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Hi Giuys - i've been absent for a while... like 3 months apparently..

just wanted to check in and see how the January Bandsters are going..

I've had Bertha (my band) for about 7 months and i've lost approx 35kg..so i'm pretty happy - not a crazy crazy result.. but good none the less..

so anyone else wanna tell me how they are going...

anyways much love and support being sent out from here..

xoxox

jess

jan - jul 08 (slow and steady wins the race):)

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Hi Jess, I reckon you have done just great girl!! All those kilos - you must be feeling great about yourself for that achievement. I was banded just a few days before you on 10th January and I have lost just 14 kg but feel terrific, especially since I have now cracked the 100 kg point offically as I weighed at my specialists and registered at 99.2 kg!! Yay!! I have to say I feel 100% better in myself and I am loving the need to buy new clothes all the time!!

Keep going and let us all hear your progress.

from another January 08 Bandster

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Hi Giuys - i've been absent for a while... like 3 months apparently..

just wanted to check in and see how the January Bandsters are going..

I've had Bertha (my band) for about 7 months and i've lost approx 35kg..so i'm pretty happy - not a crazy crazy result.. but good none the less..

so anyone else wanna tell me how they are going...

anyways much love and support being sent out from here..

xoxox

jess

jan - jul 08 (slow and steady wins the race):biggrin:

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hey Jess Babe!!! You do look great, and sooo much younger well done girl:thumbup:

I have lost 38 kilos, I was banded on jan 16th. I started at 147 and am now 109. Not bad, but am having a few problems... Am very restricted in what I can eat, am getting a bit down in the dumps with it all:crying:

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hey girl, thanks for the kind words..

i totally understand the getting down over the food thing... but i just don't know if i could bear to put the weight back on..

could it be worth having some taken out of the band and trying some thing else to help (i'm swearing off any more fills - i'm at about 7 mls so i can't go much more or i'll be like dead) so i bought a bike, and now i'm going to give riding it a go!!

i hope you find a solution, and that you feel better about the band soon... it has saved my life and i am really grateful...

much love and support from me to you

xxoo

jess:wub:

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hey girl, thanks for the kind words..

i totally understand the getting down over the food thing... but i just don't know if i could bear to put the weight back on..

could it be worth having some taken out of the band and trying some thing else to help (i'm swearing off any more fills - i'm at about 7 mls so i can't go much more or i'll be like dead) so i bought a bike, and now i'm going to give riding it a go!!

i hope you find a solution, and that you feel better about the band soon... it has saved my life and i am really grateful...

much love and support from me to you

xxoo

jess:wub:

Thanks jess. i have 6ml in my band now, and I am pretty much at my limit. I can't eat before 11am, if i do I vomit, I even have to sip my coffee super slow or I become sick. i eat 2 crackers and a bit of hommus for lunch and then for dinner i eat about as much as my 2 year old. Eating dinner is hard and i have to eat super slow, takes me sometimes an hour to finish a handful of food.< /p>

I try to snack on avocados and higly nutritious food in between.

Don't get me wrong, i would never go back to the way I was, I just wish I could eat a little bit more, but my dr tried taking liquid out and I could eat anything :)....what to do??

A couple of weeks ago I was vomiting really bad and on one day started vomiting blood for 12 hours. My dodctor gave me some tests, the barium xray showed that my bad hadn't slipped:unsure:

Thanks for your support though jess, it means alot:regular_smile:

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I would think 35 kgs in 7 months is an awesome result? Why do think that is not a crazy crazy result.. well done to you, its fantastic.

I just broke the 20 kg mark after 4.5 months. I had a plateau for around 8 weeks though. Just started dropping down again this past 2 weeks after changing one of my diabetic medications.

I have 6mls in my band. Its odd how everyone is so different. I manage about 1100 to 1200 calories a day of very good food (yes I have to take tiny bites, and some things (like bread) are off my list).

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Well Done luscious, thats a great result!!!

I am very pleased with my weight loss, I am just battling with heart burn and i am still having some shoulder tip pain, which drives me mad.

i am also finding it hard to take teh time to eat, i have to eat really slow, but havinga 2 yer old makes it hard.

I am stoked with my weight loss though and would not change aa thing.

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