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dont make me hurt you with all that sugar!!!

T, u better stay consistant on them meds... Hopefully soon you wont have to take them, but in the mean time we want you at top notch... BTW... when we walking again!

Trying to find as many 'before' pic as possible to help me gauge my weight loss in pictures.. Here I am in Miami when Hubby and I went to a Heat game.. My stomach was (is) really big.:cry

Here is a pic of me and Hubby at the Miami Heat Game

AAw, Thanks Ms. Teresita! I know I can get through this.. I know somewhere deep deep down inside (somewhere in dark and lonely place somewhere) I have the strength to do this. I need to find peace with myself, quit this self depression and start treating my body like the temple it deserves to be treated. From top to bottom, I want to be a new me!

Nothing exciting going on today... but i did have this weird dream last night. I was going in for surgery and there were all these medical people around me talking and I couldnt hear and I just kept saying "where is my surgeon, where is my surgeon" okay, so now I am having nightmares are the big day... How fun. :rolleyes I guess maybe subconciously I am just coming to terms with the whole thing. I have been operated on before so going under really doesnt bother me, but I dont know.. just getting a few butterflies maybe.

What cha mean gurl?? U getting gifts like that... wow, I need ur job!

:tired So now I get a call from my PCP and find out that I am H Pylori positive... I am thinking to myself... What.. what the hell is that and why do I have it!! :cry Well from my research, its a bateria in the stomach and it can cause gastritis and ulcers... Great. Now what does this mean for surgery. Well after going back and forth between the surgeon and my PCP, I find that I need to get on anti-biotics for the next two weeks. Then they will retest me in another two weeks... HOLD IT:omg: I have surgery in 3 weeks so now what. Well my surgeron office says that its cool, that some people are even on the meds when they go to surgery... well for me, I want on them ASAP. I heard they were some big azz pills and I dont want to be trying to figure out how to take them once I've been banded...

Oh so my PCP says that he wants to see me first before he prescribes the meds... what the heck. He just saw me and he has to see me again before surgery for clearance so whats the big friggen deal. Just write the darn perscription so I can be on my merry way...:mad: Well thank goodness my Surgeons office said they would write it. But they wanted me to call my PCP to let him know so that I am not stepping on anyones toes... HELLOOOOO. this is my damn body, I am the one who has to take the darn meds, get the dang on band and deal with the dreaded INS people, so I dont really give a rats azz if I am stepping on toes... If it were not for my persistance, I would probably still be hung up on why my ins hadnt approved me yet (GEEZ, THATS A WHOLE NOTHER STORY :faint: )

Well anyways, after all that drama... I will be taking my meds starting today and am still on schedule to have my band.

Okay well, my week should have started out great... and it did... but I go to a doc appt yesterday and Damn, there went my week. I went for a follow up at my orthopedic doc and he tells me that I have cysts in my ankle causing ostheoarthritis... I am like huh?? I knew I have had problems since I had a ski injury back in 02, but now he tell me I need to hault on some thangs... Like my STEP AEROBICS... WHAT... un uh... no can do. Stepping is about the only exercise that I enjoy and gets me going. I do like to walk, but Step burns the calories... sighhhhh.

So what the heck am I suppose to do now????:faint:

Hey Ms. Tia! Today will be an AWESOME DAY!! It has to be, its Monday and I demand that this day be all good!!!

Sorry to hear she gave you all that drama.... She need to realize this is your life not hers. I cant stand when the doc act like that. Well its GREAT that you have your referral and now you can move on to the next stage. My suggestion... Call you ins co and find out exactly what their process is so you can be ahead of the game. With things like this, we need to be REAL AGRESSIVE!!!

Thanks for the compliment... dont think my hair has looked that nice in a while. I am rocking the ponytail these days. I am 5'7.5. Weighed in at the doc today at 242. Boy, 175 sounds so good right now...

(sighhhhhh) Ms. Tia, we'll have to get to know each other... being that we're birth sistas, lol. Have a great day!

