Mischievous1

You hit your goal? You Rock! I haven't been on in a while. My son turned ONE in November, I hit 41 in Oct and then we had Thanksgiving, Christmas and now prepping the books for EOY tax time stuff....after the new year I am going to start focusing on me again...then focusing back on me again!! LEt me know how life 'at goal' is like, is it staying off!!?? Is you band still pretty tight?

Hi Jennifer, just checking in...how are you doing? Have you lost alot of weight are you super skinny now??

At first the weight just melted off (I was breastfeeding) then I had to work to get myself down to 4 lbs from pre-pregnancy weight...then I quit breastfeeding (right after I sent you that last message) and I put on 10 lbs in a few days! I'm taking a spin class 2x a week and meeting with a trainer once a week and then doing more cardio for another hour a week (usually elliptical) but still havent' gotten a fill (that may be coming soon) however, my problem doesn't seem to be eating too much, in fact the trainer says im not eating enough protein (hard protein) argh...so this week, i'm focusing on that before going for another fill. I'm thinking about getting another bodybugg, I used to have one and it really made me aware of how active I was (or not) for the day and I would push to get to my daily goal..are you still using yours?

Yeah for you! This is getting closer, aren't you excited?

Puddin, You have been an inspiration to me for years...I know you are into road biking and recently I took a spinning class....OUCH...don't know that biking will ever be my passion, but how are you? Have you had a baby recently? Are you keeping your weight off? I had a band baby boy in November and am almost back to pre baby weight, I can't seem to lose anymore and need to get back on the Lap Band Talk site for inspiration...let me know how you are doing and if you have any good threads going that may help me on my next 25 pound journey.

Laura- you haven't been on LapBand Talk for a long time! Are you doing okay??

Trina

I am hoping you will friend me, i've been following your progress and am curious how happy you are with your surgery now after it has all healed? I am want to go for surgery too, but i'm afraid to even go see a PS as I feel I am still too "fat" and they will tell me to get out of their office...LOL...isn't that sad? How tall are you and what weight/size were you when you got your surgery? Is there a chart they follow to determine if you are small enough? Thanks for any advice you are willing to offer.

Trina

Thanks...it's been a tough couple of months....I put on 8 lbs after the new year and realized I had a complete and total out of control SUGAR ADDICTION. So I've been sugar-free for the past 2 weeks and i'm back down 5 lbs!

You're due to fly out in 2 days!! Aren't you nervous? You'll be fine, but It is scary taking that BIG step!

I was soooooo scared, but had to pretend like I wasn't because my husband was so against it. Once we got there and he met Dr. Ortiz, he relaxed (and so did I) he's a competent and confident surgeon who does this surgery so often he could do it in his sleep and with people with as low a BMI as we have, it's his least risky surgery and you will be up and about the next day-no problem. You are taller than me and slimmer so you should see quick results!! Send me some pics and keep me up to date on your progress!!

This is the Dr. I was thinking of: Dr. Kirshenbaum in Aurora, CO (www.lapbandrockies.com)

I have heard a lot of great things about him and he runs approx. 10k I believe which is a great price for sucha great surgeon. If you really are serious about Mexico I highly recommend my surgeon Dr. Ortiz or Dr. Kuri.

There are ups and downs to going to Mexico...for me it was the BEST decision, but being in Colorado I believe you have a Dr. VERY close to you who does it for a reasonable price....remember there will be times that you may need medical attention and flying to Mexico on the spur of the moment is not always an option....send me a picture, i'm really curious. What's your highest weight? I was about 245 and i'm approx. 5'7" ... i'm a little older than you too, so you may have faster weight loss than I did as well....anyway i'm rambling.

Thanks but they are such a STUBBORN two pounds! I expected to have lost them by the end of last month and the scale hasn't budged....My band is looser though so i've been contemplating another fill, but i'm really not sure I need one...i'm still not able to eat alot at one sitting i'm just able to get it down easier. I've been really increasing my activity level this past month too so I think most of the problem is the increase in muscle. Let's pray October is a Onederful month!!!!!