Ruffian

Hahaha that's great ... I've lost 130 lbs and my booty is still the same size it was:S

Wow you are stunning. Congrats on your success.

I'm excited and nervous. My BMI is down to 28.91 or something like that. I am losing slowly and only fluctuating a couple of lbs. I am able to do things now that I couldn't do when I was heavy. I started at a size 18-20 and am now a size 10. Someday I will be a size 6 :-) I started at 206lbs and my goal is to be 120 lbs.

I just wanted to check in with everyone to say that I'm approaching my 4mo anniversary. I just saw my surgeon last Thursday and I'm down 70 lbs.i have been feeling soooo much better. I'm not hurting (I have a bad back). My endurance is coming back. The sex has been EPIC. I started at 413 lbs. I have a goal of between 220 and 250. I'm hoping to be there by this time next year ( fingers crossed)

I just wanted to check in with everyone to say that I'm approaching my 4mo anniversary. I just saw my surgeon last Thursday and I'm down 70 lbs.i have been feeling soooo much better. I'm not hurting (I have a bad back). My endurance is coming back. The sex has been EPIC. I started at 413 lbs. I have a goal of between 220 and 250. I'm hoping to be there by this time next year ( fingers crossed)

I just wanted to check in with everyone to say that I'm approaching my 4mo anniversary. I just saw my surgeon last Thursday and I'm down 70 lbs.i have been feeling soooo much better. I'm not hurting (I have a bad back). My endurance is coming back. The sex has been EPIC. I started at 413 lbs. I have a goal of between 220 and 250. I'm hoping to be there by this time next year ( fingers crossed)

I just wanted to check in with everyone to say that I'm approaching my 4mo anniversary. I just saw my surgeon last Thursday and I'm down 70 lbs.i have been feeling soooo much better. I'm not hurting (I have a bad back). My endurance is coming back. The sex has been EPIC. I started at 413 lbs. I have a goal of between 220 and 250. I'm hoping to be there by this time next year ( fingers crossed)

I just wanted to check in with everyone to say that I'm approaching my 4mo anniversary. I just saw my surgeon last Thursday and I'm down 70 lbs.i have been feeling soooo much better. I'm not hurting (I have a bad back). My endurance is coming back. The sex has been EPIC. I started at 413 lbs. I have a goal of between 220 and 250. I'm hoping to be there by this time next year ( fingers crossed)

I just wanted to check in with everyone to say that I'm approaching my 4mo anniversary. I just saw my surgeon last Thursday and I'm down 70 lbs.i have been feeling soooo much better. I'm not hurting (I have a bad back). My endurance is coming back. The sex has been EPIC. I started at 413 lbs. I have a goal of between 220 and 250. I'm hoping to be there by this time next year ( fingers crossed)

I just wanted to check in with everyone to say that I'm approaching my 4mo anniversary. I just saw my surgeon last Thursday and I'm down 70 lbs.i have been feeling soooo much better. I'm not hurting (I have a bad back). My endurance is coming back. The sex has been EPIC. I started at 413 lbs. I have a goal of between 220 and 250. I'm hoping to be there by this time next year ( fingers crossed)

I just wanted to check in with everyone to say that I'm approaching my 4mo anniversary. I just saw my surgeon last Thursday and I'm down 70 lbs.i have been feeling soooo much better. I'm not hurting (I have a bad back). My endurance is coming back. The sex has been EPIC. I started at 413 lbs. I have a goal of between 220 and 250. I'm hoping to be there by this time next year ( fingers crossed)

I just wanted to check in with everyone to say that I'm approaching my 4mo anniversary. I just saw my surgeon last Thursday and I'm down 70 lbs.i have been feeling soooo much better. I'm not hurting (I have a bad back). My endurance is coming back. The sex has been EPIC. I started at 413 lbs. I have a goal of between 220 and 250. I'm hoping to be there by this time next year ( fingers crossed)

I was always attracted to Curvy/ thick women. I'm not hating on the slim chicks but they have never caught my eye. I don't think we as men are that judgmental about WLS.

I was always attracted to Curvy/ thick women. I'm not hating on the slim chicks but they have never caught my eye. I don't think we as men are that judgmental about WLS.

I'm from the deep south and while i agree with a lady on the streets a freak in the sheets....sometimes you got to give a dog a bone!

Today I got 1cc put into my band so now I am at 6cc total. Originally I thought I gained 9lbs but when I was weighed at the doctors office I only gained a pound. My doctor wants me to lose five pounds by next month which is when I see him again. He did however give me a kick in the butt as far as motivation.
AJ

My sister asked why did I always date " thus certain type" of guy.I was very offended.I said so you think I have a list and weed out all the most handsome, fit, guys.??!? I go out with the person that asks . I think our preference will change a bit as we slim down .But the promise I made to myself is Never date some one who knew me as plus size and wouldn't look twice but then after weightloss they are all in my face. ..oh no buddy remember I'm the "friend" the "play sister" the " honegirl" I have a long way to go but o am already getting ready for cuz I know it's coming :-/

David Letterman isn’t the only one who composes top 10 lists. Here’s my top 10 list of the things you need to know about gastric band surgery, served with a generous helping of GJTL™ - Genuine Jean Tuff Luv™.


