IndioGirl55

I was lurking around this weekend - there was a poll "Canadian Only" and in reading the thread - they ask "do you take your shoes of when you visit your friends" Green had posted yes- (it is a big custom in Canada i gather from what I read) so I posted (even thou it said Canadians only :biggrin1:) I said no - but that I live in the desert and we don't have boots caked in mud & snow - but that if i went to canada I would take my shoes off and stated that shoes & bra were the first thing I took off when I got home from work - since we know each other from here - she informed me that she only wears a bar as to to offend people - but that she too takes it off as soon as she is home... So when we meet - we will take our bras & shoe off while we have our coffee - and since we both smoke - we will have a cig with our coffee, shoeless feet and the girls free as birds :bounce: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f76/canadians-only-please-do-you-take-your-shoes-off-19117/

My Doc didn't say I couldn't have caffeine - I drink 1 or 2 cups in the morning and during the summer Ice Tea - infact Hot Chocolate (sf) is on my approved list of foods - choc has caffeine...

Lap Dancer - Great Article - We call it "sweet spot" but I like the green zone - but i think it is a little misleading imho - just cuz i am at my sweet spot doesn't stop my hunger - and yes sometime it is real hunger and some it's head hunger - but you know it takes a while to be able to distingush between the two- There are alot of people here who think the band will take away their hunger and then say "oh I'm so hungry" That's partly due to the fact that they don't know what satitiy is and all they know is that they ate a cup of something - ya they feel sort of full but heck that food tastes good and they want to keep eating cuz they are so use to eating 2 BIG bowls or plates of whatever. I think our heads are our worst enemies not our tummies - the person who discovers the band for your brain - will own the world...

I agree - some people become so obessed that they want to loose weight at any cost - they use their bands like bulimia .... My doc makes you go on full liquid for a week - then mushies for a week - soft for a week then reg after a fill.

Welcome Kiki :bounce: This site isn't the most active - but if you have any questions just ask we are here for you - I'm 760 Indio Good Luck on your journey - I love my band...

Green And I just love your sense of humor - you have me rolling on the floor with you "comments" I think we have another bad habit in common to - that goes with our coffee:bounce: I was telling my Uncle this weekend about the Canadian custom of taking your shoes off - he is now prepared to come to Canada and not make a fool of himself as a "dumb - dirty" American :biggrin1:

No darling I think the pictures would tell the whole story:omg: I think us older ones will win this one hands down - Linda doesn't post her age - but I think she is around my age - seems like it has come up in conversation before - Blooeyez sorry but us 50+ are going to win this one and if i were you I wouldn't even want to enter.. Ya gotta give us old gals some credit - we are losing weight for our health and we want to look good too - but even if we were thin our skin would be sagging but add on that we have been fat most of our lives our skin is really streached to the limits - too bad saggin & baggin skin isn't cool like saggin & baggin pants that the kids wear now a days - Hey 50+ ladies - we will start our own fad - :biggrin1:

Mindy I have pb'd on pudding - not because i am too tight - but because i have eaten to fast - it's not always from being too tight, imho. This is the reason you aren't suppose to gulp your Water either - I forget about my band at time - espeically if i am starving - after shoveling in 2 or 3 bite - my band reminds me - as i get the golf ball -

Green :clap2:CONGRATULATION - :clap2: Lost 5 lbs and didn't even try :clap2: Healthy eating habits -:bounce:even without the exercise... Sorry about the cold & teeth issues:sick :eek: And your Face issues should be about over buy now aren't they... IT IS ALL ABOUT YOU !!!! That just fine and dandy with me - I am a firm believer in tooting your own horn cuz if you don't no one else will.. We gotta share our acheivments !!!!!

I'll take that bet !!!! Mine are awful....

Hunter - I agree with you sometimes I think it is all a scam too I wonder if all these doc's that your surgeon sends you to for all your pre-op if they give him kick backs - I am just to cynical sometimes...-- but have met people here who continue to see their shrink about their food issue - and some really aren't mentally prepared to have this surgery.. $500 omg that was alot - I think mine was like $325 hr - but it was in network...

