captain danbo

nvalicia, Your weight loss is great!!!! I wish I could only eat 1.5 cups of food. anyway keep up the hard work.

o2bthin: I am just 5' 8.5" I am pretty short. I think I might be at a pretty good weight right now. but I keep saying to myself " you could lose more" but really I feel good about how I look and feel. I went from a size 46" to a 32" and I shirt size from a XXL to a M so I really I have no reason to me complaining. It's like today I ate really well till about 6:30PM and I sat I ate a bunch of Party chic wings. I did not do all of this to be able eat what ever I want. I have lost weight in the past and I am freaked out I am going to put it back on like I did in the past. I already see myself slipping a little as far as what I am eating. And I am having a hard time getting my Doc to do another fill becasue of my weight loss so far. I think I have to stop working out and put weight back on in order to talk him into doing another fill. (I would never do that) thats what I think sometimes.

Rhonda, I also can eat anything. I have had a few things get stuck where I PBing. And I hate/love the feeling. Sounds strange, I hate it because it hurts so darn bad but I love it because it's the only time I even know I had weight loss surgery. I hear some people talk about some foods they can/can't eat the only time sometime something get stuck for me is when I eat to fast or don't chew. I think we just need more fills.

I don't get called a Hotty every often. Thank you!

jel: I felt weak after because i was eating very little. just make sure you are getting in your Protein . Do as much as your doc says. I had to intake aleast 80gm

The way I know could explain it is the worst pain you have ever had then X's it by 10. I have had it happen a few times and just about everytime I eat I think about it and I chew chew chew. I hate the feeling.

thank you guys for all your help with all of this. I don't eat them everyday but when I do eat them, it's alot. But today is a new day (nut free) and I not going to even look at the damn nuts.

On another note: I don't really know how to find a goal weight. The BMI chart tell me to get under 162LBS I am down to about 175lbs and when I look at myself I sometimes think I might be getting alittle to small. I sometimes think I should just try to stop losing and stay 170-180 and other times I think I should shoot for the 160. My lapband doc said to get down to 160 and my Reg doc told me to stay 175-180 I trust both of them so I don't really know who I should listen to. Anyhow this is just one more thing on my mind.

When I am at home I don't eay many nuts at all. but when I am at work on a boat with 15other people we get food by the case. Case ice cream, case of nuts, case of candys, case of everything your could think of and the only thing I am having a hard time with is the nuts. I know alot of people don't buy the stuff so they don't eat the stuff but for me it's not that easy because I am at work for 28days at a time and I can't tell the cook what not to order.

I have lost a lot of weight but if something goes wrong and I start putting weight back on I will quit and find another job.

something I don't understand is some people can't eat some foods at all, while others can eat as much as they want. Now if insubor can only manage to eat 4 nuts, once I get to my sweet spot should I only be able to eat a few as well? I don't know why some foods work for some people but not for others. It seems to me if your tight your tight, I don't understand why it differs from person to person. Does anyone know why?

OK here I am going NUTS!!!! I can't stop eating them. I have not weighed myself in over a month and i don't feel like I have put any weight on. To be honest I think I am down some more because I have to make my belt tighter. I keep telling myself it's ok because I don't eat alot of crap like I used to. I also workout everyday (60-90mins of cardio and 30-45mins of weight training 6-7days a week) So I keep telling myself some nuts is not a big deal. But when I sit down and eat a can of nuts and read the fat facts on the back of the can, I really start to feel bad. I sorry for talking so much about the damn nuts put they really stress me out. I think I have a addiction. I can't wait till my next fill and put a stop to cans of nuts.

I still don't understand this band. Sometimes I feel full, others times I feel nothing. I have slimed only 3-4 times with 2 of them being pretty darn bad. I wish I would feel something everytime. My doc don't really want to do another fill because of how good I have done so far. Last night I ate a whole can of mixed nuts. THE WHOLE CAN!!!! Now I got this band to help me not do that, but it did not help me at all last night. So I have another appt for a fill on the 27th when I get home and I am not going to leave till he gives me a fill. But when I do slime I think of about another fill and it freaks me out. what do you guys think?

I have to fly every month because of work. But I don't plan to fly to LV.

it all sounds good to me. we might get it alittle cheeper during the week. BUt I know alot of people have to work. But it don't really matter to me. I take a whole month off at a time and I only live about 4 hours aways and I also have friends that live close so I might even out a few days early.

