Slow Losers - Unite!

[live2canoe 1]

Yeah VinesQueen -

Thank you so much for accepting the nomination!! We are your humble subjects to be guided by your wisdom

CandySmooch - you're in Sister! Welcome. And you're right, none of those show -off race winnin' rabbit types here. Just us slow, dependable turtles!

Dylansmom - you're good, too. WooHoo.!!

I think we have the beginnings of a very powerful group!

Now - everybody do what our leader vinesqueen said and go make your NSV list!

[the best me 6]

Well, Kathy, You qualify. You were banded 4/8/05 and initally lost 16 pounds, followed by a 13 pound loss since then, right? If I give you 6 weeks to lose the 16 inital pounds, that means you've lost 13 pounds since 5/27; 18 weeks.

Sorry. I really wanted to not let you in, really wanted you to be a rabbit....

hehe, count me in as an official slow loser. I'm gonna update my screen name subtitle. Thanks for doing the math. I lost 15 pounds in 12 days, managed another pound sometime between then and my first fill. Since my first (and only) fill on 7/6, I have lost the rest....well, that's less than a pound a week. But I feel so triumphant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What wonderful company to be in! Slow Losers Unite!!!!!!!!!!

[La_madam 20]

I have not lost anything for a long time either can I join? :think

[leatha_g 4]

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[live2canoe 1]

Sorry LA Madam, the bylaws for membership to the Slow Losers Club clearly state "less than a pound a week average weight loss during the first year of being banded".

You have, without a doubt, exceeded that mark and then some!

Thank you for your application, (and thanks for all the great advice and support you give everywhere else on the board) but you do not meet our criteria

[live2canoe 1]

Leatha -

Just as with Kimber-lilly, even though you do not meet the exact criteria, I believe you are close enough to be allowed membership.

As we said before, we are a reasonable group. I will submit your application to our headmistress and venerable leader, Ms. Vinesqueen for final approval, with my recommendation.

(sorry LA Madam, but you've just been TOO darn speedy with your remarkable weight loss)

[daisydoodle 0]

Thank you for accepting my application. Maybe now I won't feel so left out as to be one of the few who still hasn't posted a before/after pic on that awesome thread because the only major difference you will see is my haircut! (Does that count as weightloss?)

I think that it's important to have this thread to show all of us slow, creeping bandsters that we are not alone. I think we all get discouraged when we see someone that was banded months after us and already passing us up in weightloss.

So should we start our own little challenge? OF COURSE it should be an attainable one. Anybody got any ideas?

[vinesqueen 2]

Michelle, I don't think you qualify. I don't your awesomely skinny little butt has 5 pounds to spare! I firmly believe you are well within the 25-35% body fat that is suggested for women our age. In fact, after having met you, I don't believe you were ever fat to begin with! (You or Jenna! So there! Hah!)

Yea! Letha's in, especially since you need support to maintian.

Okay, here's our very own Holiday challenge. One new NSV per week until Thanksgiving. These can be as simple as taking the stairs for the first time, reducing medication (as needed of course), to something complex like being able to look at your self naked, or letting your SO see you naked without you freaking out.

My NSV this week is that you can see muscle definition in my forearms and calves. Today I did 85 crunches of various flavors.

[wade64 0]

band date 3-10-05 starting weight 231lb now down to 193lb weight goes up and come down every other day.when i get a fill i drop weight but put it back on a week later.please can i join your group

[HarleyNana 10]

IF I lose two pounds by Christmas, at this rate, I'll have something to shout about, LOL.

[dylansmom 27]

Does not having a nervous breakdown in the midst of packing, moving, dealing with all of us having ringworm, etc. count? LOL If so, that's my NSV for this week.

[leatha_g 4]

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[live2canoe 1]

Wade -

It's been 30 weeks since your banding. Even with your current fluctuations, you've lost 38 pounds. You should be very proud!

If you continue to struggle, and no more weight is lost, we can reconsider your application in 8 weeks. (38 pounds in 38 weeks would qualify) It is our sincere hope that you are able to re-join the rabbits and do not have to reapply!

In the meantime, keep in mind that you've lost more in 30 weeks than I have in over a year! :cross-eye

Good Luck staying out of our club.

[live2canoe 1]

Daisy -

I am so totally there with you - except for the new haircut! My doctor's office takes quarterly pictures to document your weight loss. I'm sure it's meant as a motivation for the patients, but I honestly can't see any difference in mine.

I watch people's stats and get very depressed as it seems like everyone is losing weight like no tomorrow, except me. It's hard to keep my morale up all by myself - that's why I started the thread, and recruited our leader. I believe that slow losers have a different set of issues and challenges than the rest of the lapband world. We need to carve out our own little piece of LBT where we slow losers can all support each other.

[Rhonda63 0]

I want to join! I thought I was the only slow loser around looking at some

of the current posts. So happy to find I am not alone! I was banded 3/10/05 at 221 pounds and now weigh

between 195-199 (afraid to weigh!). I am going to Tampa this weekend

for a Bandster Bash. Hopefully this will renew me! I haven't lost in several

months, although with exercise, I am losing inches.

Rhonda

Dr Lopez 3/10/05

221/19?/140

First Fill 5/7/05 3cc