☠carolinagirl☠

I really wish for all that is holy that people would stop getting lapbands in Mexico. Number one they are a third world country. Do you really want medical care there! I am a registered nurse and have seen the screw up from these doctors and patients. Don't do it! They don't provide the correct or if any pre op teaching so post operatively people are doing things that screw things up. Your health is worth a lot more than saving some money. Yes it is cheaper but have you ever thought why? Mexican doctors and I use the term doctors loosely do not receive proper medical training. This isn't the place to go to get a lapband.
 
 
I see it at work everyday and as a lapband patient I just nod my head in disbelief.

I am 140 days post op (5months). Wow time has flown by. I have lost 27 lbs since my surgery date and 42 since the beginning of 2012. I have had 3 fills and i am just starting to get what the restriction should feel like. My last fill last Thursday was eye opening. To be honest I have been able to eat everything and with the occational vomiting. I had to get serious with myself and stop and evaluate what I was doing.
 
Taking it one bite at a time!.
 
 
Well I am glad to share and hear from you.
 
Take care all.

So I am getting banded on July 30th and this is Day 1 of the liquid diet. Oh boy I am in for a looonngg road ahead. I got the body fortress Whey protein powder and that is not to my liking...back to the drawing board I go!

Five weeks ago, banded and hopeful. Today, I'm down 23 lbs and so happy about that! Not a super fast loss, but I'll take slow and stead and PERMANENT any day over fast and yo-yo! I'm finding that summer time is the most challenging time for me - although there are many fresh fruits, veggies and healthy options out there at this time of year, for me and my husband, there are many social engagements including barbecues, outdoor concerts, farmer's markets, weddings, and other really wonderful events.
 
The events for me are not a challenge, and I'm finding that the food at the events is not the problem, but I am one to enjoy a glass or two of wine or a cocktail with friends at these events. While I'm still losing, I'm thinking that I'd do myself a bigger favor if I stuck to non-alcoholic beverages and watch the weight come down faster. But like I said above, it's not all about losing it fast - I am learning a new way of living right now, and if that life involves an occasional cocktail or glass of wine, so be it. This week has been full of festivities related to a dear friend getting married tonight. I haven't exercised as much because work has been insane busy and we've had engagements every night this week. But isn't that what life is all about? Some weeks are busier than others, it's all about having balance and taking care of myself. I feel like I've been doing a pretty good job in that area. Will I have a glass of wine tonight at the reception? YEP!
 
My daughter turned 18 on Thursday and headed out to Denver (about 4 hours away) for the weekend. As life would have it, she ended up in a fender bender, wanting to come home, not sure about her future move to Denver for school, and so upset (poor baby!) My old mode would have been to hit the pantry since I couldn't be right there to help her. But this time, (luckily her dad is over there), I was able to deal with the problem, feel the emotions I was having, and not stuff them down with a bag of chips. I just talked them out, and I felt better than the food would have made me feel. Again, life happens.
 
So the ups and downs can still happen without dousing them in food - I am learning a whole new way of being, a new way of dealing, and I feel good that so far I've been able to take on stress (good and bad stress) in a healthy way.
 
Hope all of you out there are doing well, remember it really is a JOURNEY and our bands are helping us physically manage hunger while we learn to deal with the other habits and head issues that have made us obese. It is so much easier to understand old patterns, look at them for what they were and change them when I'm not constantly starving. I LOVE MY BAND!!!
 
My best - D

Ok, I'm back on the forum and ready to restart my journey. It seems I've taken a long vacation from doing what I need to do...kind of like nearly 2 years. I haven't gained any weight back, I just haven't lost any. So now it begins...I am determined to do this.
 
Just a recap. I was banded in Oct 2009. My journey began at 309. I had great success early on then I, let me stress I stopped doing what I needed to do. For at least 18 months I have been up and down from 245-252. The lowest I have ever been with the band was 237 for maybe a minute on one random day. I usually stayed between 242-245.
 
