imaluckydog
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My Nutritionist suggested Biotin. I took it for several months after my surgery. It has helped. My hair has started to replenish and seems to be back to normal. It may take a year. Rapid weight loss and surgery causes the hair loss. Keep taking you multiple vitamin they help as well. Best wishes imaluckydog
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Thinking of you and wish you a speedy recovery. Thanks for sharing and keep blogging. Best wishes imaluckydog
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Hi, Thank you for the well wishes. I love my band and my new found Happiness and Life. I made a wish for continued health for all my band buddies. I blew out a candle I did not have cake or ice cream. I feel GREAT. You look Great TOO!
Best wishes. Kathy imaluckydog
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Llyra, Hi I know you can do this!! I hear it in your blog you want it and you want it BAD don't you????!!! Yes, see your DR. Then See the Dietitian or Nutritionist that work with them these people are a team and will help you. I will help you. I too had many sleepless nights. I made more mistakes than anyone I know. I was banded June 29,2009 I just turned 54 yesterday and when I started this journey I was well over 250 pounds and miserable. Today I have lost 110 pounds and it has NOT been easy. Nothing is ever easy for me. I go to the Dietitian once a month I get good tips on what and how to eat. If I may make a suggestion Get OFF SODA of all kinds and OFF SUGAR and ICE CREAM. I had a week or so withdrawal from it, it was like getting off a drug addiction for me. I do not even crave sugar or soda now. Eat REAL food Not to much and mostly plants with PROTEINS first. Do NOT drink with a meal as it pushes the food through and you will not feel full. Your Dr. may suggest you go back to the Bandser RULES. Make a FRESH start of it YOU ARE READY. Just do it. Best wishes imaluckydog
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Hi yes I have had some very stressful life situations that have caused my band to feel more restricted. Well, as my Dr. put it is NOT the Band that is being restricted it is the muscles around the band that are tensing up and making it feel like I got tighter. The band does not change on its own the muscles around the band do. On two separate occasions I need to have Un-fills just a smidge but it helped. Then got fill a few weeks later it is all about adjustment. I even started losing again after the unfill so they do have there advantages. If you are having any acid reflux see you Dr. ASAP. I hope this has helped. Best wishes over 1 year 110 pounds down LB works listen to your body. imaluckydog
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FINALLY! 100 Pounds gone...another 100 ish to go
imaluckydog commented on OldSchool76's blog entry in Blog 85786
Thank you and congrats. Best wishes imaluckydog -
Hi, Thank you for the well wishes. I love my band and my new found Happiness and Life. I made a wish for continued health for all my band buddies. I blew out a candle I did not have cake or ice cream. I feel GREAT.
Best wishes. Kathy imaluckydog
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Hi, Thank you for the well wishes. I love my band and my new found Happiness and Life. I made a wish for continued health for all my band buddies. I blew out a candle I did not have cake or ice cream. I feel GREAT.
Best wishes. Kathy imaluckydog
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Hi, Thank you for the well wishes. I love my band and my new found Happiness and Life. I made a wish for continued health for all my band buddies. I blew out a candle I did not have cake or ice cream. I feel GREAT.
Best wishes. Kathy imaluckydog
Ps I started my journey on a Monday too. Please keep in touch and I may be able to help if you have any question on your journey. Take care for the next few days will be the hardest part because you are healing on the inside. Get up and just walk and take small sips of water. Best wishes on a speedy recovery. xoxoxoxoxoxo
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Hi, Thank you for the well wishes. I love my band and my new found Happiness and Life. I made a wish for continued health for all my band buddies. I blew out a candle I did not have cake or ice cream. I feel GREAT.
Best wishes. Kathy imaluckydog
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Hi, Thank you for the well wishes. I love my band and my new found Happiness and Life. I made a wish for continued health for all my band buddies. I blew out a candle I did not have cake or ice cream. I feel GREAT.
Best wishes. Kathy imaluckydog
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Hi, Thank you for the well wishes. I love my band and my new found Happiness and Life. I made a wish for continued health for all my band buddies. I blew out a candle I did not have cake or ice cream. I feel GREAT.
Best wishes. Kathy imaluckydog
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Hi, Thank you for the well wishes. I love my band and my new found Happiness and Life. I made a wish for continued health for all my band buddies. I blew out a candle I did not have cake or ice cream. I feel GREAT.
