NJSoldierwife

walk as much as you can and gas-x tongue strips work real well, but moving helps the best!

Sorry to be nosy, but I am in Howell, which is actually in the middle of all of you! Can I join your buddy group? I was banded September of 08, lost 40 lbs, gained 20, lost 9. I am so not doing well at all, and do not have anyone who knows what I am going through!

Hi Dawn! Thank you so much for writing me! Wow, you are doing great! Maybe I can be that successful again! My email is NJSoldierwife@yahoo.com. Would love to chat with you! Get some inspiration and ideas on how to start again! Talk to you soon, Michaele

Hi, I had my surgery September 2008. Lost 40 pounds, have now gained 5 back. I feel I have lost everything, I don't know what to do. I just can't seem to get back on track. I live in NJ and am really looking for someone whom I can get support from, while i support them. And if you are in my area, even more better. I feel like a failure and want to succeed! Thanks

Congratulations! That is wonderful! I am in the process of ttc#1 on clomid (2nd cycle) (100 mgs) and Ovidrel shot. Hopefully I will be following your footsteps!!!

Hi everyone. Ok this is long, so sit still..... I am 36 yrs old, banded 9-08, lost 40 pounds to date, still has 60 to 70 to go. Been married 10 years, ttc #1 for 10 years unofficially. Have muscular dystrophy, anemia, type 2 diabetes, controlled. Am in my first cycle of ttc with fertility meds. did clomid, now on cd 17, just got the ovidrel shot today, so hopefully i am going to o tomorrow, i am really scared because my neuro dr scared the hell out of me telling me i can have complications with lung restrictive disease, i do have it but mild, but he said it can get worse with pg, and it can get bad. oh i want a baby soooo so bad, am i doing the right thing???

Hi Finally in Montclair. Don't be scared. The journey of having a lapband does have its ups and downs, but the most beneficial tool you can have besides the band itself is focus. If you lose your focus, that is when things happen. I was banded on September 7, 2008, and to today have lost 40 pounds, I have about 60 more to go. I see some other people who in the same amount of time as me have lost more and less. It is up to you, just remember, the band is a TOOL, not the magic pill. Always have support with people who go through it also. I am available, you can always email me at NJSoldierwife@yahoo.com As for everyone else, how are you??? Good here, going on vacation on Monday to Key West, can't wait!! Hubby is back from iraq, whew.... So life can now return to normal. 5 weeks ago I broke my ankle, so have been dealing with that and not able to exercise, bummer it has been.

What happened to everyone? I don't think I smell!!???

Wow, where is everyone? Very quiet!!! So today it hit 88, tomorrow and monday will be 91. it just went from winter to summer, no spring! I had to put the a/c on it was so hot! Michaele

Hi everyone! Yes, you can all yell at me. It has been a very long time since I have been on here. I am so sorry about that. I do think of you all often. There has just been so much going on in my life. My husband had come home for 2 weeks for his R&R from Iraq in march, so that took precedent. Than I had family in and out. So.... doing well here, down almost 38 pounds. Had a fill in March and am so restricted still it is great, actually I am a little bit too tight, couldn't eat any solids for almost 2 weeks, but I trudged through it because I am finally losing weight again. Over the holidays into February I had gained a pound. I was so upset. Since March 16, I have lost almost 7 pounds. Woo hoo! So how is everyone here???

Hi Bandana! Morganville, that's by Marlboro? Right? Wow we are close! I was banded September of 08, so just 4 months out. Well, from what I just heard, we are only getting maybe 3 to 4 inches of snow tomorrow. I wish it was more to just get it out of the way, you know? Cool to be so close! We should get together!

Hi ladies, I know, I know, I have been MIA, so sorry about that. Since I have moved back home, yay! 3 weeks now, my life has been insane!!!! I had some major food problems, knew I had gained some weight back, went to my surgeon today for a fill, and I had actually LOST more weight! So I am now down 32 pounds!!! I was so shocked! I was like, are you sure? I won't do what I was doing, but it did scare me back into reality. So how is everyone doing? I am so ready for spring, can't wait.We are supposed to be getting a couple of inches of snow tomorrow, I'm not going anywhere. Well, hope you are all well, miss you girls!!!

Hi Ladies!!!!! Im back!!! I am so sorry i have not been around, I am still not in my house, they keep delaying it. I am hopefully moving back in this week. I got into a major depression and just kept away from the world. Thank you everyone who sent cards over the holiday, i really appreciate them all. i had cards to send out but just didnt. i am sorry for that. i fell off the wagon a little bit this season, but i didnt gain any weight, thank goodness. starting tomorrow, i am totally back on. eating healthy and hopefully starting my exercise again. well i have missed you girls terribly. love ya

Ladies!!!! I did it!!!! I am in onederland!!! Woo hoo!!! 199 baby! Oh my holy crap, i am so excited!!!! 28 pounds down. Hope you are all well.

