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[SandraMinnesota]

Today I hit 150#. It has been 20 years since I was that low. I have 15# to go. My jeans are size 12 now, not 18W. My self-esteem is not in the toilet. I am not depressed. I do not dread meeting people whom I have not seen in a long time. I have ENERGY. I bought new panties in a size 6 that don't have a fat roll hanging over the front.

My observation is that this journey is NOT the easy way out. You have to work at it. Anyone who thinks this band is for lazy cheaters, I'm gonna smack them upside the head with a frying pan. I work out 5 days a week. Yesterday on the stairstepper at the gym, I climbed 50 flights of stairs. I plan to get to 100 flights in the near future. I count every calorie, and stay at about 1200. My last fill was a tough one, but I hung in there and worked with it. I was sensitive to cold temperature food--it tended to make the band slam shut. So I learned to drink room temp milk. Not an easy thing to do, especially considering that I have NEVER been a milk drinker all my life: after the band I had to learn to drink milk because I didn't like taking calcium supplements. It did several beneficial things for me--1. Gave me more fluid intake 2. Got me my calcium 3. Got me my protein 4. Gave me healthy calories when my band felt restrictive. 5. Stopped the need for expensive gumdrop calcium chewies that had 50 calories for the dosage.

[BandDiva]

Today I hit 150#. It has been 20 years since I was that low. I have 15# to go. My jeans are size 12 now, not 18W. My self-esteem is not in the toilet. I am not depressed. I do not dread meeting people whom I have not seen in a long time. I have ENERGY. I bought new panties in a size 6 that don't have a fat roll hanging over the front.

My observation is that this journey is NOT the easy way out. You have to work at it. Anyone who thinks this band is for lazy cheaters, I'm gonna smack them upside the head with a frying pan. I work out 5 days a week. Yesterday on the stairstepper at the gym, I climbed 50 flights of stairs. I plan to get to 100 flights in the near future. I count every calorie, and stay at about 1200. My last fill was a tough one, but I hung in there and worked with it. I was sensitive to cold temperature food--it tended to make the band slam shut. So I learned to drink room temp milk. Not an easy thing to do, especially considering that I have NEVER been a milk drinker all my life: after the band I had to learn to drink milk because I didn't like taking calcium supplements. It did several beneficial things for me--1. Gave me more fluid intake 2. Got me my calcium 3. Got me my protein 4. Gave me healthy calories when my band felt restrictive. 5. Stopped the need for expensive gumdrop calcium chewies that had 50 calories for the dosage.

Good Job! So proud of you! Keep up the great work on the last 15!!

[Jnlebean]

Way to go girl!! :lb10:

It sounds like you are on cloud 9 right now.

Congrats,

Jenelle

[lesles]

> I just get all teary eyed when I hear about our successes. To be able to have self-esteem again is huge. Being able to face the world on a daily bases is soooo hard when you are overweight. Reaching a weight goal is tremendous! Kudos to you and all your hard work and effort. I am new to the band and I need to keep hearing about how this works.

Thank you,

Leslie

[Smiley]

Good Job! I am glad to hear someone else say they drink milk instead of the supplements. My calories take a hard knock in the mornings, but I refuse to give up my milk and try to compensate for it the rest of the day.