terilynn112

good thinking. I'm here. I'm alive, and I'm eating tons less than I used to. So I guess I'm doing good. teri

I'm calling tomorrow for my next fill. As scheduled right now it's almost a month away yet. YUCK! I am however doing ok today with emotional eating... and it's been a real emotional day. When I did eat, it wasn't as good as it should have been (Had some fries). But I only ate 3 or 4. Brandon counted even. He says 3, but I'm pretty sure it was 4. LOL. why so emotional? A taxi nearly ran over my son, and then starts screaming at me. I called from a walmart pay phone what he was saying to the taxi line, and the threats he made, and because neither of us could hear the other end, I had to pretty much yell. Well relaying the curse words and threats he made to my son and I (my son is 12) offended this lady walking in. I told her to mind her own ****ing business. She actually had me removed from the store. I got kicked out of walmart. How rediculous is that? So Price Chopper got my 150 dollars in groceries this week. And if that's not enough... my youngest (by 1 minute) has cerebral palsy. The pastor of an aquaintance of mine just loss their son to severe cerebral palsy (complications of). I've known since Friday, and am having a real hard time dealing wtih it. I did emotionally eat some friday. Saturday I had some chicken broth, and a chocolate chip cookie all day. Today I had toast for breakfast. Lunch was a small piece of turkey (maybe 2 ounces). Dinner? Um... half a small thin piece of pork, so maybe 2 ounces again. Oh and the 3 or 4 fries shoestring fries at that. My stomach is just off with all the stress. Well I must run. Oh I haven't weighed myself since Friday. Teri

i've had a bunch of people at church say to my mom is she sick? she's loosing weight. My mom often says no she's working hard to loose. But have they said one word to me? NOPE! Most of my family doesn't say anything either. My mom is encouraging. Thank God for her. Teri

My fills fortunately don't hurt. It's just getting frustrating getting where I need to be. I actually am up 4 pounds today from 2 weeks ago. Maybe pms-ing, but not sure. I know I'm real emotional. I'll get thru it. I feel real "Full" right now. Maybe some constipation issues again :tongue2: It's been such a long holiday season this year. I'm so glad it's over. Now I can focus on exercise, and not on shopping for gifts, or finishing up christmas crafts. Teri

OH I'm also 3 fills in, and hoping for my 4th next week. I have some restriction, but not much, as I found out today. I ate anything and everything I wanted, and just as fast as I wanted. UGH! I'm sure I gained today. teri

I don't drink protein shakes. Haven't since I started on real food. I do go back on them when I have a fill, for 24 hours. Then to mushies, and I try to stick to like tuna in water for my protein. I hated them so bad. Teri

Name...........Start Lbs...........Current..........Goal..To Go Brandy...............198..............198...............190............8 janesays.............230..............230...............215..........15 LilMissDiva...........253..............253...............244..........9 SanDiegoPhotog ..263..............191...............179..........12 Terilynn112..........224..............224...............200.........24

Maybe I should have said... smaller and thinner times?

WTG Our goal makers Bunkey1965;CubsGirl17;Long2BThin; and srknepler You all rock! We all did great, but set ourselves goals that either we weren't able to reach for one reason or another. For me I've not hit good restriction, and I thought by 3 months I would have. Ah well.. on to bigger and better things. Teri

I'm up to 20.5 as of 12/26/08

thank you all! I'm sorry it's not an individual thank you, but thanks for the wonderful encouragement. teri

The Jillian game isn't as much fun as I had hoped, or as much a work out as I had hoped, but it's something different. You actually run on that one, but it's got a delay. So it's hard in that way. Well gotta run get the boys ready for church. teri

WTG Debbie, and Simone. I'm going for 215 for my birthday (2/5) since I didn't make it for Christmas. Not disappointed in my band, but in me... but I'm still working hard. Teri

I'm like Luvmysteelers... I have the wii fit, and the jillian michaels game for the wii and I have some other dvd's I do (like walk away the pounds) for variation. But I always return to the wii fit. It's fun. teri

I didn't make my christmas goal, But nearly did. I'm hoping to be at 200 by v-day. Not that I much Celebrate it. Depending on the day it's either a 22 or a 24 pound weight loss. Teri

Sounds like you're where I wanna be :thumbup: I'm at my third fill, but only at 3.5 ccs (approximately). I have had to learn to slow down. That is such a difficult concept, especially with three kids :thumbup: You Rock Becky. I miss hearing from you. Teri

In my albums of photos, you'll see two photos from when I saw my first dr going towards the lapband placement. That was at 256 pounds. I'm currently bouncing between 222 and 224 and I just did my december photos. Check it out... seriously that is the same door, and my butt is always touching the door. So there is no space between me and the door. The before photo I'm pretty much touching both sides of the door, the current one has quite a space I'm not covering :thumbup: That made me proud. :thumbup: teri

I read somewhere that those shows were done years ago. Teri

The band has totally set my sex drive on fire... it was hot already, but man, feeling better about myself has done wonders! That said, I had a 2 week period after banding I wasn't to have sex (i waited one week)> teri

Prayers are all anyone can do. It's just really taking the boom out of all this. Exercise is difficult enough with the cold weather, but add the sick kiddos'... and it's a real bitch (can we say that here? ) teri

I'm sorry about Dr. Boss. I didn't know him or his passing. It's sad that we've lost a dr that treats obesity. I'm down, and depressed. Not for the whole weight issues. But more for the whole kids issue here. Two of my kids are sick or were... One has improved dramatically. The other is still struggling. One has had a joint bleed, I've had to watch closely. And my smallest son has had two BIG seizures, one landing him in ICU. Teri

i can eat much more than 1/4 of a cup. I can eat a full cup, and if I want to push it 1 1/2 cups. But I don't choose to often, because it's just not enjoyable now. teri

NY Ma paid what Medicare didn't. Teri

I'm not sure what TBL is... But The actual surgeries are pretty accurate. Course only few dr's in my area do the over 450 pounds area. My own surgeon's don't do over 400. They are much more technically difficult, and require special beds, etc. My banded life is very similar to those of the banded on the show. However, by their website, they require liquids longer and mushies longer than my surgeon. They are also much more aggressive with their fills. My surgeon won't give more than 1 cc at a time. They've been seen on tv to do more like 2 or 3 ccs. Only thing negative I see... is they show all patients as successes. Unfortunately there are some that fail. However they did have one case, where the woman had a band placed when they first came out. She had some problems with it, and basically didn't follow band rules. She ended up actually gaining weight, and went for a bypass. They were able to do it without removing the band, because the band had erroded into her stomach. She had a dramatic weight loss. Teri

I'm having a bit of a time with it too... and emotional eating. My kids are sick, Two spent the evening in the ER. I think I'm ready for spring. Teri