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:thumbup: I think i am finally there, I have 6.1 in my band and boy oh boy, now i know what they mean when they say they can't eat bread. Boy I have tried two times to eat a bagel, yes small small bites and chew chew chew, but still it didn't work. Like isaid i did this twice and i was just toturing myself, i love bagels. maybe after toture i will stop eating them. I am a very stubborn person. Well i went up like 1 1/2 but now as of this am i am back to 215.8 to be exact. When i look at myself as of this am i actually look to me like i have lost a few pounds. Maybe this is it. Maybe i am there. I have a hard time eating just about anything. But in a way thats good because the past couple of days i have really cut back. a fav right now is sunflower seeds great to snack on and so much work you don't eat very many. also the smart food lite chedder popcorn.. YUM i know that the idea isn't to constanly eat junk but lets all face it we need to have some little splerges. Oh and the bad splurge ice cream, i only allow myself about 1 cup. BUT YUM YUM YUM. Oh and i have lite icecream whenever possible. I'll post soon. :tounge_smile:

:cool2: I think i am finally there, I have 6.1 in my band and boy oh boy, now i know what they mean when they say they can't eat bread. Boy I have tried two times to eat a bagel, yes small small bites and chew chew chew, but still it didn't work. Like isaid i did this twice and i was just toturing myself, i love bagels. maybe after toture i will stop eating them. I am a very stubborn person. Well i went up like 1 1/2 but now as of this am i am back to 215.8 to be exact. When i look at myself as of this am i actually look to me like i have lost a few pounds. Maybe this is it. Maybe i am there. I have a hard time eating just about anything. But in a way thats good because the past couple of days i have really cut back. a fav right now is sunflower seeds great to snack on and so much work you don't eat very many. also the smart food lite chedder popcorn.. YUM i know that the idea isn't to constanly eat junk but lets all face it we need to have some little splerges. Oh and the bad splurge ice cream, i only allow myself about 1 cup. BUT YUM YUM YUM. Oh and i have lite icecream whenever possible. I'll post soon.

Well i go to the doctor today. Another fill i would imagine. I am not loosing like i should(at least that is what i think) My weight this am on my scale (yeah totally naked and before i've eaten anything is 215.8) I am curious to see what their scale says. I have been really REALLY good. I have been tracking everything! i eat on my daily plate. I get 1174 calories a day and i have been going to the gym in the am after i drop katie off for her second bus. I do the treadmill for 20 min then the stair walker machine for another 10 min. Oh according to my daily plate if i do that i get about another 150 calories for the day. Sometimes i use it most of the time i do not. I think that this time i am going to make it. I think my head is in the right place now. Before it really was not. HOWEVER i do need more fills because it is my willpower keeping me going not at all my satisfied feeling in my tummy. So once i get that i really should be doing good. I have set a mini goal, i want to lose 15 lbs by the time i go to CA on Feb 14th. Then Sal and i are going into NYC on March 13 14?? I would like to be down another 10 by then so lets see. First goal i should be 200 and second goal i should be 190 ONEDERLAND as everyone would say. I post tomorrow to record my band fill. :confused:

Well i go to the doctor today. Another fill i would imagine. I am not loosing like i should(at least that is what i think) My weight this am on my scale (yeah totally naked and before i've eaten anything is 215.8) I am curious to see what their scale says. I have been really REALLY good. I have been tracking everything! i eat on my daily plate. I get 1174 calories a day and i have been going to the gym in the am after i drop katie off for her second bus. I do the treadmill for 20 min then the stair walker machine for another 10 min. Oh according to my daily plate if i do that i get about another 150 calories for the day. Sometimes i use it most of the time i do not. I think that this time i am going to make it. I think my head is in the right place now. Before it really was not. HOWEVER i do need more fills because it is my willpower keeping me going not at all my satisfied feeling in my tummy. So once i get that i really should be doing good. I have set a mini goal, i want to lose 15 lbs by the time i go to CA on Feb 14th. Then Sal and i are going into NYC on March 13 14?? I would like to be down another 10 by then so lets see. First goal i should be 200 and second goal i should be 190 ONEDERLAND as everyone would say. I post tomorrow to record my band fill. :confused:

