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Hi Nikki and Diva! Hope you're having a good week. I made it through the holiday weekend and stayed on track! Down 11 lbs since I started medifast. Looks like I can lose weigh again! Hope you both are doing well!

Hi There! I'm back after at least a year away from Lap Band Talk. I had surgery on 10/28/08 and am back at working on getting to my goal weight by 10/28/11. I've spent the better part of the past year dealing with a foot injury that caused my exercise to go from 5 days a week to nada. Of course that lead to poor food choices and I'm now looking at a 10lb weight gain. I'm still down 74 lbs from surgery and 93 from my heaviest, but really want to get back on track. Looking forward to reading this forum for support and finding others who are restarting with the band!

Thanks Phil! Day 2 on Medifast done. Hopefully I can stick with this a while

Hi Skylily, What a journey you've had! I've had it fairly easy in comparison, but am still struggling to get to a "healthy" weight. I had a set back last year after an injury and spent the past year not exercising and eating what ever I wanted. Somehow I've managed to keep the weight gain to only 12lbs. I'm back on track now, doing medifast (that I get from my WL surgeon) to try to get under 200lbs. Even with the band we all have to work at this! Have you have an xray of your band? The reflux and choking sounds like your band might have slipped. My sister in law had that happen afer she had a baby. The band slipped and the reflux was terrible. She had her band totally unfilled and after 4 weeks the band is back where it's supposed to be. She's starting to have it refilled next week. Might be worth a visit to your surgeon to have that checked out. Good luck to you on your weight loss journey!

Hi Diva and Nikki! I've been struggling for the past year too! Was banded in October 2008 lost 93lbs in the first year and a half and have managed to gain 12 lbs back. I had a foot injury that really knocked me off track. I couldn't exercise and so I started eating more! Hmmm that was some brillant logic. I've got good fill, I've just made really poor food choices for a long time and need to get back on track. I started medifast today to see if I can't get under 200lbs by my 3 year bandiversary. I've still got at least 60 lbs to lose, more like 75 or 80, so hopefully we can all cheer each other on! Glad to see you've both got new fills and hopefully we'll all be back on track! Good luck!!

Hope you are finding things improved with the slight unfil! You're right, too tight is just as bad as too loose!

It took about 50lbs for me to be able to really see a difference. In dresses, I could wear a lot of the same dresses until I lost 75lbs. Pants seemed to be about every 35lbs until I was in a 16/18. I think it really depends on the types of clothing you have in your closet.

Congrats Julie.Ann! That is amazing weightloss. I had surgery the day before you and I'm down 45 lbs from Surgery and a total of 57. I'm pretty pleased with the results so far, but I think some additional exercise will help speed things up. Just wanted to check in and see how folks were progressing. Looks like most of us are doing pretty darn good!! Keep it up!

WOW!! Thanks for this awesome post. I've been feeling like a failure for not losing 2-3 pounds every week. Some days it's easy, some days it's not. Your message has given me the encouragement I needed to keep moving forward and not compare myself with anyone else!

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I'm right there with you all. I was banded 10/28/08 and have 5cc in a 10cc band after my 3rd fill. I had my 3rd fill on Monday and I think he missed as I really don't fill any more restricted than I did on Sunday. I'm back to journaling my food so I can be accountable for calories. I miss that just out of surgery feeling where I just was never hungry.

Love your post!!! I can't wait to have these complaints!!!

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Hi Everyone! I made it through the holidays with NO weight gain. That has to be a first. I'm down 27 lbs since surgery on 10/28 and I can't be more pleased. I've had 2 fills and am just about ready for a 3rd. The second one didn't seem to last as long as the first, seems like I adjusted to it much faster. I'm so glad the holidays are over! Now I can see what I can really do with the band when I'm not constantly tempted with a bounty of treats and snacks! I'm also back to Curves as of Saturday. I'm hoping that adding a more consistent exercise plan will keep to pounds coming off!

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Hi LMD! I'm in! I was banded on 10/28 and figure I'm gonna need some motivation after the first of the year. I'll post my weight and goal tomorrow. I forget to get on the scale this am. OHM - 15lbs is totally reasonable for 2/15. I bet you beat that goal!

Hi there! I'm so sorry to hear about the band breaking. Thank goodness they were able to fix that for you. I totally hear ya on not having any restriction. I'm about 3 1/2 weeks post op and have zero restriction. I think my band is more like a hula hoop at this point. I'm really missing the restriction I had from swelling post surgery. It was 2 weeks of zero hunger for me. I'm trying to focus on getting enough Protein in, watching my calories and staying on soft foods until my fill. Dec 3 can't get here soon enough. You'll get through it! We have to! We've got a lot of weight to lose, we've got to be ready for that restriction when it gets here.

Hi Everyone, I was banded on 10/28 and had lost 15lbs by 10/11. As soon as I started on mushies, my weight loss stopped. My doc has me starting back on solid food at the 4th week, and since Tuesday, I've gained 4 lbs back. I'm not happy to see that weight come back at all. And of course about the second I put a mushie morsel in my mouth, my appetite came roaring back. I know I don't have much restriction at this point, so I'm trying to not get discouraged. It's hard when people keep asking how much weight I've lost. It's not fun to tell them it's fluctuating like this. They don't understand that weight loss is not linear, even with the band.

I had surgery on Tuesday 10/28 and was back to work on Monday 11/3. I probably could have gone back on Friday, but since I had the time off, I just relaxed at home.

Congrats Smilin Apple and Wishes!! Those are some wonderful results! I hope I can post similar stats next year at this time! I was banded on 10/28/08, BMI 51. I'm down 6lbs from my surgery date, plus the 5lbs I found in the hospital from the darn IV fluids! So not to bad for 1 week out. I'm hoping to see great results the next few weeks as well.

Hi Everyone!! I was banded on 10/28. I'm finally back down below my surgery weight, apparently the IV fluids really liked me and didn't want to leave! I'm feeling really good, just a bit of mild discomfort at the port site, but otherwise feel great. Can't wait to see what my weight is at my post-op appt with my doc on Friday.

Hi Everyone! I was banded on 10/28 and am very excited about starting a new life with the band. This looks like a great place for information and support! Looking forward to hearing about others successes!

Hi! I'm in the bay area too. Got banded on 10/28. Hoping to see some great progress soon!