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i can completely understand you being concious about going to the gym but you will find it the opposite, people will support you. If you can bring yourself to doing that then get outside and walk and when you know no one is around and looking, pick a spot in the distance maybe at first 20 feet away and run to it, then gradually increase tht distance. Trust me after a month you will notice a huge difference and you wont even think about being concious but you need to do it 4 times a week and stick at it for a month and I promise you will feel better and fitter. Try it.

all the best luv your looking awesome. gx

hi lil, i was banded in feb 09 by dr chris however during a fill my port tubing was punctured in july and i had to go back in august to have it fixed which all went well, i cannot compliment dr c and his team anymore. gx

welcome to you both, it is normal to be nervous but you are in great hands with dr chris he is great, the trip to belgium is pretty easy and the nursing care is fantastic, take a quiet moment and red through all the posts in this section and i am sure all your questions will be answered, if not just shout were all here to help we have all been there. g

hi darlin, merry christmas hope you had a good one, i have drank way too much but cnt eat so all good first christmas i aint felt like a stuffed pig, hahahaha x

hi there, chris deprez does do a clinic in glsgow, he works for ECFS alos, i think frederik actully does alternative months its generally around the 16th and its always a friday, it up at charing cross, the charge is £80-£90. you can also see dr cdb in edinburgh also. JUst shout if u want anymore info

am with you babe on the empty calories, i cant eat after drinking even if i wanted too hahahahahaha, thanks you too have a fab time, you have done and look awesome so enjoy it, i know i do now, only a few more pounds to the 8 stone mark so delighted. take care gxxx

i wish i could eat to put a few pounds on, i got a fill end of oct and its still so f@@@in tight to the extent that on monday i could not even eat chocolate, probably to do with the bevvy at the weekend, should not really complain as thats why i got it. gx

i am also fair partial to a binge drink session, the only effect it has on me is it swells my stomach the next day and my band gets super, super tight.

i am down 105 so feeling good wnt to loose another 60 then i think i will be happy but i now have no doubt i will do it, love my band and oh of course the gym

hey jennyo, welcome to the forum, take some time out and read back this thread and i am sure you will find loads of advice however if you have anything particular to ask then fire away. gaz

hi all, merry christmas, nice to catch up, i still have mega restriction and thats from a fill at the end of october so i am pretty chuffed, so for those that are not quite there it will come and oh my god you will know about it hahahahahaha. i have now lost 7.5 stone so pretty please, wud love to loose another 6 pound by christmas then my weight would begin with a 20 woop woop. Some days i have even thought of a defill as i can eat next to nothing but thats why i got it, so bring on the turkey allbeit in a thimble but look out chocolates and trifle i will eat you. hahahahaha gxxxx

Starsky Dont get too disheartened we all have had that emotion, although i kind of lost 2 months through my problem, i was banded in feb and nevery really got to true restriciton till end sept, up till then i thought i had it but by chirst when you get it right you know about it. I was finding with fills that when i was getting close to what i thot was restriction it would go away agin after 10 days however i got a fill at the end of oct and today is as tight if not tighter, i can eat very little appart from chocoalte nd cakes which i have no probs however my will power is good at the mo so still loosing If i hve a binge session on the booze i literelly cant relly eat the next day at ll as my stomch must swell, even Fluid is a struggle but after 2 days i can have Soups thendy 3 or 4 cn add solids agin but tht is self inflictied. I think what i am saying is dont rush it as if you went from eating everything to what i have i think it would do your head in as i really hve to work t it. good luck gx

Unfortunately in excess of 4000 people in there right mind choose to do it this was as it is the only option, everyone is uncomfortable about it but as an earlier post says use big notes, fred meets you in hotel the night before and relieves you of it ever so gracefully. g

Welld one, the crckerbread would be fine with the mayo but its the chicken tht does it, i made a curry last night and too the time and cut the chicken into pieces the size of a pea and it was great. This is where the learning curve really begins, here is a strange one, for me bread has nae chance even pan bread toasted however i toased plain (scottish bred for those that dont know) and it goes down nicely llbeit slowly. BUt as everyone says it changes by the day. gx

send me a pm with height weight and age 25 i think

fire way frostie were all here to hep i am sure we will all have asked the same questions, if you dont get an immediate responce it just means that no one is online in this forum but i will promise you they will get nswered. g

Hi honey i hope your well, are you sitting down for this, at your current weight based upon your normal daily activity ie wlking talking sleeping eating your body needs 1430 cals per day to keep your weight steady. THe rough rule is that to loose 1 pound of body fat per week you need to be minus 3500 calories per week which equtes to you eating 930 which is not a lot, thats why the importance of excercise is crucial to you looosing as you can still loose that pound per week by still eating 1400 cals as long as your burning 3500 per week in excercise which at your low weight is quite a bit of training to give you and idea at your weight an hour of jogging will burn you 600 cals so you would need to add 5 runs per week phewwwwww, i cant emphasise enough about doing weights as well,(it wont get you bigger) this is even more effective in loosing fat than cardio training ask any fitness instructor therefroe if you do a combo of both you will loose that extra bit but more importantly you will be toned. http://www.prohealth.com/weightloss/tools/exercise/calculator1_2.cfm this is a handy wee site for calculating calories through excercise. Also look up in your area "Bikhram hot yoga" s since i have added this to my training i have toned up a lot and lost weight .I hope this makes sense if not PM me your number and i will call you as its easier to talk through (good try at getting your number eh just a pitty your so far way hahahaha). gx

aw thats a shame, the gym will make a huge difference but please please please give it time, i say to folk that it will take at least a month of going min of 3 times a week before even mentally you feel the benefit and then you will get obsessed, just trust me. Some days you will drive into car park and want to drive right back out but it does change. gx

i am honey but it passes, weight is falling off ur right, its great. gx

OMG i am still super tight a teaspoon of food is all i can manage,think i will need to go back to soup so i can feel as though i m eating something. Roll on the weightloss though gx

good effort mate at least its still coming off, i am not looking forward to the stage your at as your metabolic rate will be grately reduced making it far harder to loose. Your dowing awesome

well its a kind of eating, i had a soup bowl of curry last night with rice and i managed to eat it allbeit it took me 1 hour and 30 mins it was stone cold but i was determined to eat it as i was hank marvin. x