TIME FOR SOME TOUGH LOVE?
Genuine Jean Tuff Luv™? What’s that? It’s my version of the kind of love that hurts so good, because it gets you going in the direction you want to go.
Stern but caring parents, teachers and coaches who maintain strict rules and demanding training regimens are said to practice tough love. Those rules and regimens may not be fun, but they can turn around kids, students or athletes who’ve gotten off track or are underachieving.
Tough love may seem too severe, too tough. It works best when the parent, teacher or coach believes in, proclaims, and respects the inherent value and purpose of the person they’re trying to help. Sometimes all we need is a wakeup call to shake us out of our stupor and pull us out of a rut. The drills and discipline of tough love can help (even as they hurt) when our bandwagons have gotten lost or stalled somewhere along the way to success.
A bandster once said of me, “Jean tells people the things they don’t want to hear.” I chose to take that as a compliment. Many times in my life, I’ve benefited from a slap upside the head by a concerned friend. When I do the slapping, I try to do it with just enough emphasis to get a friend’s attention long enough to deliver an important message, followed by a gentle and loving kick in the butt. So here’s my top 10 list of things you need to know about adjustable gastric band surgery. Consider yourself kicked!
THE GJTL TOP TEN LIST
1. You will not wake up in the recovery room at your goal weight. Average weight loss with the band is 1-2 pounds per week, and virtually no one loses weight at a nice steady pace of (say) 1.75 pounds per week. Some weeks you’ll lose, some weeks you’ll stall and some weeks you’ll gain, but as long as the overall trend is downward, you’re doing great!
2. Slower weight loss with the band does not prevent sagging or excess skin. How your skin reacts to massive weight loss depends mostly on your genetics and your age. As we age, our skin loses elasticity. If the possibility of sagging or excess skin worries you, start tossing your change into a plastic surgery piggy bank.
3. Weight loss surgery (of any type) does NOT cure obesity. Obesity is a chronic and incurable disease characterized by relapse and recurrence. Although bariatric surgery is currently the most effective way of treating obesity, obesity is something you’re going to have to manage for the rest of your life, with or without surgery. For most of us, a tool like the adjustable gastric band makes that a lot easier, but it’s not effortless, either.
4. Most eating problems after band surgery are due to user error, and can be prevented by using good band eating skills. Read an article about those skills by clicking here: How to Eat Like a Bandster.
5. In order to decrease your weight and increase your health, you must decrease your food intake and increase the quality of your food choices and the time you spend exercising. While you may be able to lose weight for a while by just eating much smaller portions of chicken McNuggets, potato chips, and candy bars, eventually that approach will stop working, and at the same time it will start biting your health in the butt. And though it may be difficult for you to exercise at first, each pound you lose will make it easier, and each additional hour you spend exercising will not only burn calories but improve your physical and mental health.
6. No weight loss surgery procedure will cure eating disorders, eating demons, emotional eating, boredom eating, stress eating, celebratory eating or food addiction. Changing those behaviors is your job. If it’s too hard to tackle yourself, consider getting some counseling with a therapist experienced with eating disorder and WLS patients, and/or joining a 12-step group like Overeater’s Anonymous.
7. The band rarely works without fills. Even if you initially lose weight with one or no fills, sooner or later, you’re going to have to face the fill needle. And if you’re too needle-phobic to tolerate a fill needle, why did you choose band surgery in the first place?
8. The restriction “sweet spot” is a myth. There is no such thing as “perfect” restriction, or if there is, you can’t count on it to last more than one hour, one day or one week. This is because the band is an inert silicone object implanted in a living, breathing human body that changes constantly in reaction to the time of day, time of month, time of year, hydration, illness, medication, stress, you name it. Restriction variability is part of the gastric band package.
9. There is nothing magic in the band that makes you lose weight. Changing your eating and exercise behavior is what makes you lose weight. All the band does is make that work easier for you by reducing your physical hunger and increasing your satiety.
10. YOU are responsible for your weight loss. Not your band, not your surgeon, and not the server at McDonald’s who invariably asks you, “Want to supersize that?”

I have delt with this issue many times. I hope my depression will ease up as the pounds melt away.

I'm at the same point as far as clear foods. This is really hard but I'm trying. Stay vigilant.

I'm at the same point as far as clear foods. This is really hard but I'm trying. Stay vigilant.

I everyone. This is an update for my progress. I just had my banding yesterday and I'm really sore. The Dr. Told me I had a hernia. He fixed it for me while he was in there.
I am so glad I did this, now I just gotta get used to this new diet. I'm on a clear liquid diet for a few days. I'm in Jacksonville so if anyone is close by don't hesitate to hit me up. Thank you in advance for any advice any of the people reading this want to offer.

Thanks everyone. I'm about to go to the hospital and meet with the anasthesiaologist. I'm so excited I couldn't sleep last night.

Thanks everyone. I'm about to go to the hospital and meet with the anasthesiaologist. I'm so excited I couldn't sleep last night.