SMOKEY2112
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Hey there-How did you add all the cool stuff to your profile? I need to jazz mine up. lmk. Ally
Hey Ally!
First of all.. I love your SN: FeelingGroovy brings that song from WAY back in the day by Simon and Garfunkel and now that's all I'm saying... "feeling grooooovyyyyyyyyy" lol
Otay hon..do you mean the weight thingamajigie in my signature? if so.. you just click on the one I have.. or anyone's and then go to the home page and then start from there.. I think I picked the BMI one that they have.. then just follow the directions and you can copy and past it into your signature which is under your profile stuff.. Hope that helps...
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Today is my first day of the pre-op diet (band date 02/11). My doctor wants me to drink a Protein shake for Breakfast, Protein Shake for lunch, and then eat 6-8 oz. of lean Protein with 1 cup of vegetables for dinner. I need to lose 7-10 lbs. in the next two weeks on it or they may reschedule my surgery.
My nutritionist recommended Myoplex Lite and Lean Body for Meal Replacement shakes. This morning I had a vanilla Lean Body for Her shake with 1/4 cup blueberries -- it really wasn't that bad. I got a good tip from a fitness friend to freeze skim milk into ice cubes and use that in shakes -- it definitely helped. For lunch, I am going to try a chocolate Myoplex Lite shake with skim milk -- we'll see how that goes, since I'm at work and don't have my blender.
Girl, you're lucky you get to eat a meal... every surgeon is different but most of the people have to do 2 weeks of liquid... that's what I was supposed to do..lol I kinda deviated from the norm...like I usually do.. I did have a couple of eggs a few days and a few slices of lunchmeat and cheese some of the other days.. My surgery is on Friday so hopefully my surgery is on friday..
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It's weird because my sister's doctor told her the same thing about women of color not being that successful with WLS...my doctor however never mentioned to me. I can't give you any long term advice because I am 11 months in and she is just 10 months in. We are both doing well. I had a 3 1/2 month stall where I didn't lose anything but it was not due to my culture or anything...lol! I have lost over 70 pounds in almost a year and the other 11 or 15 before I started this journey. I wouldn't let those statistics stop you from doing something that you really want to do. I used to be a part of the Women of Color Social group on here but it's not on here any more or at least I can't find it.
May I ask why some doctors have said that? Is it because maybe of what they eat or something like that?....which then it wouldn't work on just about anyone if you don't change your eating habits.. I'm curious as to why they say that. I'm mixed so does that mean I have half of that chance of being unsuccessful?
Seriously though.. are black people's stomachs shaped differently or something because if not..that seems like it would make no sense unless they are talking about lifestyle.. -
OMG Carol you are SOOOOOOOO lucky to be raising your own meat! I envy you! Do you just have cattle or do you have other animals too? Do you guys have cows so you get your own milk? YUMMY!! Raw milk RULES!
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2/1/11-SMOKEY2112( my date is really 1/28/11
)2/2/11 - Shawnypoo
2/7/11-ruthiesmg
2/7/11-soon2besexynslim
2/09/11-Mrs.Mustang
2/09/11-Bunnykins
2/10/11 - JMH80 (Jackie)
2/10/11-Elle23
2/11/11-Justplaintired
2/14/11-Alikitty
2/16/11-TexasMama
2/28/11-~Post Modern Retro Pretty~
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Yah, Tom.. you should even feel bad..but I understand where you are coming from.. after I found out that I was approved and everything..before I had to start the pre op diet.. I was like shiiiiiiiiiiiit.. and TOTALLY OVER INDULGED!
The day before I was supposed to start the pre op I had these classes to do and I was like 6 or 7 pounds heavier than my first weigh in..but I didn't care..LOL So when I weighed in for my pre op I had only lost like almost 4 lbs according to my first weigh in..but it was actually about 11 lbs because of what I had gained.. -
Girl, you don't have to leave.. your are an inspiration for all of us.. just like what was already said! What is difficult switching doctors?? Did you switch because of not getting good fills?
