TracyK

My lap band doctors office gave me the phone numbers of 3 different places. The first one said yes in 15 minutes....good luck!

I think she needs WLS too, BUT....(and please don't skin me alive for this comment) they put her on a liquid diet and she gained a pound! she admitted that she cheated during her liquid diet. If I were told that part of the insurance approval rules is to show some weight loss during a liquid diet phase...you can bet you rear end I would have done what I was supposed to do! I know about the whole depression factor, been there and done that, but my God, if you are given a chance to do something, DO IT! IMHO

Good luck Judy! michelle-Great NSVs. It is such a wonderful feeling, right? Laura-way to go on the 270's Less than 100 pounds, it will fall off in no time! Way to go! Amazing how good the band is when it isn't malfunctioning, huh? Haydee-thank you thank you! It is great to be in onederland! My aunt calls it never never land because she doesn't think she will ever see it again.....she cracks me up! jenn-congrats on the inches...you are melting! TracyKS-turning heads are you? YOU GO GIRL!! That is awesome!! My b-day is Feb 19th. I could care less if I have anymore though. The years are passing too quickly. I wish more than anything that the band would have come out 20 years ago. You younger (than me) violets are very lucky ladies!! But, the important thing is I have the band now...right?! Everyone have a great night & weekend!!

Good morning friends!! Not too much time to postthis morning. Work has to be done ....TGIF For those of you never posting over the weekend....hope you have a great one! For those who do, I will talk more later

Lunasa-thank you! Disorderly conduct? It will be a fine to pay....they do not want YOU, they want your money. All with be fine and thank you for sharing. Your life will be back to normal very soon! Jennifur-I have never in my life eaten eggplant. I don't know why, I just haven't....what does it taste like? Kat-so what your really trying to say is you are going to eat, right? LOL Just wanted to make sure I got that right... Pamela-my DH name is Frank My dd is Macy. Thanks for the boobies....and for calling me the skinny B word Everyone have a great evening!!!

Awwww thank you all so much!!! I could not wait to get home to see what my violet sistas said....TracyKS....thanks for the pic, I LOL'd when I saw it!! I tell you what, I am on cloud 9 and nothing could ruin it for me today. I am definitely putting the scales in the closet and not getting on again until next week!! To the sistas who are on their way to onederland....I can not wait for you all to be here too. You are all gonna make it and I will be here to cheer every single one of you on!! That my friends is a promise! You all have given me so much friendship and encouragement....words are not enough to express my feelings! Love ya'll!! My God that felt like an acceptance speech!!

OMG i am crying......

199.5:whoo::whoo::whoo::clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2: wooooohooooo!!! I DID IT!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday TRACY!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YA"LL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

lets hear it for tracys boobs!! woohooo!!:clap2: just when i thought my size 8 panties were exciting! When is your b-day?

When i was like 4 years old my mom & dad brought us all to a Dolly Parton & Porter Wagner concert...LOL OK, so I am showing my age. I was country when country wan't cool, so my first teenage concert was Alabama. Kat-Macy wants to be an owl....where in the heck am I gonna get an owl costume? When I asked her what choice #2 for a costume is she said she wanted to be the easter bunny....go figure!! TracyKS-glad you got better! Terri-I will not even try to quit smoking until I get to goal...so it isn't "stupid". I just know my limitations. But for those of you who can do it, more power to ya!! Go Terri!!! haydee-sounds like great cereal. I love to eat cereal so I will definitely look for it! Denise-glad you had fun, and yes, the dancing is exercise in my book!! Where is Judy? Hi Michelle!! I see you lurking! Jennifur-I hope that your aunt feels better really soon. I will say a prayer for her! hi to anyone I missed.... Tomorrow I have the yearly well woman check up and I also go to the dentist to have my stitches removed. Fun, fun, fun. In case anyone is interested...I was at 200.5 this morning. I know I said I would not mention it again until I got to onederland, I am just way excited. makes me wanna take a handful of laxatives and a handful of fluid pills LOL Everyone have a great evening!!

well, I an unusually full of "nothing new" going on. I guess that could be a good thing. Better to have nothing going on than a bunch of crap & misery going on... Everyone have a great day!

hi violets... just in from work and getting my dd fed her supper. everyone have a great and relaxing evening! haydee....I have found several houses I like...we just decided to wait until spring.