I have decided that I have slacked off long enough. I have gone more regulary to the doctor for fills. It had been nearly a year since my last one when I went back in April. I went again in June and again just yesterday. I have to wrap my head around the fact that it doesn't matter how many ccs are in my band (9ccs in a 10cc realize band) but how my body is reacting to what I'm doing or not doing.
 
I have started going to water aerobics for 2 weeks now. I try to go three times a week Mon/Wed/Fri mornings. I know this will change once school starts. I'll only be able to go twice a week on Tues/Thurs afternoons if I'm lucky. I am determined to make this a priority. I'm planning on cutting back my after school hours to one day week for tutoring this year. I'm not going to stay in that building until 7pm this year. I am also going to be back in grad school to earn the next level of certification. I think more than ever, I will need the exercise of either water aerobics or Curves as an outlet for stress.
 
I am blessed to have a supportive family. My husband and son are wonderful. My son, who is 19, always talks about whether I should really try to eat something. He worries. My husband is there for whatever I need. Last night I had such painful gas trapped as I was trying to sleep that he woke up and rubbed my back for 30 minutes in the middle of the night when he had to get up and go to work.
 
So I guess in rambling about all of this, I am trying to tell myself that I have no excuses. So here I go!

Considering I had to work Sunday I had a pretty decent weekend. Weather was great. My Wife and I stumbled on to a great deal at Sam's Club Saturday. IPhone 4 8GB model onsale for $48 bucks each and they were waiving the activation fee for this weekend only. We were due for an upgrade so how could we say no to two IPhones for just under $100. Who cares if they don't have Suri!! It's over-rated anyway. Going from an Android to an IPhone is a world of difference. I am not a Mac guy by any means as this is my first Apple purchase but so far I am impressed. So much more stable then our Androids.
 
I did have a two stuck incidents with the band this weekend. Saturday morning we went to breakfast and I got scrambled eggs with a little bit of home fries and wheat toast. It was near the end of breakfast I ate a half of slice of toast a little fast and it got stuck. I started hiccuping and finally I guess I made a face of some sort and my wife told me to go outside and she would pay the bill. It finally passed but wow I have done this to many times in the past week. Since my last fill on 7/2 I have had 3 stuck episodes. Two of them involving bread. So bread is now out of the picture until I learn to eat slower and chew. I know its not the bands fault. I did it each time by eating too fast and not chewing enough.
 
I really need to buckle down and pay serious attention to my habits or I am going to do some damage to myself or band or both. I don't want to cause a slip. Good news is, I think I am definitely in the zone now. I can eat a little and go a long time before I get hungry and I don't have any head hunger or cravings. I am really enjoying this. I am down another 2lbs this morning for a total of 90lb since October with 54lbs of it gone since Surgery day April 16.
 
I have gone from 6xl t-shirts to 4xl.
 
Here on out until it becomes habit I am going to eat only at the dining room table away from the tv and laptop so I can focus solely on the food and the chewing. Jean mentioned in her book Bandwagon to put the fork down between bites and I need to make sure I do that. Actually, Jean mentions all of that. Don't eat in front of the tv or computer, chew, chew, and chew and put the fork down between bites.
 
If any of you have not read Jean's book Bandwagon yet it is really a must read. Jean has so much valuable information and tips. It's a must have for Bandsters!! Link to Jean's blog and from here you can order the book http://jean-onthebandwagon.blogspot.com/

Funny I woke up pumped today gonna get my workout in and then as the day progressed I got sleepy took a nap got up and was just like forget it. I was just like whatever not in the mood screw it. Then I don't know what happened but all of a sudden I did. I workedout for an hour I just changed it up. I have many workout games for the Xbox Kinect and the Wii. I figured I should add those in along with what I am doing try and make it fun that way I don't give up. I am getting bored with the same ol same. I am really glad I got a workout in. Normally I would take Saturdays off but I haven't worked out this week like I should so I decided to get it in today. I also went ahead and created my menu for tomorrow and get that all laid out that wayall I have to do is grab and eat. Less thinking will help with not over doing it. I think when I don't plan that is where I have the most trouble but we shall see. Regardless its all about baby steps... I need to realize that I am not just going to blink and POOF its gone...I lost the first 67 pounds easily now its time to really do the work. Anyway I hope all have a great rest of your weekend and all that jazz

