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I always have some gone but my Dr. says that if I had a leak it would all be gone. Even a small leak over a whole month would cause it all to leak out.

Mine is my skinny jeans are now to big. So I am a new skinny so to speak!!!

When I eat too much or too fast or especially if I eat too much of something very cold like Ice cream, I will get a pain in my shoulder. I dont' have it any other time so I am glad for it because it helps me not to go overboard.

Blessings!

I have one but it has a spring rebound for those of us without as much upper body strength and no doubt about it, it really gives a good burn. I have been afraid to use it since banding because it is such a strong ab exercise I don't want to hurt my port.

Blessings!

Dresses or very, very loose pants,

Tea Bags

Protein Packets (Special K)

Propel single serving packs

Phazyme (absolutely wouldn't go without this)

Boullion cubes to make broth in your room

Children's Meltaway Tylenol. The pain killers they give you only last a short while and you may want more.

I also took Liquid Tylenol pm. It really helped me sleep well as the hotel isn't always the quietest.

They have a little coffee pot and I would use it to heat water and make tea or broth from it. they do have broth in the dining room but it is really expensive and you can only eat 1/4 to 1/2 cup of it so it gets wasted.

small bills 1's and 5's. They give you change in pecos if you use bigger bills and then you have to find a way to spend it.

There is a little convenience store accross from the hotel and the popsicles they carried were a life saver for me.

That has been my experience all along. I will lose a little weight and no inches will come off, then I will stop losing and the inches will start falling off. I guess my body is having trouble figuring out how to do both at the same time.

I have also gone to fill center, Thorton, CO twice and my single complaint would be the wait but he was awesome. He always gets me in within a couple of days when I call. It is an older office and all but I definitely didn't feel like a number. Everyone was very attentive. O and I did it without fluro and he hit first time both times.

Absolutely awesome Michelle!! You will reach your goal before you know it.

Ok this guy definitely very ignorant or is a quack and at this point from what you have been through, I am leaning toward ignorant quack!!! Don't listen to him, just keep up the good work and show him that he isn't as knowledgeable as he believes he is. I am glad you finally got over the 2 cc mark. Alot of people get there on their first fill and if not that definitely their second. He is full of crock about the amount the band will hold. I have 3.2 in my 4cc band and my dr. here in Thornton. Said he has put up to 5cc in a 4cc band because the tubing will hold quite a bit without it even reaching the band. I have good but definitely not too much restriction at 3.2 cc. I have lost some and will probably still need another beyond the 3.2 before I am done.

Best Buy gets them in every week here I know because my son works there. They only put them out on Sunday mornings though because that is when their latest add comes out so if you can be there opening of whatever day their newest ad goes into effect you will probably get one. Usually they are gone within an hour of opening.

What is slow about 40 pounds in 4 months? Way to go! You look fantastic :lb13:

Actually it has taken me 9 months to lose the 40 lbs. I have only lost 20 in the four months since my surgery.

Thanks everyone for all of your kind and supportive words. It is fun getting back in some of the skinny clothes. For each of us it one day at a time and I love seeing everyone's progress.

Looking wonderful. You have every reason to feel proud!!!

I used my "Oh my goodness I have to do something this is totally out of control" weight of 196. Even though I was down to 189 by the time I actually called the OCC for an appointment and 178 by day of surgery.

Thank you all so much for responding to my post. I knew that coming on here would make me feel so much better!! I know that my fills are SO important. Now that I finally got one and know what restriction feels like I am confident that I can eventually lose this weight - I just have to realize that it might not be as quickly as I want to, and that I will most likely have some weeks where I don't lose anything. I can't let that discourage me and cause me to stress eat or be so emotional that I shove my face full of food.

I need to also continue coming here to the forum to talk to all of you for support. I am so glad to be back - its vital that I continue coming here to share with all of you how I feel and what I am struggling with, and I also want to be here for all of you when and if you need help as well. Thank you all again - so so much!! >

I was also a lower BMI starting and it has been like pulling teeth to loose the weight. I have had three fills and know I have good restriction but still only 2-3 pounds a month since surgery. I have however lost a lot of inches and I fit in a lot of clothes that I didn't before. It is a comfort to me to know the weight is coming off permanently because even when I get stuck at least I dont' gain which is what I would have done in the past.

Blessigs!

Here are the other 4 they won't all fit in one post

I was trying to enlarge them but can't figure out how. I will put them all on individually larger.

I have 3.2 in 4cc band and am near if not at my sweet spot. It took me three fills to get there but since one month has gone by and loss of body fat and inches if not as much weight as I would like, I am starting to feel less restriction and will probably go back for a small top up in the next couple of weeks.

Awesome Job Cathy, I know it is hard work and you are doing it!!!

Slowly but surely the weight is coming off. Here is the 4 month update

Thanks guys! I know I haven't been on much lately what with getting kids settled back in school and all but I do appreciate all of your support!! I'll post my 4 month pics around the 8th of the month. This seems to be more a month of inches than of pounds.

It has been a long time coming but I finally dropped into the 150's. I am thrilled with my band but would love to see more weight loss of course.

Blessings!

I certainly wouldn't panic until the next fill. I didn't get restriction until 3.2 cm. in 4 cm. band. And even with that I am well restricted in the am and not so much by evening. I am thinking it is almost time to go for a little boost in it again.

Let's let Lori take care of it. And I personally would love to see any of the staff from OCC even if Dr. O couldn't manage it.

No binging for me that is for sure. I did have an frozen yogurt today (small) and could barely make it through. Things like that still surprise me. Usually about 3/4 of a cup of food makes me feel like I had a thanksgiving dinner and I don't want anything to eat for quite a while. Plus I can never eat and drink together or I loose both and I have realized that I would rather drink than eat. I hate being thirsty so I just say to myself are you really hungry because if you graze you won't get to drink for half an hour. I do have to say it took 3 fills to get me to this point. I have 3.2 cc in my 4cc band and before this fill I could pretty much still eat what I wanted although it did limit the binging, just didn't stop it.