Debbie3sons

O M G !!!!! congrats , how wonderful, and I love the shirt if only you could have the saying on the shirt under the before and after pics of your self , people would not believe it was you , can we say walking billboard for Lap band , between Carolina girl and you I will know I will get to goal it is just taking me a little longer because of my Thyroid.

I got whistled at today so something must be working , then a co worker that just came back after a year , well I had changed my work clothes in to something comfortable because I had to go get a bone density scan, said oh you can really tell you have lost a lt and you are not as wide and round as you used to be lol what ever and she also asked if I was doing sit ups or crunches because my stomach looked flatter I told her no just good eating and walking lol, again trying to get one pic up but I forget how, well maybe in the next few days hopefully since I am a 100 lbs down.

Always please if there are any concerns about anything ask your Surgeon and if your having heart burn your surgeon know , please , I know just for me I don't get it any more , I don't know if when you had your band placed if they also did a Hiatal Hernia repair , I know y surgeon did mine , and I have had no issues with gerd, heart burn or acid reflux since, and I had it bad where I had to wake up from a deep sleep or what ever just to run to the toilet and get sick with it all to come up , I used to live on Imodium for IBS and Tums for the heart burn, so any concerns please ask your surgeon ,

@2uchfun, did you really think us Ladies were not going to look since the post said MALE HUMOR LOL you should know by now , I mean look what happen when Junkie5.0 posted does size really matter , and asked the question of the men so you know we have to look and get a kick out of it as we curious what how men think , just as most men wander about women , especially since we all have lost weight and gained in other aspects our life like our health for the better.

My Brother grilled and did the Asada, and chicken for me , and there was all the fixings to go with it , salsa guacamole, cheese, beans and tortillias , so I made me a bowl , with a little of this or that and NO tortillias but it was so good over the chicken and it was nice of the to think of me so I could eat and enjoy , and then lots of water , we we're satisified and then after about a hour we took a walk , sun was shining and we sweated , it was a good day , so that's how we started our summer.

I bet you feel so much better and you look soooo much younger , dang woman you look good congrats awesome.

After I watched Family a couple of coworkers , for a few years , and noticed my health was not good and that I couldn't walk with out the assistance of a cane to hold up my weight to take some of it off y legs to hold me up so I could walk and other hygiene factors that would getting hard to do, by my self.

Well I have to see my son in Utah so I won't even be able to have the deposit this year , but I will try and save for year , I just found out I will be in Utah longer than I thought , so keep me on the list your making Please and Thank You, and pm me when you get all the info for next year , hope you are doing good , it sounds like you are feeling much better .

I agree with 2muchfun , that's how I also get my sweet stuff melons and fruit are delicious and you get the crunch and sweet , I also can not do most carbs or starchy foods , so I stay away from them.

Remember it is a disease like any other like alcohol or drugs , just food was our drug of CHOICE, you notice I said choice , and until that person their selves want help and ask for it and really wants it then there is nothing you or any one else can do, so you can or might say in a nice way how you like being able to not to have the aid of a cane to walk and how you like to be able to bend over and come back up and not feeling like your going to pass out and how you are just able to breath better , and maybe it will trigger something , but again you can't force a opinion on someone , cause we all know what opinions are like , everybody has one , just do you like you have been doing and tell your sister you love her and are just worried and would miss her because of something simple that may save her life, well I hope some of this helped , and I am so mad that the Doctors won't touch my Mother to help her with her weight , because now she has to many issues and their afraid her heart wouldn't be able to take it , she is only 65, I am afraid I want have her around in a few yrs, and I mean few.

Don't forget pics and have a great fun adventurous time , enjoy your life now.

They have different types and advanced ones now I a not sure but I think they all have the h, but I am pretty sure that they have where you don't have to wear the full face mask any more, but people as and check in to the different types for the face for easy breathing.

I knew when I didn't feel tired all the time and didn't wake my self up with my snoring , and I felt like I was refreshed in the morning and was noticing that I felt I had a good nights sleep, I don't know how many yrs. before being banded I did not get enough sleep because of my Apnea, it has been almost a yr. since I have had to use mine and yes if I am real tired after working all week , I will still take a hr. nap but I was watching a movie in my recliner and fell asleep , when I woe after a hr. I asked my Mother if I was snoring and she said no I keeping peacefully , so after a while and losing some weight my air way and heart don't have to work as much to keep me alive and breathing, so I think you will be able to ditch it sooner or later , hopefully sooner.

