Ashley A.
Update-almost 37 months post op
Dec 30, 2011
Hello OH,
I haven't updated in almost a year, I had a rough 10 months, and had a lot of things happen in my life which caused me to put my weight loss on the back burner. I have a new doctor now, my original surgeon retired due to her having cancer and passed away a couple months ago, she was such a great doctor and really supported me and was proud I had lost so much with the band. The doctor I have now, is fresh out of med school but he has been great, he gets things done and really listens to me when I'm struggling or have questions. My 3 year bandiversary was on 12/1 and I coudn't help but feel disappointed. I really wanted to be at goal by now. I fell off the wagon really bad and ended up gaining around 25 pounds since the last time I posted. I had some issues with the band and was unfilled for a 6 weeks, the highest I got being unfill was 297, that's when I realized I had to get back on track. I have been working at it for almost 3 weeks now and am back down to 278 which puts me at 176 pounds lost , around 24 more pounds and I will be at my lowest I have been in my adult life which is 254. I had 1 cc put back in my band a few weeks ago and I have to say I have pretty decent restriction. It so strange how the band works, during the first year I had to have almost 8 cc's in order to feel any restriction. I have been trying to become more active on the forums and trying to help people out. I'm going to update more often and keep everyone updated on my weight loss journey still. I have been watching a lot of youtube videos also. I wish I would have started vlogging. I always said I was going to but never did, I guess I just didn't have the self-confidence to post myself for the whole world to see.. I decided to get back to the basics and it really is helping. I'm motivated again and I know I can do this, and get these last 80 pounds off. I'm going to try to update weekly, and hopefully take some measurements, I know I have gained some inches since I last posted my measurements but this is a new beginning for me.
Thanks for reading.
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I haven't updated in almost a year, I had a rough 10 months, and had a lot of things happen in my life which caused me to put my weight loss on the back burner. I have a new doctor now, my original surgeon retired due to her having cancer and passed away a couple months ago, she was such a great doctor and really supported me and was proud I had lost so much with the band. The doctor I have now, is fresh out of med school but he has been great, he gets things done and really listens to me when I'm struggling or have questions. My 3 year bandiversary was on 12/1 and I coudn't help but feel disappointed. I really wanted to be at goal by now. I fell off the wagon really bad and ended up gaining around 25 pounds since the last time I posted. I had some issues with the band and was unfilled for a 6 weeks, the highest I got being unfill was 297, that's when I realized I had to get back on track. I have been working at it for almost 3 weeks now and am back down to 278 which puts me at 176 pounds lost , around 24 more pounds and I will be at my lowest I have been in my adult life which is 254. I had 1 cc put back in my band a few weeks ago and I have to say I have pretty decent restriction. It so strange how the band works, during the first year I had to have almost 8 cc's in order to feel any restriction. I have been trying to become more active on the forums and trying to help people out. I'm going to update more often and keep everyone updated on my weight loss journey still. I have been watching a lot of youtube videos also. I wish I would have started vlogging. I always said I was going to but never did, I guess I just didn't have the self-confidence to post myself for the whole world to see.. I decided to get back to the basics and it really is helping. I'm motivated again and I know I can do this, and get these last 80 pounds off. I'm going to try to update weekly, and hopefully take some measurements, I know I have gained some inches since I last posted my measurements but this is a new beginning for me.
Thanks for reading.
About Me
Dayton, OH
Location
27.8
BMI
Surgery
06/27/2012
Surgery Date
May 22, 2008
Member Since
