failures! We are winners! We have succeeded tremendously and we will continue to win this war on obesity. so, the honeymoon is over. Now the tough part comes into play. We have to work at this, very hard. But, stop and think where we all were just 18 months ago. We were in obesity hell!!! We have found each other and have vowed to help each other out. And that's gonna help all of us succeed forever. So, ATeam.let's reach out to each other and show some love and support for all. We need you all. We are a team and we WILL beat this together!!

Shar

Hang in there Dee!!

The past couple of weeks I have been losing and I have no idea why!! All of a sudden when I have been stuck around the same weight for almost a year!
 
Today I am at 176, down a couple from the past few weeks, and I appreciate each & every pound loss. Why? I have no idea. I have snacked, tried a taste of all the goodies, had my Christmas dinnner, albiet a whole lot less than in the past,, but still I lost!!? 

Thankful and grateful.  It'll happen,, you know  what you gotta do,,,just stay the course!!!

DOS-300
Today-176

Dee
I am so glad u came here to vent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We all are gonna hit the wall and you hit a major wall, But I am so pround you came here and not run away, We all need to be here for you..You were here for me Dee when I was not losing for months on end and I felt like a failure, Remember I was the snail in  this group,,,and even for a lap band  standards I was a snail  I had only lost 10 lbs in 6mos and trust me I felt like I was failure, Right now for some odd reason your body is retaining fluid, You are probally going threw a huge metabolic shift and no matter how hard you try you body is not ready to give up  the weight, I think you will need to exercise to kick your motor to burn that is what I had to do to get my metabolism in the seat of the pants, I had to go back to dietician and she told me I wa****ting starvation mode and no doubt you are in that cycle, I had to go to 3 hours of exercise a day and eat every 2 hours.
We are looking at the new year and well we all need to get with the program and keep comming back.. I know the only reason I am winning is because I keep comming back and I need the support, I had days I wanted to Quit felt jealious everyone here was losing but me, But My A team was here rooting for me, I am here Dee for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I made a promice I am gonna be here for anyone/everyone,,, I maybe writing to my self but I made the promice I refuse to let this april board die,, We are not failures or quitters we are losers, I will be here when u get below 200 I promice you that, I believe in you Dee you have come a long way, If u failed you would be 300 Plus lbs, This is temp set back.  New year and new you is comming, I love new years it is like resetting the clock and start a new begining a new you. I am fighting my surgeon's office on a bill from lap band. But it is the billing dept now him. I love my surgeon he has believed in me even when I wanted to give up on my self, he would not let me give up on my self ty Dr Niak for believing  in me and telling me how proud he is of me. Come on fellow A team GROUP  Dee needs us!!!!!!!! Dee I will drag you by your hair kicking and screaming to be on onderland  side if that is what u need .
Lisa

I am moving along in recovery  from the tummy tuck and weight loss, to be honest I was not expecting to be losing weight this fast after a tummy tuck, I truely believe that the real hard  stubborn  belly fat was just cut off I have dropped another 2 lbs this week  but still in size 14 pants, I am just swollen especially around the mons area.
I had another crushing blow to my heath I found out I have Cervical myelopathy and spinal stenosis in advance stages and has be a reason why my shoulder did not recover like it should have, I will eventually need to have my spine fused in the near future it is little more complicated but boils down to another surgery and perminate loss of neck rotation of 20% post surgery and major down time I am so upset with this I am  pretty much in shock  and disbelief that all that I have done to get healthy I am falling apart. I was in major car accident in my 20's when I went threw a windshield and I bet somehow this was the catalyst of what was to become my future, Was told I am a walking time bomb for unprotected spinal cord and said a fall or major car accident could be disasterious outcome.
Shar I was like you one time wishing I had the RNY over the lap band. I must admit now I made the right choice even tho it took 20 mos to really see the results of the lap band, But I have a tool to help me control my hunger. If I had the gone the other way RNY I would be gaining as I truely have a food addiction and with the proper fill you cannot over eat  u will be sick. I think where lap bander fail is they do not see their doc when they start to gain weight and they forget u need to go in when u r not losing weight anymore. I was talking to a fellow lap bander and she was 2 years out and she was off the wagon with eating and I told her you are not using your tool as it was design, Get a fill and be done with it, I told my hubby the Rny is a tool to help with weight loss but bottom line u need to deal with why u over eat. I would love to be pigging out right now trust me u have no idea how bad i would love to eat like i use to but thank heaven I have this lap band control me as I really have a hard time with self control. I believe RNY people have such self control to keep their weight off Shar u r doing amazing u have lost 155 lbs and kept it off trust me if I were you I would be gaining by now, I have no control it is the band. not me.. I AM SO WEAK

Highest weight 295
last week 170
This week  168
Total weight loss 127 lbs
New goal weight is 140 according to my doc not me LOL
Lisa

It has been a very rough couple of weeks for me. I did not get the promotion at work. Then had to play nice at the office party 2 days later. Very hard emotionally. I finally recognized I was grieving the loss of hopes and dreams at a job for 20 yrs.
Then the holidays. I have been nibbling here and there but so far the weight has stayed stable. I think what has bothered me more is the bad weather has limited my outside exercise. I have bundled up and took the dogs for a jog/walk last couple days. Just need to clear my head out.
My body seem to be falling apart. Lots of joint and muscle pain. Probably made worse by my mood.
Anyway, just goes to show that losing weight and making goal does not make life perfect. IT is what it is. At least I am not having to deal with high blood pressure or diabetes so thank goodness for that.
I try to be upbeat and positive but just want others to know that we ALL go thru the blues and down times. The best positive is knowing the scale is consistantly where it belongs. At least something is working right these days...