mstrina27

I agree with you... I can burn just about 1000 calories on the elliptical for an hour and with the treadmill i think it would prob. hit about 500 or so... I do switch up every now and then but the elliptical's at the gym rock... omg they r the best.... I wish i could afford one.. but the one that i adore is made by life fitness and its like 5-6k.. Not in my budget...lol.. I have one that was like 600bucks but its not like the one's at the gym...

i read in another post that your band dosen't erode what happens is that the band will cut into the stomach, and that your band will eventually be inside of your stomach. . Most said that this will happen if the fill''s are too tight and for too long..

Brandy... that's funny... why did he only go 39-days with out eating food.. why didn't he do the full 40? He prob. started nawing at his hands...lol...

LMAO... omg i can't stop....:cheers2::party:... whew.. I guess u are hungry...:party:.. make sure you drink plenty of Water... or some sort of no calorie bev. or something.. I know it's prob. easier for me because i havent started my liquid diet yet but you will be ok.. but now if your stomach eats itself then u will be cool then u wont have to be banded...lol.. just kidding.....lol.. u r too funny....

Ohhh baby must I tell you that you are not the only one that goes thru this.. as you can see.. I have been there sitting there eating junk food like the cup cakes and chips not just 1 im talking about the entire box...and at the same talking about how fit i wanted to be, and could not find the motivation to get up and do something about it. But i had it out with myself. When i say that i had it out.. You would have thought i was going off on someone in the room but i was actually looking at myself in the mirror. Saying don't you dare complain about your weight and you are stuffing crap in your mouth. How hard is it to back the hell up. Are you really really tired of being left out, mistreated, and not noticed are you... then after that of course while crying my eyes out.. I had to realize the real reason why i loved to eat and over eat and act as if no one noticed that i had eaten a lot of crap like i wasen't gaining weight. I realized that my hurt was deeper than a cup cake.. it started from me keeping secrets as a child and never telling my mom of family members touching me when they shouldn't have and me thinking that i was going to get in trouble if i did tell, and that if they were going to be nice to me then hey i wont say anything. Of course that was the wrong thing to do, so instead of facing what i was going thru and or tell i would supress those feelings and try and make them go away by eating and thinking no one has noticed yet.. Now I have never to this day ever told my mother what happened to me as a child. She passed away the day after thanksgiving 2006 not knowing however i had to face it myself. I looked in the mirror and told myself that I am worth it. I did not deserve to be treated like that and that they were wrong for doing what they did to me, and the only reason i was forgiving them for violating me was so i could be released and move on with my life. Now don't get me wrong it was a process a long one however i can say that i did it.. it is much deeper than overeating because we love food there are always underlying issues to why people do what they do. Not saying that you were abused or anything but mental abuse is just as bad... Once you face those demons you can then cut the head off and they will no longer haunt u any longer...and what ever you put your mind too you will be able to acomplish it... Because at that point what will you be afraid of... everything is out in the open...

That's awesome!! :-)

well I already know what my last one will be. See I only eat chicken, fish, & turkey and there is this place that sells chicken nacho's which of course the chicken is grilled or something and it is so good... I don't really eat bad foods... It is more or less the snacks... like the hotess chocolate cream filled cup cakes... twinkies.. twizzlers, reecie pieces, peanut butter cups, kit-kats, chips, ok i think im going to have a funeral and i am literally going to buy all of the crap that i use to enjoy eating and im going to open it and put in all in a empty box even though im not going to eat the crap im going to keep the receipt with the picture i take of the snacks and just keep reminding myself about all of the money i will be saving myself...

that's fantastic..... some people just don't realize that over eating was a way of life and even though it was not a healthy way of life it will take time. Just stay focused on all of the positive health benifits and u wont even notice what you are not eating.... I know its easier said than done but im in the phase of loosing before my band date also.. and im waiting on that date now.... so i do understand just be patient everyone expects for it to come off over night but it wasent put on over night.. though it seems like it sometimes...lol

I know u r nervous but just think... ahhhh 6-8mths from now... smooth sailing.. u r going to look at your before picture and say... aaahhhh i knew i could do it... wishing u a fast recovery...

that is fantastic... congrats..... I can't wait until i get my phone call...