So today is officially 7 days since my surgery. One week. Every day seemed to pass by slowly, but I can't believe it's already a week. I thought I would never get here! The good part: yes I have already started loosing weight! yay! weigh in at the doc's office manana. Also, no pain when I am just relaxing. I have been off pain meds for several days The bad: I knew what the diet would be like before I went under the knife, but it is so much harder than I thought it would be. I never imagined wishing for crackers and cereal as much as I do now. As you all know, the first week is jello, popsicles, and broth. I cannot wait for the end of week 2! Also, sneezing sucks, lol!
 
As a promise to myself and who ever is reading, I will share all the good and bad about living with the band and how it has changed my life.
 
BTW, who am I? 25 yo 5'1" F med student (1 year left!!!) who weighed 227.5 (BMI 43) as of 6/21/12. I have fought with my weight for all of my life just like many here. I feel like I've tried it all. Fad diets. Weight Watchers (which did work while I was honestly doing it). Calorie Counting. It's just when I am not honestly putting all my energy into dieting, I gain it all back. I don't have any medical problems. I have seen what obesity can do to a person from the medical, familial, and personal stand point and I didn't want to find myself 15 years from now in a hole I can't get myself out of medically. I want to enjoy being young. Wear a swimsuit on the beach without being embarrassed. When I have kids, I want to be able to run around with them and not be worn out. When I see my patients and tell them about healthy eating and lifestyles, I don't want them to think, "yeah, like she knows!" I know I will always have a battle with my weight, but won't it be nice to fight while I'm a healthy weight because I took a leap of faith that this surgery would be the right choice for me? Yup, it will be nice.

Well, Hello to you that is currently reading this. My name is Kanda and I am 31 married with one son. I had my lapband on October 27th and have lost 67 pounds. Lately, I have been stuck in a rut but today I wake up and realize life is great and I will succeed. I am hoping to find others that want some buddies no matter where we live because lets face it...we are the only one's that know what its like going thru this whole ordeal. Our struggles and our positives. I live in Colorado but am from Texas. I have to say even tho lately I've been sorta down...This is the best thing I have done for myself. I suffer from PCOS so that does not help when trying to lose weight. anyway I hope to meet people that just want to vent or be cheered on so Good luck to all of us!! :wub:

Dr Dr Stupid
 
i am glad you have never had anyone with a lap band before come into your office. I know i have a UTI i glad that you could not even do a stupid dip stuck test to show that i have a UTI. I am dizzy and vomiting That would mean that i am probley dehiraded. I am glad you think it funny to precribe medison i can not take with my band. I do not were a med alret bracelt that said no NIsads for no reson so telling me to take advill was stupid, Teling me to wait for monday to talk to my PCP is even more stupid. I glad you do not belive in the lap band thanks for telling me that over and over but I wonder were you got you MD if you can not even rightly treat a simple UTI right. Next time i save my self the money and just wait till monday since thats what i will have to do anyways
 
 
Singed a person who belives in her band becuse she lost 40 lbs by useing it and yes it was worth it. What was not worth it was seeing you becuse your an stupid person who can't even treat a simple UTI/ Kideny infection right

I was banded in April of this year and I have certainly had my ups and downs. Good news is the ups and downs was all mental because physically I couldn't have wished for a better outcome. At 450 pounds I was certainly nervous about anesthesia and the actual surgery. My Surgeon absolutely rocked and he gave me kuddos during recovery about how good of a job I did preparing and shrinking my liver. We both had exceptional days that day.
 
