Josette

oh my god.. 10 hours???? Yikes!!!! At port huron my surgery was at 8 and I was back to my room within 3 hours and walked from the bed into my room to my bed.

We're going to my father in laws house to have dinner with him and his wife and my brother in law. We're having Ham and all the fixings. I'm not worried about over eating because I always use a small plate and a small fork and put one teaspoon of everything I want on the plate and then eat it very slowly. Using the small plate helps a lot because I've tried the big plate and I'll put like a half cup or more of each thing and then I do try to shovel in more then I should. I also won't stay at a table where food is sitting out because then I'll sit there and graze and end up in misery! Start with the small plate and if you're still hungry after it's clean, go get a little more! Good luck!

So this morning I got off the highway for gas halfway to work and noticed a car identical to mine pulling into the mcdonalds for breakfast and I had a twing of sadness over not being able to do the same thing. How crazy is that? Like once a month if I had time I'd stop and get a sausage mcmuffin for breakfast. I miss that but I don't miss the big butt that goes with it. hahahaha. I wish I didn't feel sadness over it though. Do you guys ever have that?

New challenge on the 17th sounds great! I'm totally up for it!

Hilarioius. Mew.. I love that! hahaha

optifast would probably get you down quick. if not eat lots of protien, no carbs. No sugar! Don't drink anything that has calories. No pop, no juice

your band doesn't work unless you use it and if you're gaining then you're not getting enough restriction! Get in there and get a fill. Trust me, your doctor has seen more patients then just you that gained a few pounds. Don't be scared! It's all a part of the process. Good luck!

I had my third fill and started getting food stuck a few times a day until the light bulb in my head lit up and I realized I'm eating the wrong things and I'm eating them wrong. From that moment on I paid very close attention to what I ate and how I ate it and I rarely ever have anything stuck and if I do it's because I'm in a hurry and take too big of a bite without chewing well. I also use small forks and spoons and plates. On the soda thing. I was a pepsi addict and drank regular pepsi all day everyday until I had my seminar. From that day forth I quit soda all together and the last time I had beer was the weekend before surgery. I've had nothing like that since. I do still crave the pepsi off and on but I now drink tons of Water and if I need flavor I drink propel or iced tea. Good luck! You're doing great!

I'm a slower loser. i have 160ish pounds to lose and have lost 52 as of this morning. I've had my band almost 8 months. A lot of my fellow August bandsters have lost much more then me and it discourages me at times but my doctor tells me that I'm doing great and doing it right and not to worry about how others do it, all that matters is how I do it!

I never put stickers on my bumper but I'll put them on my back window so I can remove them easily. I wouldn't want to ruin my paint job. Right now I have a big white detroit red wings logo on my back window.

if anything being at a healthier weight will help you fight the cancer when and if another tumor appears. I'd do it. Have you talked to your lapband doctor and oncologist about it?

I can't eat fish and chips anymore so you were just eating my portion! Sorry girl! hehe

I still suffer mental hunger. I try to ask myself "are you really hungry or not?" and make myself wait a while.

Name..........................Starting…...…..Current….…..Goal…....To Go Juliegeraci.......................238............. .........236.................228..............8 Lapbandit.......................231............... .......220………….199.............21 Waterlily........................300.............. .........280.................264.............16 Roiansmom....................299.................. .....299.................270.............29 Libra..............................248............ ...........236.................228.............8 JulieNYC.......................212................ .......199.................185.............14 Elisabethsew................. 282.......................274..................264 .............10 PeaCeJ..........................338............... ........333..................318.............15 RidinMyHDDream.........297.......................2 84 .................281...............3 Babygirl1234.................260.................. ......246................240.............6 eecelove70..................228.................. ......228.................200.............28 Josette...........................351............. ...........342.................335............7 Lizrbit...........................289............. ...........289.................279.............10

I'm ready to start camp again I hope. I've been having a horrible month. I started my period on March 1st (almost a week early) and had the worst period of my life for 2 weeks. I've been to the obgyn once already and I'm STILL bleeding. I've been on the pill since March 11th and I'm still bleeding. Not as bad but it hasn't stopped. I'm scared and right now I'm waiting for my doctor to call me back. I am down to 342 as of this morning. That's 51 pounds down!

I tried to add you and it said you only allow people you know to add so I either have to enter your last name or your email address.

