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Hi all **gross alert** Last night we had spag bol for dinner. I have been having touble slowing down while I eat for over a week as most of my meals have been getting stuck. The stuckness lasts for about 5 minutes then it's over. Last night I clearly ate too much and probably too quickly to as I had a 'near PB experience'. I leant over the toilet for over an hour in pain trying to hack up the food. But I think my body resists vomiting as I haven't vomited in over 20 years (I have had three kids in that time and never vomited - go figure). I willed my body to vomit it up but it just wouldn't come. I had a few dry retches but no food in them. Of course I could have filled many cups with the amount of saliva I had! Gross I know. Anyway the stuckness/fullness eventually passed after an hour and all was good again. But during that hour, it was very painfull, but I would have been better if I could have PB'd. I will be very careful from now on! I think I have restriction, but I don't have the feeling of fullness after this third fill yet I had it after my second fill. Today I am letting the band rest and having fluids for the day. I think it needs it!

I have had enough of being in plateau mode, so I am going to change my mode of attack! I have been using the weight the surgeon's office has measured me at, but because I am not seeing them for another 7 weeks and I like to know my weight (OK call me anal!) I am going to weigh myself from home. I have decided that each saturday morning, when I get naked and haven't had Breakfast, I am going to weigh myself. Then it will be consistent (at least it sounds good - might not work in my favour thour!) and monitor it from there. When I was weighed at the surgeon's office, it was always in the afternoon and always fully clothed! So, here's my last plateau post, the next one here will be my new weight which indicates a 1.2kg loss! I love it already!

You are both looking hot!

Ha...I don't know if my new digital scales are working properly but last night before bed I weighed in and it was my lowest yet 83.7kg. Then this morning I weighed again (same pj's) and I weighed in at 84.4kg. I think I am just frustrating myself! :confused_smile:

Wow Joshie, you are half the man you used to be. No reason to feel bad about letting yourself go, that's why we are here as a community, because we were all the same. We are/will all be better off. Don't you just love the new self?! Everyone looks so good!

Last week I had my 3rd fill and I am really disappointed as before this fill I used to have restriction and actually felt full. I had 0.9ml put in my band (painfully this time - boy did it sting) and all I get now is things stuck (I need to modify how quickly I eat!). I am eating the same amount and could probably eat more of what I was eating before, but I am not getting that full feeling anymore. I find I am picking at the wrong types of food again. I called the surgery and they asked if I wanted to come in for another fill. But I reneged and said that I wanted it to settle a little to see if the fill benefited me. I am not due to see the surgeon for another 7 weeks. Can anyone shed any light on their similar experiences?

Fantastic loss both weight and hair. You sexy thing you! Well done.

Now this a complete fluke, but I have just realised, that I have broken through the 1/2 way barrier! Wahoo.:biggrin2:

Thanks ladies. Yes I have to learn to eat slowly. I have mastered the head hunger, I just can't master the hoofing down my food bit. The bites of food I eat are too big as I have to remind myself I have a band! I forget sometimes, but it doesn't take long for my band to get back at me. At every meal except for Breakfast (since last tuesday) I have been stuck. It's a great experience (not!) , so I have to learn to slow down, take smaller bites and chew some more. Old habits die hard. Unfortuantely since that fill, I haven't felt restriction (like I did with fill #2). I believe the restriction feeling has just disappeared. I now get the full in the throat feeling, too little too late sometimes. It seems to be the way my body reacts, so I will have to get used to it. The advice here is always helpful. Thanks

I have had two nasty experiences with bread getting stuck. I havent PB'd yet, but I don't want to experience that either. Perhaps I don't have a hankering for bread now because of my close calls.

I have been stuck twice - first time on MacDonalds chicken burger I was hoeing into to quickly (after a 20 minute wait I was so darned hungry) and to top it off I had a hot flush (the kind you get when you are going to spew) to boot. It took about 3-4 minutes for it to pass through but in that time all I did was panic! Second time was bread. I wanted to see if I could eat it and low and behold I now know I can't eat crusts! I haven't PB'd yet through. It's not pleasant, it's scary the first time around and the pressure in the chest is awful. But it usually passes for me in a small amount of time. Evenyone is different, you just have to be careful and listen to people when they say eat slowly, small bites, chew, chew and chew.

Wooties Jax. Well done and keep up the good work.

Great topic. Actually I have three mini goals for this week: 1. Move the scales downwards - see signature line for reason for that one! 2. To do one bodypump workout and one bodycombat workout as I am not playing netball at the moment. 3. I will try not to eat so many nuts! Mixing up the exercise might be the key to breaking this plateau. Good luck to everyone!

