Jammin & Losin

Rock on 21 pounds is fantastic!!! You ar off to a really great start. Congrats on getting to band land!!!

Vera~ Girl you crack me up!!! Can I be your lazy fat cat friend!! LOL!!! I wanna look like Garfield!!!! I love lasagna!!! Greg~On a serious note I never thought about the lapband and CPR!!! I sure hope we get some good answers on this one!!

I still feel like I eat to much at times or the wrong foods but over all I eat lots less than I did before being banded and I sure wouldn't think of it as a binge anymore. Its more like a really big snack.LOL!!! You will do great with your band and it will help you eat less and also there will be some things that you just can't eat at all anymore. For me its bread.I just don't do it cause it doesn't work well with my band.

You should take a few more days or even another week off work if you can. You don't need to over do yourself to much and you will if you return to early. take it easy and slow you will be better off if you do. Congrats to the both of you on getting banded and I wish you both lots of success.

I also love or I should say loved doughnuts.. but like you it just isn't worth those elephants walking on my chest LOL!! You cracked me up with that one!!! Me and anything DOUGHY don't mix anymore!!!

Big ((((HUGS))) Babs. I'm so glad you are making it but I know it is a really hard time for you. I only hope you will recover soon. Remember we ae here for you we will listen anyrime you need us!!! Hang in there it will be worth it once you heal!!!

Christina I'm so glad your doing good. I hope you will see that scale change but just remember its how you feel and how your clothes are fitting you that matters. I know I went through a few weeks that I wasn't seeing the scale go down but my pants were falling off... your losing inches girl... and they count. Keep up with those good bandster rules you are following and you will be well on your way being an even bigger success than you already are !!!

Crystal... It is so wonderful to see all the things you are able to do now that were so hard for you before. I started my banded journey just a few days after you and I feel all your excitment coming alive... I to have alot to be proud of in such a short time and I think I need to get writting me a list of NSV's so I will remember where I started and where I'm headed to. Thank you for sharing and incouraging others to think of the things that has changed in our lives since being banded.

My dr. said try to get at least 3 oz of water in every hour... but you really just need to continually sip all you can all day long. Go slow and you will be able to start getting in a little more each day!!! Congratulations on getting banded.

congratulations on getting your band date!!!!!

So glad to hear your making it okay!!!! It gets better every day and you will like it even more as the pounds come off and you regain your health!!! Congratulations and keep us posted on your progress!!

Babs I'm so happy for you and thrilled that you checked in to let us know your okay!!! I'm still keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.. I'm hoping your up and going strong in no time!!!

Hey glad to see you found LBT!!!! it is a great suport group and lots of good advice as come from LBT for me. I think it will help answer alot of your questions too!!! So good luck with the start of your journey and I wish you lots of success!!!!

I personally think that if you weigh the pros and cons of the band or GBP you will see that there are more deaths and complications will GBP. I will say that yes there are and can be compications with any surgery and over time some will have complications and some won't... But the complications I could face with my band are far fewer than the complications I was having as an over weight and unhealthy person who would probably die of heart failure before I hit 60 years of age. This band is changing my life for the better each day and I'm willing to take the risks verses the alternative of dieing young!!!

Congrats and good luck to you !!!! Hope your recovry has been quick and that you will be up and feeling better in no time.

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!! You will be back there and under in no time... It will seem as though you were only out for about 5 minutes and you will be awake in recovery!!!! You are going to do great... don't look back girl you are on the begining of a road to a new you!!!! You won't regret what you are about to do once its over!!!!

I deffinatly second your vote Trish!!! We are all beautiful people! we always have been~ and we always will be no matter what size we are!!!! ((((((HUGS TO ALL YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE))))))))))))))))

:Bunny Doing the count down :Bunny shaken dance for you Sandie 4 more days till you get banded!!!!:Bunny

Welcome home May and things will get better for you with each day. you will look back in a few weeks and be glad you did this and that the hardest recovery time is over. The first 6 weeks were really hard for me too.just keep telling your self that you did this for a reason and that was to be healthy and that you made the right choice. You will soon see those pounds coming off on the scale and the pain you feel now will be a distant memory compared to the way you will be starting to feel about the new you to come!!! Hang in there!!!

Welcome to LBT and congrats on getting banded. IO wish you lots of success and I promise it will get better and you will be able to eat things you like again... just less of them. Keep us posted on how you are!!!

Holidays can be hard.... I find that what works for me is to see what foods are available but still try and make the best choices of whats there. I won't say that I don't eat something I shouldn't but I deffinatly eat lots less of it. I feel just as satisfied with eating a little of what I want as I would if I could eat alot of it. As for drinking with meals I never started doing it. I drink a cocktail once in a while before dinner but none after dinner. If I know I'm going out with friends and they will be doing more drinking than eating I will eat before I leave my house and by the time I get to a resteraunt to have a few drinks its time enough after a meal that I can drink with them. Drinking and eating doesn't work well for me anyway... I can remember right after my first fill I was in a resteraunt and had ordered water. I drank some of it before dinner but I took a bite of food and then before I thought about it and out of old habits grabed my water and took a big drink and had it swallowed before I could stop myself... BIG problem it caused my food which was chicken to get stuck and like Paula said it made me PB and I felt like I couldn't eat anything after that. It completley ruined my dinner and I felt awful. I now order water and as soon as my food comes I sit it on the other side of the table or at least out of reach... this way if I reach for it it gives me time to remember it is a no no... I think the longer you ae banded some things do get easier.. for me drinking inbetween meals has become no problem... eating the wrong things is a problem some... but over all since being banded I eat less and make better food choices!!!

You are an inspiration to us all. Congratulations on such a great year of being banded and reaching for your goals!! Good luck with your continued success!!!!

Christina I sure hope you don't have any more of those bad PB's again!! Hope your doing okay now and take care to chewing really good from now on.

Sandie1958 ask me to start a thread and tell everyone she is getting banded next Wednesday!!! She is unable to type very well at this time due to having her wrist operated on 2 weeks ago( 53 stitches in all) OUCH!!! She is asking that each of you keep her in your thoughts and prayers through this hard time she is going through. What a strong lady to be having 2 surgeries back to back like this and still staying in good spirits as she is celebrating her upcoming band surgery!! ~Sandie good luck to you as you get your band and I'm praying for your speedy recovery!!! Take care of that wrist too!!! Yippie you go get that band girl!!!! ((((((HUGS))))))))

Greg congratulations on becoming a gradpa!! Grandbabys are the best.... at least thats what my momma tells me about hers.... she spoils them and sends them home!!!! She is a beautiful baby thanks for sharing the pictures!!!