Pinkygirl

thanks! Ill be waiting for them cant wait to try some new recipes this week! @@Pinkygirl I sent you a message with some recipes. I hope this helps!!

I would love some new recipes! I think that's half my problem, im sick of the same old food! Thanks!

Yes, I went to the doctor last month to get a slight fill...sometimes it's working and sometimes it's not. I feel like i dont know what to eat anymore and the stuff i used to eat im sick of now. Any new food ideas? for Breakfast and lunch mainly?

People get jealous and yes you will loose friends. I felt like my skinny friends were mad at me for loosing weight. As crazy as it sounds it's true. Then again, my friends that were bigger were getting mad at me too for loosing weight. The fat friend doesn't want to be the bigger one and the skinny one wants to be the only one in the group. I mean they were telling me that i need to stop loosing, its too much blah blah blah. Very sad, but you will know who your true friends are and honestly as we get older, you don't need as many friends. It's just better without that many.

Hair loss is normal! I used to freak out but eventually it will stop falling out no worries lol

Woohoo weighed in this morning at 171!

174.8 lol this week I am working out hard!

Name, real or screen~ fay e Goal weight for October 31st~ 165 Weight on October 1st~ 175 Age~ 25 City/State~ orland park, il Dietary goal for October~ stop snacking Exercise goal for October~ 3x week Personal goal for October~ go back to my old job Date banded~ 12/19/2010 Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~ 79 now, in past lost 115 but gained some back Favorite Halloween Activity~dressing up!

That is def one thing I miss! Chugging a water bottle it hurts way to much but then again it depends how restricted you are.

Have you reached a point where the band is getting old to you and you are not loosing anymore weight? what have you done to start all over? act like it's new to you and exciting? because now im just tired of it and not too happy with it. Kinda bored and annoyed with it now lol I need to find motivation first! So im looking to see what you all have done

Your over a year and no green zone? Why don't you get more fills? You have more room for it in your band.

I drove 2 days later! Lol just a little sore and be careful when you get in and out the car! No biggie

I've lost over 100 but gained 30 back! And now it doesn't want to come off again

I've had the band since 2010 and im thinking now it's just done working. I lost around 114 pounds but gained 35 now and I can't loose it again. I've worked out hard and done it all. Had a unfill in January because i was too tight with stress and all and now can't loose the gained lbs. I had fills since then and i can feel myself in the green zone because I know my body and can't eat certain things and gurgle alot! So i dont think a fill is the problem. Has anyone experienced this? What did you do to start loosing the weight? I'm thinking it's just done working because it's not new anymore and someone mentioned this also to me. So now i sit here wondering

EXACTLY! we are all going to lose and gain, if not then the person must not be normal haha jk. But i did exactly what you are doing and went through the same. I got a new job in january and with all the stress it caused me i made the choice to get an unfil because nothing would stay down and had too much heartburn at night. THAT IS NOT HEALTHY. Plus I gurgle alot! so I couldn't have my new co-workers wonder and call me the gurgle making noise new girl hahah I work in public accounting so january-april is busy season! I had to be on the loose side, theres no way i could have survived without an unfil but now im struggling to lose it again. Im sure i will tho just not as easy when i was heavier and it was all new to me

YUP!

Where is your port at? Mine's in my belly button on the bottom and i can feel and see it now that my belly went down But i dont feel it pulling?

This gurgling is so annoying and embarrassing especially at work I noticed with some foods i dont gurgle as much or it's just in my head. Are there foods that you notice make you gurgle louder than others? It's so uncontrollable too! Any suggestions? thoughts? anything?

oh yes gurgling usually happens while I eat too fast or too much. Or it can just happen after i eat telling me that im satisfied. It all depends, it happens when i drink Water, i can hear it going down through the band, kinda creepy lol

haha oh i cough, hit the table, staple, trust me i tried it all. LOL no way im not that restricted, i got alot taken out and now slowly filling it back up and i want to some more but im afraid now it'll be even louder!! I might be at a good spot now, maybe that's why im gurgling? I HATE THIS!

I've been banded 2.5 years now and I am used to it, its normal to me but not to others that don't know what I have lol I sit in a cube and i feel like everyone can hear me! it can get pretty loud! and goes on for hours!

Yes white chicken is tough, you need to make it moist and add condiments. In the crockpot it's moist and you need to chew very well. As for steak, i think it's still too early for you but you never know - just cut it in very small pieces and chew chew chew!

Oh yes, he was in IL now he moved to Ohio you are lucky toooo!