Feb 23, 2010 will be a year next month. I am on the slow loser board because I went from June to the middle of September of last year without losing any weight! But, I have been doing extremly well since then. I had to switch doctors in Sept. he gave me a great fill and I started losing again! I have lost 10 pounds since Dec. 16 and I am trying to lose another 5 before I go weigh in on Feb. 1st.
Okay, I just realized I'm posting in the wrong forum! This is the Feb 2011 thread! Umm duh! I didn't pay attention to this until just now. I was just excited when I seen the title "kicking fat's...." I will exit now...smh..LOL!
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WOW good for you on the exercise! It's soooooo hard to get started!!
Okay, everbody I won today! LOL! I did 20 min non-stop on that eliptical and came back later for another 5 min after I got off the bike for 25 min. I'm a winner, I'm a winner! I did good on my calories today as well. I stayed between 1500 and 1800. I'm about to drink a glass of orange juice so that 's why it's in between 1500 and 1800.
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Just curious to what everyone's favorites are? Back in the day when I did low carb I really liked the Designer whey Protein powders.. are there any other ones that are good? GNC is having a sale buy 1 get another 50% off.. since I'm on the liquid diet.. for real now..
I bought 2 of those Isopure drinks that have like 40G of protein.. it was okay..not bad at all... that's an awesome amount of protein for that one drink...and it has zero carbs and zero sugars.. and I kinda figured it would be a good mixer for rum and vodka.I also like the Muscle Milks and the Atkins RTD are okay..but I'm soooo sick of chocolate..lol I'm not a sweets person AT ALL! I rather have cheese and crackers, guacamole, a steak, etc...
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Ooooh..so that's what an EGD is.. isn't it funny that if people weren't getting this lap band surgery done.. all the things they wouldn't have found out about because of the pre-op testing!
Hey Bunnykins,
There are a bunch of us who are being banded right around your date. I'm 2/11. I have a week long liquid diet beginning on 2/4. I want to get this show on the road already!!!
The EGD isn't bad at all. I was surprised to find out that I had some issues (many small ulcers, inflammation in esoph, and stom). But that explains all of the issues that I have had for ages and assumed were just part of getting older or being overweight or that I don't have a gall bladder, etc. The doc put me on prilosec every morning and I am a new woman! I wish I had gone to a GI doc a year or so ago when this all started! So, I thank my pre-op testing for that!!
Good luck to you at your EGD.
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OMG..what's the purpose of the EGD?? Because they have to put that breathing tube down your throat during surgery? Will you be awake when they do that? WOW..
My surgery is this friday...I originally thought it would be Feb.. so I just stayed with the group..lol I can fill you guys in on everything!
OK bandsters, I have my day! 2 weeks away. Next week I have a couple of classes and an EGD (doc sticks camera down my throat to look around). Then the following week - whamo.
Anyone else going in the beginning of Feb?
I have a 5 day liquid diet, although I doubt I'll loose 5% of my body weight....I'll take what I can get.
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Yah I do have quite the sense of humor...lol Seriously, after what I've been though.. seriously, the stories I could tell... everything else is piece of cake.... aaaaaaaaa...CAAAAAAAAKE LOL I was so not allowed to not be myself for YEARS... 18 years with the ass...that was seriously a life of HELL.. I have no idea how I even lived like that for all those years..and before that.. my mother.. she was a bitch! I was never allowed to be myself.. till now.. Yah, so I kinda have the complete "aaaaaah fuck it" attitude for most things.. lol the funny thing is I'm more calm and relaxed than anybody else I know.. my friends are so stressed with stuff with the kids, and their husbands, and of course money.... I never get stressed like that ever! It is what it is....life is seriously way too short so why waste the energy when there's just usually nothing you can usually do about it.. things always work out in the end either way! Honestly, if it wasn't for being in those horrible situations.. I wouldn't be the person I am today! and my 2 boys are REALLY REALLY good kids!! At least I have them and I have my friends.. that's all that really matters to me.. everything else I want in life.. will come in due time! Finally I actually believe that for once!Yah, thank goodness I'm divorced.. life is so much better.. except the poor part!
