Loulou_k72

Hi ... I got my band a year ago and i lost so far around 31 kilo (68 pounds). I went for consultation for PS in order to do it in 6 month, Tummy tuck and breast lift but my lapbanding surgeon thinks it is too soon .... and i should wait another year ... what do you think ? when did you have your PS Thanks Loulou

Hi All ... Been a while since i was here and i was contemplating some Plastic Surgeory in March so i logged to see how it is going ... I also had a plateau for few months and then my port needed to be readjusted but i do not mind that ... I m almost 68 lb below my weight last year ... Had i not done this i would have been claimed diabetic and hypertensive by now ,,, but during this year i stopped my hypertension medication ... I started buying clothes from regular places ... sometimes i go into Large and not XL ( I was XXL in big Shops) i wear sleevless and skirts ... I m happy Where i am ... I m not exercising as much as I should ... For next year I think I should increase exercise and look at the quality of food ... no more fatty food... I could not yet get into my sweet point... i had an unfill few days ag since i started having reflux and i think i m eating a lot now but I will see how it goes in two weeks and go for maybe a smaller fill this time .... I m so happy for everyone ... it makes me feel i m part of a big successfull team and a very motivated one ... Cheers Loulou

Funny enough ... Bread is what helps me eat anything .. i put meat or chicken into a bread and i m able to chew them but alone they get stuck ... I m eating almost everything I used to ... I m not losing fast but I m happy where I am ... I got band 1cc unfilled few days ago and now I m trying hard not to eat sweets and chocolates ... as I can hve higher portions of food... Sometimes I miss have a coke or a miranda but i over come that fast .... Happy where I am ... The year has passed fast ...

Hi ... I m planning a Tummy Tuck and a breast lift in early 2010, I went for consultation and the doctor was not encouraged by the scares done by my Lapband surgeory , he can not promise that the wounds of PS will heal without scarring. i m one year past surgeory and still have 2 good scares and 2 healed ones ... did anyone face this ? does anyone know if you have more advanced healing and less scaring procedures in the states than those of us in Middle East.

ok ... i did the same 10 days ago though i m getting regular fills ... so i hit the doctors office and told him that this is not the right thing ... proved i was not getting fills in the ring but God only knows where the saline is going ... now after a flouro fill i m back to 1 or 2 slices max .... good luck in ur journey ....

Hi all ... I m back into the game, it was quite frustrating for the past 2 months, i did not lose a thing , i gained a kilo .. and all the time i was having fake fills ... last saturday i did it under X-ray and i can feel that a fill was done ... i lost more than a kilo since last week and i m now unable to eat much ... Happy that my port is not flipped but i m waiting to see if next month i would be able to get a regular fill .... hope things work out ... I feel left out of the weight loss ... you guys are doing so great ... congrats ....with all the frustration ... i still love my band ....

Hi all .. I m back here ... Well I m having the same problem, my port moved and the doctor thinks it is due to the weight loss and movement.... he kept poking me with fills ( 3 fills on weekly basis ) and i could not feel a difference.... then he decided to do it under flouro ... i could see the port and he says it is not flipped, but once he filled it under Xray , i m back to the weight loss. .. it was frustrating for a 1.5 months to be filled but still eat ... i have my REAL fill a week ago and i m already 3 pounds less ... now my doctor say that he knows the place of the new port. .. i hope it works ok on the next fill .... Good luck to all

Hi all ... Long time since I have been here ... and I m going into the slow loss ... Have not lost more than 5 Lbs since christmas and it is frustrating ... and then the fills are getting too tight ... sometimes I can not keep water in ... but then I m not exercising or watching the quality of food I m getting in ... I m going to soft food which is usually fatty food ... I logged in today to get inspiration from all of you to go back on track ... which you did ... I ll be loggging on more often .... Cheers

Hi all ... lets start our Running Weight loss forum Post a message here with the amount of weight you've lost in your banding journey and I'll add it to the totals below. Your update message will be deleted after it's incorporated. Lets keep it in Pounds since it is what the majority uses and see how many pounds we will all lose in a year ... Let our journey begin Aprilapple 21 JWRN 36 Loulou_k72 35 Terilynn112 14 Total in pounds is 106 lbs lost from the September Samurai

tab what exactly do u do ???

well i was banded 13/9 and lost so far 46 pounds ( 21 kilos ) and i m so loving it ... i was stuch during christmas and i gained a kilo but lost 2 this week ... going on sunday for a fill ...

there you go dear ,,, updated ... it is one of those numbers i love to increase ....

