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aww thank you Honey. I am sat at my computer eating (very slowly) my tea. Its going down a little at a time. Thats ok with me.

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aww thank you Honey. I am sat at my computer eating (very slowly) my tea. Its going down a little at a time. Thats ok with me.

This will be me soooon yay!:regular_smile: 4 days to go!!!.....

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Good luck honey!!!! I am feeling a bit down as my restriction is not what it was, its slowly become looser for some reason. I emailed my Dr to ask if food could dissipate the Fluid in the band as it pushes past, and he says no. He said that sometimes there is residual air and that gets reabsorbed by the band causing the band to become looser again. I think I will book a 5th fill. Maybe just a touch more fluid will make the difference. Here's hoping!

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hey every one lets keep this thread alive , i was a bit busy lately , my band has now 6.5 ml and restriction been there since april and its going really good , 90+ lbs lost since dec/2007 might go for a a slight fill in july , hows it going with u guyz ?

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I'm doing good too. Lost 40 pounds in under 4 months. Only have 4.75mls but I have very good restriction.

Probably won't get a fill for a while yet.

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Hi all,

It's been a while since I have posted. Not much has changed. I had 0.1ml taken out as I wasn't able to eat anything! The doc felt the 0.1ml would be better than taking out a whole 1ml. It has made a little difference. But, I have stalled with my weight loss. I am only able to eat sweet stuff for two weeks up to my monthly, it really is nuts! Has anyone else experienced this?

I'm just on the edge of hitting 12 stone which would be fantastic. I just wish I could eat savoury healthy food, instead of PB'ing it all back up :ohmy:

Still glad I have the band though. I can better understand why Sharon Osbourne wated it removed. I made a gorgeous Pasta dish which I could have the plate and probably eaten more, but I couldn't. It did cause me to grieve a little about having the band. Didn't last long though ;)

Hope all is well with every one.

Suzy x

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Hi all

Got my band filled up to 6.5 mls and definatley feel much more restriction. I can barely eat a full anything! which is great but I still find "Head Hunger" a real nightmare! you just want to keep eating although you physically cannot! does anyone else understand what I mean?

yeah the sweet things I am exactly the same when i am due, before the band It was always savoury! but i guess the fact that you can suck chocolate is a complete cheat! no chewing involved! how everyone else?

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Happy to hear your finally feeling restriction with your fill :thumbup:

Jen, I completely understand your 'head hunger.' It can be a nightmare and it took me ages to adapt myself to the regime of listening to my body instead of my head. There are times when I think I can cheat, those are the times that I say a very yucky hello to regurgitated food which refuses to stay down.

I was worried at one point that I thought I was (sub conciously)trying to make myself sick. I confess, I kind of liked the fact that the food wouldn't stay down. Not a healthy train of thought and the novelty soon wore thin when I was losing all energy and my skin looked horrid. That is when I went and got a mini unfill. Funnily enough it triggered off another bout of weight loss, even though I was eating a little more. I guess my body had gone into starvation mode.

I think that 'head hunger' is a bit like smoking. Even though you've given up you still crave it.

I've just woked out how many lbs I have lost. It is now 70lbs, that no longer weighs my body down 70 lbs!!:thumbup: I always tell people it's 5 stone and I never feel shocked. Yet saying it in lbs, it's a whole lot more shocking! I think I have about another 15lbs to lose, but I'm in no hurry. I'm out of the danger zone and looking good. Any weight loss now is a bonus. I am happy at size 14 but I am curious what it would be like to be a size 12. Also I might stand a better chance of getting sales clothes! I always had problems find bigger size clothes in the sales, now I am having trouble grabbing size 14 bargains! I can't win lol

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