OMG..that's what I'm going to be going to school for.. RN.. or LPN then get RN.. whatever program I get into. This semester I'm taking Medical Terminology, Anatomy & Physiology II, and Chemistry so that I can apply to nursing programs.. hopefully I get in somewhere... I'm applying to LPN and RN.. whoever will let me in! I have a plan to move out of Chicago.. out of IL in Summer of 2013!
Seriously girl.. if I can go back to school... ANYONE can!!! SERIOUSLY!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!
Hell you can take all your pre reqs online!Smokey,
So THAT explains your fabulous sense of humor. It is always those who have had the toughest time who are able to joke freely. I'm so sorry you have had to deal with such a creep! I'm so very happy you are divorced from him (even if it means you are poor).
What are you going to school for? I ask because I have a BS in Business Admin but I'm thinking of going back to school to be an RN. I'm hoping I start getting more energy once I lose this weight and I will have the guts to go back and completely change careers.
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OMG.. I totally hate when a whole post vanishes..drives me crazy! I actually started copying my posts when they are really long just in case..so that can just paste it if needed.
I'll remember to take my netbook with me and hopefully they will have Wifi so that I can get online.. I'll definitely try to post.
No way girl..I wish I had that kind of money they do to self pay...
I went through a HORRIBLE divorce a couple of years ago.. actually it will be my 2 years Divorce Anniversary on the 29th.. but it took almost 3 years to get a divorce! Me saying that I was married to a bad person is an understatement.. I refer to my ex-husband as Scott Peterson #1 I went from a SAHM of 10 years who drove a BMW (we were together for 18 years...married for 10...I was with him from the time I was 17 till I was 35) to a single mom on welfare... ex-husband owes me like $30,000 in child support...but that's really nothing compared to him having 2 kids with someone else WHILE we were married..
one of those kids is like 11 months younger than my youngest so in Nov they are the same age.. but that's nothing compared to some of the other stories I could tell..
So anyway I'm on Medicaid.. but it did go by fast.. I would never be able to get this surgery if I had to pay for it on my own so I'm VERY VERY lucky!I know you didn't ask for part of my life story but I always feel a need to start telling it to explain why I'm so poor..
I do go to school full-time.. so once I'm done with school, me and my kids will be A-OK!Grrrrr...I just wrote a whole post and it vanished! Why does that happen sometimes?
Anyway, I wish you the best on Friday. I know you will be fine and I can't wait to hear from you!! Even if you are not up to typing up a real post, maybe you could just type a quickie on here that says..."I'm fine; more later..." This way we won't worry!
You did move quickly with the entire process. I forget, are you self pay? I was rather quick being that I started in December but you are amazingly fast!
About going alone...don't feel funny. I'm sure lots of people go alone. There are lots of us who, like you, haven't told everyone. I have told some people but only dh knows as far as family goes. I didn't want my siblings to have to keep a secret from my mom. I'm not telling my mom because I didn't want her to worry or to make ME worry more. Last year when I was considering the surgery my mother got all nervous and worked up about it. oy!
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i went by myself too! i went to 2 or 3 info sessions before i found my doctor. my surgery was almost 3 years ago but i don't remember feeling weird but now that you mention it, i might have been the only person that was alone. eh, it was worth it in the end! once i made my decision, it was pretty quick too. gives you less chance to chicken out : ) good luck!
It's good see someone else who went by themselves.. and what you told me about about the "nagger" I can see why you went by yourself..
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Smokey, you are right, you WILL get over it!!! It will be just about the time you get yourself into a pair of jeans, look in the mirror, and say, "Dang, I make this look good!"
Truly though, you are my hero. It's a scary thing doing this by yourself, but I understand about your hesitancy in telling family. My parents are gone, but my sister knows, only b/c I know she'll keep it to herself. My husband's parents are still alive, as are all his siblings, and none of them know....nor WILL THEY...at least not right now. I love them all, but they can be very judgemental and stick their nose in where it doesn't belong. Thankfully my husband supports that decision 100% and in fact, suggested it LOL
So Friday, eh? All righty then. Hopefully you will have internet there at your hospital and you can check in with us.
