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wow.. I am glad he is ok! Woo hoo on losing the pound Long! I feel so bad that you were on a plateau for so long! I freak about 1 week and the scale not moving! I have been excercizing alot lately so I think that has really helped me to keep moving. I was pretty excited to hit 170! I can hardly wait to see the scale say 169! It is frustrating though because being so close I keep weighing myself to see if I hit it and I go between 170-172 throughout the day. I hate that it fluctuates.. I usually am at my lowest weight for the day first thing in the morning. I am hoping to hit 169 by my bandiversary on the 20th. I have been losing 1/2-2 pounds a week here lately so I am hoping that continues. I have been consulting with plastic surgeons and can hardly wait to get it done!!! I have definetly decided on a lower body lift and a boob lift. My skin has tightened up quite a bit surprisingly. My tummy has really tightened up. I have alot of stretch marks from my pregnancies so that is why i need the lower body lift. I just want to walk around my house in nothing but a pair of heels and look smoking hot! :party: I feel pretty hot in clothes but naked not so much lol..

Good Monday Morning Junies! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I went to the beach Saturday and Sunday with the family and had a great time. I also did some more shopping woo hoo! I am becoming a serious shopping addict! I love trying on clothes and shoes and jewelry.. It is so much more fun now! My oldest daughter graduates from high school on June 18th and we are having a little party for her on June 20th which is my bandiversary. We are going to Virginia for almost two weeks in the beginning of July to celebrate my bandiversary. I plan on doing all the stuff I couldn't do last year.. go on the roller coasters, kayaking in the ocean, hiking, just alot of really active fun stuff! I hope everyone is having a great Monday! XoXo

Hi everyone! Long how was the cruise???? I hope you had a blast! I went shopping yesterday and bought 3 dresses yes I said it dresses! Woo Hoo. Two of them are like the long spring dresses that you can't wear a bra with and I also bought a max studio beautiful black dressy short dress. I tried them all on (all three size 10 :smile: ) and showed my family and my hubby grabbed his chest and dropped to his knees saying lord have mercy.. lol.. it was sooo great his face was all red and everything.. that was the best compliment I have EVER gotten in my life! I feel so great girls I can't even begin to tell you. I had a neighbor mistake me for my teenage daughter two weekends ago! So last weekend we went to NY to see the yankees play and ended up staying in the city and of course we were awakened in the middle of the night by the bomb blast at the Starbucks right down the block! It was pretty scary! We headed home :smile: We did go to the Empire state building and times square and that was fun. I hope everyone is doing well and I miss seeing all of you on here. Have a great night!

you are doing so awesome! congrats on joining curves that is an awesome step! I love how they measure you and weigh you and then they can give you a print out of your progress! I have to admit I only go to curves now once a month for my sheet.. I go to the gym with my hubby now and do the elliptical which I am addicted to. I do love curves though! You are doing great with your weight loss! I am now looking at getting ps and I can hardly wait. I have decided on a lower body lift and a breast lift/possible implants. I am getting sooo excited. I am now wearing size 10 pants and L shirts. My boobs are still pretty large not as large as they used to be.. i went from a 44 dd to a 38 d. I hope you have a great weekend! xoxo

I eat up to 2 hours before my fill appt. This is just me because I figure that the food will have emptied out of my stomache by then. That way if my fill is super tight I wont struggle with the food in there..

Please add me.. I have lost 133 pounds in 11 months!

Lol.. you guys crack me up.. Jennifer and apples thank goodness you both are ok! It's so funny though.. Lol apples he is a bone man now.. :laugh: I swear I am going to end up with something broken, it's like being newlyweds again!! I am sure loving life. I have a feeling I am going to have to have some of my fill taken out. I am losing really fast still and I am not pb'ing but I'm really not eating. I got on the scale today and shockingly had lost another 2 pounds! Exciting but shocking. I think with being so active and really not eating I am in a really fast metabolism stage right now. As soon as I hit goal if I continue to lose I will get a little out. Have a great day junies!~ Let's find all those mia Junies!