So, I have been banded about 10 weeks now and I have lost 48lbs. First month after surgery was the roughest because my mind started playing tricks on me. I started thinking weight should be falling off of me instantly and it wasn't. I dropped a 172 lbs between 2003 and 2004 doing Atkins and some how I had it my mind that with the band I would drop weight even quicker (which is not really healthy anyway). Well, I am dropping it fast. It is really easy to get caught up when your stepping on the scale daily. Every morning I would step on the scale and then just get annoyed and start wishing I had bypass.
 
I am still not great with the scale as I am stepping on it every other day but now I don't get hung up on it like I was in the beginning. Rome was not built in a day and neither was the 486 pounds. My Wife often tells me I don't give myself enough credit for what I have accomplished both pre-op and post-op. I told her my problem is I am still hung up on the past and the dis-service I did to myself. In 2003 I was 393 pounds and I did Atkins so by Christmas 2004 I was in Disney World weighing in a 219 and I was on top of the world. 174 pounds gone and I thought it was forever...I started enjoying life and indulging. I never changed my habits. I went back to poor eating and gained it all back plus 93 additional pounds. For the life of me I don't understand how I got from 219 to 486 pounds. How did I let it go like that, I understand it is no fault but my own but why didn't the people around me not stage an intervention.
 
I am trying very hard to find peace with it and the fact I failed. It is hard. I hope maybe once I hit 393 again my mind might be a little more at ease. What has me the most concerned is hitting that 219 again and not falling back into my old ways that got me to where I was in October 2011.
 
Today, I have to say with the band and the 6cc's I got in it I no longer have cravings. I no longer desire to simply walk to the fridge or pantry and eat. My habits have changed as well as my appetite. I no longer live to eat. I eat to live and I only eat when I am hungry. I cannot explain in words how different I look at things. I used to sit down in front of the tv and eat a box cheese its and a liter of diet pepsi. Now, I have no thought for that stuff. No cravings, no mental arguments. I sit down now and watch t.v. I don't think about eating. Not even during commercials. It just feels "normal" to eat when I am hungry and that's it, no side eating...
 
Is this the way it supposed to work???? Did having this band "cure" my head hunger or am I just in the zone to a point where junk food and binging is just blocked mentally? Maybe I shouldn't try to analyze it and just enjoy the ride.
 
If you have read this far then thank you...I rambled on a bit but what the hell I find that to be therapeutic...

Ok, so i am ready for the wrath that I'm sure i will get about posting this.... but i really want to know how others feel.
 
How do you feel about Medicare and or Medicaid paying for Lapband?
 
This infuriates me...... I get up every freaking day and head to work for 7am and work till 4.... then I clean office building on the weekends to supplement our family income to be able to get the "extras" in life.
 
I work because i have to and because my family need food, house, car, electricity... and insurance. So not only do we pay for the insurance, but the co-pays, the meds, the deductibles and the 20% after that.
 
In the meantime, people are getting all their pre-certs, surgery and fill...... for free. Why should i have to pay for your surgery when you don't have a job or insurance to pay for it your self....
 
Then come on here and complain about and or wonder if your fills will be covered......Really!!!!
 
I wish the government and other peoples taxes would have paid for mine....Oh and my recent Tummy tuck... i sure could use the help paying that $8800.... any takers
 
Ok, Bring it.....

Hi again, been about a week since I updated. Too bad work takes so much time away from lap-blogging and other really fun things! What a week this has been! I graduated to moist-soft-mushy this week, and made a chicken in the crock pot to have all week. Everything was going perfectly until I MINDLESSLY popped a little piece of cooked chicken breast in the hatch while talking on the phone Monday night and OH BROTHER! I thought I chewed it well, but hey - I was talking on the phone and not really paying attention! That nasty habit of mindless munching came back pretty easily, and my band reminded me how it's not a healthy idea. That bit of chicken got stuck and I was in excruciating pain for the next hour and a half!!! OMG! I called the surgeon who was out of town and another doc on call called me back. She confirmed that I was indeed stuck since her coaching me to drink water to see if it would go down proved as much. It came back up, and it hurt so bad! I had waves of stomach contractions that came every 30 seconds or so for so long, and she advised me to go to the ER if they didn't stop. About a half hour later, I was in the garage, keys in hand (kicking myself for being so stupid so soon after surgery) and ready to drive myself to the ER when I felt it drop through! AAAAAaaaaahhhhhhh!!! What relief! I was exhausted, felt like I had been in labor and I was so happy I didn't have to go to the hospital and the waves of pain were gone!
 
