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Thank you for posting your message. It is so encouraging to those who are just starting their journey to know that long term succesful weight loss can be achieved. It may not happen as quickly as we would like but it can be obtained. What you said about not thinking about food all the time or forgetting to eat simply gave me goosebumps! I've always wondered what it felt like to think like a non-overeater...where food doesn't rule your life! Wow! Good Luck to you on the rest of your journey.

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Thank you for the post! 70 pounds in a year is amazing! I am a pre-bander and sometimes get discouraged with the harsh posts and disappointment out there, but things like your post give me real hope again. I know within myself that I'm ready to make this change and I chose the band over by pass because I wanted a more gradual weight loss (and I didn't want my body cut apart inside). But the slow gradual weight loss is the best way to go. Keep up the amazing work and thank you for some inspiration!

Staci

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Thanks for all the positive responses.

Lapbandwagon, hang in there it will all come together. I was very impatient at first as well and really worried I had not done the right thing, and that I would fail at the weight loss thing once again. I have also always been an overachiever and the only thing that I could not conquer was my own weight. Be patient with yourself and honest as well. Track the calories, track the Protein grams and exercise. If you are following all the rules your body will eventually have to give up and cooperate, lol!

Thank you! After my last fill, I had a few really really rough days when I kept going over what I was doing wrong because I had lost 12 lbs in a month according to my Dr. but I had actually been like 3 lbs down and gained some back! I was really beating myself up intensely, and I actually decided to STOP being a slave to the scale, and do my best to follow the rules, and work out, and eat right, and make the best of this journey, as I am! Thanks a lot, and thank you for sharing your journey!

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