Re: Re: 4 weeks after surgery

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Tammy, This is my story exactly!!!!!!!! I haven't been posting because I have felt so discouraged. I get my fill April 3rd and agree with you, this will be when I really start getting on track. BeckyTammy <cuttinoutback@...> wrote: It sounds like you are doing better than me. My DOB was 2/16/06 and I had lost 17 lbs but have already gained back 4. I was hungy from the first day too. Now that I am eating more normal foods I am no longer losing weight because I have no restriction and no will power to diet. I too will be arriving on April 18th and will be filled on the 19th since I will be there with a friend being banded. When I am filled I will have to watch what I eat more than now in order to get in the proper protien and veggies, until then I

have no fear of malnutrition. I am learning to see this as a marathon, in the end I will get there, it just may take me awhile. I think if I didn't look at it that way then I would bash myself for being a failure. Remember, you can't really work your tool if your tool is not adjusted properly. I wish I would have been one of the lucky ones that felt restriction even before their first fill but that is exactly what they are "LUCKY". Part of the reason I haven't posted much is because I didn't want to discourage anyone looking into the band for themselves by hearing that not everyone has the same experience of losing major amounts of weight in the first 6-8 weeks before being filled. I went into this with big hopes that I would lose at least 25 lbs before my first fill and have had to change my thinking. When I am filled is when I will start really working my band

and losing weight and I will be able to continue to work my band at my pace for as long as it takes. That is what makes the band so great. Don't get discouraged, it is truely a marathon. Tammy A. > > HI All Im a new bandster. I was banded on 3/1/06 so far I lost 17 > pounds. The first couple of weeks were hard with the soup broth and > all. Right now Im eating yogurt and cream soups. But my weight loss > is slowing down and Im hungry now. Im going for my first fill on April > 18, 2006 I hope I feel restriction. Can someone reply and share their > experience if similar? > __________________________________________________

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Hey Tammy, Its Tammy LOL Oh I will miss you I will be there well I am not quite sure. I am getting banded on the 28th of April so do I go a day early or the day of?? So I will miss you by 10 days!! Bummer!! Tammy IBecky <juskissn@...> wrote: Tammy,This is my story exactly!!!!!!!! I haven't been posting because I have felt so discouraged. I get my fill April 3rd and agree with you, this will be when I really start getting on track.BeckyTammy <cuttinoutback@...> wrote: It sounds like you are doing better than me. My DOB was 2/16/06 and I had lost 17 lbs but have already gained back 4. I was hungy from the first day

too. Now that I am eating more normal foods I am no longer losing weight because I have no restriction and no will power to diet. I too will be arriving on April 18th and will be filled on the 19th since I will be there with a friend being banded. When I am filled I will have to watch what I eat more than now in order to get in the proper protien and veggies, until then I have no fear of malnutrition. I am learning to see this as a marathon, in the end I will get there, it just may take me awhile. I think if I didn't look at it that way then I would bash myself for being a failure. Remember, you can't really work your tool if your tool is not adjusted properly. I wish I would have been one of the lucky ones that felt restriction even before their first fill but that is exactly what they are "LUCKY". Part of the reason I haven't posted much is because I didn't want to discourage

anyone looking into the band for themselves by hearing that not everyone has the same experience of losing major amounts of weight in the first 6-8 weeks before being filled. I went into this with big hopes that I would lose at least 25 lbs before my first fill and have had to change my thinking. When I am filled is when I will start really working my band and losing weight and I will be able to continue to work my band at my pace for as long as it takes. That is what makes the band so great. Don't get discouraged, it is truely a marathon.Tammy A.>> HI All Im a new bandster. I was banded on 3/1/06 so far I lost 17 > pounds. The first couple of weeks were hard with the soup broth and > all. Right now Im eating yogurt and cream soups. But my weight

loss > is slowing down and Im hungry now. Im going for my first fill on April > 18, 2006 I hope I feel restriction. Can someone reply and share their > experience if similar?> __________________________________________________