Ezma (good on you for showing your body who's boss!) OK, so now I am really jealous. I have been in hell for the last 6 weeks unable to shift any of the weight. I am pretty p***ed. I had another 0.9ml fill in my band yesterday and not feeling any restriction like I have in the past. WTH? Anyway, my surgeon and I discuss strategies for further weight loss although he did say that it would just be tinkering around the edges as I am doing everything right. It's just so flamin annoying that I am doing the right thing, for nil result. I also mentioned that when I have lost weight many times in the past, that my body tends to stop at this point every time (that's usually when I have grown tired of the whole dieting thing and start to feel more comfortable within myself - then the viscious cycle starts again!). He did mention that mny bodies remember thier ideal and perhaps that's where I am now....(Lilmiss - I think you are onto something there!). I have got such a long way to go to get to my goal weight. My new revised goal weight is 80kg...taking baby steps. Hopefully with more restriction (I haven't felt the effects of yesterday's fill yet) I will eat a little less and start to lose a bit more slowly. Unfortunately all my loss occured in the 2 weeks prior to surgery then in the 6 weeks after...then nothing! It's pretty pitiful from my point of view..

Good god you poor thing! I can totally relate to the pain. I had my first gallstone attack 10 years ago when I was 16 weeks pregnant. My second occured not much after - that attack went for 11 hours, just starts out of the blue and ends just like that! I had many while I was pregnant except they didn't want to operate and remove it as they would have had to do it the old fashioned way rather than via keyhole. The last attack I had was that strong that I was given pethidine about 8 hours in. And boy was I regretting I didn't opt for it earlier. So nice! I had my last attack 5 weeks after my daughter was born as I couldn't feed her, let alone sit or stand properly. That stopped everything for me as thankfully I haven't had a problem since! Recovery can take a while, so take it easy and relax!

Yep I am a huge burper too moreso now than preband. Better that end than the other! :smile2:

Hi Jet Were you banded by Mr Aly at warringal? He was my surgeon and he's an absolutel doll. :smile2:

Thanks LMBA. I didn't do the liquids thing after all. After thinking about it I was pretty sure it wasn't going to benefit me. I see the doc for another fill on the 10th June so I will wait to see if there's been a loss then. I am content at the moment that I am doing everything right. It's just such a bummer not to have the scales move in 6 weeks. I will discuss my ups and downs with the doc and hope that he does at least 1ml fill which would take me to 7ml. He says most people get to the sweet spot between 7 and 8ml. I am trying to keep positive.

Thanks for the (food) support guys. I didn't think I was overeating, perhaps too much spag bol but as for the other stuff, I thought that it would be about right. I still get hungry between meals, which is why I suspect I need more fill in my band! I just can't move the weight. I am stuck and I am eating far less than I was preband so you would think the weight would be dropping off - even if it is slow at least it could be consistent. This is where I lose focus as there's no incentive to be good when you are already good and nothing is happening. Also my weight is distributed all around my butt and my legs - there's nothing else to lose around my top half (well my arms could do with toning) so I suspect it will get harder and harder. I might have a day on Protein shakes and a salad for dinner and see how I go. I also suspect that the muscles are developing more as I am so much fitter and can get around the netball court more than I have before. I can actually play two games back to back without feeling like I am going to die! I also just got my hands on some copies of Body Pump which I loved to do a couple of years ago and actually was quite nicely toned for my weight. So I am going to do a couple of sessions over the weekend and probably be very sore, but I think I need to also step up my exercise. I think my body is so used to the two games of netball I play that it needs more! I just wish the scales would move even a fraction.....

Thanks for your help QoH. It did work, but I didn't post it as I have to resize my pics. I shall work on it.

Looks like I need to be baaaad (*make that sound like a sheep*). I think I can stretch to be naughty just to break this plateau. I was having my own pity party last night thinking that I am probably in a spot where I have been many times before. In the past when I have been on diets I have always lost around the same weight or got to a certain time after starting, only to let the bad habits creep back in again. I have eaten small portions of chocolate occasionally, not enough to have not lost and not gained weight though! I think without knowingly have done it, I have become bored with it all.. But now I don't know the funk I am in! I am having difficulty moving beyond the head hunger stage now. However, food no longer rules my life and that's my most important NSV so far. Today I had porridge and a banana for breaky, 100g tin tuna and a cucumber with 200g yoghurt and probably some spag bol for dinner before I go to netball. I think this is still too much, as I am still hungry with a small amount of resriction. What do you think?

OK I have some pics but how do I post them here? I know this question has been asked a million times and I had actually found somewhere where it said how to do it, but do you think I can find it when I need it?? Any advice would be great!

Now if I was a bloke, I would totally go for you! :biggrin2: You are stunning! Keep up the great work.

That episode was great Becca. You have done remarkably well in such a small amount of time - I am so jealous of you. You look fantastic. I think it is important to reflect on our NSV's as a motivator. I can think of a few so I think I may start writing them down. They do 'lift me up' when I am blue so maybe I will put them on the fridge! I don't go in there too often for myself anymore... You have lifted my spirits today. Thanks

Ditto to all the sentiments above. It is the first place I come to read during my lunch hour! Feb in Australia is simply wonderful. We could all congregate at my place!