mandyMO

Well i seen my Doctor yesterday cause i moved my appointment up so the process is started and he said there going to try there best to get me from going through everything again cause like mudpuddle said this isnt the first time but im hoping this will go by fast and painless lol "i can hope and pray " but im ready cause im struggling big time ! But i still need another month to heal dr said before he does another surgery ! im super excited to start another journey and to finish what i started and to be where on need to be on my weight !

Ok i know different insurance are different but i was curious if you had to do the whole process over as you did before with the lapband such us seeing the dietician and psychiatrist and all the other rigamarow that goes along with getting ready for the surgery ? I know i will have to do the liquid diet but was hoping i wouldnt have to do the other!

you are so right thank you ! ive already put on 15 lbs since june and i dont want to go up i want to go down ! thank so much how long have you had your sleeve?

Thank you i am struggling because since june ive put 15 lbs on since tues ive put 4 lbs on so im thinking im going with the sleeve i dont want to go back where i was when i weighed 441 lbs i didnt like that person thank you so much for replying!

I just recently had my band removed 2 weeks ago from a major slip and obstruction im trying to do this on my own and so far ive done good but ive put on 2 lbs from the 200 lbs that i had lost from the band and i dont want to go back to be the 441 lb woman i once new ive really studied up on the sleeve and my surgeon does them i went back today for my follow up and he wants me to try to do this on my own and come back in a month and see where we need to go from there he wants me to focus on recovery right now while im healing ! i need ones thats had the lapband and then went to sleeve what there opinions are on this and to top it off i called my insurance today and they said if its a health necessity they would pay for it so can i have your guys input please and thank you? i had my band for almost 2 yrs

After 2 yrs of having a lapband i had to have my band removed last week because of a major slip! i was very heart broke because ive done extremely well ive lost 200 lbs ive still have a ways to go! Has anyone went from the band to the sleeve cause im really looking in that direction? could you give me pros and cons and info thank you

thanks everybody for your reply you guys are all do wonderful keep up the good work !

Ok i havent been on in awhile had alot going on ! First off my band slipped that ive had since dec. 29th 2010 and this is why i think it slipped this is just my thinking but i learned something from ! Let me just say im not a Dr so i dont know 100% if its from this but pretty sure ive lost alot of weight but i fell off the wagon and would either eat to fast and get sick or eat just a little to much or drink to fast and my band ended up slipping Thank God they didnt have to remove it they just let all the fluid out for about a month ! Let me tell you what ive learned #1 ive come to far to just screw it up like this ive jumped back on the wagon and im getting my fills again i did however put about 3 lbs back on thats ok to me because it pushed me even harder because i dont want to be the person that i was before ive lost a 1 lb off of the 3 ive gained so i know thats a start i will not get down about it i picked myself back up and i learned from it im so thankful i didnt have to have it removed cause i love being banded ! so here i go again i have 40lbs left then i will have plastic surgery to have the excess skin removed so im really looking forward to it ! i had a fill today and im finally starting to get restriction back ! We will all have our up's and down's but if we can learn from them and pick ourselves up we can go far !

I have so much going on this weekend that i thought i would check in early ! i have had a good weight loss this week i'm down 6lbs this week and i hit my 200 lb lost goal woo hoo! 1 more till i hit my goal for the challenge!

Ok this is strange or is it normal i dont know? ok i've still have about 80 lbs to lose and ive already lost almost 200lbs i have alot of excess skin i was told i needed to wait to have reconstruction surgery till i had lost what i needed to but last week i started a new thing one is im lop sided on one side of my body which i have more skin this is the deal the other night i go to lay down and i thought maybe pj pants pinched it cause when i layed on it it felt like someone was pinching my skin sending fire up myside ! well every night or like if i shake it to hard like if im doing zumba it does it ! so am i crazy or does it need to come off soon? or do you just want to tell me to suck it up lol? please be honest and tell me and let me know what you think!

i would love to do this ! how do you get started ? can you give me details please

i dont know how in the world i did it this this week only working out 2 times this week but im cause i was still sick but im down 4 lbs woo hoo ! back to regular schudule next week on excercise so im thinking im on the mends

