mstrina27

I am only going to weigh myself 1x a month... because I know depending on what time of the month it is I may retain more water and fluid.. and I don't want to upset myself. I am really anal about things like that. As long as i am working out, eating right and drinking fluid.. I can actually tell when i am burning fat because I will go to the bathroom to pee like every hour on the hour for a week straight and I know that is pure fat loss.... and when i step on the scale it is like my best friend so I will leave it up to the pee test...lol and be surprised at my monthly weigh in....

U know GG... I think about this so freekin often it aint funny... Now see I am going to flip it a little bit because i know that what I believe will come to pass, and how i write it means everything... so here we go...lol.. 1. I am so thankful and grateful that I am able to go wardrobe shopping and purchase all new clothes in my fab. new size 10. Baby look at me now. I mean I have everything i have ever wanted, everything from the top to the bottom.. and price was not a factor either... how great is that!!!! 2. I am so grateful and thankful that I am able to take that photo shoot that I have always wanted to take, and of course I am wearing some of the sexy new outfits that i bought... feels really good.... 3. I have been invited to be in a fashion show to show off my sexy new look... who would have thought.. because I said that I wanted to walk down a runway looking 'hott to def'....lol.. wow... I told them to watch out because here I come and I have arrived... 4. Oh and one last thing... I bought those sexy guess shoes that I have been dreaming about and I am going to wear then to a friends birthday party. I am not trying to stop her show, but hey when u got it u got it...lol... and I wil check back on this thread to put a big red check next to every thing once i meet it. Well done... Great thread...

Has started working out yet? I know I started after my 2-weeks were up. I started out doing 30-minutes on the elliptical maching and now I am up to a cool 60.lol... I know this will speed up the weight loss process as well but I am going to hold off on the stomach crunches for about 6mths or so because i dont want my port to flip or disconnect or anything... Now I don't have that much of a stomach anyway so it wont be hard for me to hit the abs and get them under control in like 1-2mths... but i just want to make sure that I am not alone with the working out and everything.... My best friend that relocated to Atl.. has been there doing everything with me, and it is so crazy because when i started on my liquid phase she said ok i'm going to do it to... she was more pissed off than i was... too funny... she was like hell i think i am going to eat my arm..... but after a few days it was better... and the next phases as well. Now she got a personal trainer and he is brutal....:thumbup:, and i told her everything he is telling her is so true.. and I will workout with her because I know it is do-able. He trains her 2-days a week and she started out doing 30 minutes of the elliptical like i did but he only gave her a week to get to an hour...lol... I am not a hard person to motivate once I see something I want nothing can stop me from getting it. Now does anyone have a workout routine set up??

i like the sound of the new room.... Froggi u have out done yourself once again....lol.. Great job...

That is exactly what I did... I did not go thru my pcp I went thru my OBGYN Do u have an hmo or ppo?

I was going to say the exact same thing.... I have realized that I must deal with what ever issue I am having. If I am angry then i deal with it instead of shuving food into my mouth because after i eat i am still angry... actually more angry and the same with being bored, tired, happy, and all other emotions... just like the others said u have to first take the step to realize when u r eating WHY are u eating.. is it becasue u are hungry or is it because something triggered u to go to junk food, or food period. I had an ahhh haaa moment at work... a few months ago... someone pissed me off and the first thing i did was to get up from my desk and walked to the vending machine..and when i realized what i was doing i actually said aaahhhh i never realized that before and i dealt the the anger and i never bought anything from the machine... U just have to be aware of the triggers and deal with them but it is a process... no one is perfect...

u got that right.... because 2 of the people at my job that tried to talk me out of it came to me last week and were like Trina damn girl u are really coming down.. u lookn good... and it was a little icing on the cake.. but i want all of the icing on there because no matter what anyone says.. i will succeed....and u will too..

Ok that sounds good.. I may get one and try it out again.. but i will get it a little smaller...

i was just banded on the 15th and it came with a fill... and my next apt. is june 12th so i'm sorry i can't answer, but it is strange that u can eat popcorn.. but i guess as long as u chew it up then u should be ok... how much soup, and other soft foods are u eating? do u feel like u want to throw up at all? A lot of it may be because u have the congestion... Oh yeah.. congrats on your success.....

It is prob. because u had the implants removed and your cycle has been stopped for so long... it will regulate after a few months....

