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Good morning. We have had rain all this week. I am having a hard time getting back on track. Finally all the bad foods are gone out of my house again. I go for a fill on Tuesday. I am working hard getting back in the swing of things. My work schedule is busy so I haven't been able to work out either. I have been feeling really tired lately so I will ask when I go for my fill why? Have a great day. Laurel

Very nice Rose. You are one lucky lady. I am trying to get back on track. It is very busy at work so that isn't helping. I get a fill next tuesday, which I think I need. Next weekend we have a wedding to go to in Boston. China, I hope are doing well. Have a great day. Laurel

Hello all, I made it safely home. I had to go back to work this morning. I had a really nice time on vacation and treated myself shopping on friday. I got on the scale this morning and gained. I know I am bloated and my whole system is off. I walked so much too, urgh. I even got stuck a few times. I really need to learn to take smaller bites and chew. I am going to Boston the first weekend in May for a wedding. I am looking forward to that. And the best news, 42 more days of school. Yahoo.. Although I work the summer, I don't have to get up so early. I get fill next week too. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

Congrats to you China, great job. I am in florida and will be heading home on Sat. But will be stopping one night. I will be home on sunday and back to work on monday. This really has been a great vacation with a total of 7 people. I am off to the pool and then the parks later. Have a great day. Laurel

I hope you had a great day china. I know I did today. I took my mom shopping to an outlet mall. I found some lee jeans for $5.87. I bought 4 pairs. I bought 1 a size down and 3 2 sizes down. The great news. 2 pair fit now. I started this weight a very tight 22W. I actually put on some 16W and, they fit...now that was a very nice NSV for me. I can't even remember when I wore a 16. I am having a great time on vacation. I have been able to do the parks everyday without dying. Have a great day everyone. Oh yeah. Our 4 month aniversary today. Laurel:tt2:

Happy birthday China. Congrats to Rose and Cordova. I haven't been a scale since the morning I left. I did bring my wii fit but haven't had a chance to go on it. Today we are trying to go to disney but we have storms here right now. It is my nephew's b-day today. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

Happy Easter everyone and greetings from sunny florida. Spent about 3 hours at the pool today. Got in some excercise in the pool. China so glad to see you. My best advice is chew, chew, chew. I have gotten stuck a few times also. But it was totally my fault. I didn't follow the rules. I am do to go back for a fill on the 27th. I still eat more then I should. I am up to 58lbs lost. My goal is to come home from vacation at least losing a lb. I did have desert the other night. I am trying to be good. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

It gets harder with every fill. Yesterday after excercising, I got stuck big time. We have to learn to chew, chew, chew small bites before we swallow. We are all in a learning process. Well, I leave for florida in the am. I probably won't be online for a few days. I am bringing a laptop. I hope China is ok? And 60 lbs is an amazing weight loss. I am at 55lbs. Have a great holiday. Laurel

Congrats Pete. Keep up the good work. Laurel

I have had 3 fills. I thought I had an 8cc band, but from what I was told on the phone, I have a 10cc band. I have had 3 fills and I am at 6cc's. Sometimes I have great restriction while other times I have none. It seems after I excercise especially when I do core work. I am tight. I go for another fill on the 28th. I haven't lost much either. I do need to start logging and measuring my food again. But I will wait until after vacation. I do plan on watching what I eat. Have a great day. Where is China? Laurel

Thank you Rose. The one problem of a gym membership, you have to get there. I like the variety of things you can do. I do hope China is ok too. I am looking foward to a nice vacation. Have a great day. Laurel

I like going to the gym on sat. I do an hour of water aerobics and then relax in the jacuzzi and sauna. I leave for florida on friday. I am looking forward to getting away from work and getting some nice sun. I am planning on staying on track down there. Hope we are all doing well. Laurel

Why do we feel so guilty spending time on us? You are one lucky woman Rose. I can't complain about my DH either. He took me to get haircut today and then to the mall to get some Clinic make-up. I have never spent so much money on myself. For my b-day, I am going to get my hair highlighted. Have a great weekend everyone. Laurel

