Paulax

I want to weigh what YOUR handsome husband weighs...

You will my dear, you WILL! I am still giggling.

Really great article, thanks for posting. I love the visuals, and I too am going to read it often.

I would cancel it til afterwards, just to be safe.

That description fits me perfectly. Glad I am not the only one. Haven't tested my fill this morning yet. sigh...I'd REALLY feel like an ass if I went all the way back and he took out 3ccs and said, yep it is all there.....I hope something shifts or whatever and the feeling is all there.....miraculously.... Oh well Vancouver isn't the worst place to visit and shop.

Yes, just this morning. I am trying to breath. I am just upset. I hope it is just all messed up, but the last few fills, I could feel right away. Thank you so much, I will give it a few days, and try to relax. I was just so excited to get a new fill and was hoping for a good restriction. sigh, I guess this is just another one of those lessons in life that says to practise patience. And WOW look at your stats AWESOME YOU!!!:clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

I feel this way too and it worries me. I just ate some salmon and at I feel less restriction than YESTERDAY. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME? EDITED TO ADD There is definately something wrong. I have less fill than yesterday. To prove it, I just ate my tiny can of salmon, ate it faster than usual and nothing, no pbing, restriction less than yesterday. Then after a bit of a panic attack, I downed a whole glass of milk, again nothing, then I just ate a rice cake and piece of cheese. NOTHING. I thought at 3.0 that I wouldn't be able to swallow my SPIT.... I must calm myself down now and just make another appointment. I guess I worry about WHY this would happen? Could it be that it leaked out as he filled, or his fill didn't hit. During the fill he pulled out my old fill and then added .5.......so I know he hit the mark. I am just upset as it means a 4 hour drive away from my 3 young kids and an overnight stay at a hotel...... Anyone else had this? Panicking Paula

Just had a fill to 3.0. My strict doc says this is almost at capacity. This scares me as I think that is it for me. So I need to work hard on this current fill to take me to goal, which is about 40-50 pounds..... Although I am in a big hurry, the doc is right if this takes me a year or year and half in total, so what? Right? So onward I go......:clap2: :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

Eddieparks, tell us about your fills.

I love this thread. It is really great to hear from the bandsters 2 years plus. It gives us all hope.

:pound: You could/should write a book. Both hilarious and informative...

Damn it! I have been on a plateau, but it is time to go....so I am going to break it. I am vowing to drink more Water and up my Protein. I also joined a gym and am exercising 5 times a week for the first time in YEARS. Are you on a plateau? What are you going to do about it?

Gone, came back now, hated it, but glad I went. lol! Now, I am going to count to see if I have been 21 times..... WISH MY GYM HAD A POOL. But we have one in our back yard, so when that gets up and running, I will really have fun.

Good for you for going forward. I hope you love it as I think I do sometimes, maybe, I think I might.....:guess In fact, I have my Lululemon pants on right this very minute and heading out the door to my 8:30 personal fitness trainer....yikes....

I hope you don't have a slip my dear. Significant difference between 2 adn .2, I hope that is all it is.....

Well, I'd sure recommend Good Life Fitness Club for women's only. It is AWESOME!

I hate gym, I think gyms suck, I hate exercise, but I know it is a must if we want permanent changes in our weight. I love Oprah, I love that she hates it too, she says she hated it, still hates it but does it because it makes her feel better afterward. So now after YEARS of thinking of joining a gym. I joined a brand new women's only. I hired a personal trainer for 12 sessions and I am so glad I did. I still hate the gym, but, it is a necessary evil. I can now feel the endorphins. I feel whole and strong after I go, I feel like working harder on what I eat and now I am actually LOOKING for ways to add extra fitness into my day, like going on bike rides with my kids etc. So I say GO, GIRL GO! The thing that really sent me to the gym was something Bob Greene said on Oprah one day. He said loosly quoted. "...if you are not willing to do the work, (exercise), then you are not ready to lose weight..." That shocked me into joining a gym. And my own walking in my neighbourhood was not enough to make bodily changes. I still walk around my neighbourhood, but on the days I don't go to the gym. dumb as it is.... Go to the Exercise sections and read some threads there. Now GO!

Ya, what are you worried about? We have this band for a lifetime. There will be a period of YEARS where we don't get fills, I hope....so go and continue this lifetime journey of healthy weight loss. hugs....

Back fat be gone! Congratulations Eddie. I look forward to no backward rolls. Now go buy a smaller top.

Sorry, but that made me laugh REALLY LOUD. I feel your pain. I buy liquid Vitamins from costco and I am no wimp, but this stuff tastes like LIQUID ROTTEN FISH. I just about gag at every swallow. But it is a necessary evil and I'll stop laughing now and give you a hug. ((())) And congrats on your surgery.

So exciting, it must be such a relief and a literal weight off your back. It must also be expensive. ha! But that is the fun part and you so earned it. Congratulations. How about an at goal picture with your new clothes on? So now what eddie? Is your fill where you want it to be?

I can NOT average 2 pounds a week. If I calculate it, I average 1.7 and it goes down as each week goes by. BUT even those numbers don't really represent an accurate average as I lost 30 pounds in the first 40 days or so. I have been a slow loser since. The thing that keeps me positive is that this weight AIN'T coming back on as it has countless times before. So I am proud of my average and if it continues, I should be at goal in no time at all really. Time goes by anyway...........

If it weren't for my lapband, I'd be actively gaining the weight I just lost. I could lose the weight, just couldn't keep it off for any length of time. My band will help me keep off what I worked so hard to lose.

OK, you guyz are right, I will also focus on upping my protein. Thanks.....

Funny, I am at 2.5cc. I am the very same. STUCK at 62 pounds. I do have an eating problem, I think about food all the time, I plan what I can eat next. Recently I had to take a good hard look at what I AM eating. I put it all in on fitday.com and couldn't believe the innocent calories I was taking in. I slipped into the habit of eating the 'easy' foods. I AM exercising my ass off this month, joined a gym, hired a personal trainer and I'm enjoying it, but I still seem to be stuck. So I appreciate knowing that 60-70 is a 'stuck' place to be, so I have just booked a fill for Monday, I am going to recommit to eating healthfully and watch the next 10 pounds come off come hell or high water...... Good luck to you. This isn't always easy is it?