mumof2boys

Yeah...that's true. You don't want to get "dis"approved. I think that I lost 15 pounds during my two week liquid diet and let me just tell you...IT SUCKED!!! The band is the best thing that I have ever done. I never thought that I could say that I have lost over 100 pounds. I have less than 30 to go and I could just scream it from the mountain tops. I think that I'm smaller now than I was when I graduated high school. Good luck to you and keep in touch!!! Us Marylanders need to stick together!

Haha...maybe you should bet on the Redskins...you never know what may happen this year...keep up the good work...you really do look great!

How have you been? I've been hanging in there...can't wait until I get the thumbs up to exercise again...all I'm allowed to do right now is walk and it's getting pretty old.

If I don't up my fundraising efforts and get some donations, I won't be doing the 3day walk. I have to raise $2,300 or I can't walk...I have only raised $175...however, 3 of my 4 donations have come from lovely people on this board...everyone (well, almost everyone) here is so awesome.

Well...I hope you're doing well...talk to ya soon.

Thanks! I loved participating in the walk. I was very impressed because I never got on a sweep van...went all 60 miles and it felt great. I wanted to participate again this year but the fundraising is tough and nobody wants to do it with me. Plus...I'm having my plastic surgery on April 14 for a lower body lift. I'll be all healed by October but I will miss some training. Good luck to you!!! Oh...we didn't have a pie cooking contest at ours...that was probably a good thing though.

Well...tomorrow is the big day...he's freaking out and he's stressing me big time. I have a terrible headache...I can't even imagine how tomorrow is going to be. Me and the boys are going to go to my brothers house and hang out with him and my sister-in-law while he's moving out. I need to get up and go for a walk but it's cold outside...uuuggghhhhh

Thanks! You can do it...just think of how great your going to feel at the end of your journey. I'm having plastic surgery on April 14 and I just cannot wait. It's like starting a new life. The band is my best friend. And...I meant it...you're looking great. Keep up the good work.

Hi Sweetmama...Thanks for the compliments. For the past two months I have pretty much been maintaining. At my one year mark I was down about 107 pounds. I'm currently wearing a size 10 and/or mediums. I started out in a very, very tight 22/24 and/or 2X. I never thought that I would be where I am today but I decided that if I was going this route and having surgery, I was going to make it work for me. I began exercising and eating right and the weight started falling off. I just recently completed the Breast Cancer 3-Day, walking a total of 60 miles over 3 days. I never thought that I would be able to do that but I did it and felt wonderful about it.

Good luck to you. You can do it. Think of how wonderful you will feel and how much energy you will have. I love going out to play with my kids now and before I just wanted to sit on the sofa. My life has definately made a dramatic change, a change for the better. Take care of yourself and keep in touch.

Hi Melisa. Thanks for looking at my pictures. I started out at 275 pounds. I was wearing a 2X or a 22/24 (and it was tight). I'm now in a medium or a size 10. I am 5'5" and currently weight between 150-157 (I keep going up and down). Good luck to you. If I can do it, you can too. Keep in touch. I would love to hear how things work out for you. Tina

Thanks for the comments on my pictures. It is so amazing to look at new pictures and old pictures. I never pictured myself the way that I used to look. I guess you don't face reality until it slaps you in the face. Good luck to you!

Thanks so much for looking at my pictures and posting a message. I see that you're a neighbor (kind of). You will do well with the band. You just have to remember that it's a tool and you'll be good to go. I have to say that it has changed my life for the best. Take care and keep in touch.

I knew from the very get go that I would need PS. After having two HUGE babies...there was no snapping back. My first weighed 9 lbs. 8 oz. and the second one was 10 lbs. 4 oz. So...needless to say, I knew that PS was in the future for me. I'm having a lower body lift and breast lift with implants. I'm scared to death. I know it's gonna hurt like hell but in the end I will be so happy.

Hey you...how's it going? Only seven days now until my surgery. Got a call from the hospital this afternoon to go over my health history and get me all ready to go. Went to the lab to have my blood drawn and now all is ready to go. I can't believe it. I have been waiting so long for such a change in my life and it's almost here. I can't imagine feeling any better about myself...is that even possible...despite the fact that my husband tried to completely ruin my self esteem...there was no dragging me down!!! I can't believe how much I have changed over the last year. Who am I? Lol

So...how are you doing?