Michelle-(and all violets) I do that. It is a head game!! Bad thing for me is that when I eat less, then eat a little more, the scales go up so it is like a lose lose situation. Haven't quite figured out a "norm" yet! If you (or anyone else) find one, please fill me in on it!!! I guess the key is probably consistency....but sometimes when the scales are not moving it is hard not to want to cut down more than you already are! Oh well, I need to go to work....everyone have great day!

Judy-My dr said at least 60 grams per day...strange how doctors vary.

SecondLife...hmmm, I have enough to deal with with just this first one, so I will deal with the second one when it gets here..LOL So it looks like alot of us are making sure we get our protein in. By noon I had 64 grams. More than I ever had I think. SBD has a turkey club wrap thing for lunch, OMG, I am in love with it! I am not going to mention scales again until it is WORTH mentioning. At this point, I won't waste my breath!! Ho hum.....I guess I will go and try to figure out what to have for supper.... Judy....cute pic! Thanks Janie!! Kat-Glad you are OK, that could have been horrible!

Good morning Violets!! Jennifur, I am like Laura....waiting to hear something good happen from you! We are all pulling for you and praying for you! Pamela-I had too much restriction like that at one point....hope yours gets better!! Everyone have a great day!!

Jennifur-Thank you ma'am! I wish my upper body was getting as small as my lower body, but, I will take it! I will always have to buy bigger shirts since I have broad shoulders (thanks to my dad). Try not to sweat what your sister says...I hope you feel better after you has a good cry. Sometimes that is what I do just to get it all out! Terri-OK, so you win on the weird dream thing. I LOL when I read about your dream. That was kind of "out there". lol By the way, I love strawberries!! I am gonna watch the rest of my Astros last ballgame. Catch you all later....

Lunasa-drug induced or not, at least you are happy :rose: That is what counts the most!! Good to have you back!

Thanks for the nice words on my pics ladies. I did not notice the collar bones until Judy said something then I had to go back & look. LOL This is funny...last night I dreamed that I got a fill. Has anyone dreamed about their band & getting a fill? It seemed so real. In my dream I called and made the appointment, drove to the office and when she stuck the needle in to pull out the fluid that was in there, there was none....it had all disappeared. Then, they said that they weren't going to put any in there because I was losing weight without it, I cried, so they put in 1.5 for me. LOL God do I have issues or what? Kat-sorry about your sore nose, that is a horrible feeling. Even the softest tissues are not soft enough!! Judy-Congrats on losing 5 of the 7, that is outstanding!! Sing pretty today Jennifur-I have a good feeling about this job opportunity for you! I will keep my fingers crossed and say a prayer! Pamela-I think this fill is just what you needed! You are doing great so far and you will do fantastic!! You are right about the after pics where everyone looks much happier!! I am! Michelle-yooohoooo!! Hi there! Thanks for the group hug...those are always so helpful! Makes me feel like we are on a Dr. Phil show :Banane20: TracyKS-how many calories are in the protein "candy bars"...I have found alot of different ones but most have so many calories. I am trying to find a tasty high protein bar with reasonable calories. I like the SBD ones OK, but if there are better ones, I am game! GR8-Sorry about the plateau...they suck. Just keep on keeping on and you will do great! We are all in this together!! You are doing a great job!! Terri-:rose: How is your exercise going?? hmmm? (look whos asking, right?) lol Wow, when I woke up this morning (after my fill dream) it was pouring down rain. A real frog strangler!! It is supposed to slack off some today so that is good. I went to walmart yesterday and got 2 more pairs of my 12/14 jeans and when I gt home I realized that one of them were petite....ugh, I hate to stand in the return line!! I would rather be beat! My mouth is still sore from having my tooth pulled, but it is bearable. I know that we are not supposed to take NSAIDS but, I do not have much restriction and do not have problems with pills so Aleve here I come. I have to get the swelling down. When I posted my pics yesterday, I had taken one with my shirt pulled up to see my belly, but I didn't have a before pic showing my belly so I figured what is the point of showing the after belly with no before? OK everyone, I will be quiet now ... have a great day (if I missed anyone, I am so sorry)