AWWWW thanks girl.. you are too sweet! Seriously, I'm not telling my family...I told my 9 year old but all he cares about is that I said him and his brother can order pizza on Friday when I'm not home..
My oldest is 15 and teenagers have big ass mouths so I'm not telling him.. Other than that it's just my p's.. and honestly I don't really like them all that much.. All they care about is looks.. I've had to deal with that my whole life with my mother.. I was never overweight till after I had kids.. really my 2nd one.. now...every single time they see me.. they ALWAYS say "when are you going to lose weight?" They get on my damn nerves! They are SOOOOO ignorant!! They've said that I look like a Fat Scrub Woman before and when I lost my job a few months ago.. in a text my mother was saying how I wasn't gonna find another job unless I lost weight and improved my appearance.. and then she told me that if she was a boss.. she wouldn't hire me...and I quote"the fact is u look like a poor fat person" Yep.. my mother said that.. so fuck her anyway.. -
Hi how did you do it? how did you lose 98 lbs??? I was banded on sept 13, 2010 and have only lost 20 lbs...i am not dieting...I can't eat as much as i used to..I have 4cc's in my band, can you give me some advice.
It looks like razberry had surgery 11/08 so that was more than 2 years ago.. So I would think that someone should lose that much in 2 years no?
I am curious what most people's cc's are in their band where they get to the point where the feel "restricted" ..does anyone know?
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Thanks everyone!! Don't get me wrong I have awesome friends!!! My friends are my family..but I just haven't told really anybody...I've told only 4 people..lol a friend who lives in Florida..I live in Chicago, and 3 of my other friends... the one person who would come with me to the hospital.. my bff...just left for london 2 weeks ago to go to medical school.
Honestly I wish my 9 year old was allowed so he could just come with me.. I know I have support here and from my friends that know.. I just kinda wish I had someone to come with me....ya know? -
Come on over to the February 2011 banders board.. it will be easier for us to communicate!!
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I'm cleared for surgery on Friday! I'm really excited!! How fast that whole process was! One saturday night I found an old link about the lapband on my puter..started doing research...saw that there was an information session that Monday..called to get in on the info session.. that was 12/13/2010..got there early cuz I heard they hand out the packets in order of arrival with your 1st dr. appt in them.. got the 3rd appt of the 1st day.. that was 1/3/2011 and now my surgery is 1/28/2011..pretty damn quick I say!
I have no doubt that I'm doing the right thing and I'm really excited..but I do feel kinda stupid cuz I'm going by myself...I don't have anyone to go with me and everyone else does..so I feel kinda stupid about that..but I'll get over it!
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That's awesome girl!! You are doing the right thing!! We all do that double take thing of should I really do this..but I'm sure you know what's really best for you.. you prolly wouldn't be seeking a surgery date still if it wasn't..ya know?!
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Oooooh yah..been there done that..duh!
I love meat! lol I'm gonna try to start eating more fish after surgery!
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Girrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl! I feel for you.. my mother DRIVES ME NUTS!!! lol That's why I'm not telling her a damn thing!
We can't eat pizza?? Not even like a small piece? or we can't/shouldn't because of the crust?
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My surgery is scheduled for Feb 9th!! I must be on the fast track, because I started the process New Year's Eve and ended up having all of the physical tests, psych, and nutrition counseling all in one day. Insurance approved the next week (Blue Cross). Started the pre-op diet, which is shakes with one small serving of lean meat and veggies for dinner. A little worried, but much more excited!!
Yah, you having them all in the same day is cool.. alot of times insurance won't pay for certain appts in the same day!
I had my first appt on 1/3/2011 and my surgery is on friday...it does go pretty fast! I'm so excited for you!
Come on over to the February 2011 banders board.. it will be easier for us to communicate!!
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Whenever you post your date.. please copy and paste and put your date where it fits in date order so that Justplaintired doesn't have to keep doing it herself! Thanks so much!