FunnyDuddies

I am going to Monterrey Mx and going to pay $9100 to have mine done in the nicest hospital in MX with the best doctor in MX. LOL kidding. it is an american run hospital, so it is one of the nicest. Dr. Sanchez has done over 5000 bands, so he has TONS of experience. And the price includes airfare, one nights hospital stay, the surgery and the band and all that is needed with that, a few nights stay in Dr. Sanchez's guest house, transportation all over the place, and free fills and help. Also, if anything goes wrong they will bring you back to monterrey andfix it.

You know what...even if it does make weight loss easy. who cares?!?! Yeah, ok, sign me up for the easy weight loss! Why should I punish myself and make things harder?? Is there something wrong with making life easier on myself? I know that WLS is not easy, and that there are some very tough times ahead of me, but there are very tough times behind me as well, and I think I am overdue for a little ease. Yes, it is the easy way out for me. It is a leg up, a crutch, a head start, a no brainer. It is also going to help me live longer, look better, feel better and play better with my kids. Thank god for the easy way out!!!

Have you tried calling Dr. Jessee's office? I think she is in Largo. That is who I plan on going to after my band is installed in MX. I have heard great things about her and her staff. She also has great support groups.

wel forget the last post. LOL talked to dh. he said that may is out. and so is june. work is really busy for him and he has to be there. I would die without him. lol so now the new date is july 28th. like i told my mom. If i have to change it again to push it out, i am not having the surgery.

screw it all. i just reset my date. May 27th. I have to get this done, and having a definite goal in mind will make it happen. So there it is. My date is scheduled.

cool beans. thanks all.

DH just brought up a question, seeing as how I will have to be ready to just jump on a plane at the last minute when it is time to have my surgery. Do I need to have a passport to get in and out of Mexico by plane? Or will my birth certificate do fine?

Before I got fat I was a size 2. now I am a 32. I want to be a size 6 at least when i get back down to goal. but i would be happy with an 8.

I am going to go to Dr. Sanchez in monterrey. We are really excited about it. I can not put this on a credit card. I put away 2k to 3k a month into savings, so getting the money together is not an issue, it is just taking too long. LOL 2 months is agony when you want something so badly!! I was just having a hard day yesterday. I spent a lot of time looking at before and after pics, watched Dr. 90210 and saw a fat chick get a tummy tuck when she really needed to lose 50 pounds before hand, had a lot of work to do, which i then found out i did incorrectly, and needed to redo without pay (graphic design work from home). It was just a high stress day, and I really felt like i was losing it.

So I am still waiting till I have all the cash together to go to Mexico. I had it, and had everything planned and scheduled, but then got my job and it looked like ins would pay for it. So we spent some of the money when we moved. Then I lost the job because of DS being in the hospital and so I have to save it up again. Shouldn't take long, but this waiting is killing me. I constantly go back and forth between should I do it and should I try on my own. I have been trying on my own while waiting, and I will do great for about 4 or 5 days, then fall off the wagon so badly, it kills me. Our neighbor brought over a bunch of polish sausage that he had leftover from a grill out this last weekend. I ate a ton of it!!! I couldn't believe it! It was here, so instead of having my chicken and rice wrap, I ate polish sausage till i thought I was gonna puke! And then I told myself I should puke to get rid of it! No worries, I didn't. But this is why I need this band. I have been doing so good the past few days. But then something happens and I learn again that I have absolutely no control. This is killing me. I have to get this band quickly. If I don't, I am not going to be around for my babies. I just wish all of my paychecks would come faster. LOL Then I am on the plane to Mexico!! So I had to vent. Gonna go eat my healthy dinner of Wheat Spaghetti and Turkey Tomato sauce. I can't believe I am this hungry after all that I ate for lunch today. I hate being fat. Why do we do this to ourselves?

