☠carolinagirl☠

that's the way we do it down south..........

i was scared at first I mean I had WLS...but once the (diet thinking got outta my mind) and I understood that fact that 3500 is a pound ate/drank (be it lettuce or hamburgers) I realized eating food is eating food.....I now make the best choices I can (mindful to take small bites and stop at 20 min regardless) and ...let the band/plication say when and move on.... no need to overthink eating is not bad nor is any food bad there are options/choices (some better than others) anyhow, rambling again sorry......but that my answer and I am eating out tonight and will enjoy every moment and a glass of wine ♥

you know what, we all are so HOTT its not the pictures making us HOTT, it is what the WLS we have that gave us back.... our lives.... our attitude and our change makes us HOTT I love looking at all the pictures staring back at me.... CG

boston strong because my eye candy lives there love ya GF

I am glad you are OK I love this blog post GF it needs to be on the main forum to REMIND people

madam, your attitude makes you OOZE sexy thang appeal and of course your pictures speak massive volumes.. you inspire me and others that yes, the WLS we have works and YES life is good.... ATTA girl.... CG great story and GREAT f**king pictures you sexy THANG thanks for sharing.....love your attitude..... what i loved the most was your quote (you need to use for your siggy) *I know it's all about balance and doing things I know I can LIVE WITH AND WITHOUT for the REST OF MY LIFE*

I do not fear (diet) as I have learned from being a former professional (dieter) now retired btw, that dieting does not work...the only thing I fear now is losing my ability to walk...that was a major reason I sought WLS because I let my self get so big..that I could hardly walk...that is my fear.......and that fear keeps me from backsliding or falling into the ( what am I doing wrong, I cant eat this BS and I am in a stall nonsense).....keep doing what is needed to be done.....eat, exercise and LIVE....... when you cant walk.......or clean yourself.....that to me is fear sorry, didn't mean to ramble....but this article touched me..thank you for posting...

i have Tricare prime north best answer is to call Tricare and tell them what you wrote here and they will say yes or not or what to do to see if you can have it done mikes is right, when I was banded in 2012, Tricare said sleeve was not something they would approve (it may have changed I don't know)... all the best.

liked your post a lot.. i have found (in meeting people) some are eating low fat or fat free things or even sugar free and just eating to their hearts content.....all the while the 3500 calories is a pound ate or drank remains a fact to gain (or lose weight)...i see it as some foods are just better choices than others..and we CAN make those choices.....and by doing that, it is not depriving or doing without...its common sense since i can only now eat just so much i now eat GREAT.....and that is the pricer cuts of lean Protein and you know what, i deserve it......as we all do.. eating to live......not living to eat

great story and GREAT f**king pictures you sexy THANG thanks for sharing.....love your attitude..... what i loved the most was your quote (you need to use for your siggy) *I know it's all about balance and doing things I know I can LIVE WITH AND WITHOUT for the REST OF MY LIFE*

if one is truly hungry (and its not head (thinking we are because hub is eating my beloved BBQ chips) or i am bored or p*issy due to PMS, than i eat...i have learned that food is not the issue.....the issue is a combo of the calories in vs calories out......and me making the better food choices..not i am not always perfect and i do not deprive or do without.. but i know (thanks to a 4 1/2 all liquid pre and post op) that me not eating will not kill me or i wont starve.....LOL great post jeannie loved it

enjoy your visit

i to my dr monthly to weigh in and STILL hear people telling people in the lobby/waiting area how bad the band is and it dont work and it has to be removed..i do not comment or anything....as mike and others pointed out, you are going to encounter neg people all the time... what works for some may not work for others things happen (complications etc) but NOT always results with any WLS varies...maybe doctors fault, maybe patients, maybe the WLS itself or a combo of them.....but what we all have in common (failed bands people i know well via the other forums and they do use scare tactics and when i started, they scared the f**k out of me).....what we have in common is a want to lose weight....... i say use whatever WLS you get (and) make it work the best you can i have only today to focus on......i cant and wont spend my life with what if this and what if that i lost 3 yrs to being super morbid obese...i am working hard to enjoy and live my life NOW as we all should.. so ignore the ones who are negative as hard as that is to do i know as i get hammered on here for being (tough and not all butterflies/sugar dumplings) i will say this....own it....be responsible for you and show the world what the WLS you have/get does work......that will shut them up.....well, maybe not LOL

i became super morbid obese because i sat on the couch and ate and ate and drank more calories than i could possibly burn off.......and the bigger i got, the more i ate and drank and the more depressed i got....it was ME who did that to myself and it is ME who is fixing it..

