AprilE

I LOVE the naughty, dirty, not PC threads. Maybe it is just morbid curiosity about what others think or do in their bedrooms, maybe I am just extremely bored...but it is great reading!lol and I swallow too...lol. Doesn't affect my band. See my pic over there <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Geeks are the freakiest!!!:Angel_anim:

I don't mind the questions at all. I am not getting enough exercise, I am sure. Right now it is wealking everyday. I have a treadmill at home. I have backslid into eating more fattening foods, when I get busy at work it is altogether too easy to dial up take out. I need to check out healthier choices. Reading these posts has brightened my spirits. When I don't see progress I regress too easily, and the weight comes back on. I have to make more of an effort...I can see that. :crying:

Smothering my customers with my tits as I am shampooing them. My back feeling like I am in my nineth month of pregnancy. Being heavier than I was carrying my children for real. Being too big for my work smock..I have taken out all the hems...still no dice. Now I get hair in my underwear and bras. Reluctant looking in the mirrors we have at work because I am wider than my clients in the chairs. Complete lack of stamina...sweating profusely like a pig. Not being able to tie my shoes without making my eyeballs bulge.

I suppose I am in transitional staging. I DO still have gas, it is almost ALWAYS from doing domething I wasn't supposed to like carbonated drinks or foods notorious for methane emissions...hello cabbage or beans,lol. In retrospect, I don't think I ever really WANT to feel as if I did prior to surgery...this thing in me is a reminder of what I allowed to happen BEFORE restrictions. Do I really want to go back? Hell no. Only downhill from this point on sweetie. We can all do this together.

I have never heard of not drinking prior to eating. They never said a word about it. Does this help you feel full? Can you explain the benefits of this? They just pressed not drinking for 30 mins AFTER eating. Perhaps this is where I am falling short. Maybe I should wait before and after more.

This is the quote of the year, and sums up my whole bad attitude right now. Wish I could get past this.

How ironic this is...I have to really beware...now I am the extreme other side of the coin. I basically pass rocks if I don't take in enough fiber. Thanks for the story though...at least we can look back and laugh!

I too am able to eat anything, it is really affecting my weight loss. I am getting discouraged. I know the surgery is a tool, but I have not made strides much at all in the right direction. But I don't feel much restriction at all!

Hello Everyone, I am a working mother of two, non- traditional college student, and wife to a great husband. I was banded at Lourdes weight wellness center by Dr. Alex Argotte. He is a wonderful doctor. It was a year long struggle to get to this point, but I made it. I have some concerns because I am not losing at the pace of others I have seen on the site. I look forward to others advice. Thank you for reading.

I was diagnosed with PCOS last year, I am taking Actos and back on the 'ol pill,(which is ironic since I have been tubal ligated,)the meds relieve it somewhat, but i feel that the weight is more to blame for my symptoms now. I don't have menstration without the Actos now. I know it is due to my obesity, never had a problem with this before my weight gain. I quit smoking two years ago, I gained most of my weight since then. Bottom line for me, weight loss will help me tremendously.

Hello everyone, this is my debut post. I got my banding on 02-20-2008, I am nowhere near losing as the rest of you. As a matter of fact, I am getting extremely frustrated. I have a 10cc band with 8cc filled, only one more to top capacity. I could really use some guidance...thank you.