Yep - he is the only one here in the desert - and he knows his way around the insurance companies - the problem is that he could be helping so many more people if it wasn't for his program fee...

Jenn - Now doing all the right stuff... Tracking your calories (I love WW and think its a great eating program) and the exercise - these are the 2 things that you must do in order to lose weight - the band will do 25% of the work the other 75% is up to you... It you need go and get another fill - - It's hard - it is so very hard to change our habits... You have to plan what you are going to eat - you can not buy stuff that you know is unhealthy you need to make healthy food choices low fat - sugar free - When you are bored - get online - come here talk to other people who will understand how you feel and what you are going throught - No one knows a fat person except another fat person. I am a nite time eater - you know what I do - I save my daytime snacks (dannon lite & fit yogurs - jello sf puddings - healthy choice fudgecicles ) and eat them at night when I am hungry. I can get through the days with no problems - but the nites are hard for me - so I just plan for them I limit my calories to 1000 to 1200 daily by planing weighing & measuring my food - I get my 60 grms of protein and drink my water - I keep a food diary - I go to the gym 4 -5 days a week and walk on the treadmill - do i like doing all these things - the eating healhty is bad cuz it wasn't that I ate tons of junk just too much regular food plus alot of fried foods - do i like exercise - not really but know that I have to do it in order to lose weight - My highest was 250 - at this weight i tired easily - didn't have motivation to do much of anything execpt come to work. So I can imagine how tiring it is to carry around your weight. Jenn, please don't think that bypass was your answer instead of the lapband - it's not - neither are the magic cures to our weight issue they are only tools. You are not a failure - you just haven't developed your new habits (eating heathly & exercise) It takes awhile - but it will come if you just keep plugging away - It you can - see a counsler (sp) about your food issues - alot here do.. You can't think of this as most diets fail everyone due to fact that once you stop - you gain all the weight back on - we are making life time life style changes to our food issues.. We are here to support you - go to give you tough band love...

Yep big bucks - alot more than you - but it includes 5 yrs of office visits/fills and access to my doc 24/7 (i have his cell phone #) access to the nutritionst etc.. I wanted a local doctor - So I paid the fee.. I am blessed to have had the $$$...

Longhorn - the way i read it was that she had pd'd originally and then just started eating around the band - she does state she has restriction - She need to make the committment to change her eating habits - if you are too tight then yes unfill - don't eat around the band cuz you can. The band is nothing more than a tool and if you don't eat correctly you aren't going to lose

Peaches - you lost quite a bit pre-surgery - so this could be a factor. The other - what are you eating & are you exercising. I find that for me exercise is the key... Also keeping a food diary... Allaboutme - I just don't know about going to mexico - alot do but if a problem occurs I want help now - I want American laws to protect me. You have no recourse with a Mexico Doctor... My Doc gave me a Calorie King Book & Log and I have ck'd out there website - it's good - I just keep a little diary book that I got from Target it 3 x 3 and easy to carry - IMHO keep a food diary is key to weight loss as we forget about the little things that do add up BlooEyez - I know that the day of my fill didn't feel anything but the next day it kicks is - My doc makes you go back to postop diet 7 days full liquids - 7 days mushie - 7 days soft & then regular. I had my 2nd fill on the 24th and still have restriction but it has loosen up. Where do you live?? if you are only 1 1/2 from TJ - LA or Orange ???

I knew they did this for your face but didn't know it was used on the rest of your body - my bat wings are too big - they will have to be cut on - that's the problem as you get older - and I have read where that surgery has not been perfected yet - scars are seen,...

Smagi Why would he suggest bypass - it's no different - people who have had bypass can gain their weight back too and many do. I really don't get that people don't understand from the get go that neither the band or bypass is the cure all to our weight issues - they are tools - just like diet pills use to be - you did fine as long as you took them but once you stopped - here come the pounds right back and some This is no different - we have to make LIFE TIME LIFE STYLE changes to how we deal with food...

