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Good luck tomorrow!!

The last 4 months i lived with my band the way you have yours right now i think. i lived on soup.I guess i just really wanted to get to my goal fast.I know some people want to eat a decent amount still and lose weight... i ate about 2 oz's 3x a day the past 4 months... and then i went in last week and asked for a fill... boy was that a MISTAKE. i can barely drink. i havent ate in over a week!! So i call today for an unfill... and my DR is out sick for 2 days.. so im stuck like this another 2 days!! I have lost almost 10 pnds in this week alone.... Im 4 pnds from my goal... which is 170... my DR wants me to be 150... but people are calling me skinny minnie already and they say i look 150-160... so i think i carry my weight well... So im gonna get the unfill on wed... and maybe unfill it more then i was prior.im ready to back out of weightloss mode and kinda relax! How much do you have to lose? You dont look that big??

I financed it... and it was 17,500 where i live... I know its cheaper in mexico and a few doctors in the states are cheaper...

Hey Shanya!! Im also from Vegas... I was banded in July 2008 and i have lost 100 pnds now... If you have any questions... or need someone to talk to let me know! What part of town are you in??

Thanks for adding me! So how you feeling??

How are you doing?? How often do you go see Dr. Teng? I was there the other day... and i got in a fight with him this time... about weather or not i needed a fill... so upsetting!! I went in and told him how i felt... and was like do i need a fill?? And he was like you tell me??? WTF... i thought he was the DR???

My stomach actually growls so i dont think it was mental for me... since my 3rd fill... it never growls!! But i havent moved to solid foods yet to know if i can handle them... Im on blended soups and i been having i smoothing a day with lots of protein in it...

Did you have to have an unfill?? I had my 3rd fill today and he said im at 7 cc's.... he has me all freaked out that i might be too filled... i thought i needed a fill... he didnt think so... so frusterating!! im doing fine on liquids so far....i can only eat like 3 oz's or i throw up... do you eat really slow? My dr is saying i might be eating too fast... cuz i can barely eat... but im hungry like 1-2 hrs later...

Ya the first 3 months i couldnt just eat the 3 meals a day they wanted... i of course ate alot less then what i did b4... but i couldnt have my patients listening to my stomach growl when i was working on them... so i did snack often... after my 2nd fill... it was all over... i was never hungry and i could only eat 2-3 oz's... at that point i had to learn how to stop eating b4 it was too late... in my head thought it was impossible to live off 2 oz's... so it wanted to keep eating... i dont get the "full" feeling... its more like... im not hungry anymore so i have to stop eating or else i will throw up... I know after surgery i was really annoyed... i didnt know i was gonna be hungry still... but i guess everyone is diff... some people are not... but some doctors do a lil fill at surgery... mine didnt... You will be ok tho... i just didnt lose much til my 2nd fill.... it was more like i was on a diet... i didnt believe i had a band til fill 2!

How you feeling??? The first few months are the hardest!! Hang in there!!

I was not on a pre op diet... but the first 3 months after surgery i was hungry all the time... it was not til my 2nd fill that i felt the band.... so hang in there...

Yay soon!!! Are you on any preop diet now?

How are you doing with it?? My first 3 months were hard... i didnt have any restriction til my 2nd fill... so i was always hungry!! I could eat anything really... now i can only eat about 2-3 oz's... I have another Dr appt on monday... i think i might need a fill... we will see... im almost at goal tho... so thats exciting... i just need to start working out more!!!!!!!!!!

How long have you been banded?

Me make you work harder??? You are doing so good!!!!!!!!! Congrats!! You look great!!

Ya my skin isnt really nice and tight either... but that can still come later... I have been really bad since i haven't worked out at all yet!! I had a baby then had my lapband surgery 6 weeks later... so my baby is 8 months old now and still dont sleep through the night... so im too tired to work out!!! I so need to start tho!!!!

Thanks for the picture comment... have you been banded?

Thanks for the picture comments... I hope you get approved for surgery! If you dont... you can always do what i did... finance it! Its so worth it!!

Thanks for the picture comment!! Im starting to feel great too! Whats your story?? Have you been banded?

My goal is to get to 170 but my Dr thinks i should be 150... i think i look too thin at 150... so i dunno! How far from goal are you?

I was banded in July and i have lost almost 60... and 6 weeks prior to surgery i lost 30... so 90 total... i was just reading one of your posts... and i think maybe im like you... i can believe that im full off 3 oz's and i keep eating... i dunno... i feel like i only eat 3-5 bites...

Thanks for the picture comment How is your weightloss going??? How much do u eat at each setting?? I can only eat a few bites per meal... it dont seem normal... but my DR dont seem to see a problem with it??

Thanks... i just keep thinking my band has slipped... but my DR dont seem to even think that... they think its ok i live on liquid?? How much have you lost?

Thanks for the picture comment!! Im a lil slow... i just barely saw it How are you doing??? You are on blended foods... so im sure better now... girl im 6 months out and i live on soup still... im having a hard time with food

Hahaha You go girl!!