel thats too high? I actually think I have better sucess around 1000.

Starting weight 258 current weight 233 height 5'7 1/2" after a fill I get around 230 ..After a fill calirues around 1100 as the inflammation down I go up to 1500 . The filler has a few fills ago withdrawn the Fluid to verify . At this point she tends to put in .5 per fill. I have been stuck playing around 230-236 for a few months.I was going every 3 weeks. I have just began to exercise again as the weight loss helped my knee pain. I had a child at 43, got to 303 have been as low ss 212 prior to surgery doing weight watchers app, a series of orthopaedic and disc issues as well as prednisone and an inability to exercise for several months caused a gain

8 days postop, I too have left shoulder pain and had a substantial hernia repaired. Last night I put rotisserie chicken in the food chopper, had less than a cup and used a baby spoon, after The pain in my shoulder was evident. I am happy to report a 14 lb loss from preop and postop diet, this forum is so helpful to know what you are feeling is normal.