Ok guys - we are on our 5th month Post OP..

Restriction is such a funny thing.. sometimes you have it and others not so much, you know? The lose has definitely gone slower than I anticipated.. much slower. But maybe I'm just a slow loser? My greatest fear is that the band isn't going to work for me.. just for that reason alone.

Sauces and me were never friends til after surgery.. not I'm eating salad oils and dressings and it's just crazy?! Proteins seem to be so difficult for me to get in.. I can't eat most meats even when I chew them like crazy! They just seem to get stuck like it's unbelievable.. and yet, with other foods I can eat like it's going out of style! 

I'll be 5 months out on the 17th and I've lost 51lbs since surgery...... 71lbs since the start of my 3 day liquid diet. My greatest challenge has been the stalls! My shortest being 1 week, the longest being 5 weeks!!

The big things I've noticed are my confidence and things I'm able to do that I never could have done before! I carried a 50lbs child piggyback for 1km yesterday because she had blisters on her feet and I wanted to get the daycare kids home before it poured rain..... it was only after we'd gotten back that I realized what I'd accomplished!!

What an awesome nsv!!!! You should be incredibly proud of yourself for this!!! 

What a great feeling, eh? Being 71 lbs from your weight you were... Just think about what a relief it is for your body to not have that extra weight around anymore!

You're doing great, definitely an inspiration for me!

What's nsv??

Thank you :) It's an awesome feeling!!

What great SV and NSV for you!  I have stalls every month.  After each fill I dropped a few pounds than I put it on the next week.  Fight it going up and down the third and get it back down by the fourth.  It is really frustrating.  You think you got it going on than everything goes to heck.

LOL.... I just asked the previous poster what nsv is and you hit me with another one.... what's sv?? And here I thought I had all the abriviations down.

That's how my loss goes..... drop, stall, gain, bounce up and drop within 3lbs, stall, drop.... it's so frustrating!!

NSV=Non Scale Victory
SV=Scale Victory

Message Board Lingo
Information Courtesy of Member Celtic Rose  

Initials	Meanings
AMOS	Association for Morbid Obesity Support
BBL	Be Back Later
BF	Boyfriend
BI	Breast Implants (PS Term)
BIL	Brother In Law
BL	Belt Lipectomy (PS Term)
BRB	Be Right Back
BT	Butt Tuck (PS Term)
BTDT	Been There. Done That.
BTW	By The Way
CBL	Circumferential Body Lift (PS Term)
CC	Carb Countdown (product brand name)
DD	Dear/Darling Daughter
DH	Dear/Darling Husband/Hubby
DIL	Daughter In Law
DS	Dear/Darling Son or Duodenal Switch
DW	Dear/Darling Wife
FBL	Full Body Lift
FF	Fat Free
FIL	Father In Law
GF	Girlfriend
GL	Good Luck
GMTA	Great Minds Think Alike
GTG	Got To Go
HTH	Hope This/That Helps
IMHO	In My Honest Opinion
JK	Just Kidding
LBL	Lower Body Lift (PS Term)
LMAO	Laughing My A$$ Off
LOL	Laughing Out Loud
MIL	Mother In Law
MUAH	Sound that a kiss makes
NP	No problem
NSV	Non Scale Victory (ie can fit in an airline seat, exercising more ...)
OFF	Over Fifty Forum (BMI Over 50)
OH	Obesity Help
OMG	Oh My God
OT	Off Topic (not related to weight loss or obesity issues)
PB	Productive Burp
PCOS	Poly-Cystic Ovarian Syndrome
PITA	Pain In The A$$
PMP	Peeing My Pants
RL	Real Life
ROFL	Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO	Rolling On Floor Laughing My A$$ Off
RT	Real Time
SV	Scale Victory (ie reached a weight goal)
SMTO@U	Sticking My Tongue Out At You
SF	Sugar Free
SIL	Sister/Son In Law
TBC	To Be Continued
TL	Thigh Lift (PS Term)
TMI	Too Much Information
TT	Tummy Tuck (PS Term)
TTFN	Ta-Ta For Now
TTYL	Talk To You Later
TY	Thank You
TYVM	Thank You Very Much
WB	Welcome Back
WTG	Way To Go
YMMV	Your Mileage May Vary
YW	You're Welcome

Hope this helps!

LOL... thanks :)

I posted my recent challenges on the Lap Band Forum last week. Had a struggle with some old habits..I blame it on Disney World...no not really myself for not having greater control at Disney. Everything snowballed from there. You all know those well I will get back on track tomorrow we give ourselves. I thought those days were behind me. Just goes to show it is a never ending battle. Re -committed myself as well but fell again today...Gonna get it all out of my system and start fresh. I did not come this far since February only to screw it all up!  Funny thing though I am eating like crap I am still loosing inches somehow...not working out to much and let down my challenge partners only 60  minutes of the 1500 I pledged for July..Well I am going to take a good run at the number and hope to get there.