mstrina27

I am being banded on the same day...and i'm out patient also...

Wow... You all are truly helping me soooo much... I can relate to falling asleep while watching the news.... fantastic information... I can't keep stressing you all are amazing... Thanks for taking the time to share...:frown::thumbup::thumbup::sad::thumbup::tongue::thumbup::w00t::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

did u loose any weight

Wow u sound like my mother... and it is so amazing my mother would have been 54 september 28th.... She was the same way and so am I. Wow that is sad... I can't stand when people look at people with a tone like that...

I was going to say the same thing....

That is cool... I am so proud of u... Thank's for sharring your experience... Trust me u help'd me more than you could ever imagine...:party::thumbup::party:

That is fantastic as well..... wow... you all are doing a great job...:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Wow now that's what i'm talking about.... Thanks for the info.... I am so glad that u are doing ok... How does the port site feel now?

That is fantastic...... congratulations..... wooooohoooooooo:thumbup::party::thumbup::party::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

U gal's are great.... and U all inspire me also. Everyday we make better choices makes that bad food choice giant even smaller... I want it to disappear for good and never return.... We are all here for each other....

Yes we do and u are so right... I know a lot of people that are doing good like yourself don't post often. I see more of the newbies like myself looking for answers. We all need inspiration. I would love to see threads like u know i drove up to burger king to get a whopper w/cheese but i decided to drive off or something. I think I want others to post their good days not just the bad ones. Because we all do slip but we should give a high five for the good days that people have also... Congratulations for being 3-weeks out and doing as good as you are...

I am more determined than ever. You all just don't know how much you all are motivating me to do the right thing. I have read post thu out the board and i haven't seen one post that says... Wow my Dr. told me to take it easy and not to workout for about 2-weeks just do light walking, but nothing to stressful... But someone says the hell with that.. 1-week post op i went to the gym and worked out like 1 hr on the elliptical, i did 150-crunches, i did my arms, my thighs, inner and outer.. man i think i may have over did it.. but i feel great!!!! It seems like there are no slips on working-out to soon..lol.. but with the food intake its like there was a slight change if any at all. Why are we eating things that got us overweight in the first place. If you are trying to loose weight you should not eat certain things bottom line. Those things should be history, and i'm not afraid to let those things go and never look back because it's like pointing a loaded gun to my head... and playing russian rulette and saying.. Oh that pack of Cookies didn't give me a heart attack that time, so i guess it will be ok for me to eat that + something else..NO NO NO....You have to say enough is enough. I am tired of doing the same thing and getting the same results.. I have to make this change in order to get better results. We are here to inspire each other with our struggles and our stories. What you may be going thru will help me, and if not me someone else. I just want everyone to be successful at this point in the road, because it is no fun being overweight, and I get tired of hearing people saying I don't know why he or she is getting any thing done they are not going to loose any weight any way... or if they do they will just gain it back....That ticks me off... I have no health problems. THANK GOD... I am doing it to improve my quality of life. I have eaten snickers bars, pb cubs, doritos, hershey bars, garretts cheese & carmel popcorn, pop, twinkies, cup cakes, peach cobbler, fried chicken, ice cream, mac & cheese, pizza, & nacho's enough to get from chicago to NYC if i put everything right in front of the other... and i refuse to make my junk pile circle the earth..... Even if you can't put 100% into it right now do more than 50% you owe it to yourself no one else...... Love u....:wub:

I agree with u and Alex. You could have gotten Apple dippers and just ate the apples, u could have gotten 3pks. they are only $1.00 You should have the shakes in the can ready to go. They are pre-made. I am with the tough love. If I make a mistake and I post it I want you all to rip my azz into shreads.... because that is the only way I will figure it out.. hey others are saying the same thing.. so i gotta do what i gotta do. You know when u pulled up and went thru the drive thru u prob. said I shouldn't even be here. Follow your first mind because the 2nd one is always the ohhhh it's ok.. and IT'S NOT... You waited all of this time to get banded, went thru the pain. Baby keep it movin... The hell with McDonalds, and other fast food joints because they are all there to keep us overweight, lazy and broke..... U slipped now get up dust yourself off and get back on track....

