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thanks ladies, check out my recent post. a great read.

So if you've read my last post I mentioned that I thought I had an addiction to sugar. Well I spoke with my weight loss therapist and she suggested I read the book Potatoes not Prozac! After getting about halfway through it, I knew it was right for me. Don't worry it follows the same eating plan as the band but it gives perspective to why we do the things we do and why even when we try all we can we don't lose weight. Check it out, I think you'll like it.

The past week I have consumed so much sugar its scary. I actually felt my body reacting to it as if I was in a trance or something. I mentioned it to my WLS therapist as I know my sugar consumption was sabatoging my efforts. With Easter approaching, I said I was going to go back on the liquid diet for a week prior to rid myself of the toxins and to get back to starting point. She felt I may not need to go back to liquids but that I should try a fast of refined sugars. I know, I know, I shouldn't have been eating them to begin with, but if I am going to do better, i have to be honest and I can honestly say I slipped back into my old habits with sugar. So today's my last hurrah. No I won't be binging but I consumed so much sugar that I cannot just stop otherwise I'll have a migraine like I did last weekend. So wish me luck. I will no doubt be blogging through this process as I know it will be a struggle.

Hello Everyone i haven't been around much lately but I've still been keeping on. I had a follow up visit today with my surgeon who said I didn't need a fill, that I made good progress (no weight agined) but that I'd only lost 1lb since my last visit in November. I think that they're correct. I have been making horrible food choices. Chips, cookies and even soda when I want it. Yesterday I watched TLC's my 600lb life and i had a wakeup call. I don't want to be like that and I didn't have surgery to lose only 40lbs! I've still been active but I have to be more diligent about what I eat. I work out too hard not to receive the benefits! I feel like a failure even though they tell me I'm not. Its time to get back to work. Whose in it with me?!

Sounds like you need to find a good doctor/program in your area. Use this site to find a doctor in your area that will take new patients who were banded elsewhere. Support and guidance is all that's needed. I also have them check out your restriction. Who knows if the nurse gave you the right amount?

Congratulations! Hopefully I will be joining you. I've had similar experiences coming down in sizes. It took a while for me to realize I don't wear a 3x anymore and yes some XL fits better than a 2X. I had a pair of jeans my brother bought me for Christmas a few years ago that I could never wear (too small). Well a few weeks after surgery and I could. This weekend I went home and forgot my belt and my sister commented they're too big now and falling down. Its amazing. Like you I can't afford to buy new clothes every size down so I will probably wait until Christmas to shop then again for my birthday in March. The best advice: TRY EVERYTHING ON BEORE YOU BUY!

It really depends on you and your doctor. Mine had me go in every four weeks beginning a month post op (to make sure the swelling was down). We thought I was at my sweet spot back in May and I hadn't had a fill in months but time proved I wasn't quite there yet I received a fill last week that proved to be too much so they just took a little out. I now have 7.25cc's and I will probably hold here for a while. Even still my doctor wants me to follow up in 4 to 6 weeks to be sure I'm still on track.

So I decided to put myself out of misery and followed up with my surgeon today. Turns out that his nurse practioner had given me a .5 fill on last week. It was simply too much. I'm right around my sweet spot and that took me over the edge. He took out .25 and I felt immeditately better. I can now drink and eat without it coming back up. If you ever experience a time where nothing will go down, not soft foods, liquids, or even protein drinks, then go to the doctor...its too tight and you'll do more harm than good keeping it that way....lesson learned!

So the relief was shor lived. I thought i was fine but wasn't able to keep anything down all weekend. I came back to the website and searched what else it could be and found a post on women who experience extreeme tightening around their menstrual cycle. I'd never experiencd this before but given I just had an adjustment I figure I may now be at my sweet spot and this could be the culprit. Finally on yesterday i was able to keep food down but I emailed my doctor anyway to see what they say. It has not been fun. I got on the scale and I'm down 5lbs in 5 days. I know some would say that's good, but rapid loss like that could also mean something's wrong so I want to be safe; I'll let you know how it goes.

I'm surprised you're just hearing about this. My doctors office checked my gall bladder pre surgery and the insurance approved for it to be removed if there was a problem with it. So far, so good, but you're doctor should have warned you.

water retention is tricky. I suffer from the same problem. If i don't take my daily water pill, I'll gain 8lbs in 3 days easy. continue to work with your doctor to determine what the best treatment is for you. Since you're new to this, take care to read labels, many salt substitutes are not to be used in conjunction with a water pill. Try Mrs Dash, she has great sesonings and marinades and they're all salt free!

Hang in there. Try and explain to your daughter that the two of you are on different roads to the same location, good health & happiness. If her route is working for then great, but graciously explain yours is working for you and you have no intent on merging into her lane. Let her do her, and you do you. :-)