6 months ago...November banders..

[briefs199 337]

It's about the 6 month mark for us November banders. How is everyone doing?

High Weight: 315

Pre Surgery Weight: 289

Current Weight: 251

I'm working to get over a small hump, but so far have had few issues.

[Miss Meg 199]

Congratulations

I'm a November bandster as well - (27 November).

Highest weight - 119kg (262lb)

Pre surgery weight - 114kg (251lb)

Current weight - 96kg (211lb)

Goal weight - 60kg (132lb)

I think I've done those conversions correctly...

my progress has slowed a little but thankfully hasn't stopped.

Would love to reach my goal by the anniversary of my surgery but I'm not going to put that pressure on myself, more realistically I will aim for my 43rd birthday on 4 February 20165.

[meggs353 118]

Great to check in! My highest weight was 189 lbs, and my current weight is 176.8 lbs (down 12.2 lbs). I can't remember my pre-surgery weight. I'm one of those people who dropped weight with the pre-surgery diet, and post-surgery during recovery, then immediately gained weight once I could start eating again. I never made it back up to 189, but I had to work my way down again once my band started being properly adjusted.

The main thing I am working on now, 6 mo out, is my eating habits. That means, learning which foods are band-friendly, and which are not. Focusing on dense Proteins. Losing empty carbs. Working on eating slow and chewing well. Learning to listen to my body and notice a stuck incident sooner, rather than having food build up in my esophagus which then needs to come up.

We are changing years of ingrained habits, and for me, it's not an easy, overnight process! However, I'm committed to make this work, so I'm looking forward to getting better and better at it over time.

Hope everyone else is doing well!

[ashemademe 24]

My surgery date was 11/14/14. So far I lost 51 pounds 11 in the preops. Still struggling with chewing, its a reflex action mostly. Exercise at least 2-3 times a week. I need to get that number up. I have had 3 fills and my band is a about 6 oz but I have good restriction and not ready for another fill. For April I only lost about 2 pounds but mostly because I started drinking iced coffee with the warm weather coming in. I know better know switching to iced tea with splenda.