Kathy473

YEP! Had mine resized...I actually had 4 of my rings resized~:clap2:

Ok guys....had a fill on 07-12-06 and I went from 1.7cc to 2.2cc...saw the restriction...did the liquids/soft diet for 48 hours and then slowly started back on solids like fish, chicken, veggies. I have been good to my fill but it's gone! I went to dinner last night and had an avocado-crab salad w/pico on top...no bread and iced tea (didn't drink the whole time I was eating)...I was able to eat almost the whole thing!!!!!!! No problem...it went down real easy. What is up with that???? I am confused. :eek: This is the most I have been filled but I feel like I can eat more than I did before. Anyone?

I was there on the 12th...are you talking about the blonde that did the fills? That was the 1st time she did mine. I wish it had been Dr. Spivak....I had a few questions for him.

Hey guys! I just wanted to share these pictures with you! We went with our shop to a tattoo convention in San Antonio, TX two weeks ago called the Alamo City Tattoo Convention. We had a great time and we were able to meet Kat Von D from Miami Ink. She was so nice, pretty and TALL! She is a great artist and if you watch the show you have seen her work. We took both of our girls and had a great time. Enjoy. :eek: Me, my daughter Faith and Kat Von D My husband-Kenny, daughter Bryanne and Kat Von D

I have so many favorite movies....Underworld I & II, Blade (all), Interview With a Vampire, Queen of the Damned, Bram Stoker's Dracula....uh oh I see a pattern! I love vampire movies the most but I do have a lot of other favs....Braveheart, Terms of Endearment, Titanic, Imitation of Life, Gone With the Wind, Sleepless in Seattle, The Skeleton Key, The Big Easy....The list goes on and on....

I think I have already said something on this thread but it doesn't hurt to repeat! I had my surgery done by Dr. Spivak and I absolutely LOVE him! He is so nice and caring and is always there with a warm smile and friendly conversation. And his staff is great and will help you in anyway. He is not agressive when it comes to getting fills done. You get them as you need them and if you aren't sure (like I am) you can talk to one of the nurses and let them help you out. I called and talked to Shirley and discussed the things that I am eating and what I can't eat and she scheduled me to come in and do just a barium swallow to just "take a look see". I do that on Wednesday. So maybe I think I need one when I really don't need it. I was really lucky that I was able to pay cash by getting a loan and chosing Dr. Spivak and this surgey was one of the best things I have ever done for myself and for my family.

I threw this together a few minutes ago and it came out pretty good and thought I would share. I made a couple of chicken breasts for daughter and myself and she likes her chicken w/BBQ sauce (she's 7) and of course I want more flavor and a sauce is a must to eat my chicken with. Chicken is a rare thing for me! So, I found a can of pineapple chunks in the fridge and thought...."what can I do with this?" I threw it in a pan with some cajun seasoning and lil extra chili powder for more of a kick, some pepper, salt, light golden brown sugar and some onion powder...might sound a little weird but I was just throwing it together!! I let it boil for awhile just to let the flavors come together and then I threw it in the food processor and at the end a handful of cilantro was put in and chopped with it. WOW! It was pretty good and spicy. I have no idea of a calories or fat amount but that it was spicy and sweet...a good combo. :hungry: Put over a grilled chicken breast and enjoy.!

Is this a bad thing that I scored high? :grouphug: :eek: Bourbon Congratulations! You're 123 proof, with specific scores in beer (100) , wine (100), and liquor (86). Screw all that namby-pamby chick stuff, you're going straight for the bottle and a shot glass! It'll take more than a few shots of Wild Turkey or 99 Bananas before you start seeing pink elephants. You know how to handle your alcohol, and yourself at parties. My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 53% on proofYou scored higher than 82% on beer indexYou scored higher than 68% on wine indexYou scored higher than 66% on liquor index

Pasta, bread and pastries.....:think Those were all of my downfalls!!! I still can't eat a steak or tunafish but that's fine too. But I would love a bigass Cinnabon and cup of coffee!!! :hungry: But giving that up is all a part of this new journey and my ass thanks me for it!! :clap2:

