babygrl1234

Travelgirl I second you on the wasa bread!!!!! I eat it every day at lunch with some tuna fish. One piece and half a can of tuna with a little mayo and I am stuffed. So delicious.

Awesome job on the 10 pounds!!!! You know I have been terrible on my exercise on diet the last few weeks and it showed. I had an appointment on MOnday and I had only lost 4 pounds since my last visit three weeks prior. Since going back on my diet and exercising since Monday I have lost 4 pounds. Now I want to kick myself in the butt becasue I just wasted three weeks and maybe I could have another 4 gone by now. I just keep thinking that I want to get this wieght off now and I am going to do it now. Then once I am maintaining I can have the things I want to eat. Hopefully by then I just won't want them anymore!

Does this forum look different everytime I come on here???? I keep thinking I am going to the wrong place lol. I do kinda like this look a little better.

Zannie, I know how much it sucks when you don't excercise for awhile. It is so difficult to get back into it. Even if it sucks and you hate every second of it just get up and do it. You will feel so much better once you do. You will be proud of yourself and that will help a little to make you feel better. Let me tell you I was much prouder with myself when i got on the treadmill the other night at 8pm with a horrible headache and finished my workout than I was about the 3 weeks after surgery where I worked out everyday. When something is more difficult for you to get out and do the reward for doing it seems so much greater.

If I have food that is really stuck generally if I burp it will just come up instead of gas.

Personally I would rather live forever with horrible scarring and an ugly port bump rather than spending the rest of my life being fat. As it is my scarring is not too bad. My largest incision is about 3 inches long. As for keeping the band in forever, I am going to fight with people to take it out. I have lost enough pounds to know over the years that once the diet is over the weight comes back. The band does not allow that to happen. I can only eat a little bit and that is all I am going to be able to eat. If my band was not here I would already be binging on food (believe me I have tried and the pain is incredible). As for food I can eat, I can pretty much eat or drink anything depending on the time of day and how well I chew. Sometimes something that might have gone down easy the day before (like say chicken) is more difficult for me the next day. The lap band is for life. At least as long as you keep it in you. Think of it as a food "pacemaker". If it is doing it's job and keeping you thin why would you want to get rid of it.

Hey everyone we have a new challenge thread for May! Come join us in the fun!

Well ladies how is it going so far? I have had two pretty good days, both water and excercise wise. Along with my 30 minute walk yesterday i also played tennis with DH for a bit over an hour. I wiped up the court with him lol. I have not played since high school so I am a wee bit sore today but at least I had tons of fun.

Oh and I am also insituting a new policy for myself today. If I don't know the calories/protien of something then it is not going in my mouth. That means packing a lunch now since all cafeteria food will be pretty much off limits. I have to stop thinking that if I don't know the calories then the calories don't count lol.

Yesterday was a pretty decent day. We had a bit of a celebration at work for the one year anniversary of our department. A rep brought in sandwiches from Panera and cake so I did have a bit of that, but only a bit. One taste was enough and that made me feel pretty good. Plus I worked out at like 7:45 pm which is a huge deal for me. I am definitly an am workerouter. But I felt pretty darn good once I got on the treadmill. The headache I had went away for a little while, it was nice. Hope everyone else had a good day!

From what I see among my friends who are gay and staight are that my straight friends tend to care more about how they look and what people think about them then my gay ones do. They are much more likely to not eat something or work out because they want to look good for some guy. Now not all of them are like this as I do have some friends who don't give a hoot and one of my lesbian friends in particular who is the biggest girlie girl who wants to look good all the time. But going by that I can see how sexuality may be a factor.

Umm I am seriously the queen of fills. If you are questioing whether you can get one or not consider the fact that I just got my 5th fill (I think...I have kind of lost track it has been that many). I want this thing to work and I want it to start now. I am not willing to sit around and wait for a month when I know I need something now.

I got in trouble at the doctors yesterday. Maybe not bad trouble but he made me feel pretty darn guilty. I am pretty honest about about what I eat and exercise and it has not been too good lately. I lost 4 pounds in the last 3 weeks, which is good but not as good as it should be if I was following everything to a T. Plus with my new early shift I can't work our before work since I start at 5 am. When I told him I hated working out and thats why I can't get it done in the afternoon he said to me "What do you hate more, working out or being fat". The man makes a good point. So I am on it now. I have my water next to me and I am walking on my break. If I have it all done before I leave work then I don't have to worry about it at home. Let's all strive to beat the 20 and 20!!!!!!!!!

All right Y'all. It's a new month so begins a new challenge. Since I am kindabossy and kinda ticked off that I screwed up the last 10 days or so in April we are going to redo the challenge. Plus since we waited until last minute and it is already May 1st that is the easiest thing to do lol. So if there are no arguments then lets redo the 20 and 20 challenge. For those who were notin it last month that is 20 days with 64 ounces + of Water and 20 days of 30 minutes of execise. Who is in with me? Babygrl1234- Starting weight May 1st 239 lbs. Goal: to be down 8 lbs.

Blah I started off the mont well but halted to a stop right around my birthday lol. I want a rematch in the month of may. I am down 5 pounds. And I am starting the May thread right now.

With documentation of skin rashes and such I know my insurance would pay for the apron removal and/or a breast reduction. Many insurance would probaly cover it though it would require a lot of documentation. As a side note a tummy tuck (tighening of the muscles) would not be covered by most insurances if any, only the removal of the pannus (hanging skin) is usually covered.

Louise I have found that I can sometimes eat bread no problem and sometimes it gets stuck. On the days it goes down okay I keep thinking I need another fill and on the days it gets stuck I start regretting the last fill lol.

Aren't they the same thing size wise thoough? 1mL=1cc?

I had my surgery in February and I was back in the batting cages a month later. You may have some port pain from the swinging the bat but this decreases over time. I don't feel anything now.

They are two completely different systems. You are only going to choke if the food goes down your windpipe, not down to your stomach. Don't get me wrong it can hurt badly and you may feel short of breath when food get stuck (I know I do) but it certainly will not choke you.

Happy birthday!!!!!!!

I got some ribs and a loaded baked potato. Delicious. I also had waaaay too much to drink this weekend since my dh threw me a surprise party on saturday and my best friend took me to a Tigers game yesterday. I do not want to climb on the scale today.

Well these shooters are a bit bigger than the alcohal ones. To me the just have a nasty aftertaste.

Ohh I thought the Cookies and cream was very tasty. Good luck with those protien shot. There is a lady I work with who loves them but I think they are the nastiest things I have ever put in my mouth. But maybe you will like them since you don't like the Matrix and I do lol. How much Water or milk did you mix them with? They tend to taste a bit better if there is only 6 oz of liquid to one scoop of powder.

SO today is my birthday and I figured I was going to splurge a little bit since we were going out. Yeah I definitly brought home way more of my meal than I ate.