JASON R

barbarab, glad to see you asking question here. i will start by saying welcome. we are a tight group of family here. and thats what you get with the support we give out. i welcome anyone to ask any question you can think of. trust me i have heard all question out there. and if i cant help with them someone on here can. first think i would do is ask yourself if you are ready to change your life? if you say yes then join us.and trust me it does change, and its for the best. the band dosent make you loose weight but it helps you lose weight and keep it off. the band is just a tool to help you in your process of a better life. it has helped me have a better look out on my life and enjoy things around me alot more. we have another support group meeting on april 19th 2009 @ st.vincents east. the semilar (sp sorry) starts at 8am and then the support group for pre banders is at 1030am. so you can listen and ask the dr. and then stay and listen and ask us question. and i will feel free to help you out if i can. and im sure everyone else will to. i believe the dr's at st.vincent east is great at what they do. dr. miles was the first one in alabama to do the lapband surgery. and now they have done over 500! i went to many dr;s and listen to them take about the band. but i loved how dr. miles talked to me about it. hes a do what i tell you dr. our else. and thats what i like. very nice people and helpfull too. and i believe i have done very well with it. i have lost over 80 pounds in 7 months! and still lossing. i feel alot better and love to get out and play with my kids. when before i just wanted to set around the house and do nothing. so yes they are alot of success with this surgery. for the most part whne you see now one losing with the band is because they are not doing what they need to do. you have to follow the rules, they arent hard but you do have to do the right thinks. if you have question feel free to list them and i will try my best to help you with them. like i said we are a tight group here and love to help anyone out. goodluck with your Quest and i hope i can help you out! on a side note. i just got done with the wii fit and dang it is ruff. i really didnt get to do it before because of the weight limit. but now im down enought to do it. im going to try and do it the nights i dont go to the gym.

thtas cool shawna. i would like to go and check out the acts. i can eat before i go.lol kaninag, let me know how it goes.

yea thats to low in cal's to lose weight. you need to try and get around 1000.

well i cook some good damn chicken on the grille and couldnt wait to eat some and then i couldnt. so sad. i had alittle breakfastso thats why i think i couldnt eat that night. so its there to warm up sunday. lol by the way have you guys/ladies looked at the " you know you are a bandster" thread? its so funny.

how are you getting that much in? whats your diet? how much do you work out? walk? like restless said you are healing now. but you can still loss weight. i lost over 20 pounds the first 8 days. but thats because i was only getting about 350 cal. in a day and walking as much as i was allowed to.

tessasmom, please dont feel this way. i will help you out as much as i can. but first please tell me the truth to this questions. what have you been eating? have you been going to support group meets? have you keep in touch with your surgeon? are you getting in the right amount of Protein a day? are you working out at least 3 times a week for at least an hour at a time? theres more to ask but please tell me this things first. im willing to help anyone out if they let me. if you was close to me i would come and help you out. you can pm me and we can talk there if you dont want to talk about it out in the open. i have alot of people on here talk about diets, support,etc.. in pm's with me. so please dont give up yet. by all means your not failed. you just need a boost! jason r

thinwithin. im going to say you will meet your goal fine. i lost over 20 pounds in the firat week out. when you cant eat and only drink Clear Liquids for a week it drops off. i think you will be fine.

shawna, let me know how the comdy club goes. me and the wife has been thinking about going sometime. we try to get out once a month on a date lol

thanks! i need to learn how to do the spreadsheets. oh and i up dated mine.

anytime. and im sorry to tell you this but i think you will have to get all your fluid took out. you might need to check that out. i would just call monday and ask them about it. but like i said im not sure. on a side note. i took my grade2 test in watertreatment today and passed it. so now i just got one more to go to get to the top. i got a 2 dollar and hour raise for this one i took today and i will get another 2 bucks an hour for the next one. and then i also could treat drinking water in almost any state also. it was one of the hardest test i have ever took. and the next one is super hard.

