amourette

where is everyone, nobody is checking in much on this thread, we should make it more happening...........:rolleyes

did you guys tell your family and friends, it is a hard secret to keep sometimes............

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:

I have been banded a year by Dr Fris ( wow can't believe how fast a year has gone), I live in Auckland on the North Shore, am 36, female. I have currently lost 33 kgs, it was nice to see a kiwi thread on here as I haven't looked on this site for 2 months and tried a kiwi thread a year ago without much response. I spend a lot of time in the April Bandits '06 and they are my lifeline, this is a great site, I tried a kiwi one but everyone seemed so much older.

Would love to hear from you all as well, contact me PM if anyone wants coffee

Good luck to you all

Kia Ora!

XX Amourette!

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?

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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!

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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

I am so glad you guys are a a -twitter and getting excited, for those who didnt get insurance, neither did I, paid a whopping $15K which I didn't have, but yes a year later it was worth it and I wouldn't change this for the world............................hope this inspires someone at least !!!!

Love AmouretteXX Any personal messages gladly accepted, wish I had had someone to say that a year ago, but I guess this shows how well the site and the band and the info is growing,

XX Good luck to you all, it is easy.......but do get counselling if your over-eating problems cuts in, I have had to, but it was easy after the fills, just no sign of hunger........

XX

I totally thought I would lose my boob size but haven't at all which is strange as I have been working out and all, I am sooooo pleased, I guess this probably doesnt help but to point out that everyone is different!

XX Amourette!:mad:

thanks not quite time to great the new day just yet, stil late here, it is 11.40 but we are about to put our clocks back an hour in a bit anyway, you want the truth, no I am very freaked out, my only thought I had my will safely done, I have cried since I cam home, why, i am sure it isn't the job it is just my emotional state!

Any PNS appreciated!

XX amourette:cry

Very down!

Have something else to share.........quite big for me personally, today set out for a normal (?) flight at 4 am today for Sydney, not a good day to start with, with one crew member having to return home because his child has been rushed to hospital..... we made it to Sydney, then 1 hour out of Sydney we had bad news about turning back to Sydney which as I hope you realise is a big deal, something had happened in flight deck with smoke, pilots on oxygens masks and the threat of the flight deck windowscreen not lasting until landing, it was likely gong to break and then who knows what. If those pilots go then you are stuffed?!

For those who know me better, and what I do, I have to tell you I freaked (whoops there goes everyone's faith in FA's), I only say that 'cos I few things weren't adding up, that made me suspicious! and i felt so uneasy, but couldn't show it. I am proud to say I survived it, though burst into tears when i got home, I have been flying over 13 years with no problems..........

My message here today is big shock for me after 13 years to have such an emergency drill.

My oint is please tell people you love them everday flashed between my ages, I knew I was ok, well my 3 yr old niece would be, but what is hard now is the airline play it down,,,,,,,,,,,I have arrived home thinking man, who do you talk to...........Any nice messaged would be appreciated in the next days, I knew one day I had to face itm it wasn't suppose to be, would love some messages otherwise I will hide under my duvet? Heheheh:guess

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I;m sorry to hear about your experience, did the doctor know what exactly the obstruction, was it just a bit of chicken not chewed enough, interested to know as things like this scare me with travelling so much..........I didn't mean to be snarky regarding love lifes the other week, I posted to say so but I lost the wireless connection so it never went thru', I was just feeling sorry for myself hahaha!

I had a fill yesterday, felt if I was single it was something i could work with at the moment, I only have about 10kg more to lose so that is good........

Love to you all

XX Amourette:D

Wow, this is interesting, I am less than one week into using it and my skin is so dry, maybe i just got carried away applying too much so will tone it down perhaps to every other day. Boo, I got mine in Hong Kong, you can anything there, but if it works I think my doc would give it to me anyway, they are pretty relaxed here in NZ! I am tempted to try Botox, but worried I can't afford 4 monthly appointments hehehe!!!!

XX

I would take them if you are sensible about the dosage but really if the operation has been successful you will just not need them, I was the biggest overeater/food obsessor, and I have succeded with the lapband!

XX Good luck

Fills make such a difference!

Two weeks is heaps of time to recover, go to your doctor if you can to nail it on the head, 'cos I sure wouldn't recommend surgery if you have a cough, they may refuse to do it and you will be asking for trouble........step on it now, and you will be fine! Do what ever it takes

Good luck

Amourette XX