Needless to say, I thanked my lucky stars over and over, went to bed and learned a valuable lesson. CHEW CHEW CHEW CHEW and don't eat when distracted!! The next day I went back on full liquids just to be safe and to rest my insides. Since then, I've felt perfect!
 
Hope my crazy experience helps someone out there - I knew better, but have been feeling so good I guess I forgot the rules and what can happen. Lesson learned. I'm down 7 pounds from surgery two weeks ago today, and really only lost one pound this week. I'm trying to keep in mind that I'm still in the healing phase, and don't need to get too worried about losing the weight right at this point. I am pretty happy though with my overall loss of 16 pounds since the day I started my three day pre-op liquid diet.
 
Hope you all have a great day, good luck everyone getting banded today, it's like another birthday!
Hugs and love to you all -

Hello All,
 
I hope your journey is going well.
 
I have stubbled a bit in my cheerfulness. I was sitting on the patio, enjoying God's creation, trees, birds, the gentle breeze. Then I started crying, missing what I had.
 
I want to close my eyes and open them and be thin and fit. I want to have my close friends and love ones around me. I rail against the changes, the losses that seem to continue to march forth in life.
 
I once again must let go and let God. He has a plan for me, I just need to be still and listen.
 
MaggieGT
 
Blessed is the man (who walketh with the lord)..he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, bringeth forth fruit..whose leaf doth not wither..whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

As of Friday I am 1 month post op, and down 20 lbs. 45 lbs in total.
 
So far things are ok. I'm on soft foods now.
 
I had 1/2 cup tomato soup and use one slice of toasted wheat with it. I got stuck, but I'll grant it's my fault for not eating with enough time to commit. I've gotten back into my gym ritual. I got to the park more though.
 
I've topped my time walking/jogging time. Back in February it took me 21 minutes to finish a mile. Now I'm at 16 minutes to a mile. Which is great. Hoping to get down to 14 minutes soon.
 
My clothes, I started back in March easily fitting 3x and 22/24 shirts and pants. I'm now in 2x's and 18/20's with the acception of jeans which I haven't worn in a while because the stopped fitting. I just bought a pair of 22 jean shorts which is shocking because I skipped 24 altogether haha.
 
Finally in total I've lost 25 1/2 inches.
 
Starting:
 
Right Calf:22in Left Calf 22in
Right Thigh:30 Left Thigh 32in
Right Arm:17 1/2 Left Arm: 18
Chest:55in
Belly:53
Hips:57
 
Currently:
RC:18 LC:19
RT:28 LT:29
RA:17 LA:17
Chest: 48
Belly:49
Hips:53
 
I think I've hit my little depressed stage I think it's mostly the fact that I like looking good , I never gave up on being pretty, girly what have you. But everytime I leave the house my clothes look horrible on me, loose as hell, and flowy without intention. I honestly feel fatter in my clothes now than I did 45 pounds ago.
 
Thats all for now
-Tiana

Has anyone felt depressed after their lapband? I am four days post op and I have been feeling so depressed about not being able to eat solid foods until July 20th. I think this is a really long time. Has anyone had to wait this long to eat solid foods? Sometimes I feel like I should have waited on the lapband. I know I am feeling this way because I am on a liquid diet and haven't really gotten my strength back yet from surgery.
 
Any advice will help?

Wow...my big day is almost here... Friday morning @ 6:30 is just around the corner...headed to the grocery store to stock up on things for me and my family...