Well this am's weight was 218, that was after having friendlys last night. Reeces pieces 3 scoope sundee. YUM, however I should not be doing that too often. Its so hard. I really can not eat bagels anymore. THey hurt to much. I shouldn't be eating them anyway. I was eating whole wheat but still not good choice. THis am i had a light english muffen with pepper jack cheese and once thin slice of turkey. I think i should follow weight watchers that would probably help me. All i know is i had this surgery and i don't seem to be loosing like i think i should. HELP. I wonder if i streched my pouch???? I want to be thinner. Not a rail but Thinner. I definately eat much less why am i not loosing :thumbup:. :blushing:

Well this am's weight was 218, that was after having friendlys last night. Reeces pieces 3 scoope sundee. YUM, however I should not be doing that too often. Its so hard. I really can not eat bagels anymore. THey hurt to much. I shouldn't be eating them anyway. I was eating whole wheat but still not good choice. THis am i had a light english muffen with pepper jack cheese and once thin slice of turkey. I think i should follow weight watchers that would probably help me. All i know is i had this surgery and i don't seem to be loosing like i think i should. HELP. I wonder if i streched my pouch???? I want to be thinner. Not a rail but Thinner. I definately eat much less why am i not loosing :thumbup:. :confused:

Oh I would like to be down 15, That would be 3 lbs a week, I think that is a realistic goal for me. It is something i know that i could do if i just put my mind to it. I have been trying to let my band do all of the work and i have not mentally participated. I think i need to step up to the plate. I just my third fill today I think i have 4 cc in a 10 cc band. Good luck to all.

Tuesday November 25th Ok I think i had 2.6 cc and now i had another 1 and 1/2 put in. My weight on their scale is 223.2. no change at all from my last fill which was on October 30. My first fill was September17th. My weight on my scale at home is 219. well I spoke with the assistant and I really need to make some changes. I need to have protein for breakfast, I need to have 1000 calories and between 70-90 grams of protein a day. I need to do this and i should see better results next time. I hope so. Oh I booked another cruise, I did it without telling sal, but i did tell him when i got home that day, he was happy about it. It is on the new Oasis which isn't set to sail until November of 2009 our cruise is October of 09. I hope by then i will be comfortable in my skin and in a thiner healthier body:unsure:.

Tuesday November 25th Ok I think i had 2.6 cc and now i had another 1 and 1/2 put in. My weight on their scale is 223.2. no change at all from my last fill which was on October 30. My first fill was September17th. My weight on my scale at home is 219. well I spoke with the assistant and I really need to make some changes. I need to have protein for breakfast, I need to have 1000 calories and between 70-90 grams of protein a day. I need to do this and i should see better results next time. I hope so. Oh I booked another cruise, I did it without telling sal, but i did tell him when i got home that day, he was happy about it. It is on the new Oasis which isn't set to sail until November of 2009 our cruise is October of 09. I hope by then i will be comfortable in my skin and in a thiner healthier body:unsure:.

I just have to say that reading everyones experience and advise has helped me. I am at a point where i keep going up and down the same 3lbs. I have had two fills but i think i am going to need more to get to the sweet spot. I think I am in what ive heard called bandster hell. My next fill is Nov 25th and i hope that does it for me.

I was banded 7/31/08 and i had a lot of bruising. Everyone is different. My bruises were still very much there when i hit my one month bandiversary. Mine were completely gone at about 2 1/2 months.

Thanks everyone! Skinnymike congratulations on your great weightloss. You must feel wonderful. The people i work with do not know that i was banded, and i always need an 8:00am apt so i can get to work by 9:00 and they never even knew that i went to the doctor. well that is my reason for my apt 2 days before thanksgiving. I have had a few people tell me to r/s and enjoy this last nice meal, however the way i figure it i have enjoyed far to many of these nice meals. Happy to have someone on my banding birthday keep in touch skinnymike.