U know what when I am eating around people that don't know that I have been banded they ask me why are u eating so slow and i tell say... didn't u watch that show on VH-1 called I can make u thin? He talked about chewing your food more, and putting your fork down between bites and it has seem to help me.. u should try it.. because it may help u...lol and they are like wow let me see.... But by u slowing down they will realize that they are swollowing 1/2 a cow without chewing... They need to learn how to chew as well.. it's not just u...Oh and to answer your question to the 2nd post it's both... u want to eat slower because u will feel fuller faster, and so u wont stretch your pouch...

I don't think u did any damage..As long as when u finished eating u felt ok. I believe it's about not being stuffed or over full. Just brush your sholders off and get back in the fight....

That is so good.... about the jogging bra.... do they really work? Are they the same as sports bras? The sports bras make it seem as if u have 1-big boob.... lol... I would love to get something that would keep the girls tamed I would love to attempt to jog but i wont because of the bra situation...

I had glue also.. and it is so crazy because 3 of them are almost completely gone.... i still have a greese burn on my stomach when i cooked bacon in my bra....lol( when i use to eat pork... about 7-yrs ago...) that is darker than the little cut's on my stomach..

Oh my goodness... Look at u that's what i'm talking about... 4-6 miles... what the hell do u have on that i-pod....lol:lol:... Keep doing your thang.. cause i'm going to be right there beside u saying can you plz hold the mirror so i can admire myself.. and i will hold it for u as well... check it out....lol....

Mine feels the same way.. like i have been laughfing too long... and i have caught a cramp.. but i figure that it will get better over time....

I would say aww I feel so sorry for you, but i don't feel sorry for u I feel sorry for him. He prob. couldn't handle u getting ready to make a change for the better for yourself.. Someone that will walk out on you LET THEM WALK.... U deserve better than him anyway. I was alone. I went to the procedure by myself... before i left to get banded I dropped my son off at school, after they dropped my off I lay'd down for a few until it was time to pick up my son.. I thought i was going to die, but God saw diffrent. I prayed over myself before I got banded... that was the worse. and things are getting better and will only get better... Just know that he had to be in your life to prepare u for what is to come... Just keep your head up and know that everything happens for a reason and don't u dare blame yourself for anything that HE DID..... U will make it.. and once u get banded plz let me know.... U are to sexy for his foolishness anyway....

Let me know how it works for u...

plz don't take it because another person on the board had to have their procedure r/s because she was taking phentermine, I was taking it too, but i learned from her and i didn't want to have mine r/s so i stop taking it.. She said it was due to the ansteologist (sp) someone had went into cardiac arrest and they wont do it because it will elivate your heart rate and they wont risk it...

don't u dare feel bad about eating the egg in the soup... trust me your procedure wont be x.o out.. it's not like they are going to say heyy we couldn't band u because the egg was still there n your stomach... trust me u will be ok.. no one is 100% if that were the case they wouldn't need the band...

U know what i have been there before... It was a while ago i was so sick of being fat i thought if i ate all the junk food that i wanted I would eventually get sick and stop eating and u know what on that day I ate a 1/2 pack of oreo's a big bag of okedoke cheese popcorn w/dorito's and hot sauce.. a 1/2 pound of m&m's peanut, ice-cream, a deep fried pizza puff, mini peanut butter cups.. and diet pepsi... lol.. yes diet pepsi... I ate so much i actually threw up i was as sick as a dog.... I dont know if that helped me not to eat so much crap, but i prayed that everytime i would eat that kind of crap i would get sick and i would so that did slow me down... but it is totally mental and u will over come it.....It is a struggle everyday..because I know that I gained all of the weight that i have from eating junk food

u know i totally understand how u feel. When i started on my pre-op i was so tired and it was like i had no energy at all... it kinda pissed me off because before i started mympr-op diet i actually worked out and I had to start back but it is hard... and i did not want to take my fat burner or adipex that controlled my hunger because i did not wnt them to x.o my sugery... But try drinking a sugar free red bull that might help.. it helped me...

You know it's funny that u mentioned the hard getting out of bed thing... I have a waterbed... yeah i know old school...lol.. but I sleep soooo good... but any hoo... i have to roll out of bed...lol.. it was kind of hard, but i managed... and every time my son got in the bed with me and would move the waves would make me so sick... but it does get better....:laugh:

You know i work with a lady that use to work for cigna and she told me that it was hard to be approved because the Dr's did not say that it was medically necessary on the paperwork. She said that they look for spicific wording and it it did not have that wording they denied it.. so make sure if u can that your Dr's office say that it is medically necessary and u shouldnt have any problems, oh and if u have like sleep apniea or something like high blood pressure that is a plus also..

well congrats on being banded... U r doing so much better than i was 2-days out... the pain meds were making me sick but of course all is good now...