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hey! well my second fill went well. she added 1cc in addition to the 1cc she added at my first fill, and the doctor put the band in with 5cc in it already, and i am fiiiinally feeling what i think i should be feeling all the time. not hungry, but able to eat the right portion sizes without getting sick. the past two days have been good eating days. i hope this lasts! who knows, it could even be my "sweet spot"? haha when is your first fill?

bek! i just saw your post about being too tight-- im soo sorry and i hope you went to the doc and got that figured out by now! i had the same problem in late march-early may, although i was at 7cc (and over those 2 months i got multiple small unfills down to 6cc with no progress). it was awful throwing up everything, eventually i couldnt even get down liquids! i definitely lost a lot then, but in a really unhealthy way and i wouldnt do it again. it seems pretty obvious to me now that my band slipped! after they unfilled it, luckily it was early enough for my band to just go right back into place. i have 3cc now, but that is pretty much nothing for me since my doc put my band in me with 5cc! but i am so much happier not getting stuck all the time or being worried eating in front of other people. still losing weight, just through some newfound willpower, eating right and exercising.

anyways, hope all is getting better! and still waiting for my bf/trainer to arrive in the mail...

you look incredible hillmama! congratulations on your success... you dont even look like the same person in your before and after pics. it's so good to see another girl at the same height as me-- i feel comfortable at the weight i'm at now, but after seeing your current pics i wouldn't mind losing 10 or 15 more!

hey katie how are you recovering? back to normal yet? i'd love to hear/see an update! hope all is well!

oh no im sorry to hear that your unfill was too much... when will you go get another tiny fill?

in the meantime-- you just gotta think positive! thats the great thing about this band, you know you can always get it adjusted. you know HOW to lose weight-- i think everyone has been pretty successful in losing a small amount of weight in the short term before they had the band.

as for me, i just hit 210 this morning, meaning i am HALFWAY to my goal! granted, thats counting my weightloss started back over last summer, but it still feels really good. come ON gina! we said we would keep up with each other-- you gotta pass me and then we can both get down to ONEderland!

thanks so much! i added you as a friend so you could see some of my progress pictures.

hey i hope you are feeling better today!

ohhh yeah august is what im shooting for! my ULTIMATE goal of maybe 150 or so, I probably won't reach for awhile, but I want to be at a normal BMI by the end of August. ahhh so exciting but sooo good to have that goal in reach!

well you look amazing. its ok to be indecisive at the stage you are at because you are already very safely in the healthy weight range. and trust me, if i had shown the part of my belly UNDER my pants and hadnt tightened my abs for the picture, you wouldnt be saying i dont need a TT! its just so expensive and something i cant really afford right now, so for the time being i am trying to make my skin as tight as possible on my own. i still HATE my arms... i am so jealous of your arms in your pics!!

heyyyy allison! just curious to see how you're doing! update pretty please?

thanks so much, you are awesome and so sweet! im sorry you are having slow weightloss. have you worked with your docs to figure out why?

i needed an unfill because i was too tight for almost 2 months, but instead of taking out a lot we just kept taking out .5cc every time and there was no effect. i started getting back pain every time i ate or drank, which scared my adjustment nurse so bad that she completely unfilled me and scheduled me for an upper GI a week later. The x-ray showed i was completely healed and that they could start adding fluid again. so if i had a slip, my body fixed itself.

there are only a few things stopping me from getting more fluid: 1) it is so expensive! it is supposed to cost me $75 each time but the nurse said shed work with me. 2) I am scared I will get too tight again and really hurt my body! 3) With 2cc in my band right now, my weightloss is slower, but I am still losing.

hope you are doing okay! update me

omg that is NOT a joking matter! i just worked out with my trainer tonight.... he is super super hot, i love it when he works out with me side-by-side, because that means he changes into his under-armour clothes where i can see every rippling muscle on his body.... i look like im sweating a lot but i think it may actually be drool...

wow you can tell i am in DESPERATE need of an ACTUAL boy in my life, not just my 30-year-old trainer who is married with a newborn baby! so fed-ex away all your single bodybuilder friends to me!

theres also an intern at my trainer's gym, who is my age and just as gorgeous. sooo.... i have found some new eye candy. needless to say, they both get me going to the gym every day, especially the days that im not exactly feeling up to it.

p.s. how are you doing?? clearly you got me revved up, so sorry for the long reply! haha

haha thats awesome, walking along the river walk was my favorite part of san antonio! our prom was at southfork ranch, that place that was in the old tv show Dallas. man, texas is the best. i miss it so much. i left tx for college, and i mean... i'm glad i did, because i get to see a totally different atmosphere, but "outsiders" really hate texas. whatever, we both know they're just jealous!

hiii! thanks so much for the compliments and for checking in on me. you are so sweet! i saw your before/current pics and my my you have changed! so proud of you for all you have accomplished and for your drive to continue!

hope all is well

um helllloooo -- YOU look amazing! i mean, i look good in clothes but i dont have YOUR bikini body underneath it! haha but either way, im so proud of you. we've come a long way!

thank you! and you DO have my drive and motivation-- look at how much you've lost over your entire journey! plus i keep seeing your facebook status updated about your crazy BL workouts... im not doing anything like THAT! haha

hows the wedding planning coming along?

hey drew! hows it going? i miss talking to you!

thank you-- and you look FANTASTIC as well! congrats on losing so much weight. you look like you're at goal weight! the ladies must be chasing you around haha

thank you so much!! after being told for years that i have "such a pretty face" as a backhanded compliment.... i really like hearing it these days, because i know people really mean it! haha if you can understand that...

anyways, sorry to hear about your finger! ouch... looks painful!

hey there! im good how are you!? thanks for the compliment, you look soo cute in your newest pic!

thank you! glad i can inspire. good luck to you!

haha i normally hate finals week... but this semester was especially rough. except now im excited, because i guess i was so stressed yesterday that i could hardly eat anything more than a protein bar and 2 bananas.... well guess what, i lost 2 pounds pretty much overnight! i broke my first of probably many plateaus... felt good. hopefully the stress is out of my system though, so that i'll get a fill today... i'll need some help over this stress-free winter break..

haha it might be good to experience other places... briefly. and yeah sometimes i forget that other states didn't learn about their state history for an entire year, but then again, they don't have as much awesome history as we do.

oh and, six flags? there were only 6 flags flying over texas, there were never six flags flying over.... missouri.

haha you're just jealous.... you know you want to live in the ... best midwestern state .... missourah. i couldn't say it was the best state. clearly we all know that is texas.

thank you for the compliments and the pic comments! OH the gut is DEFINITELY still there, just much much MUCH smaller and easier to suck in and "hide" haha. Before, I couldn't even really suck in, just re-shape all the lumps!