LOL DH would have a heartattack if andy pooped outside. peeing is one thing, but DH is very "proper" when it comes to nudity outside, and outdoor peeing is only for extreme circumstances. He doesn't even like the kids running around the house for too long after their baths. they should be dried and dressed before even leaving the bathroom. LOL And all i get is the mental image of a little boy wiping his butt on the grass like my dog does after he poops. HAHAHAHAHA

oh we have taken that lifestyle on completely!! we have a few vices when it comes to alcohol and my one miniature Peanut Butter cup i get every night, but for the most part we are completely natural and made from scratch. i go shopping twice a week and load up on fresh fruits and veggies and alike. we catch fish at the pier now (three fishing trips and two have provided more fish that we can eat in a month!! LOL) and we only eat what i can make. no more fast food. no more canned sodas. only Water to drink. Also, those of you who really like that activia...bad news there. When my daughter was in the hospital she started to have really bad stomach pains. the doctor explained that it was from the antibiotics killing the good bacteria in the stomach that helps to digest food. i suggested to DH at that moment that we stock up on Activia when we get home for her. The doctor practically ripped my head off. He said "No, do not use that stuff. First of all, it is no better than regular full cultured yogurt. As long as your yogurt has not been processed and killed all the bacterium it is fine. But the activia has WAY more sugar than it should have in it. And it has been causing people to want to eat 3 or 4 of them. It is a marketing ploy. They jack up the sugar in it, to make you more hungry, so you eat more of them, and buy them more often than needed." I was dumbfounded. I kow companies do this...but I had been eating this stuff, and done exactly that!! I went home and looked in the ingredients...sure enough, high fructose corn syrup. So watch out people. That stuff is a wolf in sheeps clothing!!

well today has just been a disaster all around. twice he has peed in his shorts, and gone to change them without telling me. and then the poop incident this morning, so we are back to naked from the waist down. i am so frustrated. he is running around the hosue yelling and crying because he wants pants on. he has gone potty just fine since i took the pants off. but it seems once his butt is covered by anything he feels its ok to pee and poo without going into the bathroom.

DH and I REFUSE to eat splenda. It has the most foul aftertaste. And I love that they were sued for claiming it is as natural as sugar in their early ads. My mom is one of those that has severe abdominal cramping with it. She had a mild ulcer in the 80's. It healed, but splenda came out, she used it in everything, and it came back 2 fold. Her doctor told her no more. If she was going to eat an artifical sweetner, use equal. I am an equal girl. Much better tasting in my opinion. and it doesn't leave that ultra sickly sweet plasticy taste in my mouth. Mom gave it up and her ulcer is on the mend. DH and I have sworn to eat as natural as possible. Aside from growing our own veggies and milking our own goats. We make all of our meals from scratch. and yes, that means using pure, unadulterated sugar. We do use natural rough sugar. We have friends in hawaii that send us bags of pure cane sugar in its raw form. I also substitute 100% apple juice in some of my recipes for sugar if it can handle the extra liquid. This is a great way of getting some sweetness without using sugar. we can blame different foods all day long. the problem is we do not do anything in moderation. if we learn to use sugar in moderation, then we would not have the problem we do. instead many have just substituted on evil for another, and are racking up the preservative and chemical points in the body. Whether the chlorine or flouride or whatever is not the same when bonded, the point is that it is still going into the body. I don't like that.

we do the same with the pull up at night. that is the only time he is allowed to wear them. this morning he kept saying he didn't have to go potty when i told him to go into the bathroom. DH, DD and i were downstairs eating Breakfast while Andy was upstairs getting dressed. He came bounding down the stairs saying he went potty. he was dressed in clean shorts and a clean shirt...with poop all over the lower part of his legs. i got him cleaned up and went upstairs...poop all over the floor of the bathroom and toilet. lord please help with this. when i saw him standing there rob jumped up from the table, exclaimed he had a meeting, and went off to work. lol mean man.

oh you just break my heart. i am sitting here with my lard butt of a puss squeezing him tightly and praying for O and Mo. I hope she finds strength to deal with this, as well as you. Elwood (my kitty) and I have you in our thoughts.