I didn't mean to make you think I don't eat. I am making sure I get atleast 1200 of healthy calories in a day. I am also trying to make sure I get some type of excercise in. I try to to 4 hrs of water aerobics a week. I take my 4 dogs out for a good 20 min. walk too. I am trying to change my whole lifestyle. I am happy I am losing. I know it is better to lose slow but of course I want to see fast results. I am in this for the long haul. Keep up the good work China. Have a great day. Laurel

We are alway glad to hear from anyone from dec. I try to do some type of excercise everyday. Even if for only 20 mins. This is becoming harder. The past few days, I really haven't ate that much yet, I lost nothing. I am not letting myself get discourage. I am going to keep plugging. Have a great day everyone. Laurel

I am losing alot slower than I would like, but atleast I am losing. I am trying to keep up on the excercise. I bring no bad food into my house so that makes it easy for food. This last fill is giving me some restriction so that is helping also. We are all in this for the long haul so let's keep each other motivated. Have a great day. Laurel

China, I know the last 1cc I got made a major diference. I really have to be careful now. I am hoping my weight loss should step up now. I am doing good with excercise. I hope all is going well with Rose too. Good luck with the move lucky. Have a great day. Laurel

Good luck China. Stay focused, it will work.

They 1 to 2 lbs a week is the safest. I only lost 3 lbs last month and they where very happy with that. We are still not at our sweet spot either. I just started to eat today after getting a fill on friday. I do feel full. I am hoping I am close to my sweet spot. I will be going to floriday in 12 days. We are driving down, so I am going prepared with the foods I can eat. I want to continue my weight loss on vacation too. I have a time share so I will have a kitchen. I am also bringing the wii fit to excercise and I will have a pool. I also bought healthly snacks for the ride. I did ask about what they thought would be an ideal weight loss. They said if we can get down to between a 25-30 BMI they would consider this a success. We cut our health risks down tremendously. Have a great day. Laurel

I should make another appointment with the nut. I set my personal goal around 1200 cal. That seems to be my magic number. I haven't been tracking my foods. I need to start doing that again. I am hoping this fill helps too. I haven't tried to eat yet. That doesn't seem fair at all with pay pal. Have a great day, Laurel

Wow Rose, your one lucky women. China, I thought you are insured with pay-pal? Well, I got another fill today. I now have 6cc's in my 8cc's band. I saw the PA today and she said she was very happy with my weight loss. I only dropped 3 lbs since last fill. This time she told me not to wait for a full month if I feel this fill isn't working. I finally got a chance to ask a few questions about expectations. The PA gave me some realistic goals which pretty much matched my own goals. Well have a great day. Laurel

I wish you luck with this. I followed through with pay pal once on something I didn't recieve. I did get my money back. I did lose their commision part but atleast I got back most of my money which wasn't too much. If I remember corrrectly, I filed a claim online. It has been a few years. I hope Rose is ok. Keep me posted. Laurel

I have been doing great for the past 2 days. Back to losing again. I am looking foward to my fill on friday. I boosted up my excercising again. I still eat too much but have control and do eat only good things. I will be in Florida for easter, so I would like to drop about 5 pounds before that. It will be fun to try on last summer clothes to even see what will fit. I have kept some things from prior weight losses. I am hoping all my clothes from last summer don't fit. I will get rid of them. I am going to donate them to a women's abuse shelter. I turned to them when I had my first husband removed. They helped me through the first christmas. I would have never made it without them. My time to give back. Have a great day. Laurel

I am atleast making better food choices. I just have so much emotional bagage that I need to not eat to help it. One day at a time. I am in this for the long run. I want to enjoy MY life. I plan on going for a nice long walk again today. I did yesterday too. I know for the past 2 weeks I haven't gotten enough excercise in. My schedule has been changing so I need to find a rountine that is always subject to change. One day at a time. I go for another fill next friday. I am looking forward to that. Have a great day. I hope we here from Rose soon. Laurel