So I was banded 5/17 and I am in almost no pain, a little sore around the port area. I trying to beef up my protein shakes I am only drinking 2 a day I know I need to get to a least 3. I took a week off and now am going stir crazy in my home. This friday I am cleared for pureed foods and shakes any suggestions?

I'm two days post-op and I'm actually surprised at how good I feel. It feels like I did about 500 sit-ups, my stomach is pretty sore, but other than that I feel great. I haven't felt one bit of hunger. I spent the first afternoon and full post-op day 1 sipping a protein drink and water, then today started in following the two weeks of liquids menu my surgeon/dietician gave me. Breakfast called for 8 ounces of Greek Yogurt. I got about 4 ounces in and felt full. It was an amazing feeling! Before the band I would NEVER feel full. It was a different feeling - it was more in my chest than my stomach, but I felt the signal and at the first sign I knew to stop. I'm comitted to being a good bandster, so I'm following the rules to a T. Tomorrow I'm set to go back to work and I think I'll be fine. The surgeon said as long as I felt okay, going back 3 days post-op would be okay.
 
My post-op appointment is May 30th and this morning I weighed in at 222.4. I would love nothing more to be in the 215ish range when I see the surgeon, so it's time to step up the exercise.

I looked up my claims from my surgery...
$2712.00 for the anesthesia - contracted insurance rate $1368 - $0 patient liability
$38,378.25 for the surgery - contracted insurance rate $11,786.35 - $250 patient liability - I take offense to them charging $2980 of that (contracted: $934) for "accomodations". I've stayed in crapass hotels that were nicer accomodations. The surgery itself is $10,482.50 (contracted: $3287.75). The same surgery that people have to cross the border to get done because their insurance won't cover it. The contracted is (in this case) being covered in full by my insurance. The contracted amount probably wouldn't even cover the cost of the plane tickets and accomodations. Because this is normally a situation where I would use a lot of profanity, I will just say that it isn't fair and that it makes me sad.
 
I mean, the differences between the contractual amount and what they actually charge is astronomical. And if people with insurance couldn't get an authorization approved, why can't they be charged the contractual amount to make self pay an actual option?
 
I am LUCKY that I have good insurance. And I am so happy that I rarely have to use it.
 
Speaking of my health insurance, I'm even luckier that my employer pays for the bulk of my insurance. My job is monotonous and boring, but it's a hell of a company.
 
Today, Day 14, was my first day back at that monotonous and boring life suck. Now, since I've had my surgery, I've had puckering at the incision site where the tools were inserted. I don't know what the hell it is (well...was) - it was painful, it was where I thought my port was (that, ironically, doesn't hurt at ALL), and it looked like a doughy bellybuttony (yes, I know that's not a word) abyss.
 
Today, I was at work and I bent at the waist while sitting down to pick something up (I kinda forgot that I shouldn't do that quite yet) and I felt a popping feeling and then the dent was gone. There's no bleeding, no bruising and less pain than there was before.
 
I called my surgeon's office and they said that it sounds like I popped a stitch, but since it's not bleeding, bruising or tender/hot to the touch, that it should heal itself.
 
I ended up leaving my first day back at work two hours early. I was just overwhelmed with all of the change that took place in the two weeks that I was gone, and then the popping feeling - which I could not find JACK about on google - I worried myself sick and went home.
 
On the way home, I almost trusted a fart that wasn't. I called my friend and told her that. New life rule: never trust a fart.
 
I went to GNC yesterday and got this SUPER ULTRA MEGA PROTEIN SHAKE (not sure of the exact name and I'm too lazy to go and look). 12oz water + 3 scoops = 160 calories, 60g of protein. The guy working at GNC was shifty looking, though. Kind of like Draco Malfoy.
 
Yeah, I wasn't sure where I was going with this. I'm doing pureed foods now (sort of - mostly the stuff on the list that's already pureed or can be mashed like whitefish or tuna), tolerating everything. I bought cottage cheese to try again, because the first time I tried it, I thought it was gross and vocalized that to my sister. I will not repeat what I said because it was SO gross, but I figure maybe it's an acquired taste. If not, I'm just confirming that I don't like cottage cheese.
 