Hey Lady! I am glad to see that u are have a WonDful Day! Today will be good for me too... oops too late, I already ate. Dang should have read the boards before lunch, LOL.

I know exactly how u feel. I am depressed, dont even know how I am gonna give up the foods that I love so much. I am 5'7.25in (yes, I want my .25 inch Heaviest has been at 284, so my doc says.. Today is weigh in (I am a member of TOPs) so hopefully I lost since last tuesday. We should chat more... give each other motivation! Talk with ya manana!

Hey there! Least u get get in a pair of heels.. I put them on and walk ten steps... no more...ouch ouch. my ankle starts paining really bad. Oh well, back to the sneakers

K, I know exactly how you feel.. My Granny is the same way. She means well, but just urks me with all her talk about how I need to eat one time a day (a salad) and thats it... and then I will lose... LOL, gotta love her though.

Congrats and welcome... My birthday is also 3/29, though I will be 32. Hopefully we'll both drop quite a few pounds by our B-Day!

I needed a place to vent... so why not here. I am scheduled to have my lapband surgery on 11-9. Should be excited, right? Wrong... I feel upset with myself. When I initially started researching the band, I knew it was for me because I am a BIG uncontrolled portion eater. Carbs all day every day. So I began my jouney... Well I think deep down inside, I thought I could still do this on my own. I can work out a lot, can be very enthusiastic. But after trying again.. I failed. failed cuz I just can control my mind to keep my mouth shut. No, instead I convice myself why I should have 8 slices of pizza and cinnamon rolls and biscuits.... URGHHHHH!

I guess I am coming to the realization, that I have a true problem. Something I just cant seem to get control of. I know the band is what I need. I know that I will probably do well with it. But I just feel really crappy for letting myself down over and over again....

Okay, I'll quit my bitchin now:cry

Oppps. I guess I need to look at my journal more often... thank you kindly, MoOrLess!

K! This is wonderful!!! You are doing great!!! and your consistantly losing. That is the best way!!!!

Well, its better to cry than be upset and eat some more... I gained a whopping 15 lbs in a matter of a month. I am disgusted with myself, but then I just have to realize that sometimes things are not gonna be as good as other times. Just try to do better next week

Hey Ms. T! Sorry your not having the greatest day... I have a WW scale. It doesnt go up to 400 but it does go to 385, which your almost there anyways. By the time you hit Walmart (which is where I bought mine) over the weekend, you will be under that weight!!

Me in December (275)

Me in May (247)

pic at 254 5/2/06

Here is is Thursday, I aint dont crap all week except eat. I need to get my stuff together for real!! I am a lazy sob and need to get off my azz and do something.

Okay so I said it and I am still here sitting at my damn desk. &%^$$@%$

I just finished reading some jounals and yall are doing great! Let me go to the gym and get my 30 min in...

Well this was a good idea when I first though about it, but we're aleady in June and I aint even got out of the damn 240 range... so I guess I just have to be patient... although I dont really know how... darn it!!!

I like the idea that someone had on their site so I am gonna borrow it.

Starting weight on 5/3/06- 248 (according to my scale at home)

1st goal - 240lbs met on ___/___/2006

2nd goal - 230lbs met on ___/___/2006

3rd goal - 220lbs met on ___/___/2006

4th goal - 210lbs met on ___/___/2006

5th goal - 200lbs met on ___/___/2006

6th goal - 190lbs met on ___/___/2006

7th goal - 180lbs met on ___/___/2006

Final goal -175lbs met on ___/___/2006

Come on' I can do it!!!!:whoo:

Hey, I didnt even know this was out here. Great, a spot where I can post all my info... where I can look back at a glance, yeahhh.

Most that know me know I have not been banded yet. I just finished the 6 month PCP visits and now I am just waiting for an answer. But in the meantime, I am not waiting to jump start my weightloss. Since the new year, I lost 25 lbs and hope to be at goal by 12/31. Some days I do really well and some days... DAMN, life aint so great. Well thanks to all my friends on LBT, I stay motivated and am looking forward to losing this weight for good!!! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2: