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So hungry today! I've decided that some days I need to have some "snacks" and I've decided that I don't have to wait as long to drink when I have a snack.but I will wait the full hour after a real meal. my snacks today have been fruit, a hard-boiled egg and about a 1/4 cup of sauerkraut w/hot dog. I've had something every two to three hours today. is that bad?

Here I go......3 weeks until surgery and I can't wait. I am currently at my highest weight, 205.3lbs. I've been on diets for years and I go up & down. I acquired high blood pressure in April as well as some other medical issues. So, I decided that it was time to get this weight off.

I had my lap band on October 31st in South Australia. Still a little sore - not too much, and getting sick of the optifast/liquid diet phase. Lost 7kg in the first week post op and none since last Saturday.

peace i read your post on hypo thyroid...my problem too. i found a spoulution to trick the metabolism and lost 13 lbs in 3 weeks

Im doing great, healing fast! I wont get my first fill for another 5 weeks. I start mushies on tuesday )

I loved it. :Dancing_biggrin:Today (Friday) makes it my third day. My goal is to work out at least twice a day 5 days a week. Well....Tuesday, Wednesday I work out 4 times in one day. Booth Camp 5 a.m. to 6 a.m., 15 minute walk on my morning break, 15 minute walk on my evening break, and 30 minute cardio workout at home (Turbo Jam dvd). I guess you can say the two 15 minute walks is one workout. But I like counting them as two. Makes me feel like I'm on fire!:target: I have been doing good...I'm proud of myself. I was a little sore yesterday and today. I'm not going to do my evening walk, and I'm not going to workout this evening. But I will do a workout Saturday. Maybe my turbo jam dvd.

So have you had a talk with your coworker's yet?

I am doing good:-) Just cant wait til my surgery date. I guess I will find next week.

Well I had to do a 6 month dietican supervised diet first for insurance purposes, I lost 25 pounds in those six months. The rest of the weight has come off since my 2 week pre op diet. For the most part 50 pounds of it has come off since June 22nd.

I cant wait for the fill. I try to eat mostly protein to keep me full longer, however it gets kind of boring. I really cant wait to have bread. I have 2 weeks for that.

I am not doing to bad with the weight loss, I am about 11-12 down since 1st week post op. I totally understand the impatient part. Its like I know what to do I just dont always do it.

Very slooooowly. lol. I've lost 50.5 pounds to date, but the last 10 or 12 have been slow. I've stalled quite a bit. But, people are starting to notice. Maybe it's cuz I bought clothes that fit. Haha. How about you?

Hey Nooshie!

I am doing great! I have lost 25 pounds in 9 weeks since when I started my Two week Pre-op diet. That is an average of 2.7 per week, so I am right on track. I had a fill, but to tell you the truth, I probably could stand having a little more in there. I still feel like I can eat a good amount. ALTHOUGH, my hunger has practically disappeared. I don't have to snack, I just eat when I am hungry, I get full and I stop. It is soooo nice. I walk every day and I will start my intense workout soon, so it should get a lot better!

Your's is coming soon!

Hey I'm doing great!!!! Down 25 pounds and back to work. I'm also going to Vegas in a few weeks for my birthday Next week soft foods. It not as bad as i thought it would be You?

Hey! Ive lost about 20 pounds as well too. Im on clear liquids until tomorrow then I can start my full liquid diet. I cant start mushies until my 5th week.. gosh that seems so far! Im not in any classes or anything, Im just a stay at home mommy! I have 3 boys..2 are mine and 1 I love like mine! Do you have a myspace! Itd be easier to talk there if so! I dont check this everyday! Im glad I found someone to talk to about our concerns and what not..makes things a little less stressful to know we are going through the same thing!

Thanks for the pic comment. I started off excercising a lot but I have gotten lazy recently. I plan to start again this week.

Hi! You are totally on track! I lost 19 pounds during my pre-op diet (it was two weeks and five days of only slim fast shakes and two cups of veggies). I've lost about 8 pounds since surgery, waiting until tomorrow to update my ticker. I started the mushy phase yesterday....have you started that yet? I'm expecting my weight loss to slow down with that.

Next time you are in there, send me an email. I'll jump in for sure. Right now I'm catching up on emails....I slept a good part of the day. Felt great. Checkout my signature in my posts where it says seem my MOVIE PROGRESSION. Click on it. You can see me going down in the photos.

I'm going back to some organizing for the week and finishing emails. Remember...email me when you all are in chat and if I can I will jump in. I love chatrooms. handjive1228@yahoo.com

Cute avatar.

I started work this week so ho hum excuse there. I hang out in Dr. K's thread most all of the time BUT ended up in the hospital with chest pains a few weeks ago. Heart is perfect. I have non-active gallstones. Don't know what the chest pains were. Oh well.

My last fill was the star. I'm really sliding down the scale, feeling full these days.

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Hi Liz,

I have been seeing a medical doctor for 18 months and he has now referred me to a surgeon who I will see next week. I was wondering what to expect from this appointment. I really dont think I can wait another 18 months but cannot afford to have it done privately. I would love to hear your experiences with the NHS.

Hi Kathy - I haven't been as good about checking messages and posting lately. I'm glad you're doing better. I'm ok - I think i'll need more of a fill than the 2 cc one I got last week. I don't have another appointment though until Sept. 10. I may have to change it. I guess I'm losing - trying not to weigh every day - still not below 200#. I can't wait for that. Life's busy with my mom and work and everything in bewtween. Thanks for thinking about me. I hope you will keep losing and doing great! Love ya, lauraq

Hey girl…how are you? I am hanging in there. I have not lost another pound in two weeks. I am up to working out 4 days a week. I see you have your first fill tomorrow…I will be going today. I need it bad…I can eat more than a cup and I don’t like that. I wish I could only eat 900 but I think I need to get some food ideas. You are so right about “Whoever believes this process is the easy way out is terribly mistaken.” I am at the point where I need to re-evaluate and come up with my plan. I feel like I need to write everything out. My goal was to be down 20lbs by the start of Football season and I am 6 pounds away. I need to heck in more often…motivation is sooo needed on my end.

Hey just wanted to wish you luck today on your new bandit life. I am now a week out today...

I get banded on the 12th!! next week!! Happy as well. So tell me how you feel

Okay! I understand where you are coming from. I thought I would lose a lot faster too. But, I have to be honest so far I have lost 14 lbs. in 2 and half weeks. I couldn't do that on my own. I just have to learn to be patient with myself. I also have to learn to remember a pound here and a pound there adds up eventually. What I have been doing is thanking God for every pound I have lost. Lets keep each other encouraged and keep moving forward with this thing.

Hey my Beautiful.. Im around i just come on and nobody was on like you or wynn so i'd leave..

Aww what was making you so depressed?

I hope your doing ok.. did u get my email a few weeks ago???

Loves Sammy

Update - I've been banded now for almost 3 weeks!!! Time flys! The surgery went well, most of the pain was in the first 3 days. I've started doing cardio exercise, and currently still in the pureed food phase of my diet (I think I liked the liquids better..lol). I'm currently down 22 lbs (mostly during the liquid stage). My first fill date is Aug 19. Any advice during this phase???