Goal150

Me too, i have been betwen 180-183 and have not lost any,since Nov, i have started getting frustated so i have been over eating, and this week i have not been working out. i normally work out of 5-6xa week. i have los 62lbs since april and 120+ from my heaviest. I need to get my mind in order. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

I had mine 4/23/2009, i have lost 66 lbs none in from Nov to now, but i have not been eating like i should, i still work out, i am having a had time getting used to eating 1/2 cup of food.

Phentermine cures my head hunger which the band does not. I am back on Phentermine after i hit a plateu. It gives me energy and i feel like barely eating. It also gives me so much energy i feel like i can work out forever. I can do the stairmaster while on phentermine for 30 minutes and do elipitical 30 minutes plus weights. This is good for me because i am losing weight by being able to push myself in my works outs. I feel like i am on a rush on it and can keep going and going like an energizer bunny! After i hit my goal weight of 150, maybe i will come of it, but in the meantime, combined with the band is the duo i need. I have lost 61lbs since banding on 4/23/2009. 120 lbs in total from my highest weight of 308! 36 lbs to go to goal weight ! YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO!

Well, its been 5 months out and i have lost 47lbs. I am happy for the loss but have not lost any pound in Sept. I wish i had the bypass instead of the lapband. I work out 6 times a week and no loss in a month! i know there are some days that i have not stuck to the diet , but mostly i have been good. I am currently size 14 197-200 lbs. I got off my water pill (Maxide) and i am beging to think the only reason my scale went down once to 195 was due to the water pill. I go to get a another RX today and i bet i will be back to 195 by tomorrow if i take the 1/2 pill. I still look fat at 5.4 inches. I wish i did the bypass, i think i am one of those people who need the malabsorption provided by bypass. I have been fat all my life and all i want is to be skinny. lapband is a GIMMICK! i think my loss has been due to my hard work busting myself in the gym 6x a week. I am depressed and i am slowly going back to my old ways. I need encouragement.

Sandi, I hear ya! I wish i had the bypass, its just so hard with the band. I wonder if i can get the bypass on top of my realize band but i guess my insurance will not cover it. We are getting a new insurance provide and will talk to my Dr on getting the bypass. This sucks!

I have also been strugling with getting back on track, i have been eating all the wrong food and in huge quantities and have not been to the gym,its so easy to go back to the old habbits. I have lost 50lbs since 4/23/2009. I dont know if this is within range but i do need to get my head together. Weekends are the worst for me.

Shut up you bigoted racist and get a life! I bet you are white and if it was a white man in the white house you would not be posting this crap. Bush bankrupted the nation by going to irag when there were no weapons . Go have a casserole or something!

My bras were getting too loose and my gals were looking like dropies from the weight loss. I invested in nice bras from Soma intimates, cost a fortune but its worth it. The lift i get from them is incredible and the sales rep measured and gave me the correct size.

Congratulations, last week i thought i would never see onderland , today i am offically under 200's ! 198-199 this is my new range when i weight in the morning!

Congratulations, i have 4lbs to go to get there, i will take a picture just like you. Way to go Goal150here i come!

Thank you, i just orders one too, i have been looking for a non leak blender for a while now.

I am a laxative addict , i did not go to the bathroom without it prior and no do i post , i take laxative twice a week and thats the only time i can go. I have always been unable to go to the bathroom on my own.

DO NOT TELL KEEP IT TO YOURSELF:) I have only told a few people i can trust the rest when they ask , i say no carbs and 6X week excersize witch is the truth.

I confess that last week i pigged out. Yesterday i pigged out and i have been suffering. I had terrible stomach aches and now i am scared that my band could have slipped or too much food caused the pain. I had to take a hydrocodene, the pain was worse than my appendectomy. I confess that i will not cheat again, this is a hard lesson for me. No more cheating , today i am so scared that i have not eaten a single things. Only fluids.

