Candle

Pammy!!! You look awesome!!!

Great reminder! Any new signs of reflux should always be reported to your doctor! I've seen a lot of people with complications mention reflux at night or when they lay down. I'm glad you are ok

I do 3 meals plus a snack in the afternoon before working out and sometimes a small snack or dessert at night.

EXACTLY the news I popped into this thread for!! Congrats! :welldone2::scared2::waytogo::youcandothis::success1::thumbup:

Name: Frangipani Weight loss from day of surgery: 91 lbs Total weight loss: 97 lbs Name: Candle Weight loss from day of surgery: 102 lbs Total weight loss: 116 lbs Name: Salsa Weight loss from day of surgery: 93.5 lbs Total weight loss: 93.5 lbs Name: Pammycakes Weight loss from day of surgery: 94 lbs Total weight loss: 96 lbs Name: Ceradad Weight loss from day of surgery: 85 Total weight loss: 105 Name: KarenG. Weight loss from day of surgery: 85 Total weight loss: 85 Name: NanaRenan Weight loss from day of surgery: 52 Total weight loss: 72 Name: TexasBecky Weight loss from day of surgery: 98 Total weight loss: 108 Name: SPEBSQSAlady Weight loss from day of surgery: 57.8 Total weight loss: 57.8 Name: Brandottie01 Weight loss from day of surgery: 23 lbs Total weight loss: Name: Bergdorfblonde Weight loss from day of surgery: 32 lbs Total weight loss: 32 lbs Name: Gometros Weight loss from day of surgery: 52.9 lbs Total weight loss: 74.9 Name: Pizzicato66 Weight loss from day of surgery: 71.5 Total weight loss: 83.5 Name: Valstar Weight loss from day of surgery: 52 lbs Total weight loss: 57 lbs Name:Gweniper weight loss from day of surgery: 50 total weight loss: 84 Name: purplegirl1818 weightloss from day of surgery: 73.5lbs total weight loss: 90.5lbs Name: LessNLess weightloss from day of surgery: 56lbs total weight loss: 62lbs Name: JudiM weightloss from day of surgery: 62lbs total weight loss: ?? Name: hf2havefun Weight loss from day of surgery: 35 lbs Total weight loss: 50 lbs Name: Nikki S Weight loss from day of surgery: 102 Total weight loss: 102

I also vote YES to your kids but NO to your parents. I'm so excited for you guys! Doesn't it feel like just yesterday we were all getting excited to be BANDED? I'm also green with envy.

Great ideas Frangipani! We went out to Hoover Dam last time we were there. Hiking sounds like a great new adventure. I wouldn't be able to go until the fall either. Originally we were planning a trip to Jamaica but I think we're going to scale back a little - I'm saving for PS and home heating oil is going to break the bank this winter. (I'm sure you don't have to worry about such things in ... St Thomas :scared2: ) Vegas really has something for everyone.

I'd like to do my arms too but I do have a lot of light blond hair mixed with the dark, so I don't think it will work that well. Plus, I'm saving for a tummy tuck next!

Thanks Amanda 20 people is a decent amount.

Las Vegas is usually an easy and cheap, central location for people to get to. I also LOVE Vegas - hehe :sad:

Woo-Hoo!!! :sad: Very inspirational. You deserve to be soooo proud of yourself.

Just wanted to give you guys an update. I just had treatment 6 and I am soooooo satisfied with the results so far! She said I will probably need two more treatments which we scheduled 6 weeks apart. Maybe a little electrolysis down the road.

We should all try and attend a support group together. I'd love to meet everyone. The only meeting I've been to was the required pre-op group at the Ritz Club. Have you guys been attending the monthly meetings at Dr Geiss' office? If so, do you find you get anything out of it? It's a 45 minutes drive and I just never get the motivation to go :crying:

Another update since this old thread has resurfaced: I've lost 115lbs with another 20lbs to go. My relationship is stronger than ever. :cursing:

Glad to hear you are feeling better and everything went well. I hope you can get the port easily taken care of. Looking forward to pictures. Are your breasts still really swollen? Are you happy with the size?

What is marshmallow cream? Fluff?

I got the AP band in Aug and I had to do 2 weeks of liquids and then 3 weeks of mushies before solids. I saw another patient of Dr Geiss post recently that he had gotten the J&J or Realize band and he progressed much quicker. I DID get the implant card but it's for the 4cc band, not my band.

:party: Woo-Hoo! Ellen! How are you doing? I think Dr Giess uses the J&J band now and you get to advance in the food stages quicker? Right? Glad to hear everything went smoothly. (yes, my ticker is correct :smile: )

:smile: Awesome!! :smile:

Thank you, Thank you :thumbup: :thumbup: I'm finally SEEING that big difference I've been waiting for.

Wow - I don't know how I missed the last few pics in this thread. Great job everyone. Frangipani - you look AWESOME!!! I just posted for the first time in the big "Before & After" thread on the main board. I figured I'd share here too. :thumbup:

I wish I had a better "before" picture.

Thank you Dr. Schulman! I've read a little about the upper body lift, although I wonder how that would work for me. I have extensive scaring on my back from spinal fusions when I was a teenager. (scoliosis) I'm really looking forward to getting the opinions of a few surgeons. Although the thought of having my body examined in that way, scares me to death :thumbup: I still have AT LEAST another 20lbs to lose and I’ve started running – we’ll see how the inner thighs do …

Thanks shortgal. I was actually thinking about doing that once my weight stabilizes. I’ve gone from a 44DDD to a 36D. I was trying on dresses the other day for a wedding I'm going to in June, so I tried a few different bras as well. The only bras that didn't give me the hang over of skin, were bras that were too big and didn't give me the support I need. I need a nice tight bra or my girls are down to my knees :cursing:

Thanks Frangipani I'm not expecting to get everything done in one shot. My TT alone is going to be MAJOR. My pani is ridiculous! I've been over 200lbs since highschool and well over 250 for almost 10 years. Plus I have fair skin and lots of stretch marks. If my inner thighs never get fixed I think I'll survive. I probably wouldn't ever be comfortable in a normal cut bathing suit bottom. I'm always going to be a skirt/shorts kinda gal. I’ve been wanting a breast reduction for years and now they are so deflated that a at least a lift, is HIGH on the priority list! My side boob fat is the big surprise to me and not something I see a lot of people talk about. I still need to do a lot of research but I'm praying that can be fixed. The skin under my arm pits is busting out of my bra. I just wonder how that's most commonly fixed.