i would think that they gave him a nausea medication to help control that when he was in the hospital.. if u call his Dr.'s office and let the nurse know that he is feeling nausiated they will prpb. prescribe something for that for him...Also ginger root is good to help with nausea... You can get that from the Vitamin shop Ginger check this link out also

I would definately speak with a nutrionist... your Dr. should not tell u what to eat from what i was told that is what the nutronist is for. I was told to stay away from fibrous veggies and fruit as well as breads... I haven't been banded yet but i have read over the material like 1000x that really seems strange. I would give them a call today and tell them that you know people that have had the band and they are not allowed to eat what you are eating... r u doing something wrong or what. I would think u would be ok.. but at the same time u might not loose as fast as u want, but then again u may....

Awww u will be ok.... Don't allow your nerves to get the best of you. When u return home just make sure that you take your pain med's and get some gas x or something like that... do u have everything u need after u get home?

It sure is.. we are going to be band sisters...:thumbup:

Well I think better now than later... if u wait too long you may decide not to get it done. This will be a life style change for you so if u have to eat less and or make better food choices big deal.... It's going to be the summer anyway... and the more weight you can loose between now and july will be more than just a few i'm sure... I would do it now.... but thats my opinion.

Congratulations....wow you have waited a really long time... but trust me it will be worth the wait...

OMG... That is love... wow.... Congrats....

Congrats... I am being banded on the 15th of may as well...

I am so glad u posted this Thread!!!! I am going to get realll personal now... my brother was killed in 2001(nov) and he had an addiction that he was trying to take control of. I had realized at that time that I was getting serious with loosing weight because I was tired of being fat... so we had a heart to heart talk... I told him that i understand his addiction because at first i was like why dont u just stop!!! :smile2:.. U don't need that bull:cursing:... Are u kidding me.. Then it's like i had a ahhh haaa moment.. Having an addiction to drugs or alcohol is the same as food. It dosent matter if the drugs are prescription, or illegal.. So we made an agreement for me not to eat junk food and not to eat when i wasen't hungry and to excercise and for him to stay away from 'bad people, and situations..I had a really bad problem with oreo Cookies, doritos, snack cakes pb cups...If you become dependent upon something u r addicted.. and i did not have to lay on someone's couch to figure it out.. God revealed it to me... . I'm so serious... a little over 2mths later he was at the wrong place at the wrong time... and was stabbed in the chest & died 2-4minutes later because he drowned in his own blood.... I lashed out, i mean totally went to left field... because i was angry.. I was like how could he go we r sopouse to be here to support each other... then i was like he didn't give up on me so i shouldn't give up... and that's when i started working out like crazy at the gym. lost over 100+lbs then got prego and gained over 85lbs back..:tongue:.. So getting back to the topic it is the same thing... too much food can kill u just like drugs and alcohol can and it actually needs to be treated as the same... we need food to live but we dont need pb cups, snack cakes, fried chicken, mac&cheese, steak sand. and so forth..I would suggest u talk to someone to help u realize what triggers your over eating and bad food choices....

Be calm and think about palm tree's....:coolgleamA:... You know your life is going to change for the better... it's going to take some getting use to but im sure it will b ok

Well congratulations on the decision to take your life back first of all... You wanted it so bad u faught for it so now that you have won 1/2 of the battle why quit now... I was told that you can take the benifiber or metamaucil (sp) to allow u to have a movement. I take Fiber everyother day so my system will be regular. We are all afraid of the unknown.. but at this point by loosing the weight that will help in improving your quality and quanity of life..... So shake the doubt off and keep it moving....:coolgleamA:

Congrats... when u get bk home... plz let us know how everything went for u...