Fight4Light

First I would like to say thanks to all the well wishes. It's been a long journey, and i still have a ways to go. To answer your question, yeah I do have a lot of extra skin, on my back and stomach and thighs. It's really annoying because when I'm clothed and standing up it hangs and makes me look faster than I am (almost like a perpetual muffin top), and when I bend over it hangs from me. I added some pictures from about 10 to 15 pounds ago. You can see the muffin top effect and the way it hangs. But it will hopefully go away within the next few years, I'm pretty young and my skin has been taken care of pretty well.

In just 7 months (almost to the day, my 7 month anniversary of my surgery will be 7/28). I have lost 90 pounds. I can't believe I'm just 10 pounds away from triple digits. In honor of that, I've updated my signature ticker (which hadn't been updated since I was at 261), I also edited my profile pictures and added some more current pictures of me. I'm attaching a picture to show what you can accomplish in 7 months.

Awesome, just don't forget that Protein is your first concern, I know it seems counter intuitive, but every meal should be protein first, then if you have room veggies and after that, fruit. Are you taking a Multivitamin? I have a brand from cvs that is like adult gummy Vitamins. Tastes pretty good and goes down really easy.

http://m.pinterest.com/fight4light/ There is a mobile link to all my boards

Ah I'm 4 months in and 3 fills I'm very restricted. I think tortillas are just a trigger food for me. It's like how some people have problems with beef but I can handle it fine. After the first fill, I gut stuck on a tortilla but it went down on its own like 5 min later, then I didn't attempt it again, until a few weeks ago, and there was just no way it was going down

Ingredients: - 2 pounds of lean ground turkey - 5.25 sticks of light mozzarella string cheese, quartered. - 3 tablespoons of egg substitute - Greek Seasoning (I used Konriko brand) makes 21 meatballs (7 servings) Instructions 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit 2. Lightly spray 13x9 pyrex baking dish with cooking spray (I used butter flavored) 3. In a big bowl; mix ground turkey, egg substitute, and greek seasoning together. 4. Cut 6 string cheeses into 4 pieces each (you will have 3 pieces left over to snack on... Cooking is hungry work!) 5. Using a tablespoon, measure out 2 tablespoons of the meat mixture in the palm of your hand, then take one piece of the string cheese and form the meat around the string cheese then place in the baking dish. 6. Repeat for all 21 meatballs, if done correctly you will have 21 meatballs exactly the same size and no meat leftover. 7. spray the tops of the meatballs with cooking spray lightly, this will help crisp up the tops. 8. Cook in oven for approximately 25 minutes. 9. Remove from oven to drain off the fat completely, then return to oven to cook for another 10 minutes. 10. Enjoy! Nutrition Facts Calories per serving (3 meat balls): 224 calories protein: 29 grams fat: 12 grams carbs: <1 grams So I know mozzarella isn't a greek seasoning, but konriko brand does have a lot of similar spices to italian seasoning. If you prefer you can use italian season, or just even salt and pepper. You can eat these by themselves or you can eat them with some Pasta sauce. I know yesterday at walmart I found a basic tomato & basil pasta sauce for 45 Calories a serving! (That's a full 1/2 cup of sauce!). In my opinion, this is one of those lapband perfect foods. It's easy to make, makes a lot of servings, high in Protein (3 meat balls is about half of what a lapbander should get a day in protein!), low in fat, just about no carbs to speak of and it's fairly low calories. I hope you all enjoy

I'm not a fan of shrimp but you are so lucky to eat tortillas, I can't even handle a single bite -__- what's your secret?