Jammin & Losin

Congrats on your bandiversary!!!! You are doing great and i wish you continued success in your second year!!! Way to go!!! You should be proud of your self!!!

Hope your hearing from your Dr. soon!!! We are all here waiting to hear something!!! (((HUGS))))

Thank you for your kind words!! Its always nice to meet new people here on LBT. I been here for a while now and I always learn something new. Glad to hear I'm not the only one that has poroblems with internet in a McDonalds.... HEHE!!! I thought maybe I was missing something??? Wishing you lots of successs with your band too!!

I have never been told I couldn't drink COFFEE....However I was told to drop the regular sugar and creams in my coffee because of the extra fat and calories. I now only use Splenda and 2% milk in my coffee! I couldn't start my day with out coffee. It is what gets me going in the mornings!!!

BOY!!!! Paula.... You are up town with internet access at McDonald's ....no such luck in MISSISSIPPI!! We seem to get left out sometimes. I FEEL LIKE I LIVE UNDER A ROCK!!! HAHA!!!

Gosh Paaula thats a hard question for me to answer...I'm really interested on every ones thoughts on the subject though!!! My daughter is only 6 and I have never left her home alone. I tend to be over protective and it will probably be a long time before she is ever left by herself... I have the convience that my mom lives next door so I call and ask her to keep her for a few short minutes when needed... if not I take her with me. Parenting is so hard and such a guessing game sometimes knowing what to do is really tough!!!

Give it time after your 2nd fill you should be able to get morre restriction than you have now!! Hang in there and just use this time to learn to eat slower~ not drink with meals ect!!!! All these things will help you when you do get better restriction. Congrats on getting banded wishing you lots of success!!!

ROFLMAO!!!!! BATTLE SCARS.... Thats one good way to look at it!!!! HAHA!!! That scar is my Trophy!!!

Paula I'm BLONDE!!!!! What do you mean by my McD's having internet???? I hate to think about food but do you mean McDonalds???? Since when do they keep computers next to the BIG MACS???? ROFLMAO!!!!!!!

Well We go to this local chinese buffet alot and 2 different times I started my meal with egg drop soup onlt to get a golf ball and it sliming back up both times.Only did like three spoon fulls!!! Its kinda thick the way they make it with lots of egg pieces and I'm just thinking maybe the egg pieces get caught????? Scatching my head too!!! HEHE!!! It is high in Protein wish it worked for me.

Hey All I missed this thread until this morning...I reported in on another thread. I got my computer up and running again and I'm really gladcause I've missed you all soooo much!!!! You'll be seeing me more now!!! Thanks for noticing I was gone!!! Its nice to feel needed here....and I sure know I need you guys!!!

Oh Donna you are so sweet. I might not know you but thats okay you are part of my LBT family now so we are not strangers anymore!! Thanks for the encouragment. I do sometimes have a hard time seeing how far I've come. I haven't forgotten it I just have a hard realizing my acomplishment I guess. I still feel fat even after losing almost 100 pounds. I know one day it will hit me wow thats really me and I'm so much smaller but some how it just doesn't seem possible. I would really like to get some extra skin removed soon. I kinda feel like the skin is continuing to hide the thin person under neath. If some of that was gone I think I would possibly look at my self differently. See that my journey was some what complete. I want to lose at least 40 more pounds...so wish me luck!!!

I am wondering since you brought up the egg drop soup subject am I the only one that can't eat it??? I eat it and it causes me to slime. its like it just keeps getting thicker and thicker and has no where to go but up?? Any ideas on why that is???

Trish that really does look bad. It looks as if you deffinatly got an infection...its just to red looking not to worry.. Please let me hear from you. I emailed you earlier!!!!

Thanks guys !!! Kathy tell your little girl thank you I love her smiles!!! I will deffinatly be getting some pictures posted soon okay!! Alex I thought the same thing about being graceful!!! HAHA!!! The Dr. that did the stiches kept picking on my husband and ask me if I deserved all that bad treatment he was giving me... of course he kept saying I swear I didn't do it the floor did!! HEHE!!

Michelle I can't think of someone more worthy than you for myself to look up to! You are the greatest example of a good bandster and a good "solo" bandster ever!!! I hope to follow in your your foot steps of success with or without a band your doing great!!!!

So glad you realized what was going on soon enough to get all fixed up and back on track!!Treat your band good people you never know if you could be doing something that will make you lose it!!!

Sorry I'm no help....cottage cheese doesn't like me very well. Its like i can't get it to chew up or something....kinda like scrambled eggs. It ends up coming back up..so I just don't eat it at all anymore!!!

Kathy you look great!!!! You are doing wonderful!!! You should feel so proud of yourself CONGRATS!!!!

Hey everybody!!! I just wanted you all to know that I've missed you all very much the last several weeks. I can't get over all the new names here on LBT. I feel like I might not know anyone anymore??? :update: Heres my update~ First of all my computer crashed the first week of March and it really made me mad!!! I even missed getting to tell every one that my Bandiversary was March 18th and I'm down 96 pounds in all! I MADE IT THROUGH MY 1st YEAR!!!! YIPPI!!! It has been a great year and I only hope that my 2nd year will be as great!!! I could not have made it through with out all your LOVE ~FRIENDSHIP ~ AND SUPPORT!!!! Also had a few hard ships the last few weeks ...lost my father-in-law to congestive heart failure and lung problems March the 7th....that has been really hard for my husband. Also alot of you know that I have been taking blood pressure meds since before getting banded and the good news is that I am now off of them...but ...the bad news is 2 weeks ago I passed out in my kitchen :faint: and smacked my chin :cry on the way down and ended up having to get stitches and the passing out was do to my blood pressure bottoming out!!!! I guess they should have taken me off of them sooner. Anyway chin is healing nicley it is just a tiny little line scar. Feeling much better since I'm not taking them any more. Also had my first real problems with a fill a few weeks back. I went in got a small fill and within a few days was getting an unfill I couldn't even get liquids to stay down... went home did liquids seemed to be better and wame had problems again ended up getting more of the fill taken out. Dr says he thinks something got caught in my band opening and was lodge and the second unfill fixed the problem. I'm all fixed up now and doing better eating solids just fine and feeling much better!!!! I really just wanted you all to know how much you each mean to me. I thank you for your encouragment this year and I want you all to know that I would never have had the success that I have had without each of you cheering me on!!!! See you on the boards... I can't wait to catch up on all the posting thats been going on without me!!!!

Hi all !!!! I can't believe it has been a year either!!! I was banded on March 18 2005 and I so proud to say I'm 90 pounds down in my year with actually two more weeks to go. Congrats to all of you and HAPPY BANDIVERSARY!!!!

Browneyes~ Welcome to LBT!! Glad you found us...there is deffinatly lots to be learned...and this is just the place to find the info your looking for! Good luck with your band and wishing you great success!! Hope to see you around here real often!

Wendell Man you can tell a big difference in those pictures!!!! Great job!!!! Wishing you lots more continued success!!!! Way to go Wendell!!!!

Get you some B12 losenges.... They melt in your mouth in 3 seconds and are a great energy source!!! Also up your intake of protein.. this could help also!

John WELCOME !!! Wishing you lots of success in your weight loss journey!!! Congrats on being banded!!! Hope you will post often!!!