Make sure when you go to your surgeon , you tell Him/ Her about the acid reflux I don't have gerd or acid reflux since I was banded , just for e I used to get it so bad that I would have to run to the bathroom cause the acid would burn so bad that I would t sick, also again this is just my surgeon for me , but he told me if I feel any burning or have acid reflux to come in right away because it may be something with the band , oh yeah just asking but when you were banded did they also repair the hiatal hernia , that's what they did when I was banded so that's why I don't have the reflux or gerd more , hope everything goes ok, I know for me I would mention it to my band surgeon if it was happening to me.

Oh by the way here is a before and during , I don't have a after as I still have more to go for my goal also if you click on my pic you can go to my gallery and notice the changes , I am still working my mind to catch up , but click on peoples pics and notice the changes .

I was banded by Dr. Madan in 2012 and he is a great , knowlegable Doctor, and he does care about his patients I have lost a 100 lbs and I will be getting another fill on June 4th , I go to the Costa Mesa office to get my fills and weigh in , also I like the fact that I could ncan call or text him at anytime with any concerns and he works with my schedule because my schedule is a variable schedule , he also did one of my x coworkers band so it took me 2 yrs. to decide , also if there are any concerns about what is taking so long , then you should and ask him if he can check in to it for you , but lie I said my coworker has lost a lot and so have I , I really reccomend him and yes I read up on the bad good and in between and made the decision for my self and not anyone else and I also like that he doesn't judge you , but he will help you and he is gentle , also I was only in the hospital overnight and back home the next day , so call or text him a short message if you have saw him already to ask him what is taking so long , unless you have to wait on other tings or phone calls, for this to happen and please don't forget to ask about the pre op and post op instructions as these are important to your weight loss, good luck to you.

One of the things e and my son did today was take that walk this morning , then we came back and he boiled eggs for me and cut up fruit , and packaged them up for me so could grab and go for my week lunches as he walks every where and has lost weight on his own, he watches out for me and my Mother and my brother made homemade chicken salad and with celery, boiled egg and added papirika and said if I wanted some for lunch today and only put very little mayonnaise and some mustard, so it has been good already and no work today, so it has been a good Mothers day.

Ok here is one more as some people o posted about plane rides and the small seats and seat belt extenders , well guess what I didn't need one either so happy for all of us as you can really see how much more length I had not a great pic, as I was slouching so my clothes are all bunched up , but you get the of this nsv . Oh and my face is getting smaller, as you can see I didn't and people were telling me they could se it in my face so it was time to take a pic and try and see it for my self, even though my eyes and mind still play that mind game of me being the big heavy , unhealthy me.

K once more I a going to try to do this , that is post some new ones.

Just turn on some music and clean and dancer like no one is looking, you'll have fun cleaning and will be exercising and won't even know it.

I am not ashamed I will tell anyone who wants to know that I had wls a few people have asked is it hard and I tell them YES because there are a LOT of foods that I miss , but then again I don't miss not being able to walk or as CG says being able o clean my self or just being able to have energy or move or being able to just things like tying a shoe while standing up and bending over to do it , so for those that think it is the easy way out , they have another thing coming , they need more educated even if it is a nutritionist or what ever medical field if they don't really know and say oh you took the easy way out , I had someone the other day ask me well what can you eat and I had to educate them , so I did just that and they were satisfied and they said I don't think I could do it , I said that's what I thought, however I like being able to do things and and not be tired all the time.

I get flouro fills also and am not sure good question to ask the doc. , but to my knowledge they give you some water to drink after any fills , and if it comes back out or you have trouble drinking it and it doesn't you are over filled, for me my Doc. , does the flouro , first he does the barium and makes me drink barium to see how fast or slow it goes down , then he looks under flouro fills me and repeats one more time to see how it goes down then he gives me water to drink to see how I am drinking and if it is going to come back up .

She's a brick house, badow badow, she's mighty mighty , dang girl you look real good , congrats on working your program and a yr.

I have been walking and sweating as it has been in the 80's and 90's , so I was trying to bet the heat and already it feels like it is going to be in the 80's again , at least it is not as windy as it has been the last couple days , but I did it and that's what counts.

Maybe if it's not to windy , it was crazy driving to Costa Mesa just to see my Lap band surgeon . But we will see wave going on that day or evening , I understand I also have my issues as I have a 17 yr. old that be 18 in August and he is away at sort of lock down school focusing on his studies , he has quite a few issues , that I have learned to deal with, but for people that don't know him it is hard for them to think like he does, that is nice that you are there for your friend and helping , and if it is to windy I really don't want to drive to far so will see what we can do.