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Fanny... I am with you in that I have noticed my portions are gradually getting bigger and bigger!!! I get my second fill tomorrow and I can't FREAKIN wait because I need it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sheila.... Hello! I can totally relate! I have the same weird feeling! I was thinking that my full stomach might be pushing up against it??? Mine is pretty high... in line with where my stomach would be and it does seem when I eat a "larger" quantity, thats when I feel the sensation. Hope this helps! I am asking the doc when I go on the 9th because my feeling happens alot.

I have only had one. I go for my second on May 9th and can't wait because boy do I need it!!! I have some restriction... but only when I eat meat really. I hope number 2 does it for me because I know I am eating way too much! I hate still being hungry all the time!!!

Yes... but keep in mind with all your working out, I'm willing to bet you have much more muscle mass than I!!!!! You are doing great as well!! I have been doing the gym 3-4 days per week but cardio only. I think I am ready to kick it up a knotch and start hitting some target areas!!

Gosh I love this board!!!! You are all so informative and motivational!! Thanks

Whoooohooooo!!

Ok... I have lost about 50 lbs since my december surgery. I have worked very hard for that number. Eating better, and excersising more than I ever have in my life. I go to the gym 3-4 times a week faithfully and feel guilty and awful when I miss a day. I have been on a plataeu for a couple weeks now. You would think that this would get me working harder... but I have actually been doing worse. I am snacking like crazy. chocolate, Cookies, chips, and this is all new. I haven't really touched these things till this month. Now I am doing it more and more often. It seems like when I ruin a day with eating a bad food, I consider it a failure and then eat all Snacks in sight. Thinking I'll be good starting the next day... Why is my food addiction coming back??? I have done so well. I feel so good. I am looking great. It seems like any other time I have lost weight. I do great for the first few months and then bam! I hope this is not the end of my journey. I don't want it to be. I want to get the strength back that I had in month two after surgery. I hope this ends. It must. I wish I never came back to this awful place. I know its because I am pmsing...but I can't let that be an excuse. I have to have control but seem to have none!:crying:

Salsa... Very well said and very inspiring!! I am starting today on the right foot! Back to business. I am saving this post in my email for when I need to hear it again. Thanks for your time!

Stephanie... thanks for the great post! I have been battling the sugar demons as well... and it really does amaze me to see how much they make me feel like sh--! Of course, it does not stop me from having those days. I think, oh.. one chocolate covered pretzel won't hurt. Next thing I know.. I ate the whole bag over the course of the day. It is just like a drug addiction. Its so hard. I am doing good. But I could be doing great. I still love my carbs!

Ok... I have hit my first plataeu. I have been the same weight for almost 2 weeks now. I've got about 36lbs gone and shouldn't complain... but I have to do something to get the scale moving again! I have noticed that I am snacking way more these days and I am enjoying chocolate now and again. These are old bad habits trying to return!!!! How do I get the strength back??? I feel pretty good about my fill level... maybe I might need one more to get it right. Still working out faithfully each week!!! food is certainly my problem. I want all the bad stuff!!! Thanks for listening to me vent...

How funny you should ask this question... I have never heard of it before... BUT, I just flew to see some family down south for Easter and had 3 "stuck/slime" episodes while there. It seemed I couldn't eat anything!!! Wow... thats just weird if the flight had something to do with it??!?!?!?!?

Sadly enough... we do gain throughout the day mostly due to water retention. That is why it is recommended you do it in the morning each day. I am always 1...1-1/2 lbs different from morning to night as well. By the next morning its back down again... thank god!

That's fabulous!!! You look great!

I have to lay off the snacking so that is my goal for March. I am at 40lbs. lost so I'd like to have another 8lbs.off by April 1st.

Lucky you!!! I have had only one fill and they don't want to see me again until April!!!!

I had a similar experience just today! Went to buy a couple new pairs of pants.... as none of the old fit!!! As I was in the dressing room, I had a huge grin as I easily pulled up the pants!!! I felt like jumping up and down right then and there. As overweight people we all know how down right depressing a trip to the dressing room can be. I have left many times in real tears. Today I feel good and I know its just gonna get even better!!!!! Hooray for all of us!!!!

Great advice everyone!!! Glad to know its not just me. I have changed my excersise routine over the past couple days and sure enough, the scale was down a couple more pounds today thank god! I am also back on track with stopping the snack attacks!!! I think that was PMS getting the best of me!!! LOL

Too funny!!! I feel the same way!! I am usually a sweat hog, and now, I am always freezing!!! Carrying around all that extra weight must have really kept us warm! I had surgery Dec. 12th,... am down about 30lbs. and am freezing all the time. Try layering up... that's what I have been doing!

I had my first fill a 2 days ago. Now... it seems to be very tender and sore in that area. Were you also sore there?? I am nervous something is wrong because I never felt anything in my port area and now I do!:thumbup:

I had my first episode about a week ago. It was from a piece of baked fish. It was soft really and I never expected it to get stuck. Oh my the pain was unbearable!!!!!!!!!! I didn't know that this "sliming" occured. Boy... that is exactly what I was puking up. So gross and so painful. I have to say... I really feel that there was no warning. I was fine, then in deep pain the next minute. Episode lasted about a good 20 minutes.

I totally agree with the carb info she gave!!! Carbs are the biggest enemy out there!! I crash from them every time!!!!

Hello Sheila... That sucks that you are not "feeling" it!!! I go next week and was hoping to "feel" it too!!!! I am definitly eating way too much (of good food though)!!! I guess we didn't realize how much patience it was going to take for the whole "band"thing to kick in!! I feel your frustration. Wait it out. It sounds like its gonna take a couple of fills. take care!

Let's face it.... exersise is a dreadful thought! However, making time for yourself and excersise DOES BECOME ADDICTIVE once you get started. I am also a full time teacher and mother of two young ones. Exhaustion is my middle name. But I have set one hour aside m-f for me, for the first time ever. I am loving the time to myself!!!!!!!!!!! and enjoying the benefits of shedding!!! Just make yourself start!! Thats all I can say!! You'll feel guilty when you miss a day, trust me!!!

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I am using bio-oil as well. Just started though... Hope it works!