beckiet

Sorry about not posting of late, all, and especially Suzzzie. I've been swamped at work and working late each night, plus we moved to the country and we don't have internet service at home yet. I am still game for a trip...late march/early april is fine by me. Just let me know when/where and ideas and I'll put in my requests.

Name...Challenge Start Wt...Current Wt...Challenge Goal...To Go BeckieT......... 259 .......... 252 ...... 239 ........... 13 captdanbo....... 211 .......... 211 ...... 185 ........... 26 cc...............202 ...........200 .......190 ........... 10 finallythin..... 254 .......... 254 ...... 225 ........... 29 glindab......... 277 .......... 269 ...... 250 ........... 19 Holliwagz........325 .......... 315 ...... 295 ........... 20 Huntersmom...... 174 .......... 172 ...... 159 ........... 13 insubordination..300 .......... 296.5..... 283 ........... 13.5 ja9va........... 207 .......... 199 ...... 182 ........... 20 lessnless....... 206 .......... 191.2..... 179 ........... 12.2 Miscontext...... 303 .......... 303 ...... 275 ........... 28 MissDarlene..... 223 .......... 223 ...... 195 ........... 28 MJsafari........ 268 .......... 252 ...... 238 ........... 14 MM.............. 242 .......... 227.2..... 218 ............ 9.2 o2bthin..........238 .......... 233 ...... 215 ........... 18 PaulaD.......... 216 .......... 216 ...... 199 ........... 17 Stefanie42467... 206 .......... 200 ...... 175 ........... 25 Suzzzie......... 349 .......... 337 ...... 320 ........... 17 SWEETY.......... 202 .......... 195 ...... 180 ........... 15 Texasmom5573.... 252 .......... 252 ...... 230 ........... 22 Waters.......... 214 .......... 213 ...... 190 ........... 24 wombat712....... 180 .......... 172.4..... 165 ............ 7.4 Well I've finally hit 30 officially gone! I'm averaging 1.876 lbs. a week.

Everyone looks great! Missy, your children are both gorgeous.

I haven't taken any recent pictures. This one is of me last year in June with my co-workers...I'd lost down to 250 pounds, but quickly gained back up to 283 by preop.

I'm all for challenges! I think they help me realize/visualize where I need to be and need to be doing...count me in, please. Name....Challenge start wgt....current wgt.....chall. goal.....To go Huntersmom... 174...................174................159...... .....15 SWEETY.........202...................202....... ... .....180............22 MJsafari..........268...................268.... ... ........238............30 captdanbo.......211....................211..... ... . ....185............26 PaulaD............216....................216... ... ........199............17 Stefanie42467..206...................206....... ... .....175............31 Suzzzie. .........346....................346......... .....315............31 glindab............277....................277.. ... ..........250............27 MM.................242....................242.. ... ..........227............15 finallythin.........254....................254. ... ...........225............29 BeckieT...........259....................259... .............239.............20 My BMI Ticker goes by the office scales, but for this challenge I'm going by my home scale. Started out at 283 at preop. Ideally, my original goal was to be 50 total loss by Christmas...so this, when achieved, will put me at 6 pounds more to go.

Judy's wonderful...and she's so upset with herself if she thinks she's hurting me even in the slightest. I had some scar tissue making it difficult this morning...but I told her it wasn't painful...just a weird feeling. We'll do better next month! And really...6 pounds a month is great! In 12 months, that's 72 gone if you can do that steady. And my 2 pounds? Well...I'm trying to look at the mirror more...I love the changes I'm seeing there so far.

I had my second fill this morning. Poor Judy...the needle just didn't want to find the right spot and she felt horrible...but we finally go it. Another 1 cc in...for a total of 2 cc's in a 4cc band. Hopefully I'll feel some restriction this time. Sadly, I've only lost 2 pounds since my last visit. I've been doing a yo-yo thing with 3 pounds back and forth the entire month. So, Clear liquids today, liquids tomorrow and mushies on Sunday. I do notice I'm burping more today already. Anyone experience that?

Sounds great, Suzzzie!! I can't believe we've been banded 2 months already...just wish the scale were moving faster for me, but I do see a difference when I look in the mirror...I need to remind myself to have my mom measure me in the morning when I drop off the kids. Rhonda: What hotels did you check out? Do they have any room/show combos? There was so much I didn't get to see this year...it was our first time out there...

I may be coming by myself as well...would be happy to room with someone. Monday-Wed would be fine by me...would give two full days before that to be with my kids. April is also fine...weather was nice this year when hubby and I went middle of April.

