Tally

Thanks Dee. It is nice to have the band working and feeling restriction. I was wondering how Adorkable was doing as well. The last thing I remembered was that she did find out she had a leak.

I was happy to read this response. Feeling full is most definitely not the same (for me) as pre-banded life. I always wonder if I should be feeling "full" but I'm not. The small bites are still a problem for me but I know when I take the small bites and chew like I should, I eat less and get "full" quicker. Deb

Yup, it was me. I don't think I can possibly have a leak as I am still resticted from that fill in November. Dr. K's says we got very lucky! I cancelled my January fill date and I am probably going to cancel my Feb. date as well. I am losing slowly but that is the way it is supposed to be right? Thanks for thinking of me :thumbup:

Mini, My final weigh is is -3. Finally starting to see some loss but I have been exercising so I'm sure that helps a bit. Thanks. Deb

Thanks Mini I was looking at it and I was thinking oh, I did better than I thought but then I decided to go back and check

I absolutely love my wii fit and I recently got the we ski which is pretty good too although I wish it had more runs. My favorites are the hula hoop and the step aerobics. I love the free step that I just unlocked. I do that for 20 minutes a night. Let's see if I keep it up though Deb

Mini, While I like your figures better, week 3, I was -2 and week 5 I was -1. Thanks for doing all of this for us Deb

Jed, It sounds like you are doing great at only four days post-op. How wonderful. Sounds like a nice drive you had but I know what you mean about being ready to get out of the car. I remember after 1 hour thinking, ok, enough of this, lol. I had my surgery in Denver and a few days after surgery my husband and I thought it would be nice to drive west to see the mountains. I thought we would just sort of drive by and think oh how pretty and then go back to the hotel. Well, my husband had other ideas and we went to a park at an elevation of 75,000 feet. Just after surgery that was not as pleasant as I would have liked. Breathing and walking both proved pretty difficult. But it sure was beautiful. You will be so happy to get on squishy foods. It is quite a learning curve to chew as much as you need to and eat slowly but when done properly, this band really does work. It is an amazing tool. Lots of luck to you. Deb

Welcome and congratulations! What a nice Christmas present :tongue2: You will love this site, it is so helpful and everyone is very supportive. I am assuming you live in FL? Whereabouts? I am in Tallahassee. Deb

I don't get email notifications anymore either

I am 3 1/2 months post op and I am also losing lots of hair! I also had all my labs done and all came back good except Vitamin D deficiency, I stopped taking my Vitamin D after surgery. When I went to get my hair cut, my hairdresser (who knows nothing about the surgery) noticed my hair falling out so much and said that a vitamin D deficiency can cause it. I don't know if that is really true but I am back on the vitamin D which also helps my aches and pains. Deb

Hi all, I haven't been on for awhile, I'm having internet issues! Sorry I am weighing in late this week. I have no loss No gain either though. I hope everyone had Happy Holidays. Deb

Hi All, Just a drive by weigh in :ohmy: I have been crazy busy at work. I am down 1 pound this week. Not great considering I was up 2 last week but... Deb

I am up 2 pounds this week for the weigh in These 2 pounds are on again off again.

For the challenge, this week I am down 2 pounds.

I know you already have a lot of takers but if you have anything left I could use some 14's and some of the smaller 16's. Deb

That's the funniest thing Really made me laugh too.

Happy Thanksgiving all! I hope you all enjoyed your day. For the challenge, I have not lost anything this week but I am glad I didn't gain either. Congrats to all the losers this week.

Same here, it is so frustating.

I am so sorry that your husband has lost his job. What a crappy time of year too. I will keep my fingers crossed for you guys and hope that he will find something. Hang in there.

Tally! how's that restriction? Still there? What you wrote about a slow leak makes perfect sense! I hoping for the best for you! No leak and some sweet restriction! So far so good on the restriction. I feel like I am eating more but then when I figure out what I've had for a day, I'm not. I think I am just waiting for the appetite to come back. I did have two warm yummy oatmeal raisin cookies tonight that the hotel gave us which I wish I could have resisted but... Dr. K had Natalie call me today which I thought was nice.

I overslept the morning of my trip and my daughter had to wait 30 minutes for me, ugh! I never do that. Anyway, only have a minute but I am down 4 pounds!! Yeah.

Well at least it won't be colder driving up the east coast, I am not going to want to get up and get going so early in the morning. It has been two nights of cold so far and it is supposed to stay for at least another 2 nights.

Jaime, you are just too cute :rolleyes2: And I love your positive outlook! Deb

Mini, thanks! I must say it made me very happy :rolleyes2: I'm just hoping the scale is kind to me tomorrow. If it is ok, I am going to weigh in tomorrow since I will be gone until Sunday on my road trip to Maryland. We are leaving at 6 am so I will weigh and post (if I remember) before we leave if that is ok. Yeah, when I start thinking of food all the time again, it's time for a fill, why torture yourself when a fill will take care of it. It is going to be 20 degrees tonight again in (sunny,) Florida, Brr!