shellyj

WOOOOWWWWWWW GIRL!!!! the change is FLAB-U-LESS!!! your smile in the afer pic is a beautiful one! you look sooooo happy and proud! i am definitally proud of ya!!!! you look so cute and stylish! thats what banding has done for me...given me a shopping habit! mcihelle

WOW ALEX!!!! you look FLAB-U-LESS!!!! you have done a GREAT job!!! you do have a LOVELY grimace! michelle

the pants i am wearing are a size 14!!! and i am so close to 199 that ist making me CRAZY thats why i took the pics lastnight to keep me from *whining* about not having restriction right now! (had to tight fill and i am letting my stoma heal) my bmi has gone from 51.9 SUPER MORBIDLY OBESE to 30.6 obese just 5 stinking pounds from only being OVERWEIGHT!!! from tight 30/32's to 14's!!!! i have lost 25 five pound bags of sugar or 7 20 pound bags of dogfood! michelle 350 highest weight 06-03 325 day of surgery 08-18-03 207 currently 190 new goal for now! heres the link to my picture trail if you want to see progress pics semi monthly

well i wasnt banded this time last year but this is when i got my gulf shores pics back that made me decide i HAD to do something. i have lost 84 since banding 8-18-03 and 25 pre-band these pics were taken almost exactly 1 year later and exactly 109 pounds thinner! view at they were taken with an ipod i'm not really impressed with the quality of the shots but it gets the job done! michelle 350-241-175 8-18-03 EVERYONE take pics to document your loss! anytime i get frustrated thats the first thing i do is look at how far i have came, you cant argue with photos! you dont have to post them although i wish you would!! LOL!!

thanks ladies!!! lisa you ARE rotten to the core!!! :banana that why i love you!!! moonpies suck but googoo's are gooooood the Peanut Butter kind anyway! today so far i was able to get down a 14 oz coffee yippeee and 32 oz of poweraid!!! i am getting ready to attempt some soup. i am also having MAJOR stress which i know causes greater restriction. it seems the ex's appt was broken into monday...they took his big screen tv, playstation 2, games, dvd's, and $$$ that he had in his SOCK DRAWER (WTF) i dont have a car today (cause i am flying out in a few hours) and he has no food. i am gonna mail him 30 bucks for some food. he also has no family or friends close by. i KNOW this isnt my problem but i hate to think of him alone and starving on x-mas. that on top of work deadlines and being sick and the fact that didnt start packing till 10pm last night...i just need to get on that plane so i can breathe a BIG sigh of relief!! michelle

i was overfilled (3.7 cc) in late oct. and got an unfill (3.0) in early november. i was unfilled to let my stomache heal...i had lost MOST of my restriction with that unfill... i am sick...chest cold, coughing, body ache. i am TIGHT again. i pb'd like 5-10 times last night. on my way home i had to stop at cracker barrel for some moonpies and googoo's to take to WA. i decided to buy 3 buckeyes (chocolate cover peanut butter) so i eat 2 of them...i am fine for 30-45 minutes. after i leave the whole way home i am in TOTAL discomfort. i thought it was gas but i also truely thought my band feels REALLY tight, like REALLY TIGHT. i went to the grocery, bought some poweraide and instant potatoes. when i got home i tried the poweraide. it hurt like hell and i eventually pb'd. i tried again, same result. tried again with hot poweraide and pb'd that too. cooked my dad dinner then made the potatoes like Soup. pb on those too, twice. i gave up. i am on liquid anti-biotics for being sick. i took my dose of liquid antibiotic and was packing...for a good 30 minutes it sat in my pouch. eventually i burped and up came the anitbiotics in my hand. i am hard headed and needed to take my cough syrup because i have a horrid cough. anyway i took the cough syrup and it DID stay down after a good 30-45 minutes of sliming. this morning i am on about 2-3 oz of coffee. it is staying down but it hurts. i have a call in to my dr but i dont know if i should go in and get more UNFILLED? i am leaving here at 2:30 and fly out at 5:30 any suggestions? advice? michelle

