May 2007 Banders

[METALBAND 0]

Great Job! 10 pounds in a month is perfect. I am so jealous that you can hold off on weighing until once a month. I weigh in at least once a day...sometimes more and it drives me nuts.

I know what you mean about getting below the 185....thats where I am now and I could always get here, just not stay here. One time I got to about 170 and that is the lowest I have been in 15 years. Once I get past that it will feel real but for now it has the "I have done this before feeling" and I get scared that it will all come back like it has before. I guess with the band it will be different. I hope that I can get thin and stay there. The thought of being at goal is so exciting, it just seems so far away!

I love my band!

[sue11 0]

I've also found that the days I eat about 1200 calories are when I lose the next day. If I go below 1000 calories I can't move the scale. If I go above 1500 calories I can't move it either. The days I exercise hard I usually see the scale move the next day. I have trouble just eating 3 meals a day. I usually eat 5 small meals and try to eat some Protein with every meal. I've had three pbing episodes since the surgery. I think I have the right fill for right now. It's exciting to try on clothes and have them hang off of me. I've gone done 2-3 sizes. It really hasn't been hard. Best thing I've ever done for myself. I'm almost starting to believe that I can really be thin again. I had almost given up on it after so many diets and so many years. I'm in my 50's and am feeling optimistic for the first time in a long time.

Surgery in Mexico by Dr Ortiz on the 25th of May

1st fill 1.6 cc July 6

2nd fill 0.4 cc Aug 15

Total 2 cc in a 4 cc band

As I read your post I had to keep looking to see who wrote it...I thougth it was ME! I can SOOOO relate. Sounds like our metabolism set points are teh same. I react the same to exercise. I too need to eat 5 small meals...3 just leaves me too hungry and I start to feel deprived and depressed. i haven't PB's yet...really close once, and I'm feeling my fill is pretty good right now. I'm down 2-3 sizes and was just telling myself out lound this morning "this is the best thing you've ever done for yourself!" After giving up, I now have a great deal of HOPE, even beyond hope, I have dreams and expectations!

[mini 0]

Metalband,

I love my band too! We will get there, we will reach goal. I have 51 pds to go by next May. I really would like to loose it by then. But, ya know what. If it takes me two years...so what. I feel so much better already. I have had three people ask me if I am losing weight today. Funny, I have lost 36 pds and they want to know if I have lost weight! Just goes to show that we are harder on ourselfs then other people. But, really, how could they have missed that double chin! (Which I am happy to say was one of the first things to go). One girl said, your getting so skinny I can hardly see you walking up the hall. Here I am at 195 and I am starting to see myself as skinny. That is so funny! Metalband...how tall are you and what is your goal weight? I know youve shared before but it will be easier for you to tell me again! I did notice there is allot of us 40 or 50 somethings in this group. Either we all gained weight later in life of we finally realized we couldn't do it alone. Never the less, just glad to be part of this band of sisters!

Sue! We are moving along side by side on the weight loss!

Blessings!

Weazer

[4RE4ME 1]

Hey Weazer,

Be careful there. We are not ALL sisters.

Tom

[METALBAND 0]

I am only 5'1" tall. Until I was 25.....I weighed under 100 lbs! When I was pregnant my doc yelled at me because I gained.....I was 113 and pregnant! I told him that I just quit smoking, went through the holidays and got pregnant, cut me some slack!!! Now I wish I listened to him. I did not think it would be the last time I saw 113!

I set my goal to 120...that was where I got back to after my son was born. I will be happy at 130 but 120 would be great!

Maureen

[METALBAND 0]

Hey Weazer,

Be careful there. We are not ALL sisters.

Tom

You are doing well......band brother!!!! LOL

[twinmommy 0]

MelissaO-

I got the pants! Thanks you so much, they are great!

Metalband-

I already have made outfits for this fall out of the pants you sent. I was trying them on yesterday and my husband loves them!

