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Yay - Broke 220 that is AWESOME! Keep the faith girlie - keep the faith!

I'm doing well! I was a little frustrated since I've been yo yo-ing and my doc refusing to fill me last weekend. I decided to stay off the scale all week (I've been addicted to the scale - 3-5 weigh ins a day). I promised that if I got on the scale this morning and had not lost 2 lbs that I was going to march into my doc's office and DEMAND a fill. I lost THREE lbs! So I'm a happy girl today!Think I'm gonna stay off the scale this week too!

So When's your first fill?

Hi Juwa, We met about a couple of weeks ago and you were considering the band. How are you feeling about it now?

Hi darling. I was wondering how things were going for you. Its been a couple of weeks now. How are you doing?

So - how are things? Are you still hanging in there?

Been a while - how's it going?

Wow you look awesome! Congratulations! You should be proud. I have a lot of weight to lose and I need all the help and inspiration that I can get. I added you as a friend cause I need all the inspiration I can get.

Woq you look awesome! Congratulations! I added you as a friend cause I need all the inspiration I can get.

Wow - I saw your before and after pictures. You Look FABULOUS! What an inspiration! So, how much weight did you lose? Where did you start? When were you banded? I want all the details?

Yay! Glad I could help. Sometimes we only see things from one angle and we need others to give us perspective. I know how you feel - you jumped into this with the promise of significant results. What we have to remember is that its gonna take us a while to get to those staggering numbers - but we'll get there. Glad you added me as a friend!

Been a day or two - just checking on you to see how you're doing. Today's your one week bandiversary! Have you dared to look at the scale?

I left a message on your post about going to liquids. I came to take a look around your profile to see when you were banded compared to how much you've lost. Its barely been 4 weeks girlie - you're doing great. You're averaging more than 4lbs a week. That's AWESOME! Like I said - you should be losing about 1% of your weight a week. which is about 2.5 lbs. You're doing almost double that. Don't feel discouraged!

Yay! Do you eat cream soups like cream of chicken and cream of mushroom? That's what got me through. Also yogurt and pudding. I ate a lot of that my first week. If you get the clam chowder in the soup at hands its not very chunky just small bits of clams and potatoes that aren't bad. I'm glad to fear you're feeling great. 4 days was about the time things got to normal for me too. How's the pain?

Hmmm, what did I eat during the regular liquid stage? I do remember I drank a lot of juice. I'm not sure that I would go this route though because eventually that was a habit I had to break myself from - actually just this past 2 weeks. I was easily drinking 300 calories a day in juice. This week though I've found several low cal or no cal drinks. Lifewater just came out with these new drinks - 1 is apple pear flavored and no calories. YAY! I think I'll be drinking a lot of iced tea sweetened with splenda this summer. I did a lot of soup at hands that first week. Cream of wheat that is really soupy was good too. How long are you on liquids? I was on it for a week. It drove me crazy though - not because of the liquids just cause I was hungry all the time - I was thinking isn't this why I got the lap band, so I wouldn't feel hungry? I did some more reading though and realize that this was because liquids pretty much just go straight through you. How are you feeling pain wise?

Glad to hear you're doing well. The first couple of days are the hardest so its good to hear that you're getting through them well. I wasn't in too much pain right after - I got off the prescription stuff right away and switch over to alleve. That way I had a little relief and wasn't all loopy for the pain medicine. You sound like you're on the right track. The first couple of days I didn't really have an appetite. I bought like $100 of food to eat that first week and most of it still sitting in my fridge/cabinet today. You're still on a clear liquid diet right? Broth and jello were my friends. I did find that first few days that I was hungry all the time - but that's cause you're not eating anything of substance. How long are you on clear liquids?

I know I just left you a message but I just checked out your profile and we are practically the same age. My birthday is in late July. How awesome is that? We'll hopefully be a good gauge for one another since we're the same age, and similiar weight with similiar goals. I want to get down to the 170's. So how tall are you? I'm 5'11.

OMG - so how do you feel? Its been six weeks for me - the first couple of days were a little rough but by the end of the week I was back to my normal me! My best advice to anyone would be GET GAS X NOW!

Wow - I'm so glad you left me a message. I just found this site a few days ago and I need a buddy. I have a large family but its hard for them to understand what I'm going through and it will be nice to have someone to swap stories with.

My biggest concern is that I feel GREAT! I've lost about 25 lbs so far and I'm find this whole thing incredibly easy. Never vomited, never had some of the troubles that many people are saying they have and I'm just so concerned that maybe I'm not doing something right. I've even considered that maybe I don't have a band at all and the Doctor's playing mind games with me! Laughs. I feel GREAT! I have even seen an increase in energy. I actually DESIRE to get up and do things. I am SOO excited that you messaged me.

Let me know ASAP how you are doing!

Saw your story on a forum and you are AWESOME. I have 200 lbs to lose. I was told by one surgeon that the lap band is for someone who only wanted to lose like 40 lbs and shouldn't expect to lose more than that. You are an inspiration.

Hi Texas - I saw that you wrote a post under "wanna cry". I've been looking for someone with a weight similiar to mind to pal up with and share war stories - Feel like I'm in kindergarten again but . . . will you be my friend?

We met earlier today in the chat room - you'll be on my mind all day. Good luck - hope things go well for you.