Is it too late to join? Sorry! I just started a Zumba class...once a week due to budget....but I'd like to be part of this challenge if that's okay. Right now... for classes I've done 120 minutes...they're 60 minute classes and I've done two so far...three more to go...so that would be 300 minutes total for the classes. I'd probably make my initial goal at 400 then...I want to do more exercise on my own but right now we've just moved and I'm still getting things unpacked...unless I can count that time? lol

Rhonda, Went to Vegas in April for the first time! Liked it. I'm game...just let me know when and I'll take the vacation tme. ; ) DH and I stayed at the Sahara...and used the monorail to get around. Sahara was quiet as it was on the North End of the Strip. We went to several of the hotels and saw a show or two.

KT: Thanks! I appreciate it. I had really thought it was just a bad, bad bruise up until this weekend. Glad that it ruptured outward instead of into my bloodstream...and I have been feeling great with all of this...except for the pain when anything touched or breezed near my port site. Suzzzie: See my PM. I think as long as yours isn't warm to the touch you're probably ok. It definitely wouldn't hurt to call the center though and let them know about the pain you've been having...they may want to see you just to check it out. One thing I forgot to ask: Have you been doing hot most packs on it? That might help.

Hi, all! Thanks for the support. Well, after thinking it was just bruising and swelling (I bruise super easily) I found out this Sunday that it was an absess. I woke up Sunday with my PJs wet...then sat up and saw blood. Went to the ER, had a CAT scan...still some absess near the port site. Went to Doc today and was taken off work for a week due to open sore and possibility of more infection. Otherwise I feel fine. My nerf football is gone; my pain is gone...my tummy's looking normal except there's still some poofiness and some redness.

Suzzzie: Way to go! What an accomplishment!! Those 28s will feel perfect here in no time. Musicalmomma: Sounds like that's a good predicament to be in...not enough of the smaller sized clothes yet...but treat yourself. You've lost 37 pounds! You deserve a smaller clothes buy...I'm going to try to do something special for myself every 20 pounds and at big milestones (50, 75, 100). And I have a friend who was banded in Feb. and her birthday is a month before mine so we have a deal...in September between our birthdays we're to have a shopping spree...$1 for every pound we've lost and we're going to a local thrift store to get us some new clothes. She's lost 25 so far and I'm at 18.7 faithmd: Don't be discouraged...we all lose in different places. I've seen my loss in my face and unfortunately in my bra size...I'm still wearing same pants (mostly due to swelling/hematoma at port site). lo2us: A great NSV! One I'm looking forward to as well...I'm hoping that's one benefit of the band that I'll see. Way to go!!! My NSV? I started back to work Monday. When a coworker of mine walked in she took one look at me and said "Beckie, you're already losing! You look great!" I actually think she meant it...I don't believe she was just being polite. I've had 5 others stop by to see how I'm doing and all have commented that I look like I've lost already or that I look great.

ANY help is greatly appreciated. I had my post op yesterday and everything was fine, my port incision area was just a little puffy...today it stands out from the rest of my belly big time (by an inch maybe). I'm not in pain...just sore. Please...help. I don't want to go to the emergency room...and have had no problems with my surgery until now. I can't find a weekend number for the doctors office.

My doc, and Suzzzie's doc, does it at 5 weeks post op.

abominableglib, My doctors office just called and told me my hiatal hernia was large and the surgeon wanted me to take over the counter prilosec for a week before surgery. They didn't mention repairing it during surgery, but he had said in preop consult that they sometimes can. I was just wondering if your recovery time was extended? Was your surgery longer? Thanks!! Beckie

Good luck, Soniapaz!!! Congratulations on getting your date set!! I'm still in waiting mode myself...but my pre-ops are done.

NoLap-Band4me, Have you checked out Weight Loss Surgical Center--? This is who is doing my surgery. Dr. Ellison is wonderful...he did my best friends surgery earlier this year. The staff is very friendly and helpful. They're located at 135th just off of 69 Hwy in Overland Park. Good luck!! vbmenu_register("postmenu_420338", true);

Hi, all! Just taking a moment to introduce myself. I have my pre-op visit with my surgeon tomorrow and do labs and EKG. I am so ready for this!! Initial visit was 01/03/07, but my insurance required a psyche eval and 8 pre-surgery food counseling sessions with a nutritionist before approval. They approved me on 05/09/07. I'm very lucky as I have a very supportive family, friends and even co-workers. I have two co-workers who've had the surgery and one friend; all with great stories and experiences. And on the other end, I know several people who've had different bariatric surgeries with horrible results. I am mom to two adorable children, daughter 3 years 1 month and son 20 months. My husband and family are all very supportive of my decision, so I know I am very lucky and blessed.