Good Morning Junies! My anniversary date is June 20 and I am not sure what I will be doing to Celebrate but I sure will be doing something! I am hoping something not involved with food. I think something where I do something I wouldn't have before because of my weight. My hubby and I have been talking about it and haven't come up with anything solid yet. I looked to see if there was any marathon's taking place around here and nothing :purplebananna: I thought that would have been cool. I will find something , maybe climb a mountain!! I have found that lately I don't even think about food. I never order my own food anymore I just steal a couple bites from hubby. It's so weird to not focus on food anymore. I forget to eat all the time. I love not being hungry and not thinking what am i making for lunch, dinner etc. I am living!! I loving feeling my bones I know that's weird but feeling my hip bones and ribs is so friggin cool! I swear my hubby has turned into a bone man lol. I will have to post some new pics this weekend. I hope everyone has a great day!

Good Morning Junies.. Jennifer... you look gorgeous! Congrats on the size 10's!! I did my first seminar the other day and it went great. They asked all the normal questions and everyone wanted to see my before pic.. I had them blown up to 8x10 ughh lol. It was fun and really really satisfying! Long- WELCOME HOME and Happy Belated Birthday!! I am so glad you had a good time! Congrats on not gaining any weight that is a huge accomplishment from being on a cruise~! I have been doing great.. My scale is still moving which amazes me. I have been really active here lately and seem to never stop moving. LOL.. I love all this energy I have. I was pretty excited I was gardening on saturday morning and one of my neighbors stopped and was freaking out, she thought I was my teen daughter and I have to say I was pretty excited. lol. My skin is holding up.. except on my tummy but I knew that would be saggy since I had alot of stretch marks from my two pregnancies.. I am really looking forward to plastic surgery. I am hoping to have it all done by my 40th birthday in February. I hope you all have a great day.. I am off to check my farm lol :laugh: xoxoxo

Hey there!!! Congrats on being banded!! Looks like we are neighbors! I did have some restriction on my first fill but I really worked hard to follow the band rules right from the beginning.. I haven't been huge in to excercizing just trying to get up and move as much as possible at the beginning i did try and do wii fit for 30 min every day. Let me know how you are doing. Where were you banded?

Good morning Junies.. My beautiful little puppy's name is Lily LuLu :mad2: We also have a 1 year old chihuahua and her name is Pixie LuLu they have become best friends! I hope everyone has a great day! xoxo

Hey everyone!! Long~ I hope you have a wonderful cruise I wish I was going!!!! I have been super busy lately.. I am addicted to the farm town in which Cathy and I are neighbors on facebook lol. I had a wonderful Mother's Day I got a pandora charm bracelet with 4 charms and drum roll please a new puppy! I will try and attach pic. I am also busy with softball and the gym. I am feeling so great! Weight is still dropping off. I need to update my ticker since today I went for a fill appt but didnt' get a fill and I am at 130 pounds lost! My doc said that I need to stop losing. I actually laughed out loud! He asked me if I was interested in doing a commercial for them. I said OF COURSE! I am pretty excited. Life is great! My hubby also got offered the other position at his work and it's for more money!! Woo Hoo. So right now as of this minute my life is AWESOME lol. I hope you are all doing as well! I can't believe that in 9 days it will be 11 months since being banded! We are soo close to a year! Have a great day Junies!:thumbup:

woo hoo congrats you are doing sooo terrific! Keep up the good work!

Hey there ait.. looks like you are doing pretty good to me! As for tips I believe strongly in following the band rules.. eat slowly, never eat more than a cup at a time, don't drink 1 hour before or 1 hour after a meal, don't eat pasta, rice. Try and stay away from white carbs, move your body as much as possible.. etc.. I hope that helps.. Good luck on your journey!!!

So here I am having lost 128 pounds, joined a softball team.. feeling terrific.. and it hasn't even been a year! I keep thinking how amazing it is. I am still losing at a pretty good clip. I am not thinking about food at all. I eat when I am hungry and have so much energy it is amazing. Last year at this time I would have been thinking about what was I going to have for lunch what was I going to make for dinner etc. Now I don't even have thoughts like that. It is amazing. I also have to say .. my sex life with hubby has always been awesome but holy crap it's out of this world now! We are like newlyweds! Can you tell I am loving life? If not I AM LOVING LIFE! Praise God for my lapband!