Me too, i am hovering between 204-206 , i have never been below 200 in over 15years. I do spinining 1hrs 3Xweek and 90mins cardio/weights 3X week. Yesterday i got frustrated and pigged out, i need to break to the 100's thats all i want to do. I have lost 40lbs with the band from 4/23/2009 and 66 without it for a total of over 100!

Add me Too to the 100lbs lost. I used to weigh 308 and this morning i clocked in at 207! 40lbs lost since 4/23/2009 surgey date this year and 60lbs without surgery. This is the best feeling over. This is the lowest i have ever been my whole adult life . ONEDERLAND HERE I COME. YEA BOIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!:tongue_smilie:

I am addicted to this website prior and after getting my realize band. I am on the website the whole day at work and when i get home. Is anyone addicted to this site and cant seem to get off the site like me? I love this site and i keep on refreshing to see the new posts. :smile2:

I would recommend spinning for plateus. I joined the gym this week after much debate and i am commited to spinning 3x a week. My size 16pants which i just bought two weeks ago are now so loose! I have dropped 4lbs this week already. I love spinning and i am sure this is what i just need . Spinn 3x a week, and elipitical 2x a week + weights. Gotta move to lose, this is not like RYN, though sometimes i wish i could just sit on my toush and melt off.

Hello, i was banded at emory johns creek by DR William Johnson Atlanta Bariatric.

I had a bad day today, i over ate and did not follow any rules. I as banded on 4/23/2009 and i have been doing great . The weekends are the hardest for me. I need to know if am the only one who has ever derailed in this WL journey. Do you fly when you fall down or do you pickup the pieces and keep moving. I fee the journey is too hard! why cant the weight just melt off? I am begining to wish i had the RNY instead of this. I saw my skinny sister today and she dressed in a nice skirt and she looked nice and i just got depressed and that has been spiraling my overeating out of control. She has never been fat a day in her life and she still thinks i dont need this Band and should not have gotten it. I just want to get skinny. !!!!!!!!1

Here is my recipe, the tilapia comes so yummy. 1. 6-8 pieces of tilapia fillet. 2.I can rottel canned tomatoes) i like the ne with th lime juice and cilantro. 3.Diced onions. 4.Basil and Garlic seasoning. 5.Zesty Lemon pepper seasoning. 6.Olive oil. > Line the tilapia in a baking tray ,sprinkle with the spices enough to cover both sides. > pour the onions on top of the tilapia fillet. >Dash the tilapia with some olive oil (Enough to your liking) >Put in the oven at 450(I use this) >Let cook for a couple of minutes and then turn over the fillet. >After turning pour over the canned rottel tomatoes and cover and bake untill cooked. This is so yummy, its my African recipe. It make the fish not dry and gives it like a sauce, i eat this daily with some broccolli and caulifloer that i steam with no butter/salt.

El Pollo Locco ,i loved their refired beans and their value menu one chicken leg.Their chicken is flame broiled, i just take the skin off . I put their salsa ib my refried beans and its even more yummy!

I had my first fill on 5/26/2009. My Dr suggested one day of full liquids ,two days of musshies and back to regular foods. However, i have decided to kick it up a notch by doing 7days of liquids only. Did anyone take the same approach as me? I feel like i have not lost as much as i would like . I am now 226-225 and i just want get to 220! I feel like i have been plateuing .only 20lbs lost since surgery on 4/23/2009. I would love to hear from anyone who did this .

I weight myself monring ,AM ,afternoon ,every time i go to the bathroom. I cant stop! I had my Realize band on 4/23/2009 and i have only lost 21lbs! i had my first fill on 5/26/2009,i am on a liquid diet coz i am so desparate to get under 200! i am at 225-226 now and i weigh myself all the time!

ohh my God i am in the same place my weight will not move and i feel like might even be gaiing! I dont get a fill untill end of May, i banded on April23,someone please tell me it gets better. Did anyone lose during this phase?