Michelle-you ought to know that you won't be here alone posting. Please...even when I do get to goal I will still be posting here for everyone to help keep my butt in line!! This is a lifetime journey, not a "til I get to goal" thang....at least for me anyway!

Thanks Denise!! I like the hair color too. Good fall color. Don't worry about being bald...there are some gorgeous wigs out these days!! If mine falls out anymore, I will be sporting one too!! LOL

Here is a new pic taken today....and the before of course...

Laura-I absolutely love your pic!! Good morning violets- Well I am one step closer to onederland...my God it seems to be taking forever!! I weighed this morning (I didn't wait a full week, but a full work week) and I am at 201.5. Wow, I have been knocking on the "1" door for a while, but at least I am almost there!! I only lost 5 pounds total in September, but you know what? It is 5 pounds down and I will take it!! This is the time that I have been waiting for...I knew it was coming and here it is....I have to exercise now. No 2 ways about it. I have to put my body into shock mode and tell it that I AM IN CONTROL!!! Ladies, this is where it is going to get really difficult for me to lose. Been there and done that, but this time I have the band to help me and I can't cheat even if I wanted to. Oh yeah, if I really wanted to sabotage myself I could eat gallons of ice cream and candy bar after candy bar, but I won't do that, that would be retarded. Normally this is where I would get frustrated & hang it up. Not this time. It will be slow going, but I am SO up for the challenge!! My original goal a few months ago was onederland by Thanksgiving. (I make real reasonable goals) Looks like I will be able to do it!! Hopefully within the next couple of weeks. (week if I bust my a**). Here is my promise to myself...once I get to 199 I will NOT get on the scale again for about 2 weeks out of fear of seeing the 2 something again. I do not even want it to peek onto that number once I leave it!! Talk about a major downer if that happen. So I will have a scale phobia once I see 199. Oh my God I am rambling, but I am so excited. Here is the great part...I have not had any fluid pills for a while so I know that if I took one today I could probably lose another pound today....not sure if I want to take one. Maybe I will wait until I get to 200 then take one....LOL That would knock it down the half pound... OK, enough of my hopes and dreams.... Everyone have a great day and I will ramble more later :confused: I can't wait for my onederland boobies from Pamela!!!

Nope, eating is not fun for me anymore. It is more of a chore than anything. I seldom think about it and when i do, Its like, oh god, same old crap. But that is OK with me (for now) because I am doing what i have to do. i am retraining myself to "eat to live" not "live to eat". I have found in alot of cases that if I am enjoying what I am eating, then chances are I should not be eating that particular food.... BUT I wouldn't change a thing!! Sorry if it sounds like a downer, but it is what it is. :confused: I am having to teach myself that there are good foods out there that are actually good for me! Unfortunately I haven't foound that many, but I will..... PS...I hate fish Man do I sound like a bah-humbug or what? LOL

Jennifur-no you are not wrong for wanting some wine...but like you tod denise, today is another day!! I hope the antibiotics do the trick for you!! Pamela-sorry for your horrible fill experience. Hope you aren't filled too much!! Judy-I am glad he finally pulled it too. I am so much better now. The little pain I do have is just from the procedure, so I can handle it!! Kat-I hope you feel better soon!! I had an experience like that at a restauraunt too, some places just suck! TracyKS...I do not wanna read about you in the newspaper kicking a nuns ass...so just let it roll off your back (or try to) I hope everyone has a great day. Hard to believe its Friday, I have not been to work alot of this week, but I am still happy