FABULOUS!!! So glad to hear all of you having success. We have been struggling a bit with the pooping too. He isn't afraid, and he goes quite often, but occasionally he has an accident. But he just doesn't seem to care. We had an accident in WalMart. We were standing there buying fishing gear, and he walked to the other side of the cart and just peed his pants. bad bad bad. Then he throws a hissy fit as we leave the store cause he didn't want to stop shopping. I explained that when you have an accident all the fun stops. He also had had a really busy day, and no nap, so the screaming was loud on his part. Then yesterday the a/c guy comes over at the same time the cable guy comes by. And I am at home working on a project that should take about 10 hours, but has to get done in 2. I leave the a/c guy and cable guy to do their things, and send the kids to their room to play out of the workmen's way. Then sit down to work. And comes down the stairs, walks over to me, and says "i need new pants." I look down and he has poop leaking from his pant leg. and he had walked from his room all the way down the stairs and over to me this way. Needless to say i was not a happy camper that morning. but we got it cleaned, and he has not had an accident since then. it is just weird how it can seem that it just doesn't phase him that htis has happened. he doesn't get upset. he just acts like it is no big just, just a minor inconvinience. oh well. we will keep pushing on and know that he will not be in diapers when he is 5 lol

I am still in a loose 32/tight 30. i can actually fit into my 28's, but it is uncomfortable.

dawg, i hope you had an extra cup of dirty Water just for the occasion. Happy Birthday chap. keep on keepin on.

She had really bad pneumonia which also caused Fluid to build up on the outside of her left lung. no antibiotics were working till we tried some really strong "only to be used in the hospital" types. she is getting better now, but it was hard. she is 4, will be 5 in september. and it was so hard to deal with having her in there. just broke my heart. we took her to have a blood draw a few days ago and if you just mention the word blood she starts screaching and wailing because she was stuck so many times in the hospital. what town are you in? we actually moved to safety harbor just a few days before emily went into the hospital.

372 was my highest weight. that was three months after my daughter was born. i didn't weigh for a while after that because i got pregnant with my son. then i weighed 3 months after he was born and the pregnancy made me lose weight. i got jazzed from that and started working out and eating right. i got all the way down to 287. then i stopped losing. i got so frustrated. then my business failed. i went back to 320. then we moved, then moved again. we were trying to get into cheaper apts so we could save all we could to buy a house. the bankruptsy from the business got a declined loan. by this time i was back at 350. then we said "to hell with it all" and quit work, took our savings, and moved to florida. I got a job as a bartender (my old fall back and what i really enjoy doing) and lost all the way back to 325. Then DH finally got a job in tampa, we moved there, i quit working and gained back to 335-340. then emily got sick and i spent 2 weeks in the hospital. BAM! 350. i am not really doing great. yeah i am down from my highest. but i am up from the blessed 287 i used to be. my lowest...16 years old and i weighed 107. yes...107. and i thought i was fat at that point. i can't beat myself up enough for that.

yeah the DEP high traffic carpet cleaner I mentioned actually has the same enzyme in it that natures miracle does. It is what carpet cleaners like Chem-Dry use in their carpet cleaning. It is just stronger and cheaper. Nature's miracle is fabulous, but change the brand and you get a lot of it for less money. they have it in gallon jugs, or spray bottles, and the pray bottles are not concentrate, so you can just spray, let it sit, then dab up. i really hope you are able to get it out. i know i am sensitive to that smell. I can even tell if DS has a wet diaper ust by the smell in the room.

arm in hammer (the little yellow box) is great for getting it out!! We use it on pet stains and on kid stains. Also, if you go to lowes they carry a line of industrial strength cleaning supplies by the name if DEP. their high traffic carpet stain remover is a miracle worker!! It is much better than the basic stuff you get from the grocery store. Works on every stain.

I want to lose 220, it better be freakin possible!! LOL

brenda one of the reasons we put the potty in the bathroom with emily is because she did the same thing with running around. the bathroom gave her limited space and with the door closed there was just no choice. she had to sit there and go until she was finished, then she would get her reward. giving her the stickers is good, but when she starts rationing like that it is not good. you need to make the fact that she is "all done" the reward. this is exactly what emily did too. plus my dr. said that it could give her a UTI. ot sure how, but since she has had them and it is unpleasant we didn't take the chance. andy has gotten to the point where after he has peed and pooed on the potty he shouts out "there's nuthin left in me tummy!!", wipes, jumps down off the potty, and runs around like a nekkid superman. lol