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Welcome, and congrats! Wishing you the best of luck on your journey!

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Congrats on the surgery, and 12 pounds within a week is a lot! Nice job.

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Hi Mariana, congratulations and welcome! It's very exciting turning our lives around like this. I am so happy to have my band. It's been three months and I feel like I'm getting a handle on my new lifestyle. It takes some time to get the fills right, etc., but it has gone very smoothly. Best wishes to you -- it's fun to think of spring and where we will be, then summer, etc. Eventually a year out, two years -- I'm not setting any records for loss but it is working and I'm getting there bit by bit. I know I will succeed, which is completely new thinking for me after so many failed dieting attempts. This is a lifestyle change. Yippee!

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Congratulations! Also, Welcome to the club. :) You'll find tons of information on this site. You'll be able to find topics on almost anything you can think of. If you don't then don't be afraid to get in there and ask away. There are people on here who are just as vested in your progress as you. For me this site has helped me so much because its good to have buddies who know what you're going thru and can keep you grounded.

Best Wishes!

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Congrats & good luck on your journey.

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12 pounds since day of surgery? Wow! That's a lot, congrats!

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12 lbs. That's awesome, keep up the good work. Congrats on finding this site so soon. I've been banded 6 months and only found it yesterday. I've already received super support and feel like as long as I keep in touch with the folks on this site, I'll be able to stay positive and on the right path. Welcome, and best wishes for continued sucess!

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Thank you everyone !!!! All the best to you all as well!!!

I'm on stage two now not much to eat .. Thinking what to change up .. I'm ready to do this ... I know I can I did it on my own in 2004 and lost 100 pounds . I became a trainer ran a lot then my knee went after that it went down !!!one surgery two surgery just this past summer again on my knee .. So weight just came back had my second child in 2010 I gained 50 never came off ...so I had to do something it was killing me to see me in the mirror when I worked so hard ..

So my second weight loss journey ..

Thank you all again!

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