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I was just thinking the same thing even though i am not as close as some of you ladies. But i am about 30lbs from goal which would be 165. I am 5`7" so i am pretty tall even my lap band dr said i would look very thin at 165 but i keep thinking to my self i would love to be 140 so when is enough enough. When do you stop?

Easy way out maybe but i still have to think about my weight everyday how much i should eat, how much i should exercise, should i eat that cookie, did i loose anything this week and on on on. For those who think it is the easy way let them get banded. Yes it has made my journey smother and the road isn't as rocky but there is still potholes in the road but the band will get me to my destination. I am very blessed to have taken this route.

WOW 150lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is amazing. Congrats on your milestone.

I have not weighed in in the last two weeks so this weight is for two weeks last weight 204 today 199 -3.5 Yay onederland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I also get a little score around the port sometimes if i over do it and i work out 5 days a week and have since week one but my dr told me that you form scare tissue around the port and sometimes when you put strain there sometimes you can pull or even tare it some times (scare tissue).

OMG i love peanut butter can't get enough of it but LiveLoveLaugh is right put the spoon down. There is 190 calories in just 2 tbs of pb. So if you are eating several tbs you are getting hundreds of calories. I always have PB in the house because the kids love their sandwichs so if i am graving it i alot enough calories out of my day to have one tbs. I messure it out and lick it off the spoon really slowly and that will end my craving. I also buy the smuckers uncrustables for my kids (they are little PB and j sandwichs in the freezer section) they are only 210 calories and i will have one for my breakfast or lunch and they are so yummy.

my full is slight pain in my chest if i don't stop them i will throw up. So as soon as i feel that feeling i stop right away even though i might want another bite.

I have droped 86lbs and i went from a size 22 to 14 but it took a long time to drop from a 18 to a 16 (like 30lbs) but the 14's come with a 15lbs weight loss.

I just saw my lap band doctor last week and he referred me to the PS. I been having really bad rashs in my belly button and under my belly. I have a really bad panni i have always had it and since loosing 85lbs it is so bad it hangs below my pubic area (completely covering). The lap band doctor told me that i really need to have this taken care of because of the infections that i keep getting. I have to wear shapwear everday just to hide it. I am very lucky that my insurance does list a abdominoplasty as a covered procedure i just have to prove that i have rashs (which won't be hard to do). But i keep hearing from everyone that i should wait till i get to goal and i should maintain my weight for 6 months first. I am only about 35lbs from goal and it will take about 3 months to get insurance approval (have to prove rashs for three months). I hope to be about 180lbs when i have this done. Do you think i should wait or do you think that because my panni is so bad it wouldn't hurt to have it done. If i have it done at 180lbs that is only 20lbs from my goal. I don't think 20lbs would make that much difference on my belly. What do you guys think? I do see the PS next week. I just want to have good results.

You can join me in pa last week it was 12 as a high lol. I wish it was 68 degrees that is a summer temp here.

Since thurs i havn't stoped eating. I feel like i have eaten a house. Thank god i didn't gain anything but i havn't lost anything this week. I feel so guilty. I have never in the 9 months i have been banded let go i always track my calories and stay below 1200 calories. My husband told me i need to relax and just get back on track today which i am. He said that maybe why i was so hungry was that maybe my body just need an little extra this week. I don't feel hungry today so maybe he was right.

I am right there with you JR i have been between 204-205 for 3 weeks and i am still just eating 1100 calories and working out 5 days a week. I want to get to onederland so bad. I think i might do a liquid diet for a few days to see if i can get the scale to move.

I am hooked on Sobe O calories. I love the apple. It has no calories no sodium no sugar and it is so good.

I am in i have been fighting the same 1 lb for two weeks now so i think hit a plateau. The doctor did tell me that the last 35lbs will take forever to get off.

Since thurs i havn't stoped eating. I feel like i have eaten a house. Thank god i didn't gain anything but i havn't lost anything this week. I feel so guilty. I have never in the 9 months i have been banded let go i always track my calories and stay below 1200 calories. My husband told me i need to relax and just get back on track today which i am. He said that maybe why i was so hungry was that maybe my body just need an little extra this week. I don't feel hungry today so maybe he was right.

I can finally fit into a womens 14 i ordered some new jeans and they came in the mail no problem they zipped right up. Well my husband said to me that i needed to pack up all the clothes in my closest because nothing fits. I started at a size 22 and now a size 14. I just can't bring my self to do it anyone else having this problem. I just keep thinking some time in the future just like every other time i lost weight that i will gain it back and need those clothes. And a few of the posts read that they have gain some weight scares me even more. Anyone have any ideas to help me let go of the past and move on?

wow i buy that stuff all the time. I never use 5 sprays. I always use more then 5 sprays.

I was wondering if anyone out there is having problems with low blood sugar. I started to notice last week that if i went longer then 4 hrs without eating i was getting Nausea, shaking, and just not feeling right. Well i went away with my parents this weekend and i didn't eat in a few hrs and i start to get the same symptons well my dad had diabetes so he told to to check my sugar on him machine it was only 55. My dad told me i have to make sure i am eating a snack between meals. I have a doctors appointment next week so i will tell the doctor. But this makes it so hard because i get so full and such a little amount and i can go 6hrs without even wanting food. And if i have to eat a snack it might slow my weight loss.

Since i have lost 82lbs i thought i would post my progress. I still have 39lbs to go. The one pictures is of me at 285 and the other at 203