Best wishes. Kathy imaluckydog
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Hi, Thank you for the well wishes. I love my band and my new found Happiness and Life. I made a wish for continued health for all my band buddies. I blew out a candle I did not have cake or ice cream. I feel GREAT.
Best wishes. Kathy imaluckydog
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Hi, Thank you for the well wishes. I love my band and my new found Happiness and Life. I made a wish for continued health for all my band buddies. I blew out a candle I did not have cake or ice cream. I feel GREAT.
Best wishes. Kathy imaluckydog
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Hi, Thank you for the well wishes. I love my band and my new found Happiness and Life. I made a wish for continued health for all my band buddies. I blew out a candle I did not have cake or ice cream. I feel GREAT.
Best wishes. Kathy imaluckydog
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Hi, Thank you for the well wishes. I love my band and my new found Happiness and Life. I made a wish for continued health for all my band buddies. I blew out a candle I did not have cake or ice cream. I feel GREAT.
Best wishes. Kathy imaluckydog
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Hi, Thank you for the well wishes. I love my band and my new found Happiness and Life. I made a wish for continued health for all my band buddies. I blew out a candle I did not have cake or ice cream. I feel GREAT.
Best wishes. Kathy imaluckydog
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Do something else with your mouth....
imaluckydog commented on Yvette1026's blog entry in How I lost 100lbs
Yes, it is in our reach!! All of it....I even went skiing the past winter GREAT Fun. I was not a cow on the slopes any more!! We have so much more confidence and it just makes us feel so much better about ourselves. I raise my glass to the NEW ME and all of is who are on this journey with me. Best wishes imaluckydog -
He is so cute! My husband just said go get another one! Just wait buying new clothes is such fun. Because it will all fit. Best wishes imaluckydog
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I hope this helps. It sounds like you have an open mind. It will take some time for your body to adjust to what has happened to you. I went into a depression with the loss of my sugar, soda, and carbs I was so sad all the time. I love to eat and I loved to eat tons of food. But my desire to be thin and healthy was strong. How strong is your desire? I even dreamed about eating these foods. I never did eat them. My HEAD was always hungry and it made me crazy. I helped myself by blogging a lot about my feelings and it took up a lot of my time blogging does help. I took long rather slow walks to keep myself moving and in the out doors I would walk neighborhoods and see the sites. It did help to pass the time. It clears the head. Your hunger is very real. You are changing the way you have eaten for many years and it is a drastic change. Let me just say after I did the post op program and stayed off all sugar, all soda, and all carbs, it helped me. It is sort of like a detox if you will. I do not crave these things any more. Takes about 2 to 3 weeks maybe less. I have been banded over a year now and I do eat a small amount of carbs, I have had a soda, and I got into trouble with chocolate just the other day. I am still learning and my journey has been amazing. Give yourself a chance. It is a choice to follow all the rules and do the best that you are able. It is a MIND over food thing. We have very strong willed minds and once we decide to do something we are usually the best at what we do. I am cheering for your good health and the determination it takes to have power over your HEAD (Head Hunger, Bandster Hell). I have made many mistakes and I have still done well with my band. I have had fills and Un fills. I try to follow the rules to the best of my ability everyday. I have lost 110 pounds in this year and today is my birthday. The Band was the best gift I ever gave myself. I am in control today! Not the FOOD!!!! Set your mind in the direction you want to go. Best wishes imaluckydog
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Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Thinking of you. imaluckydog
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I agree you look Great. Keep it up. This journey is so much fun. I just love all the new clothes. Best wishes imaluckydog
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Hi How are you doing today? I thought about you yesterday. Some people have it harder than others the first couple of days. Who knows why? Sounds like you are taking care of yourself. I hope these hard days will pass quickly for you. Just wait and see how much energy you have a week or so from now. Two weeks after I was banded I was running around Disney World with may daughter. I felt like a fat little kid. Now one year later I am a skinny little kid and she cannot keep up with me. It is amazing what a year will do for you when you have the band to help. Speedy Recovery and Best wishes imaluckydog
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I know I have disordered eating! I know this about myself with and without the band. The band has helped me with this in a better way. I have heard how some people develop eating disorders. Wow, I have heard a lot about this lately. Makes me want to follow the rules and follow them well. Best wishes as I try to stay off the chocolate today. imaluckydog