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 down to 23o lbs...i have lost 2o5 lbs in just ovr 3 yrs...feel good but theres an issue with my band..i feel it slide for the last eight months or so but no insurance..so i have to wait i havent had a fill in a looooooong time...but my restrictions on what and how much i can eat are crazy at times...hoing for the best and that all is ok but it doesnt feel right it moves when i bend ...exhale...it will have to wait..hoefully not to much longer

well i cant believe im 6 months out, i thought i was losing slow but overall im kickin butt..

i did hit a plateau for about 5 weeks but i have picked up again... i am down 80 pounds!!!!

wow it doesnt even feel real. i admit i havent been a bandster rolemodel i have had some bad days but the difference is... my bad days may top out at 2200 calories where pre band it would be 4000 or more. i still struggle w/ excersise but im trying. 

i just want to say if you have hit a plateau stay strong dont give in and drink your water it makes such a difference.

i take my multi vitamin, calcium, biotin and zinc every day (i have started shedding for abt a month now :( i feel better now then i have in years...

NO DIABETES MEDS!!!!!!

well i had good restriction for the first week or so then it felt like i could eat anything ,,,i did ok but then the last few days were horrible i ate cake--- bad cake lol
anyways so i got another fill today of 2 ccs first time they told me clears then full liquids but today i was told just 2 days of liquids? i am very hungry but am doin ok with jelo and a protein shake...current weight 383

well it has been a bit and i really need to get in the habit of posting on my blog more....
so i feel like my weight loss has been slow but still succesful i know im just anxious i started at 435 and today weighed in at 391 down 44 lbs 22 before surgery and im 7 weeks out today so avg abt 3lbs a week which is good, i didnt gain any during diet transition so that is a success in itself. 
im taking a mulltivitamin each day and i have gotton a b12 shot twice my leg is bloodclot free but is still hard and swollen a bit, i did a round of antibiotics but it only seemed to help for a few days.
so on 3/1 i went in for my first fill...surgeon couldnt get to my port so i rescheduled for a fill under fluro....they had to get a special needle to do it and my fill today was 2ccs im on clears for 2 days and already starving i will probably add a protein shake tomorrow maybe 2 . i hope to be down to 385 in the next couple weeks i will post updates and hopefully some measurements. 
this has been trying but feels good to know im doin it. i just need to start excersising. at least walking to help this weight loss along!

im down 41 lbs! including 22 b4 surgery, i ended up getting a blood clot in my arm at iv site and ended up in the hospital for 5 days on blood thinners. now i may have another in my leg doin ok thogh still positive i post mostly to the board but im going to try to keep my blog going.

after years of this process i have made it... i am now officially a bandster.
as some of you know this was my 4th attempt at wls and it happened this time, i was very nervous but my anathesiologist was absolutly amazing she litterally babied me, so much so when she saw my anxiety was elevation she came over held my hand and carresed my head, if it wasnt for her i probably wouldnt have made it-- she tlked to me as she administered meds and never put a mask on my face while i was awake and even propped my head up with 2 pillows. next thing i remember is the horrific experience of waking up on a ventilator i didnt know if the surgery had been done but a wonderful dr by the name of chris reassured me the surgery had been succesful, i cried, i cried because it has finally happened. i was removed from the ventilator abt 1 hr after a woke up

i wasnt to happy with the nurse on the floor though, i had asked her 3 times if i could get up and walk the 3rd time she looked at her watch and got an attitude asking where i wanted to go and how long i wanted to walk i told her forget it and my husband and i went., i walked the halls twice,
im pretty sore but it isnt as bad as i thought it would be....oh and i got the VG band. im not really hungry . well im off to get some rest 
 

so i had my final weigh in this evening and  im at 415 lbs !!! 20 lbs down from pre op diet  drs words...phenominal! it feels great 
i cant believe this time has gone by in November I thought i would never be here...then approval came fast and this 2 weeks i thought would be the worst wasnt as bad as i thought- yes i did cheat but on grilled chicken and string cheese but it wasnt as rewarding as i thought it would be. i also finally put my cigs away i havent smoked a cig since friday i know its not optimal but it was all i could do with not eating on top of it.
so tomorrow is my day. im so very excited and nervous and scared just anxious all around, my measurement i will post later...

ok so its been a short 2 weeks, the liquid diet has gone ok i did cheat i had some grilled chicken and some light string cheese ive done well other wise and have gotton creative with the optifast. my surgery is coming quickly i took my measurements in the begining of my pre op but i cant seem to find them? i will take them tomorrow as well as some pre op pics....i have only been 48 hrs without a cigarette not where i wanted to be but as good as i could do with stoping solids at the same time the few days before quitting i only smoked a cple ive gathered everything i need for the hospital and after, i will post again tomorrow after my final pre op appt and my weigh in!

wow im doin it im living through this liquid diet today i went to the hospital to get my bloodwork, and chest xray done and i asked to be weighed as i cant weigh in everywhere, it was the same scale my surgeon had so hopefully they are both accurate tuesday i weighed in at surgeon at 435.5 and today i weighed in 423.5 yay!!!
deductable in effect which sucks had to pay 50 towards my bill which i cant wait to recieve!

today was worse then yesterday... i have had 5 shakes 3 sf jellos 2 sf popsicles and have consumed 3-16 oz bottles of water, i need to squeeze a minimum of one more in b4 bed. i have also had 1.5 servings of no salt almonds its helped keep me above water lol i felt i was going to die when my supervisor brought in a huge muffin and fruit tray today and as great as she is ... emailed me asking how i was doing with my liquids, i wanted to go off but relize i got myself to this point i will comply come hell or high water and cant expect others to understand.  
i have had to tell people at work to eat in front of me because i dont want to effect anyone i dont want my coworkers feeling like they have to sneek their own lunch! however my stomach growled when the girls ordered out today and i could smell the french fries and philly cheesesteaks --- oh my let me stop.
so anyway i feel good had alot of energy --more then normal so i either am hyped up on the excitement or my body is so used to the crappy stuff in it its like going from a smoke filled room to breathing fresh air... 
i have to se if there is something they can do at work as i am a team lead in our customer service department i have accountabilities to meet, i was off the phones today for 29 minutes just going to the bathroom! i went 7 times at work i am getting excersise with the walk back n forth lol

anyway so dinner was a vanilla optifast mixed in my bullet mixer with 2 sf tropical fruit popsicles...it tasted like a smoothie!!! it was really good.
i really need help with a broth  recipe or something i cant stomach canned broth 

picked up my order for pre op testing... i requested a pft specifically
starting work with peak flow meter today