Dianechef

YOU DID IT!!! Congratulations!! :biggrin1:

WAHOO!! What unexpected great news for your wife. I love it when that happens!! WAY TO GO!!! High five.

Went to the kitchen, took out the Captian Crunch, placed them on my thighs & well......the little round balls don't look so good there. Thanks for the visual Kim!! I AM DONE WITH CAPTAIN CRUNCH!! :grouphug:

Telly, you had me scared there for awhile!!! ROFL!!! You are hilarious!!!

I'm hoping I won't need any plastic surgery!! :grouphug:

In the Gone for Good thread, we want to have all the point charts on the first few pages. We have lots of conversation goin' on between them & in a few days it would be great to delete all the chit chat & just go to the charts & post our points. But, we aren't allowed to DELETE our posts. If there's a vote, count me in to have the DELETE button put back. :grouphug: :hurt

Once you start drinking all this water on a regular basis, your body gets used to it & you won't be going to the bathroom so often. PROMISE!!

I WANT THE DELETE BUTTON BACK!! PLEASE!! Moderators can you hear us?!?!

I am dragging my feet to join this club. I have been so unmotivated lately & don't know why. This morning I ate 2 bowls of Peanut Butter Captain Crunch for breakfast! Now there's healthy!! At the store I bought some chocolate licorice & I've eaten half the bag already. I haven't been to the gym in 3 weeks!! I am so off!! But, there's always TOMORROW!! :grouphug: Somebody PLEASE kick my butt!!!!!!! I can't do this to myself anymore. I am joining this club so I can be held accountable. AND I NEED IT!! Those legs are going to be firm & beautiful by the time this challenge is over. AND, I'll post pictures so the world can see. (Now, there's motivation!!!!!!) Let's do it!!

Great job EVERYONE!!! :biggrin1:

I live in AZ so I have no clue if this applies to you at all, but thought I'd throw it out there. When we applied for Individual Health Insurance, not only would they not cover me for any WLS, but they wouldn't even cover me for Health Insurance AT ALL!! NONE!! ZERO!! They claimed I exceeded the weight limit & I was turned down. (Hello!?!?!? That's why I am WANTING Health Insurance!!!) I had BCBS & it sucks!! I was told that BCBS for people with Individual Health Insurance NEVER covers WLS at all. At least that's what it is here in AZ. Yours could be totally better.

I am pretty sure they made a mistake. In the previous paragraph, they are talking about Laporoscopic Gastric Bypass. In the sentence AFTER the one you are referring to, they say that patients may not be able to digest certain types of foods which is consistent with Gastric Bypass. I think the word Lap Band was supposed to be the word Laproscopic. If you read it that way, the sentence makes sense. Looks like a pretty lame website to me. You can't understand anything they're talking about!!!!

Hi Robin!! I am from Gilbert, AZ!! We are probably very close to each other. :grouphug: I had the surgery 10 months ago & have lost almost 60 lbs. I am so happy I had it done & only regret that I didn't do it sooner!!! Please do a search on here & you'll find a wealth of information. WELCOME to our club!! So glad you're here.

Mary, you should be very proud of yourself!! You look so good!! I would LOVE to be your size. WHOOT!! WHOOT!

Kathy is correct!! When you don't get enough calories your body goes into starvation mode. Even the smallest amount of food you eat will be stored waiting for you to eat more!! You need at least 1,000 calories a day.

This sounds EXACTLY like my problem Angel. I went through this 6 weeks ago & it was HELL!! I also had had a fill that was working fine & then all of a sudden - I couldn't eat or drink ANYTHING!! I'm not kidding......everything your describing here sounds just as if I were writing it!! I went back to Dr. Ortiz to check me out. I thought for sure my band had slipped because I had all the symptoms, just like you. It turned out that I had a blockage. I never knew it until I told Dr. Martinez what I had eaten the meal before this all started. It was a Hot Dog that did me in. What was your last meal? Anything that could have gotten stuck? All that the Dr. did was take 1/2 of my fill out & I was fine. CALL YOUR DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY!! Dr. Martinez told me that if I had not come in as soon as I did, it could have turned into a slip. Ack!! I am so sorry you're going through this. It's horrible & I empathize with you in every aspect. Please keep us updated on what you do!!!