It would be better for me the week before also but I could still do 7-9.

sorry it took so long for me to get reply it's just work is really kicking my butt. anyway I think the above date are fine the only thing is I might have to go back to fly back to work that monday night. But if I know that forsure dates soon I more than likely put it off for one more day. Any where sounds good to me. If no one mind rooming with a dude I would like to split the cost of the room with someone. Anyhow lets do this.

I wanted to know how everyone is doing with working out their AB's. I try sit ups and cruchs but they make my port area sore. I started doing leg lifts and I feel fine for a few days but by 5-6days my port area starts to get sore. I just wanted to see what everyone else is doing.

I am still down to go. Are we all planing to stay at the same place or are we going to just meet up somewhere?

Toni: I have had really good weight loss with the band, But I have to say It's not really what I wanted. I wish I had a gastric bypass. I still eat more than I want to, and I still eat crap that I know I should not me eating. Just knowing I did something so crazy, like having a plastic implant inside of me freaks me out. And that whats what makes me eat less and workout more. the fact is being fat sucks, and I want this chapter of my life to be over ASAP. I think the band has helped me some but not what expected.

I wanted my doc the other day to do a fill, but he did not want to do it because of my great weight loss. What should I do? Get mad?

I got to my goal but still feel not much different than I did before the band. I started to eat different stuff. (little sugar, little carbs,) if I start to put weight back on, should I get mad?

Anyhow I wanted everyone to know, I love my weight loss but still question the whole lapband thing. I have only had one episode where I knew I had the band, THATS IT. so I won't be supprisedif I started to put weight back on. Anyhow I think I need morefill's but my weight loss say's otherwise. I don't know what to think. Anyhow just have to see what will happen my next visit.

I would like to go march 12th-april 9th where we go don't really matter to me. I can't wait for this, it sounds like alot of fun. please let me know if there is anything you want me to do to help.

I want to thank all you guys for the help along the way with this. This weight loss has been the hardest thing I have ever done and I think coming on this Forum and reading how and what everyone is doing has been a huge help. Losing all this weight has been a trip but what has even been a bigger trip is that I have actually inspired people to work harder and it really makes me feel even better about myself. Thank you guys

Name...Challenge Start Wt...Current Wt...Challenge Goal...To Go

Huntersmom...... 174........... 172....... 159............ 13

SWEETY.......... 202........... 195....... 180............ 15

MJsafari........ 268........... 250....... 238............ 12

captdanbo....... 211........... 177....... 185............ -8

PaulaD.......... 216........... 216....... 199............ 17

Stefanie42467... 206........... 200....... 175............ 25

Suzzzie......... 349........... 334....... 320............ 14

glindab......... 277........... 269....... 250............ 19

MM.............. 242........... 227.2..... 218........... 9.2

finallythin..... 254........... 254....... 225............ 29

BeckieT......... 259........... 252....... 239............ 13

Miscontext...... 303........... 303....... 275............ 28

ja9va........... 207........... 199....... 182............ 20

wombat712....... 180........... 171.6..... 165........... 6.6

Texasmom5573.... 252........... 252....... 230............ 22

Waters.......... 214........... 213....... 190............ 24

lessnless....... 206........... 191.2..... 179.......... 12.2

MissDarlene..... 223........... 223....... 195............ 28

o2bthin..........238........... 233....... 215............ 18

insubordination..300........... 288....... 283.............05

Holliwagz........325........... 315....... 295.............20

cc...............202............200....... 190.............10

Texasmom5573.... 252........... 246....... 230............ 16

Grace........... 173........... 169....... 165............ 4

My new goal is not to put any weight back on.

Well I went to my Doc today to get my 3rd fill and found out something. I AM 3 LBS PAST MY GOAL!!!! I still feel like I am eating to much (no less than 2 cups per meal) but the doc really did not want to do another fill in fear of me losing to much weight. He says because of how active I am eating more than 2 cups is ok he even said if I could try to eat alittle more to try to get my weight to level out. Anyway today was a good day and I thought you guys would like to hear.

stella: how did you visit go? Did your sis get a unfill or no. I have to go back on oct 20th for them to take some pics for the new web site I think they plan to post a pic of me on the site. I think that would be pretty cool. Anyhow it was good to see you guys hope all goes well.

I am off work from march 12th till april 9th I really hope we could go during that time because work will be really hard to get any other time off till may.

115lbs so far for me. I still got 10 more lbs to go.

just so everyone knows, I did not lose all weight after lapband. I did really good on the pre op diet and I started eating better back in march. I was down 60 lbs the day of lapband.

lady: that sounds really bad! Does your doc think your to tight? Someone was telling me pappya inzign helps stuff go down better but I have not had any problem so I have not took them my self. hope everything works out.