Ruby124

I'm in! I'm in! I don't know what my goal is though. I was trying to hit sixty by the 20th. I think I can do more. It is really falling of now. Put me down for 17 lbs by October 20. That would give me a total of 67 lbs gone in one year if I can do it....At least I'll get close! :thumbup:

Let's see...You were banded in October...I was banded in October...Your name is Don...Mine is Donna.....You started at 268...I started at 267.....You are now 217....I am 217.....Gee, I hope our goals numbers are not alike....LOL!!!!! Somehow, I don't think so....:thumbup:

Julie Ann...You were banded in Oct 2008 & lost 111 lbs already! Holy Mama!! I'm flabbergasted.....You are on a roll! Fantastic!!!!! :thumbup: I think I have had three fills. I lost forty with the first two. I took it slow since I was away so much beginning in April. I celebrated fifty this year and have treated myself to a couple vacations. I went to Alaska for two weeks, Disney for a week, Myrtle Beach for a week...a Blues Cruise to Mexico is coming up this October......that is why mine went a little slower. I got my third fill after the bulk of vacations were done. Now I am dropping again....just in time for my bandiversarry...and, cruise! :thumbup: To all you new gals...you will be in our shoes this time next year! Good on you for making the decision!!

Yea, Nazzy! You are doing great! What an awesome birthday gift to yourself!. I have two things in October to. A cruise...and, my band date. I will be cruising on my band date.......sixty some odd lbs lighter than October 2008:tongue2:

I have lost 50 lbs since early October 2008. My bandiversary is October 20, 2009. I was aiming for 60 lbs but I just might hit 65.....:frown:

Because...some of us are sugarholics. It won't stop with just one Mars bar. How easy is it to eat ice cream. creamy cakes, cheese cakes with the band. To easy. Once sugar gets in a sugarholics system it is hard to stop. Since there are no serious consequences in eating sugary things...like with gastric & dumping...I prefer to keep it out of my system. I suffice with chocolate Protein drinks, chocolate Protein Bars, sf chocolate pudding. That works for me.

OMG! My ticker just came on. This is the first I have seen it on the site. Yea! I just read your tip on the Water. I am going to try it immediately. I know I am not getting near enough water anyway. It can't hurt regardless. What you say just seems to make sense. I can't wait to try it!! Ohh..I'm not tortured. I am going with it. This is the best restriction I have had. Most things are off the table. But...I am fine. Maybe your water tip will help. As I lose the band will be less constricted anyway. I have no trouble getting up in the middle of the night swallowing water. As long as I can get liquids down with no issues I know I am good.

I love you restlessmonkey! Thank you for this tip. I had my fourth fill ten days ago. This is the tightest I have been. I could eat anything before in limited quantities. Now...forget it. My Doc said to eat soft food for a day or two after the fill. Ha! I am now experiencing this tightness right up to dinner time. I am down to a Protein drink....and, some bean soup during the first part of the day. Even cottage cheese gave me trouble at lunch the past two days. I had the soup at 4:00 PM. I just had an omelette with mashed potatoes with no problem. I have done that most nights this week. I know I am not getting near enough Water. I had no idea I was causing myself such issues. You have now motivated me to get more water in. I am a coffee drinker. I know that is not helping. Water, water here I come! I wish I could get my ticker to work.....

Wow! I hope things worked out for you. From what I understand the emergency room can't do a blessed thing for you. They do not remove saline from over-filled bands. I learned that before I had the surgery. I hope something changed there. I just had my 4th fill since October. He only put a half cc in. Why is your Dr. in such a rush. This 4th visit is the tightest I have felt. Prior to this I could eat most anything and still lost 40 lb. I hope things worked out for you, Goddess.

Thanks Julianne...I had a ticker made. Then I could not find where to post the signature. I do not see that anywhere on this board. How to get into my own personal info. Now the darn ticker place isn't accepting the pin I gave them...

How do I make a ticker band, guys? I'm tired of my blah posts... http://

Wow...That is a scary story, Kelly. I wonder if my band has moved. The only test I get after a fill is to drink a cup of Water. I guess it is good to look at your band once in a while even if it feels ok. You never know...:thumbdown: Good luck, Kelly. I hope your band stays in place.

Hey Becky...I am no lapband expert just having had surgery this past October. I will be fifty years old and have dieted most of my life. I just reread that five day pouch test diet plan. It just sounds like good old fashioned common sense to me! It is just getting back to basics if one has let themselves stray with foods that are not condusive to losing weight. Good luck to ya! Never mind those naysayers...