Yeah...I'm sure that in the end I'll be happy but the money thing is killing me and I am concerned over scars. Sometimes I scar alright and other times they are horrible. I guess I can't stress...I have to just wait and see what happens. The other thing I'm concerned about now is that I am finally seperating from my husband so I'm worried about who is going to take care of me when I get home...I asked my dad to come help me.

Hey there...I'm so glad that you are doing so well...I have slipped a little but it also started after a new medication so I have stopped that and I'm going for a fill today...I will NEVER go back anywhere near where I was before...my new life ROCKS! I'm going to go on a cruise in April so I gotta get a nice looking bathing suit body...lol. Keep up the good work...I am soooooo proud of you!

Thanks...me too...on top of it all, I don't feel like I'm getting my mothers support and she lives right next door and can be a big help but she thinks I should stay with my cheating ass husband. Anyway...I guess it will all work out one way or another. I'm gonna make it work.

Hey there...how's it going?

Thank you so much. It's been a long, hard journey but so very worth it. I can't wait to get this excess skin taken off. I'm scheduled for surgery for April 14...I'm having a lower body lift and breast lift with implants (I lost ALL my boobs:() You will be successful with the band as long as you have made up your mind that you are ready to take on this journey. You can do it!!!!! Thanks again.

Good for you!!! I think that I found those 10 pounds that you lost...lol...I have been eating like a cow...I'm sure it's stress related and hopefully it will end soon. I'm doing alright...I told the kids this past weekend that daddy was moving out. Their response was "okay". I cried and my husband cried but I knew that I would get emotional. He's suppose to be moving out this weekend but he's having a hard time finding friends to help him move. Next weekend is my sons birthday party so that will be a little weird but I'll get through it. Anyway...all in all I think I'm doing alright.

Hey Speed...so...surgery went well and I'm rocking and rolling right through recovery. I posted some current pics on my thread "Betrayal is a Bitch" under Rants and Raves...you'll have to check them out.

How was your port revision?

Hey gal...do me a favor and delete the message from that idiot mymy...it's just unnecessary and uncalled for...she needs therapy.

Thanks!!! You will get there...it takes determination, will power and patience but it is within reach. If I can do it...anyone can do it!!! Good luck to you.

Hey there...I am actually doing great. It's tough on me to see my husband have such a hard time but to be honest with you...I haven't been this happy in a very, very long time. I'm loving life...I have a new love for myself and I'm taking care of me and my kids. The only thing bothering me right now is that I'm scared to death of my upcoming surgery. It is in 3 weeks from today and I'm horrified. I go next week to pay for it and to get "marked up" to see what they are going to remove. The recovery is scaring me to death. Other than that...I couldn't be any better. How are you doing?

Oh no...I hope that everything goes well for you. I'll be thinking about you today while you're at the hospital. Let me know how things go.

Right now I seem to be having some sort of allergic reaction to something and I'm freaking out about it. I have a rash all over my arms and my legs and they are itching like crazy. I can't take anything until I call the surgeon's office to see what I can and can't take. You know how it is prior to surgery...ONLY TYLENOL products. So...that's where I stand right now.

Best of luck to you today...take care and let me know how you're doing.

Hey there BooBoo...it's been a long time...thought I would stop by and say hello and see how you're doing. I'm doing great...got my final divorce hearing next week and can't wait. Hope to hear from ya soon.

Hey there blueeyes, cutiew, jeepgal and Speed...thanks so much. I didn't realize that my pics actually uploaded. I was having trouble with my computer yesterday. I added more to the album that I was working on yesterday. I did the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk over the weekend and I added pictures from that. OK...my highest weight was 275 and I believe that the day of surgery I was about 263 (2 week liquid diet). To date, I have lost 125 pounds. These last ten pounds are kicking my rear but I'm in no hurry (although I do want a lower body lift this coming spring). I was banded on April 30, 2007. I do exercise but not nearly enough. I think that my legs are toned because in my younger days I was a gymnast and in high school I was on the Pom squad. I do have sagging skin on my thighs but my doctor doesn't think that I need a thigh lift. We'll see about that. Anyway...thanks so much for the compliments...take a look at the pics that I just uploaded and tell me what you think. You guys can do it!!! If I can do it, anyone can. Good luck to you all and keep in touch.