GregP

Can someone tell me how many CC"s my band will hold. I have the Large VG band.

Think i finally found something thats gonna work for me. Just joined weight watchers and combining that with excercise things are going in the right direction.Seems like i've lost about 10 pounds in the last 3 weeks. I joined the weight watchers online.Makes me accountable for what ieat. I can splurge a little but i have to keep it within the guidelines. If i know i'm going out to eat something more fattening i can go lite allday..This really seems to be working!!!!!!!!!!

Great tips everybody. In a little better frame of mind. Weighed this morning a lost a few of the 10 pounds. This is a great topic because i can go into the convient store go down every isle and not buy anything when I'm in the dieting mode. When I'm not look out!!! If you took time to read all the labels we would hardly eat anything. Seems like as a rule: If it taste good it's probabbly bad for you! lol

Glad to hear everyone is doing well. Well everyone excpt me. Question...Have any of you just hit a point where you have gained and you just seem to loose your will to keep doing it? I have gained 10 pounds and it don't take long to do it. Seems like i work 7 days a week most of the time and i'm physically and mentally drained. Whats a good way to get onboard again? i need suggestions!!!

Me and my wife both went to dr ortz in mexico. We found a Dr in Birmingham to do our fills. Dr Dewitt is the doctor. He is a great dr and our fills are $100 dollars. Not sure if he is still taking other peoples patients but it's worth a try!

Before being banded my highest weight was a little over 360. My summer clothes for Summer 08 was a 3x to a 4x shirt and 3x shorts. My neck was 25 inches. Since dieting and getting banded i have dropped to 245 and to a xtra large shirt and size large shorts if they have a draw string. I have lost 5 inches in my neck also. Getting clothes together for vacation is a lot easier now. Just wandering how well everyone else has done? April 6th will be my 1 yr being banded!!!!

I too was a little nervous about having a surgery that was not a have too. Then you throw in the X factor of going out of the Country to get it especially Mexico. I let my wife have it first In November 08. I came with her and if i was to be honest before i left home i really didn't think i would ever go throw with it. From the moment they picked us up at the airport to the moment we got back to the airport i couldn't have asked for a better experience. They told you correct by trying to loose all the weight you can preop. I started dieting when we got back home in November and made my reservation for surgery April 6, 2009. I changed my eating habbits and lost 45 pounds by the end of February. So the whole month of March i weighed everyday to make sure didn't gain back any weight before surgery. I went out to eat at all my favorite restaurants and had a last meal at each 1 of them. That was just something i decided to do for me mentally for a type of closure of eating out for a while. By loosing the 45 pounds preop, i think that was why i did so well with the surgery. I brought my laptop to the OCC and was up on the internet 1 hr after surgery. I had the choice of going back to the motel or staying at the OCC that night but i chose to stay at the clinic because i went with my mother-in-law and she snored too much and i wanted a good nite's sleep. The next day i went shopping and walked 2 miles in town. We flew strait home then me wife and daughter drove to Disney World. As they said it's not a bad surgery, and i believe i couldn't have had any better experience in the U.S. than what i did with Dr. Ortiz. You'll do great!!!

I hardly ever post anything but i come on and read something on this forum everyday. I started looking about october 08. Thats about the time my wife had decided to use Dr. Ortiz for her surgery in November 08. Dr. ortiz did mine in April 09. We all tend to get down on ourselves at times but in reality everyone has done a fantastic job. I have heard that usually it takes up to 3 yrs to get all the weight off. I'm 40 pounds from my goal but i will eventually get there. Sometimes i have to sit back and look at my before and after pictures. I'm down 117 from my heaviest and from a 48/50 waist to a 38/40.Started at a 3x or 4x shirt and down to mostly an xtra large, and lost a whopping 5 inches in my neck!!!! Congrats to everyone and looking for a great next year Just realized i should have posted the picture of the boat and Kimberly looking sexy in her bathing suit. Hmmm.......maybe by the end of next year i can talk her into a bikini!!

As the new year approaches it's time to set new goals. I met 2 of mine this year. 1st goal was to get under 300 and the 2nd was to get under 250. My goal for the next yr is to get under 200 ( for the 1st time since i was about 12 yrs old)lol. If i want to achieve that goal i've got to get off my rear and start excercising more.....(I suspose eating a chocolate oatmeal cookie while typing this doesn't get me started in the right direction.)lol What are some of your goals for 2010? Did you achieve your goals for 2009? Haven't posted any new pictures but current weight is 241. 42 pounds to be 199!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wouldn't it be nice to have a chat room in here where people could discuss and talk about their problems in a group setting.

Didn't get to read them all but........You know your a bsndster when you go to the Dollar Tree for doggie poop bags and you don't even own a dog. lol

Iwas banded April 6, 2009. I lost 45 pounds preop and 45 post op for a total of 90 pounds. If you take it from my highest i'm over 100 pounds gone. You won't regret having this done. Best of luck . Greg

We stayed at the lacerna when wife was banded and again when i was banded. We had a great experience both times. The bellhops name that helped us was Alonzo.

I can't figure out to post pictures to an albulm or do the personal picture and do the signature. I have an albulm created but having trouble getting things to load. Any help would be grately appreciated!! Thanks!