Yeah!! You did it!!! Any pics to show us!?!? We love pictures!!!

Yes, DO IT!!! DO IT!!! I work out with weights 3x a week. I do believe that I gained muscle from working out which means I probably would have lost more weight & the scale would have dropped faster. But, I am toning my body & I have very little droopy skin. I'll post a pic here. Not trying to brag or anything by posting a picture, but wanted you to see the difference. :confused: (I'm always motivated by seeing others pictures!) What matters the most is what we look like, not what we weigh. (I have to keep saying that over & over in my head.) I have lost 55 lbs. but feel as if I've lost a so much more. I have learned that it's all due to working out!!! YOU WILL BE SO HAPPY THAT YOU CHOSE TO WORK OUT WITH YOUR HUSBAND!!!!! Obviously, I still have a long ways to go!!!

Heather!! Love it. Pictures are the best inspiration. :confused: Your little girl is cute too!! Way to go!!!

Gosh, I'm gone one day & everyone is talking about me!!! Gee, I feel SPECIAL!! PinkMary & I have so much in common that we really SHOULD be sisters. Except that I am lost in America somewhere & uh......Mary, I don't even know where you live?!?! Thanks for being inspired by me. Whoot!! Who knew that I would EVER inspire someone to exercise. Oh, my sisters will all get a kick of this. (I have very active, sporty sisters & I've always been the sedentary one!) Speaking of my sisters - we had a family get-together yesterday & it had been 4 months since I had seen many of them. Can I just say - I MUST BE HOT!!! I walked in the room & the look on their faces was as if I'd just returned from Extreme Makeover!! This time I didn't crack any jokes & was just ME!!! I really think I could get use to this.

Hey Pavarthi!! Any updated pictures. We'd love to see them. You're an inspiration to us.

I hate Phentermine!! I was a crazy woman on them. I couldn't handle all the jittery, high feelings & I was always on edge. It changed my personality. And, once you get off of them you gain back all you weight and more!! Yuck!! I'd rather be fat then have to take those again.

Tina - you are so right! I just came back from Walmart where I had something happen to me that has NEVER happened before. The check out guy was single & very friendly. He seemed to be my age. He kept talking to me & asking me questions. (Normally they ignore me & don't give me any eye contact.) I had purchased 2 donuts in a bag & he noticed there was a bite taken out of each one! He said to me - "You just couldn't wait 'til you got home - hugh?" jokingly. And I said - "It's a big store, I couldn't survive the whole time with 2 donuts sitting in front of me." He laughed!!!! (He's joking with the Funny Fat Girl?!?!?!?!?!?!?) MEN DON'T JOKE ABOUT DONUTS WITH FAT WOMEN. He must not have considered me fat!!!! He continued to talk to me about EVERYTHING!! He wrung me up & I noticed the bill wasn't very much. We both then looked at the groceries & realized that half of the stuff was still on the conveyor belt. He said - "I need to stop looking at you so I can get my work done!" WHAT?!? WHAT? STOP LOOKING AT ME?!?!.......ME?!?!?!? - - - - and he was FOR REAL!! He was actually hitting on me. Oh, I am so messed up.

Hey Mary!! You're too cute!!

2 lbs a week is a HEALTHY weight loss. The plateau that you have is a GOOD THING!! Your body is now adjusting to the new weight & it is soooo important that it does that. Once your new body adjusts to the new weight, you will start to lose again. I PROMISE!! I went through the same thing & it's difficult when you're in it, but you'll look back & realize that it was all good!! STAY POSITIVE!! You really are doing very well. I hope you've been taking pictures along the way. They are so important so you can see yourself. GOOD LUCK!! WE ALL EMPATHIZE & SYPATHIZE WITH YOU!! You can do it!!