Amethystjade

Yeah, I probably would still eat it.. a little Water doesnt hurt eh.. haha. It's better for me to just not be around it.. My roomate brings it home. Or they have sweets at work.. Stupid temptations..

I'm glad you got your old job back, i recently switched job sites because of problems at another site with a client.. But everything is a lot better now!

Dr. K told me no pills either, the last time I was in denver (october).. Which I had been taking pills, but I stopped right away... Now when i get a headache, I take the good tasting liquid childrens tylenol.. =).. I've been pretty good this past week about exercising, though tonight I knew I should have gone to the gym, but didn't. I also started to see a therapist about my eating issues and its starting to help..

I also realized I have to use the none Gondi approach, which is, I can't just have a piece or half of some junk food and expect to not eat all of it.. I need to just avoid the temptation all together.. I guess Gondi use to sleep next to women in bed to prove that he had the will power to not do anything.. I've tried to "bed" many Cookies and ended up losing :-p..I'm going to weigh in with you all on thursday! I am excited to start to be held accountable for my actions.. =)

How do you get to the wood-cutting game?

sorry i didnt know there was wood cutting.. just log jumping..maybe u have to beat all the levels to unlock it?

hahaha, i didnt know i was talking to a gentleman haha..anyways we are your buddies! :tongue2: so do tell:w00t:

you all make it so hard to catch up with all these post :-p, I did it though!

I'm far from perfect with the band, sometimes that scares me..I know I need another fill, but I can't get back to denver until beginning of jan. I'm finally starting to be back on track with exercising, though its a little too early to tell because its only been this last week!

I have to work graveyard tonight, and every night this week until 9am saturday morning! Which makes it hard to not make bad/poor food choices because sometimes its boring!

I'm going to start bring my wii to work and playing this outdoor activity challenge.. I absoulety love the game, and end up sweating more playing it than I do at the gym..

It's going to be fun meeting everyone next month, I am excited.. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions too, so be ready!

What's this weight loss challenge/reporting everyone does? can I join?

well make something happen and then tell us about it!! hahaha

i just got my digital display today for my bodybugg.. i love to actually see the up to date information! I think this is going to be very useful to hit the goal targets each day!

Hey all,

I'm a junior at the University of Florida majoring in Chemical Engineering. I am getting banded on the 18th but have to get through final exams first while on the liquid diet. On my 8th day and doing pretty well so far.

wow i feel bad for you.. liquids suck without finals.. and finals suck without being on liquids.. good luck to you for both things.

Working graveyard does play a big role in being stuck for weight loss.. I sit a lot, I get bored so I eat or snack.. Which i've been nipping in the butt..Plus its harder to go out and meet people when your working at night.. I'll be 21 soon so theres that whole bar scene, but who really meets a good partner at a bar?

I got this awesome new wii game, the outdoor activity challenge.. I get into this really bad and play for hours! I think I am going to bring this to work with me every night and play it for a few hours! I am really excited about this.. I thinkk this is going to help my plateau.

I also made another fill appointment for jan 5th, I am really excited. That week a bunch of people are going to meet in denver for dinner.. I'm really excited to meet others that were banded by my doctor too.

I'm pretty much done with the semester next week and I can't wait! I am going to go have a lot more fun than I've been having the last month.. Maybe I'll go on a single guy hunt! I'm more of a chaser than the hunted, but who knows =) that may change.

Thanks for the welcome. Since halloween ive been in a slump and sabitoging my should have been progress.. I think im back on progress now. Can't wait to meet everyone!

Here is the website. Welcome to myApex!

i love my bodybugg..

ill be in denver jan 3rd-10th. Im getting my 3rd fill on jan 5th (monday). I hope that you do have the RR dinner on thursday jan 8th.. I would really like to meet other bandesters. Please keep me informed!

i LOVE the outdoor activity challenge..seriously i am addicted.. i play wack a mole like no buddy's business.. i sweat more on that than at the gym.. i even compete with my mom..she gets into it too!

i wore mine at 290lbs.. im down to 232 and need a smaller band size..you can also purchase a bigger band if the one's it comes with doesnt work out.. i LOVE my boddybugg.. i even sleep with it on.. the only thing i dont like is everyone asks what it is..or random strangers will come up and tell me about their friends using it etc..

for the wii.. get the outdoor activity challenge, you dont use the wii fit board..you use a mat kind of like ddr.... its AWESOME.. i work up a sweat more there than i do at the gym.. im addicted to it! DDR2 is good..but hard if you dont have much rythem..

awesome job with the weight loss!! your liver should be nice and skinny, maybe even sexy who knows.. Heehe.. Yeah I hated Protein shakes..boooooo!! oh its funny how many people use the word batman in their posts, btw!

LOL! Thanks, that was a really great compliment! I'm working on the confidence thing... Maybe I should start practicing my slut walk, I mean strut walk... I also should do my hair a lot more than I normally do... I work graveyard so sometimes it just on the go :tongue2:.

I need to get back into the grove.. Im going for a fill first week of jan. That should help!

AHAHA thats kind of funny.. i grew up in a small town where if you didnt play sports than u drink, smoke meth, get preggy.. Guess which one i choose.. Sports of course! Then when that ended I ate food!

actually my 6th grade teacher told that to us in class...but then that came out on that movie a few years later...Either way it does work!

wow thats fast!! congrats!!!

uhh i wouldnt plan on drinking that many..if u need "chase" it with a beer and spit the alcohol back into the beer

i was like 297 when i said i was going to get the surgery, then i went up to 303.. with all the "last meals" then with pre-op diet i went down to 290.. almost 6 months later im at 233-235

I go out still but I order on the kid's menu or a salad.. I haven't told many about what's going on with me. You can still go out, just say you ate earlier or your allergic to something.. HAHa.. Just be careful of the temptation. I told people i'm on a diet or im trying to give something up and if they see me try to eat it, to slap it out of my hand haha. That's just what I need. =) good luck

ooo, yeah.. thats not good...I think the first time I drank, I got smashed off of 2 sips.. I was a light weight before the surgery now.. It's just funny. Thats not good with ur lapband though.. You don't want slippage, ugh.. Good luck!

Thanks for all the support and advice. I love reading everyone's experience.. It's great that all you have support during this process.

It brings hope that people who know what it feels like to be bigger and have gone through the experience are starting to find the happiness that we all are striving for.. Just remember to hold onto that emotion, because that is what is going to get you through the tough times..

This holiday was a harder one, I can only imagine what Christmas is going to be like.. My family is constantly asking, no boyfriend? I'm like no, no boyfriend.. They are then like what, no cute boys at school or your apartment? I'm like of course there is HOT/cute guys at school and where I live, they just have girlfriends or don't give me a chance yet. Blah.. Oh well..

It's weird/hard to think of how much looks really influence whether we get to know a person..

Reading all these, I find myself getting more happy. In fact the other night, I was looking into the mirror, and I'm finally starting to see the person I once knew.. I found some picture of me getting award from school last May before I had surgery and I was soo disgusted that I ever got to be that big.. The sad thing is, I thought I looked good in that picture.. This band has truly saved my life.. I just need to keep working at it.

Anyways, Thanks again for helping me find some confidence again and help guiding me towards a path of rewarding skinny goals to accomplish.