MONIKA KRAUT

I am new to this forum, just looking for support. Had the surgery in April 06, lost 14 ponds the first three weeks and had my first fill 6 weeks later, not restictive enough and went for my second fill 4 weeks later. As of today, 8/10/06 I have lost a total of 25 pounds and have now started to exersize. Yes it is slower than I had hoped, but perhaps that is the healthiest way. I did have one bout with 'Progressive Burping (PBING) it scared me to death, felt what a hart attack may feel like. I was so hungry that I forgot the band and reverted back to eating and gulfing food down. I considered this a good lesson and now try very hard to remember to chew,chew,chew. This is not a majic bullet and a big life change. I have two friends that had this surgery, one, a man lost 55 ponds in a year and a halve and the other, a woman, lost 100 pounds in the same time. I will consider another fill in a couple of weeks until I feel sufficiently restricted to keep loosing. Like I said, not a piece of cake, but what weight loss is? I have never before been able to loose and keep it off. I am praying for some help for strenght here. Any one with info how you are handling this all now? Monika