rofl dont worry marie i HATE moonpies and the goo goos arent in the flavor i like so i wont be having any of them...as for the buckeyes...i only bought 3 and ate 2 the other is on the floorboard of my car!!! my dr's PA just called. she said she would see me at 1:45 if i want an unfill. i told her i am able to get liquids down today and she said i may be ok to bo on liquids for a few days. i told her i have the number of a band dr in the area that i will be in so i could always go there for an unfill. i also told her i am getting ready to attempt runny soup. if it goes down i will likely keep what i have...if it gives me problems i will be going there at 1:45. michelle

hey donali! i miss you too! i hoep all is going well with your man and you living together! have a safe and happy holiday and post when you can! michelle

hey leo! hadnt seen you in a LOOOONG time!!! i see your 14 FROM GOAL!!!!! i LOVE the bootierific coment!!! :banana michelle

ROFLMAO!!! what happened to the monkey?

when i got to tight i GAINED!!! yuck...sure part of it was waterweight but it was a gain. after having reflux 3 times and a pb'ing 3-4 times in a week...not being able to get over 50 oz of Water or liquids in a day for a week... i got an unfill ASAP. i was tight the first 2 weeks of the fill but week 3 the fill kicked in and YOWZA i was TIGHT then when i pb'd and went to liquids-Soups the sodium was causing me to retain water and stay swollen. i couldnt take it and now i am partialy unfilled and happy again! and my weight is creeping back down to my all time low of 207...currently i am hanging at 210....i only count a gain if its over 5 lbs (and i feel like it) michelle

ok you ladies some of you may relate... this happens to me once in a blue moon when things fall into place (or the wrong place) anyhow...after ending my last LTR i moved in with my parents to focus on my bills off. my father has never grasped the whole put the toilet seat down after you pee thing. lastnight i woke up in the middle of the night and had to pee, so i stumble, fumble downstairs to the bathroom and go to pee and SPLASH when i went to sit down the toilet seat had been left up ( ) and i fell in!!!! and i mean IN!!! my butt hit WATER!!! :eek :eek :eek so my butt is no longer wider than the toilet...that WOKE me up!!! thank god my dad can atleast flush... he has his own bathroom too! just cause mine is closer to the family room it kinda makes it the 'guest bathroom'. so theres a NSV (non scale victory) i could have lived without!!! michelle

roflmao thanks guys...i think!!! marie...i did holler.... a profanity!!!

hey guys! i am right there with ya'll! since i am not doing the low carb thing anymore i have been enjoying the hell out of my favorite foods i had been avoiding! i have had chili with cornbread, lentils, last night i made white Beans with ham, i almost feel like saying the heck with meat cause i have missed my beans so much!!! (i was a vegit. for a year about 6 years ago) lastnight i went shopping and bought MORE BEANS!!! i bought chickpeas and made me some YUMMY hummus lastnight and bought some pinto beans for this weekend and oats to make for breakfast. beans and green beans. i have been on a major green bean kick too. i am not feeling bad about my choices though. for some strange reason i am having restriction again so while i can eat a little more of the beans and veggies its not a huge amount. yesterday for lunch i had 1/2 cup lentils, 1/2 cup green beans and 1/2 cup of meat...ribs to be exact. for dinner i had 11 chips and 1/2 cup of hummas and a 'cup of soup' packet. i too seem to 'open up at night' so i get busy for the last 2 hours i am awake so i dont have time to snack! michelle

hey skinny!!!! i mean vera!!!! no i was right first i meant SKINNY!!! you are almost to GOAL!!!! i have to agree with everyone else your hubby is a hottie but so are you!!!!!! your daughter is the spittin image of you ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!!! both of them are prescous!!! your daughter looks like she's hammin it up for the camera! i love her little smile and pose! tooooooooooo CUTE!!! michelle

wow babs...that sounds good atleast. i missed your earlier post and went back and read it...i am SO GLAD i read this before i read the other post. when i had reflux i got a partial unfill. because like you it scared the shit out of me. i havent had an egd but need to figure out how i can get one and have it billed as something else...or else i have to pay cash up front. how is your restriction going? any news on the trip out here in january?

