Freedom Fighters Weekly Weigh In

[healthy-me-in-Az 0]

Melinda!!!

CONGRATS! That is an awesome milestone! WAY TO GO!!!!!

:thumbup:

:sad:

[MoxieDO 0]

Preop: 347

Surgery (7/22): 328

Aug?: 319

(8/17): 312

(8/24): 308

(8/31): 306

Second fill October 3

(10/05): 295

(11/2): 291

(11/9): 290

(11/16): 288

(12/7): 285

(1/13): 280

(3/8): 279

(4/21): 274

And the beat goes on...got an unfill today because of reflux :smile: Happy the scale is finally moving though!

[daqui26 4]

ok its time to get these weigh in started again regularly

we are all coming up on our 1 year band dates

cw-257 not sure what my last WI was but it was higher than this

[hot tea 0]

Hey guys...again it's been forever...since, I posted...kinda stalled and had an unfill in March...got a fill on May 11th so, up to 4.5ml in 11ml Realize Band...the scale is moving and again...and so, am I...spinning 5 days a week on average! 14.4 lbs until my goal of 190...fingerscrossed!

[hot tea 0]

last week 5/31 I was 204.4lbs

this week 6/7 201.8lbs ( -2.6lbs)

finally moving in the right direction

[TracyChandler 0]

I lost 6lbs at my last weigh in but I only weigh at my doctor's visits...about every six weeks. Down from a size 18/20 to a size 14. 2XL tops are now just plain old XL..lol. My tracker is a turtle...slow and steady wins the race. I am rapidly approaching my 7/7 bandiversary and am happy with my progress.

Edited June 9, 2010 by TracyChandler

[ocotillo 0]

Glad to see someone updating this too.

I'm still at a standstill and I'm not working at it either. I know I need to put more effort into my "diet" but I've never been good with that, so I'm grateful for the band because if I didn't have it, I'd be 10-20 pounds the wrong way.

[bobbiezhere 0]

last week 5/31 I was 204.4lbs

this week 6/7 201.8lbs ( -2.6lbs)

finally moving in the right direction

Omg Regina!!!!!! You are doing soooo well! How are you ?????

[melinda_205 0]

surgery date was 7/1, starting weight was 262.5

Weighed on friday and my current weight is 184.

So thankful for my band!!! I should be working harder and making more progress, but I wont complaint about my results...I am so much happier/healthier right now. I told one of my classmates today, I can actually breathe and walk...lol.

[Who'sThere 331]

Is anyone still around? How is everyone?

I started at 283 and got down to 218 by March. I held steady between 223-228 until I got pregnant in 2012. I had a very tough (but so welcomed!) pregnancy and got up to 244. I was hospitalized Dec 20 and she was born Dec 28. I was discharged Dec 31, but we didn't go home until Feb 23. By then, I was back at 228.

Fast forward until today, and I'm sitting here at 267. Apparently, the stress of her birth sent me into a Hashimoto's tail spin. My thyroid was decimated, but I didn't know that until this March. My levels were all over the place but because of staff changes at my primary care office, no single person was really keeping track. Thankfully, my neighbor who is now a FNP working in that office took a look at saw that something was fishy. She referred me to an endocrinologist. Despite being prediabetic and having PCOS and thyroid issues, I had never been referred.

I have tried to get back on track several times, and nothing seems to work. I used a trained for months, I did weightwatchers, phentermine and Topamax, myfitnesspal, you name it. It was the old me again...

I had to have my band completely unfilled while I was pregnant due to hyperemesis. Since then, I have not been able to tolerate a fill over 2.5cc. Still about 3 days a week and sometimes more, I can't eat anything except sliders stuff until later afternoon or early evening. By then I have either eaten a ton of garbage or am starving. When I can eat, I don't get full any faster than before surgery. It's like the only thing my band does for me now is cause me trouble.

My endo wants me to have a revision to sleeve or bypass. I see the surgeon tomorrow. I don't know how I feel about this. I chose band for many reasons, and I'm sad to now think I made the wrong choice and have to essentially start over.

I'd love to hear from others how your band has held up for you. I want to hear successes and failures. Anyone here?

[readyforchange09 2]

Hi Amy, I am here, hopefully there are other '09 bandsters here also. I also had a baby back in may 2011, I haven't been back down to my pre-pregnancy weight since. I am very discouraged, and am only down 15 lbs from surgery. Good luck with the surgeon appt. tomorrow, I am scared to have a revision, or any other surgery. Please keep us posted.

[Who'sThere 331]

Thanks for responding! I am scared to have a revison, but my labs are BAD. My endo doesn't usually recommend surgery, so for him to recommend it to me, I think he feels its the only way to get my levels in check. He actually showed me some studies and graphs and such to support his reasoning to me that with my issues, i will not achieve enough "sustained" weightloss with diet and exercise alone to keep me healthy. I have a family friend who can no longer drive due to diabetes complications. I have a beautiful daughter who I fought to grow for 32 weeks and who fought for her life for 58 days in nicu. I feel I owe it to her to do whatever it takes to be healthy enough to see her grow up. In short, I'm scared to do it, but I'm more scared not to.