Good morning ladies! How is everyone doing? Well, we have a little bit of snow on the ground. Mostly on the grass and sidewalks, not the street, about an inch. It is pretty though. So I am still with my Mom. My house is happening very slowly, probably another 2 to 3 weeks, gosh I have been saying that for 3 weeks now! Ugh! Hey, whatever happened with the christmas card exchange? are we still doing that?

Hi everyone! Sorry I have been MIA for a while. Things have been crazy. Thanksgiving was good, I did real well food wise, didnt stray off once. Since my fill, which went perfectly, I am down 3 more pounds, for a total of 26 pounds now. My house is still under construction, so I am still at Moms. Will be here for another 2 to 3 weeks. I gotta run, but wanted to send a quick hey and I miss you all, talk to you soon.

Hi ladies, Sorry I have been MIA, but I had a minor tragedy this weekend. I had a house fire. I am ok, the house is still standing. I am so humiliated on how it happened. I had a girlfriend over with her 4 year old son. I had a candle lit in the bathroom, on the sink. Now I have burnt this candle many times before. Well, the boy kept needing to go to the bathroom, like 10 times in 1/2 hour. Well, I think he was playing with the candle and it either got knocked over or he put something like a napkin on it. Well, it burnt through my sink, which happened to be plastic, go down into the cabinet, caught everything on fire in the cabinet. Luckily no walls. However, I have major smoke and water damage. So the clean up assessment and insurance adjuster agreed that they will gut the whole bathroom and give me a new one, which I am very happy about. AND, i have smoke damage throughout the whole house, so the company will come in, clean everything, re-paint the whole house, and give me all new flooring. I am basically getting an extreme home makeover!!! hee hee And, to top it off, they sent a special dry cleaner to the house today and took every single piece of fabric, clothing, drapery, towel and throw blanket that was exposed, they take it all, specially dry clean it to get all the smoke and smell out and fold and hang it all up when the house is all done! Here are some pictures of my bathroom.

Hi Betty and everyone!!! I am doing ok. Going in for a fill under xray this coming Thursday. A little nervous. But, its nothing, right? Just like a regular fill but under xray? Nothing extra is done, is it? So tomorrow I am getting a new roof put on my house, ugh. Hate these things. Gotta spend the money that I don't have. So I haven't lost anymore weight, bummed about that. But I haven't exercised in 2 weeks, so I know that is part of the reason. Jetti, dance away for me girl! Hope you have fun!

Hi everyone! Sorry I have been MIA, but my bf from TN came on Thursday with her 4 month old little girl. We haven't seen each other in 3 years, but we talk about 2 to 3 times a day. It was such an awesome weekend. I just dropped her off at the airport today. Her baby is so cute! I am a little down because I just want a baby so so bad, we tried for 9 years, I have PCOS, so I never ovulate, BUT maybe with the weightloss it will happen since my cycles are regulating. HOWEVER, I do have muscular dystrophy and have a 50% chance of passing the gene to my children. I don't know, I go back and forth. My dh says he wants a baby from us and does not feel it would be bad. I am just scared that my disease will progress enough for me to be in a wheel chair with a toddler running around and he has to take care of us both. I don't know, at least I have another 8 months before he is home from Iraq to make that decision. In the meantime, we are on an active waiting list for a NJ adoption. So, I weighed myself this morning without any clothes on and I was 202, with clothes I was 204. So with clothes, I am down 23 pounds, without clothes down 25 pounds. However, sorry I know, long.... I feel like I can eat anything without restriction and I just got my first fill of 4 cc's in a 14cc band a month ago. I called the dr and he is having me come in the 20th, for a fill under xray. What do you guys think? Is that ok?

Hi everyone! Happy November! I can't believe it is November already. Only 51 days till Christmas. I just can't wait for 2009 cause than I can say my hubby will be home this year, not next year, like now. He is coming home for 2 weeks R&R in February, so I am very excited about that. I have 3 full months to lose more weight. My goal is to lose 30 pounds by Feb, but I am not sure if I can. I just would have to be very very strict, which for the most part I am. I have never gone off Bandster rules. I just have to remember to exercise and drink fluids. Has anyone ever listened to www.pandora.com? You can put in your favorite artist/music and they play all music in that genre. It is so cool, I am listening to my absolute fave cutie Andy Gibb!!! Oh how I loved him!!

Hello, There is a new Support Group for weightloss, whether banded or not, forming in Howell, NJ. A Counselor I know is forming this group and wanted me to pass the word on. We would meet either weekly or bi-weekly. And because she is a Counselor, most insurances are accepted. Please email NJSoldierwife@yahoo.com if you are interested. Serious inquiries only.

hey girls!!! guess what? I am now down 22 pounds!!! woo hoo! I am so excited!!!! I absolutely LOVED getting that fill! So, I want to definitely schedule a meetup for us Jersey Girls. When is everyone available? I think a weekend is best. My only weekends not good in November is the 8th, 9th and weekend of Thanksgiving. Let me know!

I think we need a NJ meet up before the real snow comes. I would love to host it. Anyone want to do this?