Ok i have lost alot of weight 195 lbs i sill have a ways to go and have done well but i have that excess skin "GAG ME PLEASE" any ways i started zumba the beginning of january we had to go to 2 different buildings because our zumba building wasnt finished yet lets just say there was just one mirror for the the instructor and i was fine with that cause i didnt have to look at myself thinking i was doing good which i was until today when we started at the new building and mirrors across the front now everybody see's you and i had to watch myself ! Boy did my selfesteem go way back down when i seen myself compared to those other girls and everything was just a jiggling and i thought i'd never get it stopped lol but anyways i walked out of there feeling depressed and upset but i continued telling myself im going to have to get over it 1st off ive come along ways and sister your not giving up 2nd off i love zumba and this isnt going to take over 3rd im going to work harder so i can get to my #1 goal ! im first instinct is to feel sorry for myself and cry and revert back to that 441 lb body but im not going to because its not worth it and im a much happier person now i know i will have more bumps in the road but im not going to let them stop me im going to drive over them! But has anyone went through this ?

Hello chrissy my name is mandy i notice that you were training for a 5k i myself will be doing 2 of them one in april and then may and these will be my first ones ! i wanted to ask a question how long before your 5k do you normally start training and can you me any pointers on what i should do or how i should train ? thank you

check in time i didnt do so hot this week cause i was sick but i did lose 1 lb and i think that was the lung i coughed up ! Start 247 now 246 ! Back to zumba next week so ready

im so going to do this one i love these challenges! Name, real or screen~Mandy Goal weight for Febuary 29th~ 235 Weight on Febuary 1st~ Age~32 Dietary goal for Febuary~ always trying to get extra Protein in Exercise goal for Febuary~ continue with zumba 4 days a week Personal goal for Febuary~ more vegtables cause im not a fruit fan Date banded~12/29/10 Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~ 194 lbs Do you have any Valentines day plans (How do you plan to handle Valentines dinner usually dinner with my husband and like every other time i eat out i try to eat sensably

last week 7lbs down to 247 ive threw a extra day of working out in there which helped

so this week my weightloss has slowed down but thats ok last week i met my goal at 257 and my weight for this week is 254 so 3 more lbs down!

checking in a day early hit my goal this week was 263 last week and today 257 6lbs down this week woo hoo!

Melinda you are so right the quick fix and just thinking the band is going to lose the weight for you is in for a rude awaikning like you said its a tool you have to work with it !

it already looks like your going to do wonderful youve got the right attitude and deturmined and your already loosing weight your on the right track with your journey! people that havent been in your shoes dont understand the aspects of it they ! its not all about getting skinny its so more then that and they dont understand and i know with me yes we all want to be skinny but realistically we want to feel better and live a healthier life and you are already focused and ready to roll ! cngrats and you are going to do wonderful and you will have some bumps on the way but if you can get over those bumps its all good good luck and God Bless

i was sitting here tonight thinking of different things that affected my body when i weighed 441lbs and i was looking at the bottom of my bare feet and i know this is winter and everybody has dry feet but i can remember when my feet would hurt so bad and they were cracked horribley and would bleed and now there just dry and they look better then what they use to ! i know there's people that feet grosses them out and im sorry but its things like that when you get the weight off that every part of your body gets better ! im sorry if that was a boring blog i just had to share cause i was thinking about it and maybe you have went through it to!

This is Mandy checking in a day early! Weight on jan 1st- 267 weight for jan 7th- 263 4 lbs down woo hoo p.s so far it looks like everyone is doing good ! congrats to all that has posted there weight loss for the week you guys rock!

_______________________ Name, real or screen~ Mandy Age~32 Goal weight for January 29th~ 257 Weight on January 1st~267 Dietary goal for January~more Protein Exercise goal for January~im starting zumba tomorrow so basically im wanting to take a step up on my excercise Personal goal for January~more more more Water Date banded~12-29-10 Total weight loss since banding/pre op diet~174 lbs lost What is your goal weight for the coming year i would love to be in onderland by the end of this year

i know plateau's are a pain in my hiney cause im on one right now for at least a good month! usually when i change something up like excercising more i start loosing ! im getting ready to start zumba tuesday so im hoping i start loosing again cause that usually works!