I'm telling u i get the same crap at work.. and i'm like nothing is a quick fix. If a person loves to eat and they can no longer eat as much how much of a quick fix is that. If i love snicker bars and I have a giant size snickers which i feel will take my hunger away :wub: so why wait lol. But seriously if im use to eating an entire snickers bar and i try and eat it and it gets stuck and i throw it back up what kind of quick fix is that? You could say that it's a quick fix for her as well if someone tells u what to eat and prepare your meals for you that is a quick fix as well. Loosing weight is no joke. I lost weight before about 110lbs by eating right, not having bad Snacks, and working out like 3-hours a day 1 1/2 hrs 2xa day... what the hell... I don't have that kind of time any more. I have a 3-year old son and I am not going to kill myself working out like that. Now don't get me wrong if i can just work out like 30-60 minutes 4-5days a week that's cool but for me i wont loose anything unless i workout. My body is use to eating brown rice, grilled chicked, ground turkey and veggies.. i don't eat port or beef so i have to take it way to the next level without any add. help... So u are on the right track. Everything is not for everybody..

You know i have people at work all the time everyday trying to so call 'talk me out of it'. I'm like if you are going to pray for me and be supportive then just do it. If you feel it's not going to help me then oh well.. Its not like if I need someone to scratch my back you are going to come over, or if I need some water and i dont feel like getting up you are going to come over and bring me some so plz don't act like u care that much. People say things like that because they are so afraid that when you drop the weight you will turn into a diffrent person .

U know I haven't had my sug. yet, when was the last time you had a fill? You have to set small goals post them up and check them off as you meet them. Like every monday & tuesday i'm going to workout for an hour, and every thursday i'm going to walk outside or something like that. I'm sure it's hard but do u have support from your family and friends because if they are tempting you with the things that u ate that got the weight on in the first place that's not good. You need a buddy to go workout with, someone that is going to check in with you and say hey what did u eat today... and don't lie.... lol.and you are honest enough to tell them. You are further than I am because you have had it done. At least you havent gained any back.... keep your head up and put your goal in your face...

see if u look at it it is more involved in the gastric.. not sure if you watch big medicine but dr. garth and his son preforms the procedure.. well both.. now with the gastric your hospital stay is longer which means more money$$$ They have to use more tools lol = more $$$$$ besides the word is longer gastric bypass vs lap band= more letters more $$$$$$ lol.. but for the risk factor i feel it is safer for the band if anything should go wrong they can remove it.. If something goes wrong with the gastric then what.

u know when i looked at the first surgon he asked me what did i want to do and i told him the gastric because i did not know that much about the lap band but when he said that the most i would loose with having the gastric was about 100-115lbs and when i heard about people loosing more than that with the lap band i was like ok well why not the band....it may be more money for the surgon if you do the gastric vs the lap band so go figure...

That's exactly what they did to me. I was like should i take my shoes off and all of the xtra stuff that add's weight and she said naaa its fine.. and they did not subtract anything.. and I had on jeans a sweatshirt and timberland boots...lol.. i was like wow i know that was about 8 or 10 xtra pounds but whatever....

Congrats on being banded...:frown: Now how is your pain level. Are you able to sleep when do u go back for a fill? lol sorry all of the questions but we are the same age and im guessing if im 34 too prehaps it wont be so bad for me either...lol

True verry true.. i just turned 34 in January and im 288 5'8 and i am going to have it as soon as they call me and give me a date... I have put it off long enough. Now i carry most of my weight in my hips and butt... some people call it being Thickk but I call it Fat... and not P.H.A.T. lol.. don't get me wrong i know i look good but the health factor over turned all others. Besides I figure that I have more to loose being over weight than having the procedure done and not being able to eat like a cow any more. Most of the times i am just plain hungry... and the appitate supressents i take don't even work any more to curve my hunger... but they do give me a little energy.. but the working out thing.. i do that also and I don't feel that I will have to have any type of sugery done after the fact. If you keep at working out and toning with weights eventually your body will pop back into shape... It also depends on how fast you loose it. Because the band allows you to loose it gradually toning should not be a prob. im guessing...

