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Jude22, Wow 48lbs since Dec. ... That's wonderful! Congrats! I'm trying to reach 30 lbs...

Congrats to you.. Try not to be scared~ It sounds like you did your homework this time around. Good Luck with it and keep us posted.

Ok.. CONGRATS to you all.. That is so exciting to hear of your weightloss! For those of you that have already had a fill, I am curious to know- what size is your band and how many cc's are in the band? I am 6mos post op and only dow 29 lbs so far.. this has been very slow for me.. Although the weightloss has increased a bit more over the last 6 wks-- I've lost 9 lbs since my last fill (6 wks ago).. Would love to hear what everyone's diet consist of.. are you totally eating healthy?

terri, no b/c.. I didn't know to set up a cutesy name... see, I'm a bigger dork... i'm clynnc... . here's your sign

I was banded by Dr. Hadar Spivak.. He is wonderful. His staff too. Prior to Spivak, I was getting the approval thru Spiegel. He & his office are very unprofessional.. It's like they are herding cattle thru there.. It's so riduculous. If you want to feel like a number, that's the place to go. They have no bedside manner and the staff they don't care or even act like they care about you or if you get approved. That was the worst medical facility that I've ever been to. I've seen low income clinics that are better staffed and organized than they are. My momma always said that If I don't have anything good to say about someone to keep my mouth shut.. So, on that note- I'll end for now. :eek:

Rock on terri! Welcome to LBT! This is your sister replying to you. You look marvelous-- you little size 8 you! Very proud of you and am very glad to be the Aunti 2BEE again! Although, you first is still the love of my life! xoxoxox love you chandra PS can you get me up to speed on the pic thingy & buddy list... I'm a dork and I'm not in denial! S.W.A.K (sealed w/ a kiss) ;>

OMG Fran! that's wonderful~~ CONGRATS to you!

Ginger- It sounds like you are doing the right things.. 2.5cc's may not be enough. I have a 4cc band and was @ 2.5cc's appx 2 months ago. I went back & had the doc do and esophogram to determine how much was going thru the opening at a time. It was entirely too much. They increased my fill 3.5cc's and I'm rocking and rolling now.. I've lost 9 lbs in 1 month- since the increase.. maybe speak w/ your doc about that~ Good luck and keep us posted

Fluffer.. you can do it!... Keep that attitude and you'll surely bring around to home plate.. That will be so much fun-- slimmer for the reunion..how exciting! I weighed in on Saturday on 206.5...this morning I was 210 again.. not sure what that's all about.. I think I have a bootleg digital scale..I'll try again tomorrow..

Same here.. my first 4 fills I was still eating like a heifer.. I told the doc to muzzle me up.. they did the esophogram and saw that the opening was still large so that increased my fill to 3.5cc's and it's working.. after a few bites i'm full and I get the saliva stuff too.. and usually the last bite or 2 will come up.. it's not that big of a deal to me... I'm just glad that I'm losing weight now.. glad to be losing more that 4 lbs/month..

Denise822- the Zone perfect bars have 22g of carbs.. appx 200 calories

I would check with your Dr.

Denise822- you may want to get another fill... ask your dr. if they can do an esophogram to see how much of an opening you have.. they can determine from that if you need to increase your fill.... Yes, I get food stuck occassionally.. that has to do with not chewing enough.... Sometimes, it happens anyway. It will happen regardless of the fill-- Good Luck... I notice that when I got my last fill (3.5cc's) this has really increased my weight loss... I get fuller faster.. which is really good for me. I'm learning to chew more... chew til it's mush-- make sure it's small amounts at a time...that seems to help me.

Kim2Bhealthy---so proud of you! ROCK ON! You will so be there~ Keep us posted! That 80gb IPOD is waiting on you.

DynamoMini, so happy for you... keep up the good work... I've decided that if I have a reward to work towards..new clothes, ipod, etc.. it's an added incentive for me to stay away from the bad choices.. Which by the way is extremely hard for me. Good Luck with your continued success!

HOWDY from cow TOWN! Houston, TX I'm 36 yrs old and nearly 6 mos post-op. If anyone has any suggestions for meals and snacks:hungry: bring it on! I'm trying to stay away from the GOOD STUFF (tastey food) but I miss it tons! Not enough to go back & gain.. but any ideas on food and snacks would be great.. Keep in mind that I don't like FISHY fish-- trying to stick w/ salads w/ chicken-that's hard Thanks :help:

Thanks to everyone for the great suggestions...I really appreciate it.. I will put that to use~ Kat, I can totally relate to the cooking whatever I'm in the mood for.. I'm the world's worst at that. I cook what sounds good to me that day. Not what would be the best for me.. I need to work on changing that bad habit.. I never really thought of it until reading your reply was like a finger pointing at me. Have a great day and thanks.

Sheree, i'm not sure how to respond to people.. I only know how to do the quick reply.. Can you help me with that.. PS- CONGRATS to you...

Kim2BHealthy-- the 80 gb IPOD is a great idea along with my 3 new outfits that I'll be purchasing.. I was looking @ an 80GB this weekend at SAM'S CLUB--I think they were in the $250 range..I may share your idea and do that as well.. or maybe I'll wait until I reach 175 for that deal.. That will give me something to really work for-- I have my bootleg MP3 player.. it does the job for now.. Thanks for the tip! Have a great day!

Crystal, My doc told me that the different sizes are determined @ the time of surgery. It depends on the size of your stomach and esophogus. My band is a 10 and my sister is a 9.75.. Congrats to you.. and have fund watching the scale move downward

Karla, I was banded by Dr. Spivak also. So was my sister.. She did a commercial for him.. My band is a 10 also.. I had my last fill (3.5cc's)appx 4 1/2 wks ago and have lost 9 lbs since then... Prior to that my weightloss was slow(i had only lost 20 lbs in 5mos)... Now my sister has done really well.. She was banded 2/15/05 and lost 102--she is maintaining. Are you at your goal wieght? Congrats on your success as well!

My fave is the Zone perfect bar.. appx 15g protein 6 grams of fat appx 200 calories... they also come in snack sizes.. The bars are appx. $4 per box @ wmt.. (about 5 bars inside) (eight or 10 snack sized) My faves are: strawberry, orange/cranberry crunch, mint chocolate.. they have peanut butter, caramel.. and various others

I agree.. the flaxseed is good.. Can't do fishOIL-- gag me- you can mix the flaxseed w/nearly anything-- yogurt, cereal, oatmeal, malto-meal, cream of wheat.. you can even put in on a salad or mix with any food that you want to eat.. Good Luck on that note~

I pretty sure that I meet the criteria to be in this group. Banded 11/28/06... to date total lbs lost 29--(9 of these lbs lost since my last fill 4 1/2 wks ago)... I went back to the doc and said y'all have to muzzle me up... so they did the esophogram and moved my fill to 3.5cc's I'm starting to move along now.. hopefully i'll keep moving and then y'all can boot me to the curb... good luck to all of you

I've lost another pound... i'm now 207.5... nearly to onederland-- can't wait.. Once I hit 198-- I will go buy me 3 new outfits for work.. i can ditch 3 of the potato sacks that I'm wearing around.. yippee!