It's Working!

[mags2u 57]

OMG. I'm sooooooo excited! I was super excited yesterday to be out of the 290's (haven't seen that in a long time), so I was down 27lbs since 1/10. Today I got on the scale and said, "are you f**ing kidding me?" My husband yelled whats wrong? I had to get on the scale again to make sure it was right. I'm down another 2lbs! I can definitely tell a difference since my fill on Thursday. I just hope this continues! Kind of pinching myself.

Mags

[horsegirl315 114]

Ohhhhh mags that's wonderful!!!! I'm so happy for you! I had a similar experience after surgery, being on the liquids allowed me to lose 15 lbs in a week. i hope that by the time i get my fill on march 13, I will be as sucessful as you! After years and years of watching the scale go up, we can watch the scale go down!!

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

Congratulations!!

Isn't it a wonderful feeling? It was so nice to step on my doctor's scale yesterday and be praised for my weight loss instead of lectured about how horribly overweight I am.

I can tell a difference since my fill yesterday, too. I ate lunch over 3 hours ago and I'm still not hungry- and that's a big improvement considering prior to the fill I was hungry every 2 hours.

We can do this!

[shay33 18]

Congrats!!! Can I ask you what you normally eat during the day? I have seems to plateau at 22lbs and cant seem to get past it.

[JustDoIt130 369]

Hi Shay- I just thought I'd pop in here, as I have a suggestion for all of us- that has really helped me thru the hard part while we find our sweet spots. It's My Fitness Pal, a free app on my phone (I have an android). I track all my food and exercise, and it calculates the calories. You give it the number of calories you're shooting for, and it subtracts what you eat to show you what you have left, if that makes sense. It calculates the nutrients you get too, so I can track the Protein really easily. It has an extensive "library" of foods already in the database, I haven't had to look up anything. And if I'm considering a food, I can look it up in advance to see the calories- good for making good choices when eating out. I really rely on this to keep me in line, and it's working- I'm down about 18 lbs. And like I said, during bandster hell while I'm doing more dieting than feeling restriction, it's good to keep me going in the right direction.

And MAGS!!! Congratulations!!! Isn't it so exciting to kiss a decade goodbye forever!!!!!!

[Iryshgreene 2]

Congrats, mags! That is awesome! I have dropped a few pounds since my fill on Friday! It got my weight loss jump started again!

Shay, I plateaued for a little over a week before I got my fill last week. Totally frustrating! I tracked my food with MyFitnessPal (on my iPhone) and was keeping at my calorie goal, but it just wasn't dropping! I picked up the exercise a little, but the fill is what really got me over the plateau. Sometimes I wonder if the plateaus are our bodies way of saying "slow down: too much change at once. Give me a chance to catch up"

[mags2u 57]

Congrats!!! Can I ask you what you normally eat during the day? I have seems to plateau at 22lbs and cant seem to get past it.

I usually do either a plain greek yogurt with delmonte peaches or manderine oranges (packed in Water but drained) or I've been real big on the ricotta cheese mixed with the same

If I'm hungry I do an unjury Protein Shake

lunch I either do tuna packets, 2oz deli meat, fish and a steamed veggie

snack I'll do a laughing cow wedge and/or Protein shake again

dinner my hubby normally cooks a great fish/chicken something or another and I steam a veggie.

With that being said I have eaten out at restaurants and had Pasta, bread (VERY, VERY VERY limited amounts) and have done well. I'm super strict on getting in all my Protein and timing when to drink and when not to.

Hope that helps! You will break the 22lbs. It just will happen. Keep up the great work too!

[jayeedee 7]

Congratulations!! I cannot wait to step on the scale and be happy with how things are going.

[CMD1480 1]

Keep up the great work!

[shay33 18]

Well I went for my second fill on Thursday and found I am finally losing weight again. I was down 7 more pounds in four weeks. The doctor was pretty excited for me and for once in my life told me to continue what I was doing. Then they added 2 more oz. I did liquids for the rest of the day then mushies today. I have been full all day. I hope that this continues and I have somehow lucked into my sweet spot. Thanks for all the encouragement!!!