Name..........................Starting…...…..Current….…..Goal…....To Go Juliegeraci.......................238............. .........236.................228..............8 Lapbandit.......................231............... .......220………….199.............21 Waterlily........................300.............. .........280.................264.............16 Roiansmom....................299.................. .....299.................270.............29 Libra..............................248............ ...........236.................228.............8 JulieNYC.......................212................ .......199.................185.............14 Elisabethsew................. 282.......................274..................264 .............10 PeaCeJ..........................338............... ........333..................318.............15 RidinMyHDDream.........297.......................2 84 .................281...............3 Babygirl1234.................260.................. ......250................240.............10 eecelove70..................228.................. ......228.................200.............28 Josette...........................351............. ...........344.................335.............9

Angel... You'll develope a NEW normal very quickly. I was scared before banding also and wondered if I'd ever eat steak, etc. again and the answer is Yes I can still eat steak..I just eat it in smaller pieces and different cuts that are more tender. I can't eat bread anymore and I loved bread...but after getting it STUCK a few times you really don't miss it anymore. I honestly do not miss it at all. Banding is the best thing I ever did.

Auntie M!!!! Welcome to LBT. I'm so glad you finally made it! Together we'll lose this weight! I love you!

HAHAHAHAHA Libra... your story so wins!!!! That's hilarious! Sorry you went through that. I love kids!

I don't know what's going on in each of your lifes but maybe she feels like the friendship revolves more around what's going on with you and in your life then what's going on in hers? Maybe she doesn't feel she's getting equal time with her issues? I have no idea. I've been in your shoes though and I know it's hard. I haven't spoke nor seen my best friend since the third grade in a year now and we live 2 miles apart in the same small town. It's very painful.

One of my worst PB's was on my way home from work. Since I got the band when I get hungry I have to eat NOW! so I stopped at a gas station for gas and decided to grab a hot dog (this was just after my first fill) and I got in the car and took one small little bite off the end and pulled out on the road. I chewed chewed chewed and as soon as I swallowed it was STUCK really really bad. My mouth started filling with saliva and I was in 5 oclock traffic so I was trying to find a place to pull over because I had nothing to PB into. I finally pulled off the side and threw my door open and started throwing up as people are driving by staring at me like I'm the side of the road freak show! hahaha. I cringe everyday I drive by that spot now. One night me and DH were at our friends house and the wife made homemade honey wheat bread and served it and I decided to try a small bite (I'm an idiot, I know) and major stuck! Of course we were all sitting there talking with no background sound and I rush into the bathroom and throw up twice before its unstuck and they could hear the whole thing! UGH! hahahaha. But it's a small price to pay for smaller pants!

I also have PCOS and have always had trouble with periods. Up until a month after I got my band I had never started my period on my own before. I always had to take the pill to get a period. I had one in October, then again in November but in december I started having them twice a month and then would spot a few days... then nothing a few days. It was very all over the place. I finally went in and decided it was time to get back on birth control because I still have over 100 pounds to lose to goal so I got the nuva ring. I put it in and all was fine until I started my period 4 days before I was supposed to take it out. So I removed it early and within a few days I was having the worst period of my life. I bled over tampons and pads together every 2 hours. It lasted two weeks and I went back on the pill and it still didn't completely stop it so after a week on the pill and still bleeding I went to my obgyn and she doubled up my pills for 3 days and said she's not sure what caused it to be that bad. I also got a yeast infection from the heavy bleeding for 2 weeks. She said that was common. I'm just now recovering from it. I'm never using nuva ring again! hahahaha. I'm now taking Yaz birth control pills and I'm much happier. I was on ortho tri cyclin for probably 7 or 8 years. Sorry if this is TMI

did any of you have the flu since banding? I think I have it. Yesterday I threw up and hadn't even eatin and I threw up so hard it scared me. I burst some blood vessels in my face from it. My band isn't hurting though but it scared me bad. Have any of you had the flu??

Sorry I'm so slow to add my info. Been gone. Name..........................Starting…...…..Current….…..Goal…....To Go Juliegeraci.......................238............. .........236.................228..............8 Lapbandit.......................231............... .......220………….199.............21 Waterlily........................300.............. .........281.................264.............17 Roiansmom....................299.................. .....299.................270.............29 Libra..............................248............ ...........241.................228.............13 JulieNYC.......................212................ .......199.................185.............14 Elisabethsew................. 282.......................274..................264 .............10 PeaCeJ..........................338............... ........333..................318.............15 RidinMyHDDream.........297.......................2 90 .................281...............9 Babygirl1234.................260.................. ......251.................240.............11 Leecelove70..................228.................. ......228.................200.............28 Josette...........................351............. ...........347.................335.............12