I to am an Insurance Girl - Agency side - Commercial Lines - I was back to work 6 day post op - had surgery on Tues back at work on Monday - Your port is attached to your tummy muscle under your skin. You can have the band removed - but why would you - it's not that we can't lose the weight it's that we always gain it back. The band is a tool to help us control our portions for the rest of our lives.

Rain First of all my prayer to your family - 2nd help your hubby make better food choices - ya this is difficult period - but it doesn't mean he has to turn to food - food is not the answer it's not going to make his Mother better and it's only going to hurt him. I would assume that you are the meal provided in the family - pack him lunches - get the junk out of the house that he's eating,... I don't understand why he would be destoryed unless this was just a plain out competion between the 2 of you - which you know there will be no winners there... Support him - help him make better food choices ... That's my suggestion...

Dini - 51 lbs in 4.5 month that's SUPER GREAT... But I do know what you mean - even if its just 1/2 lbs - it helps so much to see that scale move down - but Don't be so hard on yourself - OMG I don't know if I could work around food and not pick at it all day or night long... Teething :0) I remember those days - my sons was such a drooler and still is :lost2lbs: when he sleeps ... Yes ,we miss you and Chim - you 2 where ALWAYs here when we 1st started - it's nice to hear from you guys - we miss the gang... I am good can't complain - feeling great - hungry right now and I got 1 1/2 till lunch... We know you work late hours - but pop in every now and again and let us know what's up (glad you and adam aren't having all the drama anymore - but it was interesting to read ;0)) Are you planing to see any shows??? Right now there is some kind of strike going on so people are getting refunds cuz there are no shows - producer or lighting people I don't remember what - but the holidays is a big time in the city and people are going to be dissappointed cuz that's the thing to do in NY go to a broadway show... xoox Janet

Yes Chim - you need to apoligize to us :heh: we have missed you... Are you still working 2 jobs?? You might not have a scale but how are your clothes fitting - I had to go out a get a few things this weekend cuz NOTHING fit and it wasn't good for myself image to walk around in clothes that were so baggy - it was making me depressed.... Tell us what's up - any men to speak about ?? Hows your family?? You know all the stuff... xoxo Janet

New Journey - I am so sorry about your food restrictions - OMG i would not have been able to follow those rules - I can't to the atkins type eating plan - i am a WW girl - cuz you get a little bit of every thing in portion control size. I have to get 60 grm protein daily - ususally don't have a problems with this - In my mushie/soft stage I mashed potatoes, refired Beans - scrambled eggs - oatmeal - polenta - fish and all kinds of veggies (well cooked but thats how I like them).. Your port will bug you for a while but then you forget about it - just like i forget about my band sometimes when I am really hungry - but it will remind you when you eat too fast - I have pb'd on pudding - OMG no milk - Calcium helps rid your body of fats - I could have dannon lite & fit yogurt - but i am of the age where i need my calicum - i don't drink milk but use it cooking, yogurt and pudding & fudgecicles (sf)

Good Morning Phyl No I am at work - just have it (lapband) in the back ground - slow so far this mornng and we won't have much mail since it's Veterans day - but we don't have the day off. Yes my Uncle was stationed in Spain for a while - he married an English Girl - had 2 daughter (they were both born here Wash DC) if i remember correctly - my Uncle is only 12 yrs older than me - the only living relative on my Mom's side of the family (of the siblings) He was a merchant marine too - the navigator of the ship - anyway some kind of officer - he had done tons of traveling doing that too.. Yes - it's just you & me are the Lucky #7 Thread Whores :Banane42: - if it wasn't for you an me - OMG this tread would take days to change pages . Well better get back to work - will ck in later xoxox J

Had some last night - 100 calorie snack bag - I eat it maybe once a month..