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Never mind. My friend moved to Austin AND she's lost 43 pounds on Isagenix.

delrio. I hope you were on the debate team in high school. If not, perhaps you could find a fun Creative Writing class at your local Community College. Your words are elegant. Your grammar, spelling, and syntax -- bar none. I am jealous of your clear, precise thought processes and unrelenting attention to detail. However, I agree with WASaBubbleButt--you were shockingly RUDE (ooppps, sorry for yelling) to Mindy. No one gets on these boards to have every opinion and experience they express BLASTED (oops, there I go again--tee hee) and over-analyzed by others. She's just a person like you and me. You came here to express your distaste for your fill center's pricing policy and ended up tearing coltonwade a new one and offending all of her friends. I sincerely hope that was not your intent.

Click on the Texas Weight Loss Surgery Summit link ON THE LEFT. That one takes you to the info page and agenda, not the Bariatric Advantage page to order tix. Looks interesting if you're into that sort of thing. I personally don't have $50 plus hotel costs to spend on this kind of activity......could be informative and motivating though, which is NEVER bad!!!!

Hey November '07s!!!! How's it going for everybody? It's been pretty quiet around lbt.com lately (at least the threads I look at). I dont' know about ya'll but things have seriously slowed down for me! I'm still at 172-- I think I first hit 172 in August 2008. I had a fill on 12/11/08 and haven't lost anything since. Don't really know if I might be done losing???? How's it going for ya'll?

Man, it's been quiet around here.... I'm STILL at 172. Got a fill last Thursday, haven't lost a pound yet. These Holiday Treats are KILLING me, but I'm REALLY trying. 12 pounds from goal.....ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh I wonder if I'll ever make it. It would help if I went running again. I hate Standard Time! It gets dark *way* too early!!!!! And this cold weather!!! Listen to all these EXCUSES!

Friends, I am checking in. By this time, most of us will have celebrated our bandiversaries,and I congratulate all of you on your challenges faced and conquered, and subsequent success. Me personally, I've been slacking. I've been REALLY enjoying the period of "needing a fill." I have gained two pounds since Halloween (that's BEFORE Thanksgiving!!), which settles me as of this week to 6 pounds lost since July 31. Yikes. I'm getting another fill on 12/11. My first and major goal is to get to 160, and even though I'm pretty content at 172-174, I really think I oughta make a push to just Get There. So, hopefully my fill on Dec. 11 will give me the push I need. Admittedly, it will be weird to rein in my diet again, as I've really been enjoying the ability to eat WHATEVER I want without getting stuck or having problems. The only barrier I have is what I've come to call my "15 minute warmup." It's the first couple of bites of the meal don't go down quite nicely, so I have to wait about 10 or 15 minutes to get into it, then I can eat. It's weird, I guess, but I've gotten use to it, and so have my friends. So, when I get my fill on 12/11, maybe I can be at 160 by March. I think that's a good goal....

Name..........Lbs Lost...% of orig. wgt lost.....BMI Abbisgood.........53.............23%.............?? Aubrie............65.............?%..............31 BandChick64.......104............34.67%..........31.6 Bandpal...........113.82.........39.8%...........28.2 (47) BarbBee...........94.............31%.............35.7 Cherlita..........60.............20%.............55 Cindyg............62.............24.5%...........34.5 Close.............50.............20%.............33.1 Firebolt..........45.............19%.............33.5 Foofy.............48.............17.7%...........36.4 gabeekeeper.......101............30% ............40.2 Hajohnson1........49.8...........18.2%...........39.8 Hollyberries......113............31%.............36.2 Hopping To It.....69.............19.7%...........49.1 Huskerette........54.............22%.............30.5 kandiceb..........63.............26%.............27.6 linda.............52.............23%.............29.9 lindseyann2u......80.............N/A.............N/A Maincat...........141............46.5%...........22 Mariegabrieleee...73.............24%.............39.1 MollyBrown........36.............12.5%...........36.5 Momto1plus1.......81.4...........30.2%...........29.4 NYGirl1...........02.............33%.............32.6 plump_princess....57.............22%.............36 QatarPhil.........55.............19%.............32.2 Rachel............63.............?%..............28.3 Robin_Bird........116............38%.............28.7 Sades.............44.8...........19.5%...........33.7 Shalee04..........70.............28%.............29.2 Shortgal..........44.5...........20.5%...........32.9 Skinny_Jill.......59.5...........26.8%...........30.8 Staysee...........70.............20%.............48.4 Stephanie.........60.............26%.............27.1 strangeratx.......58.............25.2%...........30.5 Teresajo..........93.............36%.............27.3 Tmusicmaker123....73.............19%.............48.7 TxArcher..........103............25.75%..........39.2 tyman311..........61.............31%.............28 want2lose.........91.8...........32%.............31 TOTAL..............2811.82(Lets Keep this TOTAL on the list)

Wow, Maincat, Congrats! I am about 3 days past a year from my pre-op. Lost 58 pounds...I have only 11 days to get another 2 lbs off to make it to my mini-goal. ARGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm pretty afraid that I won't make it! I've been doing very well running lately (last week: Monday-2 miles, Wednesday-2.55 miles, Saturday-3.2 miles), but this week I've been feeling a little under the weather and didn't run Monday. I MUST run today! 2 pounds!!! You're killing me!!!!!!

Goodness gracious, Robin and BandPal!!! Huge congratulations on your successes! What a refreshing update from the two of you! You're doing fabulously!

