rch3877

Howdy, Lots of Fluids, Lots. For me 4 oz of food at a time. Good luck

Chris, for me I find I have been using a lot more hand cream so yes my skin is dryer. Wife and I got season passes to 6 flags going to go there a lot and walk up and down the hills.

St. Louis Mills, Galleria, fairview heights, ILL has a great Mall - While there you can eat at LOTTA WATTA CREEK, Great resturant but be adviced every order last me for a week or more :-) Lots of shopping in the Saint Louis area.

Just wanted to say hi, lost another lb so finnaly at 52lbs lost

Wife and I both had L-Band on 7 May. (Dr. Minkin) Everything is going great. 1. Wife had pain longer then I did. 2. Men loose weight faster then women. 3. You will most likely loose inches first then start loosing weight, so take pictures before and also take measurements. 4. Everything goes better when done as a team. I can tell you and you probably know that if 1 goes on a diet and the other does not it is not as easy as when you both do. So both doing the L-Band at the same time is GREAT. 5. Have someone drive you home. 6. I sugest you start walking as soon as you can, the day after I got out of the hospital I walked to the end of the block and back and I thing it helped a lot. 7. I hit my sweet spot a lot faster then she did, she has had 2 fills more then I. Good luck and let us know how things go.

7 May will be 6 months for wife & I. she has lost 30 lbs and wow, yes I can see it. I am down 40lbs and have gone from a 3XL shirt to a XL. I have a pair of pants that I havn't worn since 2003 that are now starting to look baggy on me. The last diet I went on was in 2003 and I got down to 275 before I started putting it back on. I am now at 270 and was 268 for 1 day :cool2: and if it wasn't for Halloween I would still be dropping, give it a couple of days and I will be going down again. I wouldn't change a thing, meaning we would both still get the band, even though I do miss steak, I don't miss those pounds. Good luck everyone, can't weight to hear from ya. Ray & Kat

Ok, so if I weigh myself one day and I weigh 277 but, don't update my profile and then the next day I weigh 278 can I still put 277 on my profile? :-) Which is the lowest I have been since 2003 Yahoo!! Wife down to 202, had her galblader taken out and lost 5 lbs. was thinking about taken mine out :-) but I didn't think they weighed that much.

My wife and I had Surgery May 7th and have only lost a few pounds, BUT, we have both lost inches, I am now wearing cloaths I have not worn for 2 yrs and I went to the store and bought an XL shirt, I have been wearing 3x for years. So what I am saying is look at yourself and ask are you loosing inches, The pounds will come, but if you knew my wife and I you would see we are both looking thinner even if we havn't lost the weight, YET. We go for our 3rd fill Monday, if you read enough of the bloggs on this fantastic website you will see everyone looses at a different pace and now I would suggest to everyone before surgery take pictures and measure your whole body. She and I took pictures but didn't measure, but I have added 3 holes to my belt and my paints are falling away from my butt. Also, you said you had 3 fills? how many CC's? Some Dr's play it safe and add .5cc each time where others are more aggressive, ours uses a floriscope so he can be more aggressive. Good luck and don't be in a hurry, eat good healthy food. Ray & Kat