shellyj

heres a pic of my new hair cut.

oh by the way dont be afraid to tell your dr you need MORE!!! i feel like a fill junkie! i am now at 3.8cc but it sure is 'sweet' eating 1/3 piece of chicken and a few green beans for lunch and being pleasantly full!

YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES!! lol i have had like 8 or nine fills!!!! i to finally have restricition!! WOOOHOO for us late bloomers!!!! i have lost slower than some/most but i am not keeping tabs on anyone but myself! i think what donali said is right on!!! (it always is) if your mom wants to 'band bash' just smile and listen to her (moms like to be right) but YOU let it go in one ear and out the other! its not worth it to try to 'convince' her you did whats right for you. its your decision and while she should support you~ what people should do and what they actually do are 2 different things!

hi angela i have been a pretty slow loser partly in fact to needing 3.6 cc to get restriction!!!! it is hard to stay on track when you can eat 1-2 cups of food!!!! the awsome part is i have not regained a pound!!! of course i only weigh every couple of weeks because i dont want the diisappiontment of seeing 1 or 2 pounds coming back on and off and on and off! like donali said 'this is for life' - shes full of great advice!!!

hi angela! welcome to the board! feel free to post with any questions or if you need support! congrats on the weight loss and INCHES!!! very impressive!

on the left side under pictures scroll down all of those are links....

this link has tons of WLS folks who posted before and after photos of plastic surgery after WLS. some of these show ALL so you have been forwarned. do your exercises... Toning Can Help!!!! http://groups.msn.com/ThePlasticSurgeryExperience/shoebox.msnw

hey bright i know exactly how you feel about 'feeling like your failing' i still feel just as fat as i was in may! everytime i see a person i havent seen in a while and i get that 'you look like your loosing' i smile and say thanks but i dont feel it! we'll get there!

hi i have recently met some 'successfull bandsters' from the same dr i have and they told me one of the ways they lost weight (LIKE 40 POUNDS!!!) was by taking Water pills you get from dr ( PCP not lapband dr) one of the ladies has been banded 6 months and has lost 106 pounds (i DO NOT want to lose that fast!!!) our dr removed some of her fill because of the quick loss but she said it is from the water pills. she was losing average before but the weight fell of her when she got the script it was for lasix (sp) when she went back for another fill the removed some beacause of the drastic loss. she started at 301 and is 195 today. do any of ya'll take them? just wondering if i was missing something? in the past month i have had 5 banded people tell me this??? telling me 'i bet you could lose alot with them' ??? does the weight come back? how do you even know if your retaining water?

the person who lost 100 + pounds read this and said that i didnt report this correctly. to her I AM SORRY. i was just trying to gain more info from other banded people. she stated that she does not eat cbh only (which i figured no one would eat 3 meals a day of) but thats the only thing that gives a full feeling. anyhow- ive had enough of the subject and wont be taking any Water pills or asking questions about them.

hi mimi i just wanted to include robins link to her webpage. her journal is great. http://www.geocities.com/robinh26/lapband.html and i second all the other posts. my starting weight was where you are. i dieted to lose 25 before banding. good luck!

when i lookded on the net all i found was info on selling OTC Water pills. thanks for the links sue...

hey sue thanks for the clarification. i will print this out and the next time i see them or talk to them i will read this. i knew something wasnt right. it suprised me they said they just CALLED their dr and said 'hey i am retaning water' and got a script for 50 Water pills. the girl who has lost 106 lbs in 6 months said all she eats is corned beef hash? i have no idea if this is healthy but she said the doc removed some of her fill and she has no restriction. the only way food sticks with her is if it is corned beef hash. i am from the south but my parents are from the north and one is south american so dont know what this dish is. i know its southern. i think. lol i am a firm believer in 'if it sounds to good to be true it probably is' but after 5 bandsters told me this i had to post to see what i was missing.

* i cant wait to get in a bathing suit in public. (semi public my parents have a pool and every year at their pool parties i act like 'the help' to aviod getting in the water) * i cant wait to go hiking/backpacking again!!! i once hiked 30 MILES through the Smoky Mountains. i couldnt hike 1 mile with my pack on now! just a few for now!

ditto! you probably know most of what they are gonna tell you but it seems to be a pre requisit for surgery! Good Luck! Michelle

yes just a glop maybe being newly banded a tablespoon. glops can get big. but put the liquid in first then the powder and the pb. it helps with taste!!!

if it is your chioce take fluoro!!! i have only had blind fills- like 8!!! and i have 3.6 cc's with fluoro i wouldnt have waisted so much time! plus you get to have them look at you band and make sure everythings in place!

hey seanmama- GNC sells 'designer whey protein' it is low volume, low cost, and low taste. you can get chocolate and add peanut buter to it when you blend it together. i dont think any i have tried have a desirable taste :sick lol being newly banded the pain is gas. i dont think you could stretch the band on broth and gatoraide!!! i worried alot too!

thats so funny! i would be in cookie hell!! you did the *smart* thing by filling up on protien! I am proud of you for that! i think i'd take the 30 pound loss to! lets all :think shed a tear for the Cookies we wont be eating! oh wait i mean SHED A POUND! FOR THE COOKIES WE WONT BE EATING!!! great job you'll be hula dancing before you know it!

HEY POLAR BEAR MIKE! YOU LOOK GREAT! YOU HAVE A GREAT STORY! DID I READ IT ON YOUR WEB PAGE? DO YOU HAVE A WEBPAGE? IF YOU DO WOULD YOU MIND LISTING A LINK? I WAS TRULY INSPIRED BY YOUR BANDING JOURNEY. MAYBE I JUST READ IT IN POSTINGS???? YOU LOOK GREAT!

i meant fill! i physically couldnot eat more than that. (i could but i am working on not getting stuffed just satisfied. PLUS i dont want to PB!) at 3/4 cup i am satisfied! i was thinking i wanted 1/2 cup restriction. TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT!!!! i am pretty satisfied with where i am right now! i had the 'bad fill' 11-19 it wasnt bad the syrenge popped out and they lost some of the saline leaving me with 2.8 instead of 3.4. i have since had 2 fills and it was determined i have no leak just the freaky fill. i now have 3.6 and am FINALLY THERE!!!! you could do connect the dots where my port is though! (i WISH my dr would do fills under fluoro)

great 'food for thought' donali... i now have 3.6 cc and am eating about 3/4 of a cup of food i had been thinking maybe i need some more...do i sound like a junkie? lol but i maybe i am good where i am. i can enjoy food with minimal pain (unless i dont chew as well as i should) and i can eat a nice variety. i have felt like i was gorging myself especially over thanksgiving i had a bad fill and had no restriction. i magically dropped 11 pounds! i am not sure HOW i lost it but i am not gonna argue with the scale! Jennifer- WAY TO GO ON THE AWSOME LOSS!!!!!!

I love your new site! especially the baby pics! what a cutie! i also cant wait to see you -70 pound pics! by then it may be -80!!!

that was banding buddies! lol!

hey bright! WOWWWIEE WOW!!! you can tell a huge difference in your face!!!! you are so pretty too! Happy Birthday!!! just think where you'll be next year! i agree with donali tell how your feeling because your not alone youve got all your banding buddues on this forum rooting for you!!