Hey all~!!!!

[freebutterfly 0]

Hi from sunny Wisconsin~!!!

Have been banded for 3 months and have lost close to 60 pounds....feeling great and digging the band!

Look forward to getting to know you all

**Finally figured out how to post my pic on the left !!**

[Alex Brecher 10,512]

Howdy freebutterfly,

60 pounds in only 3 months...that's awesome!

Did you have your first fill yet ?

[tangerine 44]

Originally posted by alex

Did you have your first fill yet ?

I don't think she has yet, the little scamp!

I'm telling you, she rocketed out of the gate like gangbusters and hasn't stopped yet! Woohoo! :banana

[freebutterfly 0]

Thank you Alex~!!!

I was one of the lucky ones (lol ~>like tang ) who had great restriction from the get go....I am going in for a fill next Friday...I am sure it won't take much but I am having fun eating again...grrrrr.... ~ so time to go in and give the band a hand!

Again, thanks for the site...this is awesome;)

Dawn

[freebutterfly 0]

~> Scamp <~ LOL

Funny!!

Dawn

(Who can think of alot of names....but scamp....ha ha....thats too sweet of a nick for me...LOL!!!)

[Alexandra 55]

Hi Dawn,

Wow!! It's so hard not to get excited hearing about an experience like yours--not everyone can expect such super results, I know, and my mileage will vary. What was your starting weight, if you don't mind my asking?

[freebutterfly 0]

Hi Alexandra

Yes, I am not the norm when it comes to restriction right off the bat...it is a blessing and it was a curse as well....could never eat or even drink anything!! Talk about learning how NOT to eat by force....was an experience for sure...but glad that it gave me a kick start!

Hmmmm...let's see, I am very weird about my starting weight...don't ask me why!! Ughhhh but I started in the 300's and am now under 300 and in the 200's.....how's that???

I had a lot to lose....and a huge reason I also lost soo fast is that I was extremely active at all times, I organized, I stained a deck, I was digging and breaking my butt to keep my mind off of not being able to eat....kid you not! All the while I was watching 5 6-10 year old girls who kept me swimming, jumping on the trampoline and waiting on them...so I was a movin' it!'

Are you banded yet????

I just wrote to my Lap Band Doctor's nutrition gal. (she was fishing for input) I wanted her to stress in her clinic that restriction is key...and they need to stress that post surgery is for healing and that weight loss will come in time as well as restriction with fills....yes one needs to eat better and make good choices, but let's face it...it is the restriction that will "really" help with the weight loss and makes it easier to pass on food, that is what we were banded for!.....I could have NEVER lost all this weight without restriction on my own....so yes it is key!

Ok....enuf rambling....nice to meet you and you have every right to be excited...just look at ALL these awesome bandsters...the weight is coming off!

Dawn

[Alexandra 55]

I'm not banded yet--soon (see sig) if all the stars align.

Sounds like you had a great start!! It does seem that those of use that start over the 300 mark lose a good bit right away. Hope it's true for me too!!

[wednesday 0]

Hi Dawn,

Nice to see ya over here!

I hadn't realized how fantastic you are doing!

Good luck with your fill next week...post and let us know how it goes!

[freebutterfly 0]

Hey Wed~!!

Thank you!!

It has been an awesome start for me....I am counting my blessings for sure!

ughhh......I am just sooo not sure about the fill.....one day I cannot eat hardly anything, then the next I can normally and other days I can eat and then some.....just gonna tell them to give me a small tweak....do not want to upset the applecart too much!

I will let you all know for sure howthe first fill goes!

Dawn