amourette

HI there, just wanted to say a quick hi, I was banded 2006 but currently not using my band much as a losing weight tool, I have just found out I am pregnant, can I ask if it gets too uncomfortable with the port the bigger you get? I will watch this thread too, hope you get some answers, good luck and congrats of course!

Hello also..............am a bander from New Zealand and visit my sister who lives in Atlanta twice a year...............was banded 2006, just wanted to say hi.................!

HI there, I have been banded since April 2006 and work as an international flight attendant. In my experience my band tightens during the flight, especially as they are 13+ hour duties, and can take a few hours after landing to right itself.......I have protein shakes and soup on board to keep up my energy. I have regurgitated a lot of food over the years while flying so just stick to liquids and hummous, hope this helps and have a great flight! XX:teeth_smile:

Congratulations on your band, and how exciting to be going to France. I personally would get a doctors note for your meds, they are so funny at the airports these days........wow, it is hard when u have just been banded getting used to different mushies and learning what you can and can't eat. Hopefully you won't have an appetite at the moment so won't be tempted by those yummy French delicacies............I don't know much about particular foods in France but am flight attendant for work and always have to look for mushies in certain countries.........here are some things I eat........guacamole, hoummus and baba gounush, soups, cottage cheese, maybe you could stomach some of those yummy soft cheeses up there, put on a cracker but don't eat the cracker..........I carry miso soups with me to keep up my protein, maybe you should take some protein powder with you in your suitcase just in case........... Don;t know if this helps but let us know how you get on, also you should be able to easily have a fine French wine.... Cheers Fi!!!

Hi Jetti, good luck with your banding, I don't think you should have any problems flying a couple of days after your op. But it is true about the band swelling I am a flight attendant and can only drink watery soups and protein drinks on board, if it is only a couple of days after op, I would try and sip apple juice and water only, during the flight! Cheers Fiona

But I have no problems with champagne or beer, depending on the time of day...........It seems to be that everyone is different on here........I was devsted at not drinking beer/wine or being able to guzzle but no probs for me, maybe I am one of the luckier ones Good Luck Amourette

If you have an accident or something, your situation and surgery may be a big factor against you, and it isn't hard checking your 'blind spot' and twisting in the seat to do so.................please don't do it...........!:cry

But live in nZ, and doc is 10 mins up road plus I was self pay! Cheers Amourette:D

Sorry haven't been checking in lately, too busy chasing boys, hehehe only joking, there is a nz thread on here now for me too which is nice, but i am trying to stay off the internet less than before. I am doing ok, been eating around the band also, probably too many chardonnays also, very naughty, reading the thread will get me on the treadmill tomorrow though, I really miss it..........but otherwise life is just the same, working, paying the mortgage, trying internet dating ( well THAT is a whole other topic) hehehe!!!!! Oh and I am getting a new nephew in November in Atlanta, yipeeeee! Love to you all Fi aka amourette!!!!

Where abouts are you...........exactly, I am sure there are some in the South Island, why are you going all the way to Mexico, isn't that a bit extreme..............? Cheers Fiona

Hi all, Julie I am sympathetic with the dating scene, can't even imagine it in New york let alone little old Auckland, New Zealand. good weekend I ate well, no exercise though, and have accepted that this pain in my side needs to be looked at, makes me wanna cry, but what can you do....something is not right!!!!!!!! have found a small group in NZ to talk to, not like you guys though, hope I can check in more often, wish me luck for my apointment, I know something isn't right so send me prayers.... Love to you all Amourette aka Fiona XXXX

Hi all, I am fine, I was just being a drama queen, this dating and trying to keep the self-esteem up when I have to keep selling myself, is just like a endless job interview, but hehe I am ok today.............I have got out Dr Phils book and reading his advice about dating , it is quite interesting. I have been a little worrried about whether I have stretched my band/pouch, how would I know, I think I also need a small unfill as I am struggling with food.........but yeah I am still here and today is a good day, thanx for the advice Julie, I have taken something for years, I think a lot of people on this site probably have, but I wish there was a pill for shyness and confidence, oh well, that is all, I am good and hope you all are too! Fiona

not doing too well this end.............sorry to be a killjoy to you all...........

Hiya all, just a quick check-in...................Kat sorry about all your going ons, my thoughts are with you and will continue to check in here to hear the progress, Eva hope you are feeling better, Boo I have two nights in LA happening in LA but have to catch up with an old friend, how far are you from Torrrence? Well ............life is good, just came home from another date, this dating is getting me down, boy, it is vicious out there hehehehe. This one went well though, ten-pin bowling ( i won't be giving up my day job) and drinks and soup, but he doesn't live close to me, never mind, it is the practice of socialising for me that is important..............I am on call for work, so pick up all the trips that people go sick for........had to go down another uniform size so that is fantastic......only 7 kg to go......yippeeee, found a kiwi thread on here which is great as I tried to find one a year ago........ Love to you all Fiona XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:D :rose: :rose:

Where r u all? Can't find the right thread!?

Hi to you all otherwise!

I don't know if anyone noticed I was missing me on here, am I paranoid!?

nope it doesn't, makes it worse, sorry!

Hello all, here I am lurking in the background, I just needed a break, no offense to anyone........but I have come to realise I need support and where better to go.........daa daah!!!! I have lost 32 kg, around 70 + poounds, that is good for me as I wasn't too overweight to begin with but enough to qualify for the surgery (self -paid ouch) so I am excited but sick of explaining to people at work about my weight loss, I work with different people every day, for those who don't know ie our new friends from April I am a Flight Attendant in New Zealand, so work with many pretty girls and here they are asking me for advice, don't wanna share though so it is still hard!!! Decided 2007 was the time to go back dating, met someone great, but it wasn't to be, broke my heart, hence a bit of time off here, trying to find and understand myself, have been speed-dating no-one specifically on the horizon but will keep trying, have enjoyed reading all your posts, glad our new friends are here to share, love you all and have been reading about your updates Love Amourette XX

What do you think about her photos today, she has really slimmed down, I was looking for scars but couldn't see any, did anyone else? XX:eek:

Good luck to you all, Amourette here, aka Fiona, don't get too carried away with all these things you think you need, you just need some good old plain soup, apple juice, protein powder is good, but I don't think many of you will use it for long! Just make sure your enviroment is comfy, good dvd's, good visitors, some good books and mental support , that is all really, some get pain after, some don't, I am a big woose and I survived it all!!! good luck to you all, it is so exciting! XX

Boos April anniversary thread is great, I wish we had had this a year ago, you guys are doing the right thing, I was ready to jump off a bridge over a year ago, now I am so excited about life, please check this support site out also!XXAmourette

Boo has started a new thread about questioning everything about would you do it again, the hardest challenge etc, please look it up, we didn't have this support a year ago but it is here for you guys................

Great thread idea,, I think it needs to be extended to the April crew of 07, great idea though, I am hanging out to answer it, love the answers already, how true they all are, thanx for this, top points!!!!!!!!! XX Amourette

Buthope our new chicklings in the April 2007 will see this, everything I have read in this thread touched my heart and made me cry, it is a great journey, I would never go back! XX Amourette