So here I am having lost 128 pounds, joined a softball team.. feeling terrific.. and it hasn't even been a year! I keep thinking how amazing it is. I am still losing at a pretty good clip. I am not thinking about food at all. I eat when I am hungry and have so much energy it is amazing. Last year at this time I would have been thinking about what was I going to have for lunch what was I going to make for dinner etc. Now I don't even have thoughts like that. It is amazing. I also have to say .. my sex life with hubby has always been awesome but holy crap it's out of this world now! We are like newlyweds! Can you tell I am loving life? If not I AM LOVING LIFE! Praise God for my lapband!

Good Morning.. Hunzi~ you are doing great!!! Keep up the good work. I hope you get that car! Long.. thanks for the support girl! You rock! Junies where are you??? This thread has been pretty quiet lately.. I got on the scale today.. and drum roll... I had lost 3 and a half pounds! I am sooo psyched! I am finally at a point where I really don't think about food at all anymore. I eat when I am hungry and only eat a little bit. I have been really active lately due to the weather being so nice. I am so close to my original goal. I originally wanted to be 170 pounds but now I am thinking of going for more like 155. My hubby thinks I'm nuts. I am just going to go with the flow and see what happens. I think once my body hits the magic number I will stop losing. Have a great day Junies.

good morning junies.. Lynn, I would have to agree with everyone above.. I definetly think 2 cups is to much and I actually would be more concerned with stretching your pouch with that much food. I would talk to your doc. I hope everyone is having a wonderful week. I started Softball last night.. that's right Junies, I joined a softball team and I had sooo much fun! I am super sore today but for a fat girl who hadn't played since I was 12 I did awesome if I do say so myself! The coach said he couldn't believe I hadn't played. I actually hit a double! I almost died when he said we had to run a mile but I did it! I am super proud of myself. My first real game is May 11 and I can hardly wait. I have to be honest and say that right before I had to go to the first practice I almost backed out. I didn't know anyone and was really nervous that I would be terrible. All my insecurities were swarming in my head but I went and I wasn't terrible! I don't know if I am prouder of myself for actually going or doing pretty good.. lol. So now I am an official softball player! I am playing sports holy crap! LOL .. have a great day Junies!

124 pounds lost in less than 10 months!

Good Morning Junies.. Back to work and the daily grind. We had a great weekend camping! I really needed some down time. I am burnt but relaxed! I hope everyone had a great weekend! I wanted to share a NSV.. I got whistled at 2 times and I got a "hot damn" from a homeless man on friday. I was pretty excited! LOL.. it's the little things in life! :thumbup:

this made me giggle.. very cute post! :rolleyes2:

I agree lacey.. The bulk of my weight I shed in the first 6 months and the last 4 months has been a lot slower. I have to work harder to lose but I expected that. I am really close to goal.. I actually am 13 pounds from original goal but picked a new goal..lol I never thought I would get to where I am now! I went shopping last night and I can't even begin to tell you how wonderful it is to shop in the regular stores.. to have things just fit! I started out as a size 22-24 pants and 3x shirts.. I now wear a size 10 or 12 jean (depending on the brand) and a size L or XL shirt.. (my boobs are shrinking but still large at a 38 DD) If it werent for them I would be definetly a medium..lol. I understand the frustration of seeing threads where people are complaining they aren't losing and when you find out what they are eating it's just like what the heck, that's why you aren't losing but remember, we were all fat, we all had different reasons for being fat.. the band doesn't remove those reasons, it just helps you to get past them. Some people still want to eat the same way as before and that is there choice. They will lose the difference is fast and furious or slow and steady. Excercize is also another key.. But everyone knows that if you eat healthy, and excercize you will lose and lose fast. Just my two cents..

Hey there you bandster Chris!!!! I am so glad you are doing so well! congrats! xoxo

apples... where are my pictures??? LOL.. :smile: 1morrisfamily@comcast.net Have a glorious day Junies... I just heard on the radio it is going to be in the high 70's-80's friday thru wed!! Ohhh I ammm soooo excited! Today it is 48 blah.. :w00t:

Hey why can't this be a new fast losers club??? hmmmmmm