Yeah, I think I need to go to bed.

My 2 hour seminar is coming up May 14th!! I can't wait to get started. I've spent a lot of time researching and reading on this forum all the ups and downs people have posted...I'm really looking forward to getting healthier!!!

So, once again If I stay consistant, follow the lapband rules and have a motivation/inspiration I do so much better. I have big events upcoming and I wont to feel and look my best. Las Vegas Meet n Greet (May), Hawaii anniversary trip (June), fitting for bridesmaid (August), new school assignment (August). With that said...I can't be slacking and acting like I don't know how and what to do to lose this weight I put on. I saw one of my videos from April last year and I had actually gotten down to 218 lbs. Really !!! See, if you are reading this blog....DO NOT take a break from living as a bandster! Its a daily life changing event. If you take a break, eat whatever you want, exercise some, not follow the LB rules; you can and will gain the weight back and FAST.
I will not let this happen again...once I get to my goal weight I must maintain. My doctor recommended goal weight for my body type and all that is 221 lbs. When he told me that I was like What!! Dang thats still FAT. He was like for you it would be good and you will be healthy, a smaller size. He was so right even though I saw 218-due to a liquid diet I'm sure... I still bounce back and forth all over the 220s. So, I won't be hard on myself Like I was last year. I won't just say' ugg forget it why work this hard and I'm not losing'...so what if I don't bounce in the 220s for months...years...I will be the best me in years.! With that said Never Giving UP is my motto for life.
I have stayed consistant this week-eating basically the same meal plan daily,exercising at least 30-60 minutes, not eating and drinking together, not eating High calorie sweets (been doing the Weight Watchers desserts), eating protein first in all my meals and snacks.
Sample of my Meals this week....
Brkft- Mocha Latte Protein
Snack- Tuna in pouch w/ light mayo
Lunch- Healthy Choice meal- taking out the carbs and adding more veggie
Snack- Protein Smoothy ( made w/ protein, ice, hawaiian punch single, fresh strawberries) or one day I had a protein bar
Dinner- Tilapia(sauteed)no salt, Stir Fry Veggies, and starch ( usually risotto, couscous,red potato)...later after if I have a desire a weight watcher dessert.
---- Workouts T/R zumba of course and all other days 30 min of either walk,kettlebell, softball (I coach) or bowl ( i'm on league)
So, I will be eating the same way till I go to Hawaii.... I will eat different in Vegas but will make good choices.
I must and will stay consistant.... I really like seeing the scales go down! Its motivating and not depressing of course. I'm the type that need to weigh daily.

So i just recieved a call on Friday 4/20/2012 that I need to come and pick up the machine for my at home sleep study test. I am excited that I am near the end of all my test. Today Tuesday 4/24/2012 I am going to my last nutritional appointment and I am over the top excited. Also I hate my job so I am looking forward to not being at work lol. Anyways I just completed my cardio last week and if I could move this surgery date up I would. What I fear is that even though I have everything in order and Know the LapBand is in my Insurance plan, When will I know if the date was approved. Should I call the surgeon office. That is the only thing that gets me. Other than that I am sooooooo Ready!

I brought a pair of skinny jeans last week. Size 18. I don't ever remember buying that size before its been so long. When I held them up, I thought, well maybe next month I should be able to fit them. But I tried them on, and they came right up and buttoned. No sucking in. I wanted to cry. Literally. I ran and showed my husband. I'm trying on 16 this week just to see how they would feel. There are days I hate this band and days I'm in love with it. Today, I'm loving it like McDonald's. :wub:

Seems as though my fills are always the week before TOM and then the scale is stuck for a week and a half. So I had my second fill last wed. and today I still way 240 even thought I have been eating right and exercising 4x a week. I am full time back in the gym and have started to work my core again. I guess I should just be patient, but it is frustrating. I am anxious to see if the .7 CC i got last week will move me to my sweet spot!