congrats on the baby save!! and razberry im glad you are feeling restriction now.

full liquid = anything with out lumps thats runny. just make sure you Water them down good and you will be fine.

update for me Name.............Start Lbs........Current........Goal.......To Go crimsontide........296..............296...............280...........16 crzytchr............232..............232...............220...........1 2 jason r..............328..............326.8...............315...........11.8 kaninag............211...............211...............198...........1 3 i lost 1.2 pounds as of tuesday

congratz! maybe the weight will start dropping off again. just keep up the work and im sure it will get better.

yea i would have sent filipe home. hes to strong of a player to stay any longer. and get off your but and pick it up some. lol

just got done watching the biggest loser. it was a good show tonight. i was glad mike didnt get sent home. i really hope he does good afer the show. being that young and being that big i can relate with him. he is dealing with some hard times. so i hope he turns out good. hows everyone else doing. i hope everyone is working out and taking the right steps in the weight loss!

i guess since one of my best freinds started this i will join in. my starting weight is 328. here i have added myself to it. Name.............Start Lbs........Current..........Goal.......To Go crimsontide........296..............296............................... .. crzytchr............232..............232...............220...........1 2 jason r..............328..............328...............315...........13

yea we have one going in the aug 08 banders forum. but i will check that one out to.

was it me? if so sorry. but i was told that the dressig in salads was way bad. even the low in fat ones. myself cant stand lettuce. so im good there. got on the scales today and it said 327.4 nothing but smiles!!!!!!!!!! i have lost like 3 pound quick this last few days. see it pays off to go to the gym. lol thats where im going now.

glad to see yal'll had a good time at the games. and glad to see them come in 3rd. i bet he was happy to hit the homerun also. only think really new is that i didnt mine getting up and talking this time. oh and now lapband has a web sit like the realize has. so if you lapband people might want to look into that. kaninag, can you tell me one more time where you enter your stuff at. what site that was?

bandofhope, i can understand that drive. if one day you feel like spending the day in bham shopping or something then make the meeting. i dont expect anyone to drive that far all the time. how are you doing by the way? any problems yet? you getting all your water and protein? kaninag, we had a great time also. and we cant wait to go out in the boat either! ethannme, anytime! we are all here to help each other out when needed. and that would be great if you can make the meeting. i know its hard to make everyone. i cant even do that. when i got up and talked this time i really stressed about support. it helps us out more then everyone thinks. we need it just like we need this band to help us. the support group,web sites,and freinds and love ones is a tool just like the band. have a good day everyone. its time to go and do some yard work.

yes it was. and thanks :eek:

got a new one tonight. me and the wife and kaninag and her husband went out to eat and they sat us in a very small booth. i was like now way i was going to fit in it. but i did! i was so happy about it. i didnt have to suck it in to sit down and i was comfortable to boot! i know this is small to some people but its a big one to me.

well it was a great meeting agian. and thanks tiena for saying i helped you out. i do try. everyone look great and i could see alot of drop in weight with everyone there. got to meet a few new people and see some i havent seen in along time. i told about 10 people about the forum here so maybe we will have some new people soon. on a side note i had a good nsv today. me and my wife went to kaninag and her husbands house and went out to eat. well they sat us in a vrey small booth and i was wait i dont think i can fit in it. but guess what i did. i didnt have to suck it in to sit down and i was very comfortable too. so i was like wow.

bandofhope, thats the way to be. im happy you feel that way. and yes it will change your life so much. for me i have been overweight most of my life. so i dont know anything else. so its all new to me. im still a big overweight guy but im opn my way to the lower weight of living. lol perfectionist, just take one day at a time and you be banded before you know it. i will be at the meeting tomorrow so if you want to ask me anything feel free to. and good luck to you. and dont beafraid to ask anything at the meeting. i have heard it all from a 60 year old woman asking about the sex life after surgery to the one i hear almost evertime, can i still drink beer afterwards. lol