sarawray

I think alot of us have had to deal with negativity. Its just the nature of the beast. Some people are just envious, others ill informed. But as far as my family, when they found out I had a greater chance of a stroke due to high blood pressure, than I do from dying from the surgery, they kind of mellowed out, as for other people I could care less what they think. this is my decision not there's.

I am hot all the time, even in the winter, I hope that changes for me also.

I sit on my butt all day. enough said. hahaha

Ha Ha, I share you concerns, I work in a little office with a couple of others, I too have been thinking about the farting thing. Its kinda hard to blame it on someone else. lol. I am confident that we will figure something out, even if it means sitting on an air freshener.

I snack on cottage cheese w/tomatoes or string cheese.

He's a good guy ladies, but ya better keep your eye on him!!!!! lol

awww, I;m so sorry for you. It will get better. Just look back at all the hard times, and how you made it through it. You never think you will but you always do. It will be the same this time. It may seem like it lasts forever, but before long you will look back and say to yourself. "well I made it, dont know how but I did". So what you ate somethings you thought you shouldnt have, Its not like you do it everyday, right?? Keep your chin up and cheer up, you think better when your happy. Take care of yourself, and good luck.

That is a very good question, I hope you get alot of detailed replies.

My husband has had it.He said he felt better right after than he had in a long time.

my fitness pal works well, I have used lose it and it is very good also.

Thank you Carolinagirl, that helped alot.

Its been really hard for me also. What I have been doing is my fitness pal, and logging everything I eat and trying to stay in the calorie range it set for me. It has helped me quite a bit, plus you know you have to log it, so you think before you eat. That is the only thing helping me so far. will be glad for the surgery, and get this part over with. Sometimes all I eat is 2 protein shakes and soup for supper. Surprisingly I havent been that hungry and when I get hungry I just eat. Good luck and if you come up with some other good stuff let me know, ok?

Went to my pre op and good news!!! ( I think), I am also getting Plication. I know very little about this, so any info I could get would be really appreciated. I was not nervous before, because I felt well informed, well not so much now. I am really nervous.

omgsh, Your poor brain. lol. Husband has asked me about stuff like that.He thinks if I can loose weight before the surgery on my own, than why have surgery. I try to explain to him. I have lost a large amount of weight in the past, with the use of prescription meds. I lost about 60 pounds in a year. Well they only let me have them for a year. It was super stressful trying to fight my hunger and 30 years of bad eating habits without some "help" i.e. pills. I kept it off for 2 years and then it just crept back on. What I am trying to say is, yes you can get it off with pills and stuff, but will it stay off? For me I know it wont. At least this way I am forced to eat right. No more eating like a pig one day and starving the next, I feel like the lapband is going to force me to make new habits,and from what I have read, if I do try to eat wrong, it will probably be the last time, because of the consequences, and I am not that hard headed, I dont like it when bad things start happening. I know you have probably been racking your brains trying to decide. Just remember once it is off, you want it to stay off. If you can do that on your own, then that is wonderful, I just know I couldn't. Good luck to you and let us know.

thank you.

Blame it on the kids!!!!!!. Just kidding...... I have heard that walking helps alot. Maybe you can call your nutritionist, you may be inadvertently eating something that is causing it. Just a thought.

My surgery is scheduled for Aug 9, time sure is going slow. Cant wait!!!

It just shows me that with excercise I can eat more if I choose,and stay under my calories for the day. I only use it if I splurge. Otherwise I just ignore it.

please go to the dr. Dont play with re flux, you can get ulcers in your esophagus and then you really will be in pain. You can also get barrette sydrome, (google it). There could be all kinds of stuf. Please don't play around with your health, get it check even if you have to go to your local er.

I told all my friends and co workers. I felt like it would make me accountable because everyone will be watching.

all I want is to get back into my original wedding rings. I out grew them years ago. I never got them enlarged because I always planned on getting back into them.

I think it is very pretty, how proud of yourself you must be!!!! Try one of those one piece girdle things and see if you like that.

add me too!!! sara1962sw

if you havent I would go to the er

I wouldnt worry about that much. If you have a good relationship with your husband , he will stay no matter what. But having lost a lot of weight in the past, I can tell you he may get a little insecure,I have been married 33 years, and about 20 years ago when I lost about 50 lbs, my husband was insecure not because he didnt like it, but men paid more attention to me and he wasnt used to that, and I was very happy and outgoing, and he didnt know if I was gonna leave. I have seen woman that just went nuts after loosing alot of weight, and decided they didnt want that life anymore, and divorce there husband, but they were in marriages that werent good to start with, I think loosing weight just gave them the confidence to do that. So if you are in a good relationship and your both happy and secure, I wouldnt waste my time worrying about it. Good luck. Sara