hey babs! i hope so!!!! thanks marie! he IS a keeper! thanks quakergirl! wow havent seen you in a while! you are doing FABULESS hey tracey i am 5'-9"...well 5'-8 3/4" hehehe hey elizabeth...thanks. i am sooo sorry to hear of your troubles with the slipped band. i hope things work out for you and it slips back in place. please let us know what they do with your band. thanks jack and aud! BTW aud...-156!!!!!! thats GREAT!!!!!!!! CONGRATS TO YOU!!!!

i had been doing the low carb diet but got sick of being constipated YUCK... i take mirilax every 2-4 days, plus eat a LOT of veggies and salads...now that i am off low carbs i can (and did yesterday) enjoy some of my favorites...black Beans, chick peas or garbonzo beans, lentils, yum yum yum! i think the daily recommended dosage is 17 grams of fiber a day

i'm guilty! have you seen nick nolte's!!!! WOW he looks ROUGH!!!

*crazy family here* ohhhh where to start... i have a aunt an uncle who are total junkies. they are on methodone program but sell there methodone for street herion. they have been junkies for 20 years and dont know where we live. the aunt had to have a abortion at 7 MONTHS pregnant because the used heroine the whole pregnancy and the baby's spine was growing out of its body. that was not enough to sober her up. my ex's father married his wifes sister after she died then 3 years later shot the sister (new wife) and is now in prison. after he shot her he drove to TN to OUR HOUSE (at the time). about 10 minutes after he got there the cops show up BANGING on the door. i tell them to hold on and let me put my dogs up (thank god they did because they would have shot them) anyhow they barge in, GUNS DRAWN and pointed at us...get on the ground or we'll shoot. they haul him off to jail my ex's brother is a junkie who stole his dads car and drove it TN to our house. he shows up with no $$, no gas, his junkie girlfiend smelly kelly, no drugs. the no drugs part means they are getting sick from withdrawl. i let them stay overnight. all night i called and called, found them EACH a rehab and told them they could go to rehab or leave with no help from me. so they leave...no money no gas etc. they have to spare change at the gas station to get home. ok i have to work now...i got more later

hey babs! i had one of those days yesterday to and went out drinking myself. i will try ya on my lunch hour! i got your message but not till i was already an happy hour. we stayed there till 11:30. do you think sublingul (sp) B-12 would help you. RNY patients take it for their hair. i dont see why it wouldnt work for us too!

hey babs, wow you have so much on your plate right now. i can understand why your so stressed. i hope your hubbies meds do kick in soon. why not check with another real estate agent and see what they say. i know the winter months are not a good time to sell. sellers get desperate to sell and take less than their house is worth. i am glad you got this off your chest i am sure just saying (typing) helped some. you know we are always here for you. the only real advice i have for you is to take care of yourself FIRST. in order to do a good job at all your other jobs (wife, mother, job, daughter, etc) then you have to fully rested and have a good mindset. if a glass of wine (or 3) makes you forget about the day for a few mintutes the CHEERS (as long as its once in a while of course) on a side note i was gonna email you about january: JUST SAY THE WORD!!! i will drive down to knoxville if need be! i dont know how busy you are but i get a break in about 30 minutes and i'm gonna give you a call! LOVE AND HUGS!!!!! michelle

penni, i will be out of town 12-22-04 1-3-04. i do hope we can meet! TRUFFLES???? i want some truffles!

YOU LOOK GREAT PENNI!!!!!!! i hope you ate that attention up!!! are you coming back to nashville any time soon? michelle

hush-it kelly!!! you were a lightweight to begin with! you are doing GREAT!!!! i had already lost 115 when i got to your pre-op weight! thanks betty! jane- i hear you! i to was told i needed RNY! in fact i lied to my band surgeon about being a sweet eater because i knew i could succeed with the band.