947 LBS so far lost ......No comments ... The numbers speaks for themselves of our success .... Here we go .... a2bachik 45 Aprilapple 26 Audreym 39 Cassy 33 cilBoogie 26 cynw 31 Debbieperez55 50 dal 31 dmmurray 18 FutureSkinnyKathy 31 Jennband08 27 JWRN 52 Keleka 26 Kiz 35 kmytime2008 40 KristyLynn 46 Lea2015 22 Loulou_k72 44 Niecey 49 Ravenesqued 28 Ruthgrosvenorcox 15 sash 15 Shellshock 26 Sherich2008 23 simone 31.5 Sistergrl25 17 Slim-n-tn 33 srknepler 31 TBlightningFan 36 Terilynn112 20.5

Hi all, I was banded in September and doing fine so far but i did not start any exercise program, and i have not exercised in more than 10 years . anyway, Curves openned newly in Amman ( Jordan , where i live) and are promoting their 30 min workout , anyone tried that ? what do u think of it ? was it useful in toning ? any comment is highly appreciated thanks Lina

Hi all ... I ll try tomorrow to accumalate all the new losses and see if we will hit the 1,000 LBS. ... I m facing the same plateau some of you have but the good part is that now i m below 100 so I m happy to be where I m since I think the last time I was there was in 1998.... I had a new outfit for Christmas, a skirt with long boots ... a complete change of my look and i m so happy ... I beleive that this will be the time to stabalize my weight below a 100 Kg and then go for the 2nd run to hit below 80 in 6 months ... GREAT JOB Sumarai and hopefully 2009 will be greater yet ....

Hi all ,,,, I m doing this burping thing a lot lately , some days with every meal and other not at all ... are u facing the same ... what harm does it do ? i ll ask my doctor next week on my appointment but any ideas for now ????/ Lina

Waooooo .... we have lost so far 740 LBS.... we are closing on the 1000!!!!!!! a2bachik 41 Aprilapple 21 Audreym 39 Cassy 33 cilBoogie 26 cynw 31 Debbieperez55 50 dal 26 Jennband08 27 JWRN 52 Keleka 21 Kiz 30 KristyLynn 46 Lea2015 22 Loulou_k72 40 Ravenesqued 28 Ruthgrosvenorcox 15 sash 15 Shellshock 26 simon 23 Sistergrl25 17 Slim-n-tn 25 srknepler 31 TBlightningFan 36 Terilynn112 19

Thanks for sharing this .... i dunno where i read that i can not eat popcorn and i stopped going to the movies accordingly ... now i can go and try .... Love u for this

Ladies ... YOu are missing on some fun of trying new sizes ... I m trying everything i get my hands on in normal sizes ... I used to shop from Big Girls department but now i fit size 18 and i m trying it all ... ok some items get me dissappointed but in general it is nice to see me fit in things i never dreamed of ... and i m buying few things at a time ... and throwing way too much clothes ... my closet is now almost empty ....

Waooooo .... we have lost so far 628.5 LBS without JohnC .... Isn't that something ????? a2bachik 35 Aprilapple 21 Cassy 33 cilBoogie 26 cynw 19.5 Debbieperez55 50 dal 26 Jennband08 27 JWRN 42 Keleka 21 Kiz 30 KristyLynn 46 Lea2015 22 Loulou_k72 38 sash 15 Shellshock 26 simon 23 Sistergrl25 17 Slim-n-tn 25 srknepler 31 TBlightningFan 36 Terilynn112 19

Last Update ... September Samurai ... We have lost 486.5 since surgeory .... Cheers all and lets keep the good work ... WAOOOOO Name WL a2bachik 35 Aprilapple 21 cilBoogie 26 cynw 19.5 dal 26 JohnC 51 JWRN 36 Keleka 21 KristyLynn 46 Loulou_k72 35 sash 15 Shellshock 26 simon 23 Slim-n-tn 25 srknepler 31 TBlightningFan 36 Terilynn112 14

hi ... i have been banded for 2 months so I do not have the big experience yet ... but i have been dieting for the last 20 years ... sometimes the diets used to work but 90% of the time they failed and in the last 5 years i failed all my diets ... so to lose 16 kg in 2 month since the band is something i never expected or dreamed of. it needs persistance i think and this huge first loss will be minimal after a while but the way i see it is the scale is going down not up ... and i got few non weight success ... my blood tests were all normal two days ago , my doctor reduced my blood pressure drug to half and my body became regular in all other aspects ... I know I could not have done that without my band and I can not say it was a hard route so far ... i m still to see what happens in the next 6 months to come .... If i m to do it once again ,,, I will with no hesitation ... Good luck with your decision :-)

We are using since surgeory since not all of us went through a pre-op diet ... seems i m not the good candidate to do this since i m not an admin on the site ... so i can not delete and so on ... what we can do is post a weekly or bimonthly update of how much we lost ... what do you think ?

Guilty tooo ,,, I m also a scale addict ... 3 - 4 times a day and several times every time ... and I take the lowest everytime ... I love the forum and it feels like I m not alone ... :-)

Hi For one reason or another... i m not able to edit my post but i would like to inform you that we have lost 341lbs so far .... waooooo ...great job all .... and here it goes a2bachik 35 Aprilapple 21 cynw 19.5 dal 26 JWRN 36 keleka 21 Loulou_k72 35 sash 15 Shellshock 26 Slim-n-tn 25 srknepler 31 TBlightningFan36 Terilynn112 14 any ideas about how to reedit the first post and delete the others is highly appreciated :-)