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Hi fellow Sept 2010 bandsters! It's been awhile since I've checked in. I have been busy starting a new life. I have great news to share...I've made it to one-der land! I'm currently the lightest I've been in 20 years....half of my life....all of my marriage! I feel like a new woman. I have read so many posts and wanted to share some of my thoughts. First, for those of you who have not lost as much as you had hoped, I too feel like I should have lost more, but I have to stay focused. One thing I tend to focus on when I start feeling that way is that prior to banding I did a lot of yo-yo dieting and this tiime when it comes off, it stays off. Sure as a woman I get the up and down between 2-3 lbs., but never go way back up. That's something to celebrate! When I tend to think negative thoughts, I tend to go back to negative habits (my brain wasn't banded)! Since I hae been banded I do all I can to stay positive. I do things I would never dare do before to remind myself that I am a new woman. Right after I was banded, I went back to college. I never finished my BA because I used to tell myself that no matter how many degrees I earned, my image would keep me from getting the job of my dreams. As I went through classes and struggled with homework on top of a full time job, I reminded myself that I was worth it and pictured myself in those cute little business outfits in the store front windows. I finished my degree with a 4.0 GPA (Summa Cum Laude) two weeks ago. In two weeks, just 2 short days before my "bandiversity" I begin my new career in my dream job. This weekend I went to a theme park with my family and for the first time, I got on rides with them because I finally fit! Yesterday I went to the mall with my daughter and her friends and I fit in clothes from the teen store! Look, I still have 45 lbs to go, but I'm experiencing life every step of the way so I can celebrate the new lease I've been given in life. This had made all the difference in my weight loss so I encourage each of you to set a goal of celebrating your new life and enjoy the litle things as you reach for the bigger things. Blessings!

Hi fellow Sept 2010 bandsters! It's been awhile since I've checked in. I have been busy starting a new life. I have great news to share...I've made it to one-der land! I'm currently the lightest I've been in 20 years....half of my life....all of my marriage! I feel like a new woman. I have read so many posts and wanted to share some of my thoughts. First, for those of you who have not lost as much as you had hoped, I too feel like I should have lost more, but I have to stay focused. One thing I tend to focus on when I start feeling that way is that prior to banding I did a lot of yo-yo dieting and this tiime when it comes off, it stays off. Sure as a woman I get the up and down between 2-3 lbs., but never go way back up. That's something to celebrate! When I tend to think negative thoughts, I tend to go back to negative habits (my brain wasn't banded)! Since I hae been banded I do all I can to stay positive. I do things I would never dare do before to remind myself that I am a new woman. Right after I was banded, I went back to college. I never finished my BA because I used to tell myself that no matter how many degrees I earned, my image would keep me from getting the job of my dreams. As I went through classes and struggled with homework on top of a full time job, I reminded myself that I was worth it and pictured myself in those cute little business outfits in the store front windows. I finished my degree with a 4.0 GPA (Summa Cum Laude) two weeks ago. In two weeks, just 2 short days before my "bandiversity" I begin my new career in my dream job. This weekend I went to a theme park with my family and for the first time, I got on rides with them because I finally fit! Yesterday I went to the mall with my daughter and her friends and I fit in clothes from the teen store! Look, I still have 45 lbs to go, but I'm experiencing life every step of the way so I can celebrate the new lease I've been given in life. This had made all the difference in my weight loss so I encourage each of you to set a goal of celebrating your new life and enjoy the litle things as you reach for the bigger things. Blessings!

I feel so bad that I have not been on this thing in so long. I went in for another fill, now at 6 cc's, I do feel more restriction, but if I was honest with myself, I still overeat. Not as much as I used to but, still more than a palm full. There are days where I feel like I need more to eat than others. Then of course there are those days that I get so busy I forget to eat at all. So I do believe that a lot of what I am "feeling" is mostly in my mind. I am in awe of some of the posts I have read on here of people being banded the same day I was and have already lost 95 lbs. I am so poroud of you! I know that I have done well in my weight loss as well, I have gone from size 24/26 to a size 16W. However, I have been stuck at my current weight +/- a pound or two for the past 2 months. I am undergoing a lot of problems with my back and have been having shots so not able to do a lot of exercise as of yet. Can those of you who have lost more than 50 lbs and have starting exercising for the first time in a long time tell me what you are doing so I can begin something that will work for now and then do more once my back is fixed? I will finally be graduating with a 4.0 GPA from Chapman University and the commencement is in May. I refuse to cross that stage unless I am below 200lbs (25 lbs to go). I crossed the stage for my AA degree last June and I look like a beached whale in my black robe. I will not do that to myself again. It killed me. Please help me find a way to get this weight loss kicked into gear again so I can reach this goal and walk across the stage. Thank you so much for any advice!!!

So I got my second fill this past Saturday. I am not at 5cc's. I went into the visit thinking this thing is not working for me, and stood on the scale to find out I lost 16.5 lbs since surgery. Not major, but a start, so it is working. I noticed that I feel fuller quicker since the fill on Saturday, so hopefully it will seem a little more productive in the weeks to come. When the inches come off, it will be amazing! Planning a vacation (cruise) for next December...I wanna be smaller for this trip...much smaller. I've been putting off the trip until I lose wieght and now that I have been banded, I am looking forward to going.

Was the best decision I have made, aside from marrying my hubby!

Thanks for sharing... We all need inspiration. Good luck!

My doctor told me that its best to eat over hard eggs because scrambled eggs have too much air in them. Maybe that's what the problem is.

Hi everyone, I will be going in for my first fill on Saturday. I am looking forward to it because I feel hungry more than I did. I have nothing in right now, but have lost 15 lbs since surgery. I have not lost any in the past 2 weeks though. I am hoping the fill will restrict me and allow me to see some weight loss. 6 weeks in and ready to get this thing really going. I want to look good for a cruise next year! I do feel my port. It is too close to my ribs I think because I really feel it when I am sitting down, almost like my ribs are pushing on it. I don't want to go through the trouble of having it moved because I can remember the pain the frist time. The buring and the pulling were terrible. I was told that I experienced this because my Dr. sewed the port to the abd muscles. Other doctors told me the no longer do that, but use mesh to keep it in place because it it is less painful for the patient. I do have a question....has anyone else experienced a numb belly? The surface of the lower right side of my stomach is very numb. I can't feel it. Been that way since surgery. Thought it would get better, but not yet. anyone else experience this? Enough rambling on....I am proud of all the progress I see here, it gives me hope!

That is exactally what I had to do to get rid of it. Then the hiccups started....boy what fun.

Hi everyone, I'm new here, just banded 09/17/10. I have gotten so much information from this site and I love it. However I have a hard time understanding some of the acronyms used here. Does anyone have a list of the meanings? Example, PB? What the heck is PB? Slimming, what is that? LOL sorry I sound so out of the loop, but this stuff is new to me.

Hi, I just had my band placed on 09/17/10. It has been tough some days, especally in the beginning. It gets better. I am 1 week ahead of you and feeling like a million bucks now. I do still have some pain at my port site, but that is because my Dr. sutured the port to muscle, another Dr. told me it hurts more this way, but at about the 6 week mark I should not feel it anymore. I hope so, it goes from burning to very sensitive to numb. It's weird but it is something I can live with. I look forward to the new me! I have a wonderful support team here at home and here on line. Just some questions....I don't understand all of the acronyms used here on these posts. what the heck is PB? I'm assuming it's not peanutbutter....LOL. Anyone have a list of the meanings for the acronyms?