I watched the Larry King interview last night and I listened to what she had to say and I have kind of hopped the fence and gone a little towards her side. First of all, she found out about the executive producers not renewing her contract from her husband through her agents and managers, not form Barbara or Bill. That was not cool to me...as closely as she had worked with Barbara Walters I thought she would have found out from her...I would have wanted it that way. Then, she knew about this since 04-21-06 and she was still a professional everyday and never let it be known that she wasn't renewed in her contract on air. And then I guess what drove her to finally crack and say something on Tuesday instead of Thursday like they planned was the way it was becoming a media circus outside her home and she didn't want it to be that way. Would you? She is an attorney, first and foremost and she knows that she can screw herself by going on national TV and lying...so why would she. And as far as her weightloss, everyone knows how personal it can be and yes she is a celebrity but she is still a person with feelings. So she didn't come out and say..."I had WLS!!!" But she did say that she had 'medical intervention' and anyone with a brain knows what that means. But at the end of the day, what does it really matter and who is it hurting. So what, she had it, she lost the weight and is probably healthier now than she was before and I hope that she can go on with her life and be 'healthy'...to me that is all that matters. All this other BS is just a bump in the road of being a celebrity. Everyone has their own opinion and this is mine. Agree or disagree. Life is too short to worry about what other people think, you pick up and move on and i think that is what she is trying to do.

I have been feeling the same for the past 2 days. It came up all of sudden. I have a pain in my back and in my sternum. Like a tightness. No pain in my port area. I had dinner last night and we headed into Houston to a car dealership and oh boy!!! My DH thought he was going to have to take me to a hopsital to get checked out. The pain was horrible!!! I had chinese for dinner and had won ton soup, a few edamame and grilled veggies w/buckwheat pasta (only a couple of bites) and about 10 minutes later it hit. He pulled over and my mouth was full of saliva and the pain was so bad....that had to be the worse I have ever felt. I called the after-hours number and got no one!!! (that ticked me off!) so we got in the car and were on our way to the hospital when I finally threw up....:clap2: ....felt better after that. We went to his mom's house and I went straight to the bathroom and threw up, again...but this time it was the food I had for dinner! :cry I still felt discomfort this morning so I called the dr's office and talked to his nurse and she said that it doesn't sound like a slippage or erosion...anything of the sort. And I have no acid-reflux either, gas...oh yeah! But she scheduled me to come in and do a barium swallow instead of a fill, just to take a look at things and to see how restricted I am. So, I feel your pain. You have no idea why you feel this way and everything is going through your head and you feel helpless. I think I am going to do the liquid diet for a few days and see how I feel. My DH seems to think that I might be coming down with a chest cold also...it has been going around over here. Since I have a tightening in my chest and lung area. So, we'll see. Good luck with everything.

This is my son's baby girl Trinity. Isn't she pretty! And she is so soft!

How funny IrishRose!!! I have the Envy Green too! Does yours have the monitors in the headrests?? I think that is what sold me!!! Not that I will be using them but my kids do! I love mine...Bought different rims for it too! Do you have the light kit inside? I have the green lights! It is such a fun car!!!!! I absolutley love my car! And what a head-turner!!!

Sometimes if you buy them online they are discounted some. Have a great time!

I forget alot! And then I am reminded of it when I reach into the washing machine or in the tub and I hit my port! That hurts. Or when I wake up in the morning and start to drink that 1st cup of coffee and the first drink doesn't go down too well! Ouch! I am reminded of it when I want to take a big ass bite of someone's burger or steak...whatever anyone happens to be eating that I can't take a big ass bite of is a sad reminder. :cry But it's worth it.

I take Prozac in liquid form, chew 2 calcium Viactiv and 1 Multi-Vitamin Viactiv and use BC powders for aches and pains or Tylenol liquid for adults....so far I haven't had to take anything else.

I found out that Crystal Light is the best mixer for drinks and a great way to get your Water in! Yeah, Yeah...what about the alcohol?! Oh well....would you rather drink the sugar-filled fruity drinks and carbonated drinks like beer or rum and coke?? I take a regular bottle of water (16oz) and put 2 packs (extra flavor) of Crystal Light Lemonade, shake well and then drink the top off...down to the label and fill with ice cold Vodka....OMG!!!!! Yummy!!!! and if you freeze it until it slushes...WOW! I also made it with the Crystal Light Fruit Punch and Jack Daniels....that is REALLY good! I happened to stumble upon this concoction in Austin, TX in my hotel room....I made a Crystal Light Fruit Punch and my DH's Jack was sitting there and I got to thinking....and when I think....WHOA NELLY! And by golly! It was the bomb! So to answer the question...."To booze or not to booze?" Why not! But you just have to find a way that is best for you...and I think I found mine. The only down fall is most bars can't do this so I think I will stick to a Bloody Mary or just Jack or Crowne and water w/some lime. :heh:

I have been having the same problems! It is driving me absolutely insane! I am debating getting a fill, my DH thinks I might need one and I am not sure. I can eat something and get full and then turn around and have the damn munchies!! :eek: Like a craving for chocolate or some chips!! :faint: Yesterday I think I grazed all day...muching on this and that and I think it's because my DH was out of town and I was bored and doing laundry all day! But when it came to dinner I did pretty good! I made spaghetti for the family and I baked zucchini and put the sauce over it instead of having the pasta but then I got the munchies! I put it off though and went out on the back porch and exercised...:clap2: Yeah me! But like this morning....I have had 3 cups of coffee, bought Jack in the Box for breakfast...an Extreme sausage sandwich and ate the one egg and 2 sausage patties and threw away the bread and now I am working on a Lo-Carb Monster drink...and I know when it comes down to lunch...It will get stuck! Is that because I am still full or because I have tightened? And if I am full...I don't feel it because I am hungry by lunchtime OR do I think I am hungry BECAUSE it is lunchtime???? See that is my dilema...So do I get the fill or not??? And if I do get the fill...should I try a liquid diet for a couple of weeks (protein drinks)....I am actually tired of figuring out what to eat! All meat gets stuck and I stay away from breads and pastas but cereal and oatmeal are fine. And everything that I crave is the crap that goes down VERY easily....:angry . I am glad to see that I am not the only one!

A slow song that we played was "From This Moment" by Shania Twain. Any Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill...I usually don't listen to country but I like the older songs by them. It's hard to pick for weddings.

OH MY GOSH!!! ME TOO, ME TOO!!!! You are not alone sister!!! I stopped exercising about 2 months ago and stopped losing and got stuck with about 2 or 3 pounds bouncing back and forth!!!! I got on my exercise equipment last night and about DIED! :faint: So! I am trying to get back on track but it is hard and in the end will be worth it and we both know that. Good luck!

Ok...I think I am tired of trying to figure out stuff to eat and making the wrong choices and getting bored. Being that it is this long since I have been banded (09-05) would it be weird to go on a liquid diet? Like shakes...not Slim-Fast (yuck) but the other protein shakes. I need something different. It seems the other stuff isn't filling me up and I don't want a fill right now because I am filled just enough that I am not miserable. And it seems to me that it might be a little easier for me since I won't have to make a decision on what to eat but just what flavor to mix!! Does this make any sense to anyone? I thought about trying this for a few weeks to see how I do with it.

OH Wheetsin!!! NIN~~~Love them!and Closer has got to be the best song to have sex to...ever!!!! :faint: :heh: Anyways...I love The Cure, Lacuna Coil, HIM, Evanesence, Nox Arcana and anything that has a haunting melody to it I absolutely love. I do like the Top 40 music like Kelly Clarkson, All American Rejects, Gwen Stefani, Black Eye Peas etc....But my favorite has to be the ones I mentioned before. And I would have to list classical masterpieces up there too! Violins and a cello are so pretty to hear. I can not do country anymore...blah!

Hello everyone! I was just curious what everyone eats when they happen to go to a fast food joint....Sonic, McD's, Burger King, KFC, etc...? I am eating lunch right now and I am having a Chicken Caesar Salad from Wendy's and I was curious! I know alot of people try to stay away from them but having little ones it's kind of hard at times or on the go with work...you just don't have time.

So far today.... 2 cups of coffee cheese grits (pre-packaged) South Beach Diet bar Wendy's Chicken Caesar salad (no croutons-and eating it for the past hour!) And one bottle of water....need more!!!

This came up last night with a girlfriend of mine and in high school I always thought I was fat compared to the other girls. I weighed in my senior year at 130lbs (OMG! to be that now!) and to me that was fat because all the other girls weighed 110lbs!!! Silly right? At the time though high school was big deal and image was everything. But I still got the guys...no doubt in that! But as I got older and got married in 1993 and then pregnant...I gained a bunch of weight, 220ish, with my son and then I got divorced in 1995 and lost that weight and went down to about 145-150 and then I was doing really good until I married again and got pregnant AGAIN! And I gained a bunch with her and then I started going to the gym and dropped down to about 215 and then that stopped and I got aggrevated and went to Jenny Craig and got down to 200 (never broke the 100's) and then that came to a halt...I gained more and then finally had this done. I don't relate eating and food to anything bad in my childhood. I think with me it has to do with getting moving and motivated and putting down the food!!! Bad choices and loving the flavor too much and the enjoyment of a good pastry!!! Or too many fruit smoothies and cokes. So to narrow it down...my weight gain is fueled by being lazy and addicted to sweets!