Just wanted to throw this out there--didn't seem to be covered at all in this thread so far. Regarding the liver thing and the "diet." Like Restless said, the diet isn't necessarily to lose weight before banding, but more to shrink your liver. The specifics of that diet are LOW CARB. That way, your liver does not have to produce as much glucose to process the simple or complex sugars. Because the liver is not producing those fluids, it shrinks. When it is smaller, it is easier for the doc to go in laproscopically, move around the liver, and work on the stomach. A knicked liver could be DISASTROUS, so they will opt to not do the surgery at all. So, whatever preop diet you're given, just follow it to the letter and you won't have to have 2 surgeries or revisions or anything else. Good luck!

Well, I just wrote a big long post praising bandpal and shortgal and saying all sorts of inspirational, wonderful things. But, when I clicked Post, I got a "Network Error," so suffice it to say I'm not feeling as inspired as I was 5 minutes ago. So, I will just say this one thing: I, like shortgal, have also been swinging between 172 and 175, but I'm going to go ahead and formally claim 173 as of today. I'm going to go ahead and post it here, and change my ticker. That officially puts me 4 POUNDS AWAY from being out of the obese category and into overweight. This is a huge step for me! Here goes: Name Lbs Lost % of orig. wgt lost BMI QatarPhil..................55...........................19%........... .......32.2 Foofy.......................48............................17.7%....... ........36.4 Sades......................44.8.........................19.5%......... ......33.7 Shalee04..................70............................28%........... ......29.2 Bandpal...................107.36 ......................37.5% ..............29.3 Skinny_Jill................59.5.........................26.8%......... ......30.8 Stephanie.................60............................26%........... .......27.1 Hollyberries..............113...........................31%........... .......36.2 linda.........................52............................23%....... ...........29.9 Abbisgood................53............................23%............ .......?? want2lose.................91.8.........................32%............ .......31 kandiceb..................63............................26%........... ........27.6 Momto1plus1............81.4.........................30.2%............. ...29.4 MollyBrown......... .....36...........................12.5%.................36.5 TxArcher..................103..........................25.75%......... ......39.2 Cindyg......................62...........................24.5%........ ........34.5 Close........................50...........................20%......... ...........33.1 Tmusicmaker123........73..........................19%................. ...48.7 plump_princess..........57...........................22%.............. ......36 Mariegabrieleee..........73...........................24%............. .......39.1 gabeekeeper.............101..........................30% ...................40.2 strangeratx................57............................25%.......... .........30.6 Shortgal....................44.5.........................20.5%........ ........32. 9 Robin_Bird................113...........................37%........... .......29.2 Staysee....................70............................20%.......... .........48.4 Hajohnson1...............49.8........................18.2%............ ......39.8 lindseyann2u.............80............................N/A.....................N/A Cherlita.....................60............................20%........ .............55 BandChick64............104...........................34.67%........... .....31.6 tyman311..................61............................31%........... .........28 BarbBee....................94............................31%.......... .........35.7 Huskerette.................54............................22%.......... .........30.5 Firebolt......................45............................19%....... ............33.5 Rachel.......................63.............................?%....... ............28.3 Teresajo.....................93............................36%........ ............27. 3 Aubrie........................65.............................?%....... ..............31 NYGirl1.......................02............................33%....................32.6 Maincat......................131...........................43%.....................23.3 TOTAL..............2738.82 (Lets Keep this TOTAL on the list)

Hi Falcon... I can help with a couple of your questions: 1) Don't tell your coworkers anything. As far as your time off, you're just taking time off. And, at your weight and BMI, you probably won't lose 100 lbs in 6 months (seems like the higher the BMI the faster the weight loss -- just an observation I've made), your weight loss will probably be slower/slow-ish. After banding, you will probably be inspired to start an exercise program (I personally recommend the Couch to 5K running plan, which can be found at coolrunning.com and on several threads on lbt.com). Moderately-paced weight loss and a consistant exercise program will leave your coworkers saying "wow, you're looking great," instead of suspecting anything. 3) I don't know exact percentages either, that's something to get from your surgeon's office, but what I can tell you is that I'm almost a year out and have learned a lot on this website. It SEEMS to me that many many many of the people who have to have revisions of any time caused it by not FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS. That means: 1) you can't keep your band too restricted because you like "losing quickly." 2) you can't "PB," "get stuck," "or throw up" too often. 3) you MUST EAT SLOWLY AND CHEW YOUR food THOROUGHLY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. (This is hard, but important). 4) You MUST follow your doctor's pre-op, post-op, pre-fill, post-fill, etc. recommendations TO THE LETTER, AT ALL TIMES, no MATTER WHAT. It is NOT okay to "assume" you're fine, or bend the rules, or push the boundaries. that's my two cents....sorry for going on and on...I'm feeling a bit fiesty this morning!

shotgal, I'm also swinging between 172 and 175. Ugh! Frustrating! But, swinging in the 170's is a heck of a lot easier to do than swinging around in the 220's and 230's!!!!

Welcome, Cedar. Hopefully, you will find a lot of helpful info.

Ugh. Sounds like it's not going to top the list of "Most Awesome Surgery Experiences." "Dang It, Aunt Flo! Your timing is TERRIBLE!!!"

Of course. It's not going to be fun afterwards, however, maintaining hygeine while you're recovering....

I agree with everyone else...You need to see a doctor...If I were you, I wouldn't be getting advice for something like your situation on the forum, your symptoms sound very unusual, and possible severe. Please see a doc right away!

french vanilla....24 pounds in 3 months is 2 pounds a week! You're doing FINE!!!