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Topic: RE: Help....
Hi Carolyn~ It seems that we're all in the same boat! I know that I'm struggling, too, with my exta lbs. gained. I don't have any suggestions for iron since my iron is in my multi and calcium pills. Hang in there... you CAN do it!!!
Hugs,
Kerri
Topic: RE: Almost 3 year update - Just got out of hospital - again....
Oh my gosh, Pam...what an unreal journey you've been on!! I'm so very sorry to hear this. My prayers are that you're recovery is going smoothly. Post when you can so we know how you're doing. I've had a different, but farly traumatic journey myself, but I'll post that on a different link.
Good to see my old friend again!
Hugs,
Kerri
Topic: RE: 3 years today !!! or ???
Thanks so much for the encouragement. Folks of this board have been so much help and so up lifting to me. You are right I do need to remember the tools and stick to them.
Topic: RE: 3 years today !!! or ???
ARE YOU KIDDINGGGGGG?!! you ARE a success!!! yes, keep your head up and keep walking....remember the rules..go back to the basics. also, when was your last check-up?? bloodwork?? ..perhaps there is a level off somewhere...thyroid is a big one.
you've made it this far...this is a life change..there will always be struggles and challenges...we've been given a tool ..we just have to read the manual and follow directions.
1. PROTEIN.
2. 30 MIN. RULE
3. EXERCISE.
4. DRINK DRINK DRINK. (no sodas, no sugars.)
5. MODERATION AND LIMITATIONS.
6. SMILEEEE for seeing another day!
congrats on making it this far and losing over 100 pounds..you are a success 
Topic: 3 years today !!! or ???
I got an e-mail this morning saying Congrads for 3 years! I was shocked. I had not even realized that today was my 3 year surgery date. I have very mixed feelings about my progress. 3 years ago I weighed 390 pounds. Today I weight about 275. I'm wearing a size 20 (on "Good" days) I haven't been in that size since?????? God I don't think I've ever been in that size (maybe junior high or elementary school) YES, I am VERY GREATFUL, YES, I realize that I have possibly added years to my life. BUT STILL I'M DISAPOINTED! I really feel like although I've lost over 100 pounds, I've still failed. I feel really cheated when I hear of or see someone else who has had they surgery who is a size 10 or 12. I walk almost every day. If I don't I know that I would be gaining OVERNIGHT..... I get soooooooooooooooooooo tired sometimes of HAVING to WORK IT!!! I feel like others look at me as if I'm one of the ones the surgery didn't work for. I keep reminding myself that I could still be 390 pounds. So today I have decided to pick my head up and pat myself on the back and just keep going!!! I really wish there was a local support group here where we could exercise together and encourage each other to keep the faith.
Topic: Returning to the board
Hello there my name is Pam. I like all of you am celebrating my 3 year surgiversary (June 21st). I had LapBand done and was doing well for the first 2 years. I had to put my band on hold for a year due to economics and my surgeon being 2 hours away. I am going for my first fill, in over a year, this Wednesday. Hurray !!!! I am both excited but terrified. I have to admit that I have developed some bad habits and I am nervous about making the adjustment back to the life as a restricted bander. So, I figured the best thing is to go back to basics and come back to the ones who know what this struggle with WLS is all about.......all of you on the board. I look forward to the friends I am going to make here and I am looking to offer as much support and I am going to take. I look forward to stepping into this journey with all of you. :dance: Pam
Topic: RE: 3 years and counting
Just got back from weigh****chers and another 3.3 pounds down! For a total of 9.8 in the last 2 weeks! So my too does work after all 
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!!!! Topic: RE: 5 Day Pouch Test
I'm checking in to see how you are doing? Were you able to do the 5 day pouch reset? Stay positive and don't forget your not alone.
Hugs,
Shelley
Topic: 3 years and counting
Well, it's been 3 years now for me and I look at myself and wonder why I am still fat. I have learned that I have to be accountable for my actions for the rest of my life not just a few months or years. I have to watch every little thing that goes in or I will be fat forever.
I joined weigh****chers a while back and I went to a meeting a couple weeks ago that just made something click inside of me. I went back last week and had lost 6.6 pounds. I think that is the motivation that I needed. I go weigh in today so we shall see how I did this past week! I did splurge (sugar) a few days this past week so I dont know. But I will not be discouraged if I didn't loose one pound. I know that my actions would be the reason for it and I have to be accountable for it! I know we have been taught to eat differently than weigh****chers and I have been following our rules as far as protein first and then the veggies and fruit. I sometimes questioned wether or not my pouch still works, I guess I know the answer to that now! As long as I feed it what it is supposed to have, it works! If not, well... I guess that's how I gained back 40lbs!
Alright Im rambling now.
Have a great week everyone
Hugs,
Shelley
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