katiebug

50lbs as of yesterday!

The burping is a little annoying, but I'm pretty good at masking them. Haha.

This is good to know. I was also curious...

I've been overweight my whole life. It makes it even more weird to think about me being skinny.

I agree with Luscious. If you can convince your parents to attend a seminar, then your doctor can convince your parents that LapBand is safe & an amazing tool.

Bud light, Coors, Heineken, as well as Crown, Captain Morgan.

I go to a community college in Texas. As far as drinking goes, I haven't had any problems with any alcohol I've come across. Though, once I'm drunk, the food has no trouble going down.

Yeah, my dad saw an AD in the paper & was like, "Hey Katie... you should totally look into this." & now I'm banded! It's crazy.

They made me wait until i was 18 but I would have done it before then.

Thank you for the feedback. I haven't been "pullfree" in several months now, but it has been dramatically reduced. My hair has been growing very slowly and thin which isn't normal. It normally grows super fast & very thick. But I am extremely grateful that is coming back as well as it is. Ugh! I worry about my hair almost more than my weight.

I've lost a cinder block! Just yesterday I mentioned to my sister I had lost as much as an entire kid in my class. They are three.

Change (In the House of Flies) - Deftones

This may be a long shot, but does anyone here suffer from Trichotillomania? Pulling out their hair...? I've been pulling out my hair for over ten years now, so I have obvious bald spots and extremely thin hair. I figure my hairloss/growth will be way different than most of you because this, & I was just wondering if anyone else may know what I'm talking about.

I'm a preschool teacher. I work with 1-5 year olds but my main classroom is 3 year olds. I love it.

Congratulations, Allison! My name's Katie & I've been banded for almost three months now with no real disappointments. I haven't been to school since I've had it, but it isn't band related. I work with kids, & the band hasn't slowed me down. It's really only gotten easier. There's no difference with my friends. My two best friends haven't actually even said anything about it yet. But they aren't like non-supportive. Dating wise... I'm not one to talk to... & as for my parents.... 239847239847293847% supportive. If they cared any more, I don't know what I'd do! Haha.

Today a mom from the daycare I work at told me she had gastric bypass five years ago & it's been great, blah blah blah. I'm thinking to myself: "WHY is she telling me this?!" Our receptionist up front just "somehow" brought up that I had been banded. I mean, wow. But she was super sweet about it, the mom was. The point of me saying this is once you tell someone you can't keep them from telling others... I guess that's my point.

I told people & haven't really gotten any bad feedback. The constant eyes watching everything I eat is very frustrating though.

It is extremely annoying... but to each their own.

I know, it made me want to cry.

That is very depressing. I'm so sorry about the setbacks, yet super glad that you're approved... once again! I was fortunate enough to be approved my second time around & it happened pretty immediately there after.

Yes, I love my job. & they also tell me I need to find someone to settle down & have kids with. They don't hate on just dating for funsies though either, they just want me to have someone. It's cute.

It's these crazy ladies I work with, I really don't mind. It's not that I should just get one now, but especially now. They've been telling me I should have a boyfriend for a year & a half now. They always tell me I have such a lovely face haha. But she is very excited for me. She is from... some crazy islands that I can never remember, but yeah. She has two sisters that also work there with me & my sister, so it's all fun.

People at work will tell me on a daily basis that all I need is a boyfriend & now that I'm losing weight I should have one... Now, I don't take it too seriously, or to heart, but hearing it everyday... it makes it hard to get out of your head, you know?

I was in that same position. A little over a year ago (I was 17 & a half) was when I first went to find out about lapband & it turns out my surgeon was willing to band me, but my insurance said I had to be 18. My surgeon didn't ask me to lose any weight, but I did actually have to gain about 10lb in order for my insurance to approve. Where are you from & how far are you willing to drive?

Haha! This really made me laugh!