twins4me2

my neighbor (who is over weight) said you look good you have lost weight I said yes i have and i had a lap band she said oh you took the easy way .I said it is not really easy then she said her sister had gotten banded so she must have heard how fun it is hahaha .I knew i would run into one of these people someday i asked if she had seen me on my bike or walking she said yes she sees me alot exercising so i said the band is a tool it takes all the tools to get results i walked away smiling.

I seem to get stuck if I eat when my kids are acting like brats, because I forget to chew my food really good before swallowing in between having to get on to them. 6 year old twin girls.

You are very lucky to have such a helpful and supportive husband. My husband will go buy what I tell him too, but thats about it.

I have been pretty open about getting banded. The church prayed over me this past Sunday. I figure the more people that know will be more motivation for me to do well.

I pretty much told everyone about my surgery I'm not ashamed about it not that anyone who doesn't is..but for me its not really any issue who knows..I could care less if people try and judge or have opinions about it...I'm doing this for me to better myself and everyone I have told so far is supportive there have been a few ppl that say ?"ohh why? u don't need to do that"..but they usually shut it when I ask them how they know what I NEED lol

Bat wings, I like that! I've been calling mine my lunch lady arms :-0

The loose skin is my biggest fear. I have already had twins and the day I gave birth my waist measured 68 inches. I have stretch marks, but I have seen alot worse than mine. I do use lotion after every bath and always have and I do think it has helped my stretch marks but I still got saggy skin after loosing all that baby weight. I use Palmers Coco Butter lotion and it helps with the stretch marks. I think a good lotion with CQ10 will help with saggy skin. Sirvectin(sp) sold at GNC works great on saggy facial skin but is very pricy.
11 days till surgery....whooohooooo

I know this is going to sound crazy, but put some Vic's Vapor rub inside your nose and you will not be able to smell the food. If you are seeing the food but smelling the VIC's you will not want to eat it.

I know this is going to sound crazy, but put some Vic's Vapor rub inside your nose and you will not be able to smell the food. If you are seeing the food but smelling the VIC's you will not want to eat it.

Hi I had mine 3 years ago and I'm 127 less Good luck ladies ! Keep up the good work !

The shoulder pain is from the gas that they put inside to inflat your tummy. Take some gas-x and do not lay flat. If you have a recliner, sleep in it up right. That will keep the gas from moving up in to the shoulder where it can not escape. I haven't been banded yet, but have had 2 other surgerys where they had to fill me with gas. sleeping upright helped the most. It will push the gas back down and out the bottom..
Good Luck, hope you have a better day and night today.

I am also scheduled for my lapband on April 26, but I do not start my pre-op diet until April 19th. I wonder why some doctors make you do the diet for 2 weeks and some for 1 week. I will say one thing about this week. I have been eating way to much. More than normal and I think it is a mental thing. I know that in a week I will be on the pre-op diet and my brain is thinking I need to eat up the good stuff. (atleast what my brain thinks of as good).
I feel sorry for my children next week. I know if I cant be eating it I wont want to be cookin it. Anyone say "takeout" ?