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I had a revision from a lap band to SIPS on 12/22/14. When I started my 10 day liquid diet on 12/11/14 my weight was 330 pounds. One the day of surgery I had gotten down to 315 pounds. When I went for my two week check up, my weight was 306 pounds. My doctor did tell me that my weight loss could be a little slower because I am a revision patient. So I refused to weigh myself until my next follow up appointment which was 3/8/15. 280 was my weight which means a weight loss of 50 pounds. I was a little discouraged because I thought I should have been losing more weight but I realized how long it would have taken me to lose 50 pounds before the SIPS procedure and then I got my mind right. Due to the fact that weighing myself everyday would be mind boggling, I decided not to weigh myself until my next appointment on 6/15/15. On Sunday I decided to buy an outfit for a wedding I am going to be attending this Saturday and I purchased a size 14/16 which is GREAT since the last pair of pants I purchased in November 2014 was a size 22. This journey is a lot different from my lap-band journey which I know is a good thing. I'm just trying to stay positive.

Well today is my bandiversary and I went to see my surgeon today. It turns out that I have lost 99 pounds to date. I was a little dissapointed that I did not make 100 pounds, but as my husband and surgeon informed me that 99 pounds is still a lot of weight and was a huge accomplishment. I am excited and still anxious about making my next goal of 50 pounds by our cruise in October.

I am super excited. I rode a roller coaster on Friday and I have not done so in nine years. My husband says that I was more excited than our two children, which he was right. My bandaversary will be on Thurday and I am anxious to see if I have made my goal of an hundred pounds.

Will keep you posted

Well on the 8th of March I will be officially one month away from my year anniversary of getting my lap band. This year has been a long one. I thought my weight loss was going to be a piece of cake and that I would see pounds just drop off of me. I guess somewhere in my mind I thought my weight loss would be the same as a gastric bypass patient, even though my doctor had made me fully aware that would not be the case. I am still holding roughly at about 90lbs as my total weight loss. I am hoping to lose at least another 10lbs by April 8th, my anniversary. I am going through a phase where I feel like I have not last enough weight. I look at pictures I took over a year ago and I see some weight loss but not 90lbs. I am hoping as time goes on and I lose more weight I will be able to see and gage my success. As of right now I am trying to stay motivated and continue on my journey.

Well it has been ten months since I had my lap band surgery and am down a total of 90lbs. I am offically under 300 lbs and I cannot tell you the last time I a 2 before my weight. I have really started picking up the pace with my exercising which is something I have a hard time doing. I don't have enough motivation to go to the gym on a regular so I purchased a DVD-Walk Away The Pounds    and made a vow to do it once a day. So far I am on day 5 and I don't see an end coming soon. Sometimes I get frustrated because I really would like my weight loss to be more but I know it takes one day at a time and I sure didnt put this much weight on in 10 months and it is defintely going to take more than that to lose it. However, that still doesn't stop me from getting discouraged.  I am 110 lbs away from my goal weight of 180lbs. Right now I am trying to reach a smaller goal of 100lbs by my bandiversary 4/8/10.

Wish me luck

I have just reached my 8 month since surgery and I have lost a total of 80lbs. I am excited and hoping to reach my personal goal of 100lbs by my 1 year anniversary on April 8, 2010. I  went on a cruise the last week of October and I thought I had gained a tremendous amount of weight even though I did not eat as much as I would have if I had not gotten the Lap Band. The last time I saw my surgeron was September 25, 2009 before my cruise and when I went to see him on December 3rd I had lost 17lbs. I still got a fill because  was able to eat alot more than I should have and I didn't want to gain any weight. Christmas is around the corner and I know I will do great.

On August 5th I took a boxing class with some coworkers. WOW!!!!!.  That was an experience. I need to loose about 50 more pounds before I attempt the class again.

Today my coworker that nomally walks with me was out of the office and I still got up enough strength to walk a mile even though my legs were killing me from the boxing class.

I have a Dr's appointment with my surgeon tomorrow. Lets hope the weight loss is still going in the right direction.

Today is August 3rd and I started back walking with my coworker for 30 minutes at my morning break. I usually walk with her but last week she was off on a business trip and I took a break.

I went to my primary care physician on Friday July 31st and I weighed 334. That is 47 pounds including pre-op weight. Yes!!! I do count that.

I go and see my surgeon this Friday August 7th and I will more than likely get a fill. The last visit was on July 10th. Since then I have lost 4 pounds so far. I am okay with my weight loss, but I would like to lose a little more, so I will be adding more exercise to my daily routine.

I am experiencing an issue with my and my husband's weight loss. I had the lapband on April 8th . Since I had the surgery from our pre-op weight we both have lost about the same amount of weight give or take 5-6 pounds. However; when people see us, he weight loss gets noticed right away and as for me, my weight loss goes unoticed. I will be the first to say that I am VERY VERY proud of my husband and I want him to lose as much as he can. The fact that my weight loss goes completely unnoticed is starting to be a little depressing.

That is all I have to share for now!!! Will let you know how Friday goes.