southernqt

It's hard not to compare yourself to other banded people that got banded around the time I did. I've lost 39.7 lbs since April and I understand that it's wonderful but it's hard not to think why haven't I lost 70 or 80 lbs in 6 months. Maybe it's different body types that lose faster or it's they are working out more a week and more intense. Lol I don't know I just had to let that out :-)

Wow tomorrow!!! That's so exciting you will have to know how you're doing after! Good luck and I'm so glad everything was okay.

Another NSV today is I have a outline of my elbow! Y'all are the only ones I can tell that to and have someone be excited for me lol. No one else really understands all these little things I'm seeing haha...they just are happy for me if I said pigs fly lol! Today I was putting on my makeup and for some reason I looked at my arm and could see my elbow instead of just it being round.

Also the reading isn't always right....the doc can look at it and see if it actually looks like what the machine is reading.

I've put my leads there before....even on the bottom part of someone's stomach depending on how hard it was to get to their legs. Good luck I hope everything turns out for the best! :-)

I'm at 4.6 and I need .1 out because it's too tight so there is no definite answer but some people don't need any fluid and can have restriction :-)

It's that way in middle ga :-) but no pumpkin

Hey Julie! I hope everything goes okay with your insurance. Even if you do have to do 6 months it will go by fast because you're working towards something! I had to do 3 months and it went by quick. Good luck!

My PCP and surgeon both were supportive in my decision to get the band and I never was questioned.... I don't understand why doctors would do that. I was actually told by my PCP that it was an awesome idea that I wanted to look into the band and try and get healthier. I do have a pretty awesome PCP though lol (took years to find her though).

GNC lean shakes are good. :-)

They didn't have pumpkin :-( but I did buy chocolate and strawberry :-)

Not diluted in Water but just putting them in the fridge I'm not sure.

Room temp they are nasty... The way I recommend do it is holding your nose and just drink it. I tried mixing it with water and it was NASTY!

I didn't know about this site either before my band. I just looked at YouTube of videos on lap band and their journey. I tried to find out all the information I could but I didn't let the negative get to me. You will have negative things happen to you if you're overweight too.

Okay :-) thanks

Okay :-) thanks

I go to a weekly meeting called TOPS (take off pounds sensibly) and we weigh every Monday at the same time. This month though I haven't weighed at all because of work so I have no clue what I weigh. I would say maybe every week or two on the same day and the same time but that's just my opinion :-)

My fiancé told me a phrase that stuck with me...it wasn't towards me but I liked it...we all need to eat to live not live to eat.....it makes sense too

I agree I went camping and it wasn't about the food it was about the woods! I had a blast because I wasn't wondering what I was going to eat I was wondering what I was hunting. :-)