heather.vasquez

Good for you Sabrina, workign out is hard and it's easy to say no .. even if we hop on the treadmill for 15 minutes it's something the body is moving. I gave myself a June challenge because everyday I would look at the ticker and get discourage :tt2: so I said lets do it 30 at a time... afterall Rome wasn't built in a day.

Ok Ladies I think I'm loosing my mind:tongue_smilie: I'm on day two of my period since surgery and I feel like my band is on full restriction with no saline in yet and the are where my port is, is driving me nuts it's super tender. is it me or anyone experienced swelling during this time??? :smile2:

Wow sounds like it hurt...Hopefully you were able to reschedule your fill. Weight loss ticker looks great keep up the good work. Has fill on Monday and I have nice restriction.

Hopefully he can be aggressive with the fill so it will really hold you!!! Good luck

Lol... I have to change my fill appts because they are always around my TOM:cursing:.. I never reschedule because his schedule is so darn tight... Let me know how it went.

I'm soooo Sorry:eek: I would call the office and beg for the Fluroscopy be done ASAP!! My dr. did the 1st fill this way. I had my second one yesterday and I had to do two crunches and a little poking to find the port but he got. Thanks be to god that he gave me novicaine first. You have done so well through the holiday and you can get through the next couple days. My fingers are crossed for you .. keep us posted.

My doc said just take it easy and eat slow ... no diet restrictions.

My heart goes out to you.. It's so hard to overcoming that nagging " Eat Me Monster" I love that commercial for Weight Watchers with the " Hunger Monster" it's so true every whereyou turn it's there. I'm one of those people that gets a need for a taste of something and will not be satisfied till I eat it or if it tastes so I won't stop eating it till it's gone!!!:laugh: I have had long talks with myself and only allow myself to eat when my tummy growls this way I know I'm hungry and it's not my head. this may be a dumbe question but hav eyou talked to your dr. about this to say " Hey when am I going to get my sweet spot'? Don;t get discouraged... try writting things down with what you hate how much and then after a day or two you can see what foods hold you and for how long.. I had to do this to realize I need to change my breakfast pattern. I now have to have 1/2 protein shake in the AM before I leave the house and eat my breakfast around 9 if I want to make it to lunch at 12:00pm. You can do this :ohmy:

Pat good luck on your first fill .... things will go well and I'm sure your looking forward to the restriction.:laugh: it's hard to get the butt in gear but you can do it. Good luck and lets us know how it went.

Hey everyone, I had my 2nd fill today and I'm looking forward to some restriction.:cursing: Dr. said I should drop 1-2 lbs this week. That is fine with me things have been slllloooooww going. Hope all is well

Hey everyone, Just back from 2nd Fill I now have 6cc's in my 14 cc band. Dr. said I should start to feel restriction again and to Chew sssslllloooow. I'm looking forward to the weight loss things haven't been great since my 1st fill ..portions size increased and the hunger every 3 hours was horrible despite how much Protein i ate. Looking forward to drop some lbs. he's thinking I should loose at least 2lbs this week...Hope so!!

Jamie I agree with you... this variations are so diffrent even by Dr's in the same state. I think everyone needs to take a step back and realize that we are all so different and not one of our bodies are the same.. so even if we were banded on the same day and following the same diet we won't have the same results.:cheers2: Just in my office alone sometimes the dietician contradicts what the Dr. says it's enought to make you go mad:lol:. I had a meeting this weekend with 4 people that have had the band for 4 years and younger and it was great to hear the diffrent feelings they had for the band. The one thing that they all agreed on was a Journal... They logged everyday what they ate, how many calories, how much weight they lost on a weekly basis. They found it as a great refrence so when wieght loss was slow or no existant they could go back and review. So guess what I started today... a Journal. Everyone have a great week those that aren't loosing our day will come those that are keep up the good work and rembember "you do what works for you". I wil now climb off my soap box !!!:thumbdown:

I doesn't appear to have many Bandsters in the Meriden area so depending on when you guys meet maybe this lonesome girl can join you guys.:grouphug:

It's tough for al of us this week is PMS week and I have it awfull the sweets part of it is down right tough!! Mydaughter is hoem from College and what did I come home to CHOCOLATE CHIP Cookies!!! I told her to take those darn things and Hide them in her room and if I ask for one slap me!!!

Renee sounds like an awesome run!!! I going to start to run on February 1st . I'll be honest I haven't tried since i lost my current weight the last time my butt Jiggled so bad it was embarrasing. So I set a goal for running .. I love the treadmill not a big fan of the eliptical trainer I can do 45 min on treadmill easy at 3.5 MPH so I figure to run I'll have to get up to at least 5.0 MPH !! How long have you been running?

PRBlazin, Welcome good for you on making your first step towards your new life.

Hey everyone I lost it in my face and chest first went from a 40 to a 36 now. My butt is still !! It's diminishing slowly!! Wedding band slips all the way off now ... waiting to get it resized till I drop 100 lbs.

Big Poppa you made my day I'm LMAO !! I hate to say it but I would have paid money to see it!! I think it's harder for us to mentally see what is in front of us because we have been staring at it for so long. I read on another thread that his women went shopping (almost year out) brought home 3x and then tried it on and realized she could have doen an XL. It takes time!!

Welcome back !! I also enjoy the boards it helps me feel like a whole team of people behind you and when you fall there are thousands of hands to help you back up.

Feel better !!! big hugs

AWESOME Job... I hear ya on the clothes thing... Most of my pants it looks like I'm carrying somethign extra!!! Refuse to buy any NEW Clothes still spring!!! I found a great consigment shop nearby and bought a few smaller things from ebay!!!

Did the weights yesterday for about 45 minutes god it feels great to feel muscles I never had!!! Crappy weather so I will hit the gym at work today. My Monthly goal is to hit the gym to do Cardio & Weights for 6 days a week to get myself into a routine. I'm going to start a journal and logging food and exercise so I know how I'm doing.

Nov 18th 21 lbs as of two weeks ago!!

Surgical Weight Loss 5 Day Pouch Test :wub:

Woodspot, you must have tons of will power.. you can't have to much restriction :cool2: My first fill was 4 cc and it gave me just a tiny bit of restriction has since dissappeared. Maybe because of your independent loss they don't want to fill yout to fast if you don't need it.:thumbup: Who knows?? For a group of surgeons who attend most of the same seminars there so many degree's of seperation. Whatever your doing keep up the good work.:tt1: