Mary Ash

Now down to low 220's and have a Brachioplasty scheduled. I may have had a much slower journey than others but it feels good to still be making steps forward.

Down 91 pounds overall since my surgery in 2010!!! I am determined to get to 100 pound loss by September!

I'm doing pretty well again with weight loss in general. Down 32 pounds since this past February. Trying to get back on these boards more regularly for more support in addition to MyFitness Pal people.

Wearing a size 20 dress to Dinner Dance this year. I was in a 26 last year. Nice

I'm finally starting to realize that life is never going to slow up enough for me to completely get in control. I've got to make changes and get serious now even though I've never been more stressed out in my life!

Getting really frustrated with myself

Got a Re-fill. Still not as tight as I would like it to be though.

Well happy Bandiversary to me! Just got back from the ER and had an emergency unfill really upset . I think I'll do a blog post later today.

Bought a bunch of bras from VICTORIA's SECRET yesterday! I've NEVER been able to fit into their bras before!

I fit into my younger sister's jeans.... I have ALWAYS been the biggest sister by far... this is weird

I ate so much today... all baaaadd things. I HATE you Biochemistry.

Finals Week. Major stressin, but down 76 total now. So hard trying to avoid eating everything bad in sight right now!

Hey! We're about the same weight right now and I'm also tryin to lose about 15 lbs before January. Let's do this!

Down 70 pounds! Reaallyy want to lose at least another 15 before January

Hey how are you! thanks for the add. I had my surgery during last Christmas break and I'm doing ok but being a resident student has been working against me a lot! I think there tons of added struggles for someone who gets the band while in college. Keep me updated!

I've been losing pretty slowly also. I got a 2 cc fill this past Wednesday thougha and I can definately feel a major differenc now so I hope that is a help. Before I really had minimal restriction.

Hey how are you doing so far??

Your surgery is coming up soo soon! Are you excited? Did you start the pre op diet yet? yuck

Hi

If you are having trouble swallowing water I would definitely think that your fill is too tight. You should get in touch with your surgeon and see if he can take a little bit out.

I am having the opposite problem. I have had three fills already and still little to no restriction. I have an appointment this Wednesday with Radiology to see if I am getting injected into my port or not.

That's awesome! What's the date?!

I'm doing just ok so far. Its been about a month and a half since I had surgery and I'm not doing as well as I would like but I know that its is my fault, mostly because of my extremely busy class schedule this semester.

I did get my second fill today though so I'm hoping that helps because I was able to eat way too much recently.

How are you doing ? I see its been 2 weeks since your surgery. I can't believe how fast time is going by I feel like I was just at 2 weeks too.

Hey found you through the college thread. I'm also a Bio major with a chem minor! I recently got banded (Jan 5th) and this semester has been crazy!!

I'm still getting used to the band and trying to do good with my 20 credit course load this semester! Needless to say the past month has been challenging.

Hi what's up just saw that you live in the UK but were banded in Qatar. I found that interesting and was just wondering why hah.

O my god so glad you said that. I am eating waaaay to much for at least the last week. I too have found all of the "bad" stuff that I am able to keep down I am also getting really mad at myself because I know better but it is still so hard. I feel like I'm failing because I've only lost about 25 lbs and its been more then a month.

That said I am going for another fill tomorrow at 7 am so hoping that will be a help...

I'm actually going in for my second fill tomorrow. I have like no restriction and I feel like I can eat a lot more than I should be able to!

How are you doing?!