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Wanted to be sure all of you bandsters or those of you interested in learning about bands were aware of the NW Weight Loss Conference in Portland OR 10/28 through 10/30. Check it out here. Dr. Emma Patterson will be speaking and Sandi and Gloria of Banded Living will be conducting a table talk and presenting a break out session. Look forward to meeting some of you there

Wanted to be sure all of you bandsters or those of you interested in learning about bands were aware of the NW Weight Loss Conference in Portland OR 10/28 through 10/30. Check it out here. Dr. Emma Patterson will be speaking and Sandi and Gloria of Banded Living will be conducting a table talk and presenting a break out session. Look forward to meeting some of you there

Wanted to be sure all of you bandsters or those of you interested in learning about bands were aware of the NW Weight Loss Conference in Portland OR 10/28 through 10/30. Check it out here. Dr. Emma Patterson will be speaking and Sandi and Gloria of Banded Living will be conducting a table talk and presenting a break out session. Look forward to meeting some of you there

Wanted to be sure all of you bandsters or those of you interested in learning about bands were aware of the NW Weight Loss Conference in Portland OR 10/28 through 10/30. Check it out here. Dr. Emma Patterson will be speaking and Sandi and Gloria of Banded Living will be conducting a table talk and presenting a break out session. Look forward to meeting some of you there

Wanted to be sure all of you bandsters or those of you interested in learning about bands were aware of the NW Weight Loss Conference in Portland OR 10/28 through 10/30. Check it out here. Dr. Emma Patterson will be speaking and Sandi and Gloria of Banded Living will be conducting a table talk and presenting a break out session. Look forward to meeting some of you there!

Hi all: Just wanted to let you folks from Oregon know that lap bands will be well represented this year at the NW Weighloss conference in Portland 10/28 though 10/30 with Dr. Emma Patterson speaking and Sandi and Gloria of Banded Living conduct both a table talk and break out session. You can check it out and register hereNW WeightLloss Conference. We sure would love to see our fellow bandsters attend and get your input!

Probably the most effective way to deal with rings is when you're close to, or at goal weight visit a jeweler and have it sized down to fit- I LOVE my rings now - Before I did that I had dropped one of them into a suitcase at the hotel while I was packing, although I wasn't sure it was in the suitcase. I backtracked to the conference room I had been in that morning, loked everywhere on the bed, under the bed in the hotel room, left word witht he front desk and then patiently waitied until I got home to unpack my suitcase. You see, I was afraid that if it had fallen into my suitcase I would lose it for real at the hotel if I unpacked, but if it fell out in my house, on my tile floors I would hear it. I was right, thank heavens!

Toni - just take it one step at a time, one day at atime. I know it's nerve wracking but if you get a positive decision you schedule your surgery, if you get a negative decision you regroup and figure out how to stage an appeal. Once you've decided you want the surgery I know it's hard to wait, but one day at a time.....

Beer bubbles actually feel uncomfortable to me AND my surgeon would kil me as well.

Each of our journeys are so different and for some of us daily weighing will work best, others weekly weighing will work best, and others monthly weighing works best. That's what is so great., we can each find what works best for us and follow that pattern. For me, journaling works well when I want to be in weight loss mode or when I've fallen off the wagon along with weekly weighing. At the beginning, monthly weighing and journaling worked best, but then I had a huge amount of weight to lose. You can follow my journey at Sandi's Banded Living.

LOL Maybe you should give your scale away for a while. You are doing great!

Personally I have been able to have a glass of wine with dinner (with my doctor's approval) on weekends since about 5 months post-op. I allowed for the 100 calories in the wine in my planning and still managed to lose 250 pounds an dhave been maintaining that weight loss. It is all doable. You don't have to "eat diet food" or be "on a diet" for the rest of your life, but you DO have to be careful to not sabotage yourself by having the second glass, or the little dessert, or a glass of wine every night. My band helps me deal with satiety so I can plan those little outings with the glass of wine, and yes, even a small square of dark chocolate. I did weight until about 2 years out to add the occassional square (about 60 - 80 calories) or dark chocolate, but I am now almost 7 years out and have learned how to be "normal" while using my band.