Teresajo

Water has been my best friend starting pre-op. I set the kitchen timer when I'm home and have a timer from the dollar store in my purse. I set then for thirty minutes and drink as much as I can comfortably. It helps with my head hunger.

Your doing great. We’ve all been on those diets where we wind up making ourselves tired, sick and then re-gain the weight plus a few extra pounds just as a reminder that the diet didn't work. The band is a tool to HEALTHY weight loss. I think some people just can’t grasp that my stomach is smaller now, not sliced and diced then re-routed. Keep up the good work.

I'm down nearly 40 lbs since my banding. I can feel a little difference since my last fill, I'm hoping the next one gets me closer to that elusive "Sweet Spot"

December 13 Name............Chall. Start Wt........Current......Chall. Goal...........To Go Teresajo………..…218…………........214…………199………………...19 I just had my first fill, so hopefully the hunger will be gone and the weight will just fall off. ( Some days I like to live in a wonderful, fantasy land)

I just opened my Magic bullet and I was hoping for some recipes and advice on using it. It looks so plastic-ish and breakable.

I open a package or two of unflavored every morning and just sprinkle it on foods through out the day. Its 20 extra grams of protein with out any bad taste.

I have BCBS of California. Because I went to a bariatric center of excellence in Iowa I didnt have to have the 6 months of supervised diets or the five years of verifiable tries at weight loss. Just one appointment with a shrink.

I was having awful cravings for soda. I tried it once after my band and it wasn't worth the problems. So now when i want a soda I have a sugar free root beer,rc or orange crush popsicle. i wouldn't say their as good as the real thing. But their good enough.

My morning blood sugar levels have been anywhere from 120-145 since around 2000. Since my lap band , my average is around 96. I have so much more energy and I sleep better. The lap band is the best thing Ive ever done for my self.

November 28 Name............Chall. Start Wt........Current......Chall. Goal...........To Go Teresajo………..…218…………........218…………199………………...19

Fresh fruit monster , just doesn't have the same ring to it.

My husband reminds me that I need more protein.

I'm staying on the plan today because, It's so, so nice to see my blood glucose meter read 96 instead of the 130 before my lap band.

LOL, on my third week post op I did the same smelled it, licked it, rolled it around in my mouth, chewed it lighty, and then promptly spat it out , with the best homemade dumplings I've ever made. I thought it was such a gross thing to do that I'd be the only one. You made me feel alot better about it.

I'm staying on the plan today because....it's wonderful to wake up with energy instead of just wanting to cocoon for a few more hours.

I haven't had my first fill yet so there's hardly any restriction. But just like you I feel so much better than I did even a month ago. For me it's because because after the pain and expense of the lap band plus being full after a few tablespoons of food, I'm not going near a drive through, I don't want to step foot in any place that asks would you like that super-duper sized and I've discovered the treadmill is more than just an extra clothes rack. I have more energy, my heads not in a dizzy haze and I'm sleeping six to eight hours in a row without tossing, turning and having those wonderful nightmares that I'm drowning because I cant get my breath. It's been a happy three weeks

Just consider him a practice run. If he's not willing to give your relationship more than five weeks to grow, you might as well throw him to the curb now. Be happy you didn't invest more time in a loser. It'll get better plus half the fun is in the hunting.

I was banded in Iowa on November 1 but I've been voyeuring around this site since April. I've learned everything from waving my arms in the air like I'm doing the hokey - pokey for gas to adding pureed strawberries to chocolate unjury for an almost taste like a choco-strawberry shake. Oh....if I had voted I would have chosen November Nymphs