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You look great and so beautiful! Congrats on the baby abd your weight loss:)

I have had a few complications of being too tight and having and unfil and gaining 22 pounds and then finally getting to a good spot. I have lost 12 again and have another 10 to go until I am where I was at. I still need to lose between 20- 30 more depending on where I decide to be or my body decides...lol I have found if I eat more Protein and make sure I eat slowly and chew my food well I don't have the vomiting I had before where I only drank Protein shakes. I was a tight size 8, but very weak because of not having more than 400 calories a day. My surgeon said I gained after my slight unfill because I was eating normal (around 1000 calories) and my body was not used to that amount. I upped my exercise and followed the "rules better and am losing again. I do fear that I will not get to my goal with the band and have thought of the gastric sleeve, but wonder if I'm just trading a "tool" for a "tool". I had an irritated esophagus and severe acid refluc and went in to see my surgeon. He said it was normal and to take over the counter meds for it. I have never had hearburn in my life except for when I was pregnant and now I have it several times a day. I'm really having a hard time with it and am hoping it stops soon. Congrats on your baby boy. I have two sons who are my world. It sounds like you are doing well. Keep up the good work. Blessings, Brenda

Very Informative! This will be alot of help to many.

Congrats on your baby boy! What did you name him? Blessings, Brenda

Angie, You look great!

Congrats! You will be so blessed!

Happy new year everyone!

Hello Everyone! Its been FOREVER since I checked in. I hope all your Holidays were wonderful. Well I got down to my lowest 152 and then after my unfill I gained 15. I could not make my scheduled appointment in November because of a storm. I went in today and had .5 of the 1.5 he took out put back in for a total of 4.5 now. I have been busy with my boys, PreSchool for one son, College and work for me. I'm hoping to lose the 15 by my Anniversary on 2.25...but that might be pushing it. School doesn't start until the 18th so I will have almost 3 weeks to concentrate on my weight loss. I'm going to go to the college in the morning after I drop my son off at preschool 3 x a week and take my other son and walk the track at the gym. It will be fun...I'm going to try and work up to running again and see if I can be running at least 2 miles by Spring. Have a Happy New Year!

Nicole, You poor thing...I hope you are feeling better soon. Keep us posted!

My surgeon wants me at around 122 so I have 31 pounds to go according to him. I'm going to see how I feel and look as I lose the next 20 -30 pounds. I'm 5'2" ...I will have to decided as I get smaller and it will depend on how I feel. I don't want to be sickly looking.... Great Job Angie.. Hang in there Ezma...you are doing great!

Hey everyone... I've been MIA a while ...trying to get my life as a single parent running smoothly.... I have not had a fill since sometime in May I believe...I still have restriction so I cancelled my appointment I had this week and rescheduled it for mid September... Some days I look in the mirror and I can't believe I'm 153, down from 226...Size 18 to a 10... I went to Goodwill and was looking for shorts and capris and I decided to try on a 10 to see how tight they were on me and I had to take them off and look at the tag to make sure they were 10's. I even tried on a second pair, trying to blame it on the designer...lol I'm trying to fit more exercise in my day, but so far I can only get in 30-40 minutes 3-5 days a week depending on my schedule. I hope everyone is doing great!

Hello everyone, I've been away because I have been in a Women's Safe Home with my children since the middle of April. I just got into an apartment a week ago and got Internet Access. I had finally had enough emotional, mental and psychological abuse and left after an episode with him where I felt unsafe more than I have ever. I am still losing weight and am down 65 pounds....:thumbup: And now my DH wants to work things out an doesn't want a Divorce... As much as I want my boys to have both parents at home, I want them to have a happy home. And I think this means two happy homes, not one unhappy one. I just don't feel he can change...we have went to Marriage counseling and everything is my fault in his eyes...He says its all me. And now he's try to woo me back...I'm stronger than I've been for a long time but I still have moments of guilt over my boys. I feel that he's like this now because he has lost all control over me. I've lost around 20-24 pounds since leaving him and he has commented on that too... and asked me if I was seeing someone else.... Yeah right...the only men in my like are my two little ones I read books to every night. I'm sorry I've rattled on and on...Its been a hard few months and I feel it will get worse before its better. Blessed

I'm here too and I need all of you too, in order to reach my goal.

I had my fill on the second. I have been doing Protein shakes all day and probably will for at least half of tomorrow. I guess I'll see what I can do. I'm going to: *Eat Slower *Sit and relax when eating...I have a problem with this:thumbdown: My doctor told me that not relaxing and eating slowly can cause me to not keep the food down. *Eat MORE Protein. I have not been doing well with this. *Exercising everyday...I bought an Ipod so I'm going to walk at the local College before I work every day... Plus, I'm going to do a video of some kind on the weekends if I cannot get in a walk. *Journal all food and exercise...ALL of it... I really need to get my butt in gear and get this weight off. I have been slacking with exercise so thats going to stop. I'm hoping to be running by June. *Short Term Goal..Lose 12-15 pounds by May 12th...My next fill date... **I need to quit making excuses for not exercising and JUST DO IT...** Thank you all for listening to me go on...

Thank you shinyhappymommy! I will try the couch to 5k :eek:

that sounds so good RSG... I'm going to try it tomorrow! Thanks...I might at a bit of black bean salsa too! Yummy!

Congrats...I'm happy to hear you were approved! :scared2:

I'm seeing my Doctor this week too and I have had lots of issues with eating protein. I have only lost 4 pounds in the last 6 weeks so I really feel like a failure. I just feel like I'm never going to be able to eat much solid food ever. Sorry about whinning and taking over the thread. You are doing great RSG!

Today is my one year anniversary. I'm only down 45 lbs and feel like a failure. I had hoped that I would have been down close to 100 by now. I'm going through a divorce right now and very stressed. My depression over my slow weight loss and and hoping that I get this weigh loss on the right track again.

Thank you all for your encouragement! I just need to rededicate myself 100% and not let my stress sidetrack me.

Jaime, I'm so sorry to hear about Sydney Alexis. My thoughts and prayers are with and your family.

RSG, I know exactly how you feel. I was depressed adn not had a fill since August, then I got in December 23rd and had one. My Doctor explained how important it was to get fills, especially when stressed. I had one and lost 12 pounds the next 5 weeks... I've been a slow loser but have been doing much better..he would not give me a fill last month but he now has me on 4 week fill appointments. I hope you are feeling better soon. Don't get discouraged...you are going to have a big Loss and be on the losing side again.

I totally agree with you. My one year anniversary is coming up. I have not lost as much as I would have liked. I too have just recently been diagnosed with arthiritis in my knees. They are constantly in main. I'm hoping that maybe its worse because of the cold and its better once Spring is here. Forty pounds is still awesome! Congrats!!

Now I really know that part of my slow weight loss is because I had not had a fill from August -December. I could not get in for months and then when I did get my December appointment my surgeon went on about how I HAD to make sure I was here every 4-5 weeks for a fill. I explained that he was booked up since the October and I could not gt in until December... So, I don't have an appointment for another week but I'm calling in the am to make a 5 week appointment early so I don't have to wait 6-7 weeks or longer. But...I'm estatic about my 11 pounds.....I'm back on track adn feeling great. I'm not going to be where I wanted to be next month but I'm hoping I will make my first goal by July. I also ordered Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred from Overstock.com and they sent the wrong DVD...so I have to wait for a replacement. Thank you all for listening, Bren

I think it's a combination of eating too fast and some not chewing well. I have two toddlers and even though I'm better about slowing down when I eat and chewing alot, I tend to hurry a bit too much. I'm alot better and have made a point to slow down.