Where is Txarcher?

[Foofy 0]

The suspense on the last two pounds is maddening. We need an update!

[TxArcher 2]

The suspense on the last two pounds is maddening. We need an update!

<insert Eeyore voice here>

I am here... I am on the plateau from HELL! I am swimming, playing w/kiddos, etc. I have really struggled to not let my emotions get to me and try to gorge myself here and there. I have been floating 2 pounds up and down. I can't get the scale to move below 302. I have been beat to the century mark by GaBeeKeeper and Hollyberries. Congrats to those two!

It has been over 6 weeks since my last fill. (relocation) I went through a period of a few weeks where I felt like I could eat a horse! I felt like my restriction was just GONE! I was pretty ticked off at my clinic in Waco and wrote them an email encouraging them to hurry and find me a doctor here that I can work with. Well... wouldn't you know it... THAT night, Mr. Restriction decided to come back! Now, I can eat about the right amount and be full. I don't know what the heck is going on, but I am glad to have my restriction back.

I think now that it has been a few days with restriction, I will be getting back on the weight loss. I gotta be honest, I got pretty down on myself for not losing weight. This is the first time since Sx that I have had any length of time that I was not losing weight every time I stepped on the scale. It was just a hurdle I need to cross. How can I help anybody down the line If I don't experience the whole gambit of "Band Gremlins". I am feeling much better now... Amanda (wife) has been very supportive in my hard time. She really encourages me that I WILL make my goal weight. After all, I have lost 25% of my max weight. That is no small feat in 6 months!

Thanks for thinking of me...

VENT OFFICIALLY OVER NOW!!!!!!!!!

[Foofy 0]

Good to hear from you! You should NOT feel down. You have just joined the ranks of the many of us who are slow losers. However, I am sure you will soon be back to your rapid loser sttus. Your body is just fighting back a bit. You have put it through quite a lot over the last 7 months. Relax. If you stay the course, the weight will start to drop again. Just remember all you have accomplished and all the many, many NSVs you have (in addition to the SVs).

[hollyberries 2]

ArcherMan!

Good to hear from you. I have to admit you and I have been going through the same hell. I have done the same thing up and down up and down. Although since hitting 254 I have stayed steady and not gone up yet. You have done remarkable and keep a really good attitude because it is a battle now for us. Although, we have lost really quick for Bandsters the next stage will be tougher for us.

I have decided that I need to exercise because I lost a lot without it. I started doing Water aerobics 3 days a week and 2 days weight training. I have been doing this for 3 weeks now and am feeling a difference in the clothes. I like you have decided that if it takes longer so be it. We have a lifetime to lose the rest. Lets be proud of our accomplishment so far and join the turtle club; we are great company.

I am canceling my appointment for next week for another fill because I still can't eat without pain. I have to take it real slow and easy or I am sliming and pbing.

Keep up the great work and don't get down on yourself to much...you really have done remarkable.

Don't be a stranger, we are your "Bandster" family and we will always lift you up. How is the new job going?

Cindy