Slow Losers - Unite!

NaeNae · 04-22-2007, 04:22 PM

Hello? Are there real live peeps on here?

NaeNae · 04-22-2007, 04:23 PM

Oh great. My comment would be the start of a whole new page.....I hope someone sees it....*lol*

NaeNae · 04-22-2007, 04:27 PM

*singing* do, do, do, do, do, do, do - do do do do DOOP da dooda dooda....

NaeNae · 04-22-2007, 04:28 PM

Slow losers, slow responders.....that's what it must be.....*lol* Well, I'm a pre-bander and a little nervous. Just looking for some sort of feedback. :o)

vericks · 04-22-2007, 05:28 PM

Thanks so much for that wonderful encouragement. It helps to hear someone else say that slow is okay and maintaining is a strength. Like you, I Yo-Yo'd all the time, never maintaining. Hurrah for us banders and let's keep on keeping on!

AthinnerDenise · 04-22-2007, 09:36 PM

I dropped a lb today after a very long plateau. I think I will probably lose extremely slowly. I guess that's okay as long as I am losing and not gaining.

Sooverit! · 04-23-2007, 07:20 PM

I see that folks here are very number conscience ...I think the scale lies especially if you are exercising. I can drop 2 dress sizes and only lose 5-7 lbs.!

AthinnerDenise · 04-23-2007, 07:24 PM

Yes, unfortunately, I like to see the scale drop. I know my thighs are much smaller since I started my weight routine. I measured when I started 3 years ago and my thighs are 3" smaller around. I wish my waist and hips would do that though. I want my face to thin out too.

Sooverit! · 04-23-2007, 07:27 PM

I am here and would love to talk!

Sooverit! · 04-23-2007, 07:29 PM

How slow has your weight loss been? Have you been banded 3 years already? I know age has something to do with slow weight loss...I am 48 and would happy to just stop gaining (not banded yet) thanks margo

kajen1960 · 04-25-2007, 09:48 PM

Hi y'all!
I had my 2 year aniversery on 3/5/07 and have lost 70lbs. I lose one or two pounds a month. I had to have .6cc removed the beginning of March because I couldn't sleep because it seemed even my salvia was coming up. This happened all at once. I hadn't had a fill in 4-5 months. My doctor took that out, had a barium swallow done and then I can't get back in to see him until this Monday (4/30) for a fill. I don't know if anything was found on the swallow but shall find out Monday. Anyone else had anything similiar happen? I know when I go back in I will have gained some cause, man can I eat right now. I haven't written in awhile so I thought I'd check in. Talk to y'all later.

AthinnerDenise · 04-25-2007, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Sooverit!

How slow has your weight loss been? Have you been banded 3 years already? I know age has something to do with slow weight loss...I am 48 and would happy to just stop gaining (not banded yet) thanks margo

Well it took me 3 months to lose 5 lbs. I lost 22 the first 4 weeks after surgery, because I had to be on a liquid diet. Since then, I do everything I have been told to do, and I have only lost 5 lbs the last 3 months. I am afraid to get a fill because food gets stuck regularly, and it hurts. If you aren't banded yet, I would suggest your read everything like crazy. It's not as easy as I thought it would be, that's for sure. They told me I would have to chew food like crazy, but I never knew that one day you could eat just fine and the next, it sits in your chest like a golf ball.

crazycibertalk · 04-26-2007, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by NaeNae

Slow losers, slow responders.....that's what it must be.....*lol* Well, I'm a pre-bander and a little nervous. Just looking for some sort of feedback. :o)

hi,

I get emails only once every other day. There is not that many of us out there, I think.

But, I know that we all surf on other boards or other places of this board too.:rolleyes

If I weight everyday, I noticed that say start the week on Monday morning at 200 pounds and then gradually with working out and good habits it goes back to 197 by friday or Saturday.
Then on Monday back to 199 to end up on 197 on Friday ( that is 2 weeks). At the third week start Monday at 199 and all of sudden on Friday I am at 196, so excited to come back on the following Monday and be a t 198.5 or so.
Therefore sounds like that every 3 or 4 weeks I loose a pound. It is streesfull at times, but is going down.

I thought that perhaps the margarita over the week end did it , but I have one every month, so is not that.
I am continually working out and following band foods except for a little cocktail here and there.
My inches are coming down and I officially can fit in size 12 NON-stretch jeans!:clap2:

Lidia-Kuri
4/20/06
3 fills
225/197/150

AthinnerDenise · 04-26-2007, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by crazycibertalk

hi,

But, I know that we all surf on other boards or other places of this board too.:rolleyes

Therefore sounds like that every 3 or 4 weeks I loose a pound. It is streesfull at times, but is going down.
My inches are coming down and I officially can fit insize12NON-stretchjeans :clap2: Lidia-Kuri
4/20/06
3 fills
225/197/150

Hi there,
What other board do you go to? I go to Obesityhelp occasionally, but I like the way this board is set up much better.
You sound exactly like me. I have to be so careful on the weekends or I will gain 2 or 3 lbs. It drives me crazy. I go to the gym every day and I know I am burning calories, so it's mind boggling to me that I am not losing.
They said we would lose 2 lbs a week!
I would be really happy if I was in a size 12. I am in a size 18 jeans.
Do you know how much fill you have in there? I am so undecided whether or not I should get another fill. It really scares me because I don't want food to get stuck any more than it already is.

AthinnerDenise · 05-01-2007, 12:47 AM

Hey fellow slow losers! I need your help! I am ready to tear out my hair.

I am so sick of food getting stuck. I am afraid to get a fill and I am sick of not losing....gggggrrrrrrrrrrrr!