Thanks to you both!

Jessica

[METALBAND 0]

MelissaO-

I got the pants! Thanks you so much, they are great!

Metalband-

I already have made outfits for this fall out of the pants you sent. I was trying them on yesterday and my husband loves them!

Thanks to you both!

Jessica

Jessica,

I am so glad that you could use them!!!

Maureen

[mini 0]

Tom,

oops my bad! So glad to have a brother amongst us. Now, tell me all the secrets about men! Teasing. How much do you weigh and how much do you want to lose. (if ya don't mind sharing).

Maureen (love your name, same as my mom's), wow, you were a tiny little thing. I think that 120 sounds like a perfect goal. My sister is 5"3 and weighs 135 and looks fantastic. She wears like a 4. I could never be a four. I am to curvy. I want my old measurements back...36,26,36. (I can't imagine that ever being possible)! That will put me in a 9/10. I don't like to be thinner than that. It takes the youth right out of my face.....if I do. These forties are hard on the skin!

Well, you guys and gals have a beautiful fantastic day!

Blessings, Weazer

[Melissa S 1]

MelissaO-

I got the pants! Thanks you so much, they are great!

Metalband-

I already have made outfits for this fall out of the pants you sent. I was trying them on yesterday and my husband loves them!

Thanks to you both!

Jessica

You're welcome!!

[Melissa S 1]

It's been so quiet on here!!! Where is everyone????

I bought a pair of size 16 dress pants 2 years ago from LB... never wore them... I had just lost a good amount of weight and tried on the 18's and they were too big.. so in a rush I just grabbed the 16's and bought them without trying them on..got them home and they were too tight.. so they've sat in my closet since them. I tried them on a couple days ago and I can get them up, zipped and buttoned.. but they're still a little too tight to wear out. I have now made those pants my October goal.

[cindyluhu 0]

Melissa,

Nice work on your Size 16 NSV. It will happen before you know it! And ya, where has everyone been? The volume has been down!! Usually I get lots to read to catch up on, but not so much lately. It must mean everyone's doing so awesome!! Hello everyone!

Cindy

[cindyluhu 0]

Tom,

oops my bad! So glad to have a brother amongst us. Now, tell me all the secrets about men! Teasing. How much do you weigh and how much do you want to lose. (if ya don't mind sharing).

Maureen (love your name, same as my mom's), wow, you were a tiny little thing. I think that 120 sounds like a perfect goal. My sister is 5"3 and weighs 135 and looks fantastic. She wears like a 4. I could never be a four. I am to curvy. I want my old measurements back...36,26,36. (I can't imagine that ever being possible)! That will put me in a 9/10. I don't like to be thinner than that. It takes the youth right out of my face.....if I do. These forties are hard on the skin!

Well, you guys and gals have a beautiful fantastic day!

Blessings, Weazer

Mini,

I want your old measurements (for me, that is)!! Maybe some day.

After all, there is hope now.

Cindy

[cindyluhu 0]

Well since I'm on a roll, I'd like to share an NSV. I was so excited. Sunday a friend and I went to the outlets. I decided to buy two pairs of Size 12 jeans at Eddie Bauer to look forward to (I'm doing the 14 now). Well, for the heck of it, I tried them on later that night when I got home to see how bad they'd be, how far I could pull them up, etc. I CAN WEAR THEM. Oh ya, the muffin top is there but I was so excited. If I feel the urge to wear them, I can wear a loose top! It's funny though. It's taking longer to go down in top sizes. You would think the weight loss would be distributed. I don't think I look lopsided, but maybe so.

[ragdollx19 1]

Looks like there have been a lot of NSV's lately! I am jealous. Not only have I not had a scale victory in two weeks, thats right not one pound, but I also havent had any NSV's.

I am ready for things to get moving again this sucks! I go in today to TRY to get another fill. Their flouro machine was down last week so I hope they have it working now.