karibensea

Merry Christmas M

Thanks so much for adding me and yes a good support system is very important in this whole process. It will be hard to go cold turkey on many things but trust me when I say it is all so worth it!. I have had my band almost 2 yrs now and I am down 60 lbs and it has been very hard indeed. I just have way to much stress in my life..lol My move I hope will fix all that..

Hello there

Gosh I am sorry I did not even see that you had sent this note. Nice to hear from you. So what is going on with this eye opening experience? Was it a bad thing? I sure hope it was not bad. I do hope your new found revelation was worth the emotions you spent on it.

So what is going on with me, Well I can not remember if you knew or not about my new gig with AT&T and since I started in training there back in Aug I have not been able to get a day off for a fill, so I have only had one fill at about 1cc and then some according to the doc. This has held me over for 4 full months by the time I get to the doc at the end of Nov on the 24th. I am stuck at 30lbs and not gaining so I feel blessed. And today I acutally went and got some pants that fit me! yippie...

You know this ride we are on is so emotional anyway, try not to let others opinions and such get in the way...

Thanks for the note and update and keep in touch when you can.

Michele

I can eat anything I want I just eat it in smaller amounts. I love taco bell food and when I go to get that burrito from time to time I have them just add extra beans and NO rice which I am aftaid to even eat. lol then I open it and scrape out the insides and just eat the inside stuff. I have tried to stay away from bread and I really have not had it to eat since before the surgery some time in early July. Now dont get me wrong I do eat bread products like crackers and crispy flat bread but real bread nope not a bite. I have not had any soda either just too afraid to try it.

Anyway I am sorry for rambling on and on, tell me how you are doing? Are you also having troubles? Hey do you have facebook or yahoo messenger?

Get back to me when you can

Michele

So in Novemeber I will go and get another fill which will only be my 2nd and I can not wait. You know I have read some of your notes even those to Kat since we are all mutual friends we can see all the notes and I too have had issues with eating more then I think I really should be. I mean I have even thought that crap I have slipped my band! I have huge moments of freak out and then Kat will talk me down to earth. I mean since I only had one fill I wonder but she tells me if I slipped my band that I would know one way or the other. OK OK I tell her and move on.

again was too long see contiued note

Hello there

Long time no email and I am so sorry about this. Life in bandster hell has been anything but pleasent. Back on Aug 3 I started a new job with AT&T and simply can not get off work to go get a fill so I have to wait till November. I am struggleing for sure. I am still losing weight not much but just shy of 30 lbs. I am hoping that the very slow weight loss will keep me from having issues with all the excess skin I have seen on some in my support group. For all accounts the new job is going well and really if I think about it all it really does keep me on track because there is not a lot of time to eat between meals. We can eat in class however I need my hands to do the work so eating is not all that easy. lol

See the next note for continued story, this thing only hold 1000 words

Hello there

I am just cking in with you to see how your doing? Is all going well for you. As far as me well I do feel restriction with out a fill meaning I do feel the fullness bug with only eating maybe 1/4 of what I had been eating and I am sure never going over 900 cals aday. Since the surgery I have dropped 16 lbs however I can not see this but can feel it in certian areas of my body.

So get back to me when you can and I hope things are good for you.

M

Hello there yes I had my surgery on the 9th as well and I am doing great! I do wish I had more restriction an I had the surgery done at De Peres hospital by Dr Minkin.

How are you doing?

Thanks for the recipes I will for sure try them. So how are you doing? Did you have your band done yet? You were a bit later than I correct? I had my band put in on this past Thurs so far so good.