You know actually I tried Wyler's Light and OMG they are so good.. and no heartburn or reflux either... The Fruit punch is to slap someone over..lol... & the pink lemonaide... ahhhh i'm getting thirsty now..lol:thumbup:

I feel the reason i am fat because i eat too much. I ate when i wasent hungry when i was younger because i was bored and could not go off of my block because i was a girl, and my mom didn't want anything to happen to me. My cousins were all pretty thin, but i was always the cute one. :wub: so in 1987 some of my cousins started getting really rude with their comments and actually I wasent that big. They were skin and bones like really size 0 to 4 or 5 and i was a 8 and i was considered fat. Now when i look back hell if i could get back there i would be a-ok... I turned to food to be my friend because i figured no one wanted to be around me or talk to me so i shut everyone out. and the cup cakes, chips, and pop the junk food became my best buddy....

:thumbup:I found this board by accident i never knew a site like this existed.. It is so good to hear from real people that have had the procedure done and that it can be done you all are living proof that it can and will work for you. I have had so many fights within myself because I have lost a lot of weight before when my brother was killed. I could not talk to my family because I had to be the strong one for them and I thought i could not let them see my anger or my tears so i worked out before work and after work. At the time i was just trying to change my focus i actually wasent trying to loose weight go figure... After about 8mths of loosing 100+lbs i got prego with my son whom is now 3 and i gained about 85more pounds back and i have lost all but about 30lbs from the pregnancy. Once i loose that I would then be back at the starting point to loose an additional 85+pounds or so to get me to my goal. I can't work out like that anymore 2-3 hours a day... OMG it's like killing myself. I have a 3-year old for goodness sake, i'm a single parent and i have no one to help me. My mom passed away the day after thanksgiving 06' and she always wanted to see me healthy. I know I have to excercise that's not the problem but for me to see results I literally have to workout 6-days a week no less than an hour and 1/2 each workout, and right now I don't have that kind of energy to do that. There was a post about keeping it from the people at work. I actually told a few people that I was thinking about it and one girl took it and ran with it and it at first pissed me off then i stoped and thought about it and said no i don't have anything to be ashamed about yes it is my business and no one has the right to judge me and they don't know my story... But again I just wanted to say thanks for everyone opening up their hearts to share their ups and downs with total strangers like myself because you would never know how much it helps. So many times I would love to get that support from my mom but she is no longer here so thanks again....:thumbup::wink::thumbup::tt1::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

i'm kinda going thru that right now... I went in it will be 3-weeks ago on tomorrow and i am anal when it comes to follow up.... it's really bad...lol.. but to no avail.. the lady was faxing the release of my medical records to the wrong dept and the dept. that should have had it didn't so it will take a week from this past tuesday for them to fax the info over...lol.. i was like wow... reallyyyy I told u.. but your the professional....wow... everytime i talk to people i get names department's and direct numbers and ext. i write down the times and dates as well.. i work in customer service and follow up is so huge... i want to know who didn't do what they should have done the first time that caused me to have to wait longer...uhhhh it is so frustrating....i know the feeling... bt the time will be here in no time...

Now that is great information.... my thing is my insurance is approving adipex-p for me to control my hunger and Xenical for me as well.. can't they see how long my Dr. have been prescribing that for me as well.....and take that as part of the history..

wow... that's actually what i am waiting on now.. They told me they were looking for records at least 1 from each year showing what my weight was. now I have the records from 2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006 they really dont care what you went in for just to show what your weight was.. Can you think about any where you might have gone that would have charted your weight at all?

They do the same crap at my office... But I work in a call center and they eat all of the time.. for example.. wow... the sun is shinning lets have a pot luck...***uhhh I just made some copy's on the copier lets have a pot luck...lol they eat for every reason where I work... uhhh it makes me so mad.... now my will power is much stronger then it was before but people to try to make you fall back because they don't have the will or the power to say no.... Good work at staying away.....:thumbup: