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:help: I do not mean to sound ungreatfull. I started at 218 in December. I have 2 cc in my band and I the scale is not moving. He told me I would lose to about 165 .(I told him 130 was more like it) 165 and that is where I am stuck. Almost two months now. No matter what I eat what I change. How much I exercise.How much water I drink. I am still fat. I am still on insulin. Am I going to have to starve myself to lose the last 35 lbs? I plan to lose 30-35 more and have a tummy tuck and breast lift.

Thank you for all of your suggestions.I not giving up.

Mandy is not doing so great either 27 lbs since March 23rd. 1 CC in her band. Should she be doing better that this??

I have a eighteen year old daughter who is banded I chose to take her to a heart doctor before her surgery She is a fainter. I feel for he mom and dad. She was a very pretty girl.So sad.

Obesity surgery specialist in Houston did mine.Dr Thomas Best choice I have ever made.I feel great and I have had no problems.

I lose 4 or five and then I stall for a week or two.I got stuck at 200,179,172 and HAVE BEEN STUCK AT 165 FOR OVER A MONTH.I am wondering if I will get past this one.

Both my daughter and I had to prove that being on a diet worked but not well. No major weight loss.We had to go a year.Show that we knew our correct portion sizes. Write down what we we in a journal. They want you to make a serious effort on your own before they invest the money on you. They think If you give up that easy you will not do well with surgery.

My BMI was 35 Im in a size 14 right now.

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Im mom but thanks she is a pretty girl. Im very proud of her.

My doctor told me to eat till I was full. He would adjust to make me full quicker. No pouch packing.Im at 2cc and 54 down. I eat out of a coffee saucer. No seconds.I do not want them.

Clear rum and Minute maid low cal juice or Diet Tropical Blend V-8. If you must drink lets make it low carb. Do you eat late after you drink??????? You might try to find something else to do on the weekends. It will slow your weight loss.Good luck

go to www.picturetrail.com/ladysplenda I have one there.

I have one and I have a genaric one Mrs Kitchens works just as well and it cost $30.00.You can do the same thing with a blender( a good one) I get a bag of Dole frozen fruit and some low sugar juice and make fruit sorbet. I make protein drinks in the morning. Chicken salad.But like I said you can use a blender to do all this also.

papaya extract helps chewable tabs

Inventory Specialist for a pool company. Im off five months out of the year with pay. Love it

If you go to yard sales and goodwill to buy clothes because you are dropping sizes fast and refuse to pay full price.For something that will fit a month. You might be a Bandster

I stayed a t a hotel down the street. Just in case and left for home the next morning.

I almost backed out two or three times. Thank God I did not. I look and feel so much better. A the surgery was a piece of cake.But I cannot and do not want to eat the way I used to. But it does get maddning sometimes when I have great resriction in the mornings.Protien shake breakfast.

Dr Clifton Thomas Obesity Surgery Specialist. We are the only mom and daughter banded by him. He is great and very cute.

For me it is like a T bone steak in my throat. Nothing else will go down and You may throw up if you go past it.You cannot over eat.

My daughter is in a size 18-20 in need of pants. I have some size two x tops if someone needs them. PM me

Im five months and fifty down.But my doctor said I will only lose another twenty pounds or so.??????He told me my daughter would lose 125-150 50% in the first six months. She was banded March 23rd

If you want to get SKINNY the band may not be your best option. If you eat when you are full the band may not be your best option. On the other hand if you can eat a lean quisen size portion and not eat after that.(You are not hungry) You feel you can change your eating and exercise habits. You drink eight glasses of Water a day. You leard the diffrence between head hunger and real hunger. The band is a great TOOL. It is a tool I can over eat if I want. I may PB or I may not.I know I will not get down to a size 5 but I am very happy at a size 14 and I feel better than I have ever remembered feeling in my life.I want to exercise and I want to be here to see my grandchilren grow up.As with any weight loss surgey it is up to YOU. I felt a lot better with the lapband risk vs the gastric bypass.One in 200 I do not like those odds. I was terrified of the gastric bypass surgery. I was taking 70 units of insulin and four pills a day. This band has to work. I was losing my eyes my health was going. I was so tired and sick. I feel great and my blood suger is 6.8.That is not perfect but it is a number I can LIVE with. Good luck to you.

Nope It is getting better everyday. I do not think the band will come lose. I was told I could ride rides at sixflags. So it should be safe to ride my cowboy.Yeeeeeeee Haw