you did not blow anything keep cheating and the dr may open the stomach and go nope, cant do it... i read a few people that happened to.....its not worth it..for a minute or two food gasm to toss away all that hard work.....stay busy, read, take a bath, have sex, walk, go shopping....you wont starve (although our diet thinking will let us think we are)...get back on track TODAY.....as terry said, the weight could be Water or because you didnt poop or who the freek knows......stay off the scale....when you have surgery, measuring your success is buying smaller clothes...that is a true reality to if you are losing weight..... so do what you have to do......what you need to do... and get on with it.. if you want to lose weight and be healthy, you will.. all the best

before and after surgery, your doctor and/or nutritionist will give you a list to follow of foods/liquids.use your doctors guidelines as you will see different peope have different food/liquid options.....make sure you dr's advice them to allow yourself to heal properly.... listen to your body in regards to healing..some people recoup faster than some..i work a desk job and took 8 days...and i thought i was (tough) LOL..

on my day 4 or 5, i was okay on the pre op....once i got detox from (junk and chemicals) its not as hard as it seems......stay busy, stay focused on the goal.......the pre and post op diet days seem like FOREVER, but its just mere days if you think about it... def be excited and do not be nervous you are getting your life back to life longer and healthier and i am proud of you..you are stronger than you think... PS, feel like cheating, dont.....cheating is what got us fat/obese (super morbid obese in my case) and think of why you are doing this.......i carry with me a picture of me and my hub wearing a skirt i wore 22 months ago.....that skirt is on my profile that myself and my lap band doctor are wearing.....

i tend to eat things i like (and since i can only eat so much due to my WLS) i make sure it is worth it...food is GREAT and it is delicious.....i see it very differently now that i my eating and my life has changed..i thought if did not have a bag of BBQ per day with a six pack of beer i would die...well flash forward 22 months, i am still around and now i crave (crave be key word) and prefer fresh veggies and lean proteins and actually taste/enjoy real food...sure some things are a bit pricey (96% lean beef or filet migon (dinner for me tonight).......to surmise, eat what you like and what tastes good....and dont focus/over think eating (i use to)......eat to live and not live to eat...

i have the lap band and plication it does help feel *full* faster/quicker and i listen to that as a sign to stop (even if i dont want to) but no matter what WLS one has, the bypass, the band, the sleeve or the band and plication, unless a person changes what they eat from crap high fat/junk food to better choices (and def understand that 3500 cals is a pound ate or drank and if they take in more cals than they burn off that they will not lose weight and gain weight), then no WLS will work..success begins with the person and not just the surgery one has or gets...

here is mine...pictures do help...

you need to follow your doctors advice/instructions on food intake at this time.the first month is to heal.....healing the insides is much more important than a food-gasm...anyhow, sip and sip and keep on sipping and stay busy..go walking, take a hot bath, get a manicure, make out on the couch, read....you only think you are hungry due to boredom perhaps?? or even just hungry.....please let yourself heal and stay off the scale.....hang in there.

i had these shots for 2 weeks after surgery it looked like i had been in a fight with the green bay packers i was sore, black and blue and then yellow as they healed...i did not have huge knots but (kinda hard) areas where injections went..i think it is perfectly a ok.....but if you are truly concerned, just call and ask the dr and or nurse and get their input....use them as they are our eye/ear in our journey to better health..

instead of focusing on what you (miss) when in reality, when one gets past all the woe is me, i am starving, i cant this and i cant that, ONE finds (*with any WLS*), you can still eat and still enjoy foods....its not about dieting my dear...its changing from eating crap foods to better foods..... instead of focusing on the (so called safe place)......how about focusing on wearing smaller and sexier clothes....better health, better mobility, a better quality of life and the real aspects of having WLS you need to learn to eat to live and no longer live to eat..

i have this issue (major) and its a hard thing to deal with.....i do step aerobics and i hear the bopping of my stomach going up and down....so i do wear something tight around the middle to assist with this issue....i am not sure of the water part but the other poster, go walking who i know does water aerobics, answered you well...and parrishel said what i was thinking, get something tighter and see if it helps ♥

anytime blood is involved, so should one's doctor be. please call and see what is what.....all the best..