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hello and good luck fluffy!!!!!

i have been banded for 2 1/2 years now and cannot get under 200 pounds and have decided to join this forum to get motivated. i have already lost 179lbs and kept it off but cannot get any further. maybe 'further' is not an option for me, but i am going to give it my all! i am open to answering any questions you have and i am willing to try any tips that anyone has to rejuvenate my motivation and achieve my end goal!

hello loulou and elcee! thank you so much! i like this forum, i already ate better today and i do feel welcomed here. there are such vast ranges when dealing with the band. i have known many women (not men personally) that have gained back their weight with the band and so i think i become complacent with eating 1500 calories a day and walking a mile .....because i DO feel so much healthier, ( but!!!) i also feel i do not deserve to reach my goal and i do not know why and it is not really anything more than that, but THAT is a huge thing...so, i came here in search for someone to maybe give me tips or guidance who has felt the same way.... its such a great place to share...secretly i would come here and look at pictures of before and after to give myself incentive to keep going.....and some nights when i was really sad and crying or having a very hard time, those pictures really got me through, so this is a huge step for me to leap on in and get introduced (my goal is 175/i am 5ft. 8) 25 more lbs isnt that big of a deal really, especially when i have lost 180 lbs....but it has been a long time now and my "head" caught up to my weight loss and i am ready to deal with this last stretch and finally reach my goal.......i am pretty sure i am.....and i think if i cant do it here, i will have tried my very very best at least.....thank you for the messages..they made me smile :thumbup: and loulou.......essentially it is up to you, but it really helps so much....it saved my life.

indigo, i was banded 6/17/07! howdy! i have kept off 175 lbs or so since being banded but havent quite made my goal yet..i got complacent and here i am..hoping to motivate and get motivated! *waves to everyone in various stages of banded* haha!

see? i think the band is exactly what you put into it. i havent gained back anything and its been 2 1/2 years for me. i walk every single day. i do not work myself to death..sometimes i walk miles..sometimes, just to the bank. i eat small amounts but never was too hard on myself with carbs because i know when i get hard on myself, i overeat. i have noticed now that i do not eat anywhere NEAR as much as other people now and my ideas of food have totally changed..i see other people eating large amounts of food and i feel a huge innate sadness for them. or, i see someone super heavy and i want to tell them all that i have learned...but i still have never reached "my goal" and that is completely my fault. i need to eat more Protein and less sugar and thats why i am back here after being banded for 2 1/2 years (successfully!!!) weight is a lifelong thing and every day it is about choice and how those choices work in your life....it is a great thing for a lot of people and i believe we can stay free of the that nagging overeater voice in our heads forever with the band.....i am just "too happy" and really have no will to be ultra thin! what i need to teach myself now is that i deserve to be truly thin..and not just thin "to me"..... hahahahahah im here though!!! and THAT is what matters!