Inspiremeslim

This is funny...My food costs are SOOO much less as well ! If I go out to eat I can eat what I got for 3 to 4 days!!! The other funny thing about this, is when I was trying to convince my parents that this was a good Idea...to have the surgery...I told my dad...I said Dad look at it this way I will be a much cheaper investment after surgery....I will eat less..I wont have to pay the extra three dollars for plus sizes at walmart...ANND eventually I will probably be small enough to get better gas mileage..lol :confused:

I was wondering if anybody has tried going back on liquids after surgery ...like 4 months out or so ....to jump start things.....just wondering what extent you took it to...and how it worked???

I have discovered something this week in my never ending battle with myself , my stomach and my addiction to food. Well, to be quite honest I have realized a few things. I am at a point in my life were I have come to terms with the fact that I have an addiction to food and it has a serious grip on me. I also have realized that my band has not failed me .... I have failed my band. So in light of coming to this realization... I am beginning a new journey TODAY.... Today I start my SUMMER 2009 BORN AGAIN BANDSTER SLIMDOWN!!!!!! Now here is where the road block always hits....motivation and accountability because we ALL know that there is allllllllways tomorrow to start back on track well I say NO MORE WAITING TILL TOMORROWS!!! Today is when we will start this journey to the us's and me's we have always wanted to be! SO Step 1- I am starting a blog Bandster Banter ...the Lap Band Journey! Here I will let my guts hang out to you all about EVERYTHING!!!! I will post about my days ...tips....and progress and I will post video links as they come! Step 2- Letter to myself I am going to take the time to do something I have always wanted to do ....write a letter that is completely obvious to myself. It helps believe me ..... Step 3- Do what I know Eat right and work out like I want my rocking body I deserve!!!!! Check the blog for letter...and updates!!!!! :crying: Love you guys!!!! We can do this!!!!

The Third installment of the Bandster Banter blog come check it out and join the Band Revolution!!!! hair to air dry ...my hair is CRAZY curly and I decided to do a post. I usually try to do these things when I have my band boxing gloves on, when I am feeling my best. But I realized that I do way to much of that ... and its therapeutic , admitting the "ugg" days and type-talking it out to myself, and the rest of band land. Truth be told, the reason I sat down, dressed, wet haired and starring blankly at my computer screen was ... I was avoiding the mirror. Does anybody else have those days? I know you do.... Those days when you tear into your closet. The closet that is a mix of clothes that are pre op " WOO THESE ARE TO BIG'S " and " ehh the pre-op's that still kinda fit" and you gotta love the " pre-op these stayed in my closet because I bought them to small hoping one day they would fit , and now they do's!" and the dreaded but oh so inspiring " Jeans you bought after you had surgery KNOWING you would one day fit in them....but still don't's" Yup we all have em. Today I'm in one of those moods, that I am super happy that .. #1...I am getting ready to leave the house in a pair of shorts I've had for years that actually FIT now!! #2. I am finally brave enough to wear shorts in public during the summer! But.....OH theres a but....I stood there in the mirror throwing off shirt after shirt , just being SO irritated that I still see who I see!! By now in this process I wanted to see Eva freaking Longoria!!!! Instead its still me ....but you know what...I guess it always will be me. The point of todays grand rant is this...as Lap Band patients and people getting ready to undergo one of the biggest changes in our lives, sometimes we loose sight of what the point of this process is. It's not to become (for me) Eva Longoria....or Angelina Jolie ...or Even Brad Pit, for that matter. This whole process is about becoming a better version of ourselves, and UNFORTUNATELY this does not happen over night. And it does not only have to happen physically it HAS to happen mentally. Deciding to have this surgery tells us a couple things about ourselves. First we have an obvious problem with food,but the most important part of the equation is this. We cared enough about ourselves and , believed in ourselves enough to do this in the first place. Having this surgery does not make us weak for taking the easy way out...PSHHH we ALL know that...right? Having this surgery makes us brave! We took that first step into a seminar...and then the second into our Dr.'s office and look at us now! Wherever we are in our journey...we are still just that...on a journey! And journeys take time. It takes time to become a better you from the inside out. Too many of us get up every morning and are still disapointed because WE are starring ourselves back in the mirror and Angelina still has not showed up. Well guess what? She never will. Only a better you...only a better me. So start today with that....run towards the goal of a better you, not another plastic fake tabloid star. You loved yourself to take first steps....now all you have to do is Love yourself enough to KEEP Walking.... Love You guys!!! We can do this!!!!

Isn't this STINKIN ANNOYING!!! I know what you mean....you work your duff off and STILL you dont really tell! I too have experienced this curse....Hang in there...and let us know how you are doing!!!

Im so proud of you 5 pounds is Awesome!!! Don't talk yourself into thinking ...ehhh 5 pounds is nothing ...ITS AMAZING... we have to Celebrate every ounce... because thats how we do it!!!! Im excited you guys are on board!!!! Keep going and Check the blog Im posting every day!!!!! Bandster Banter ...the Lap Band Journey!

Can I just tell you that I was..well am in the same place as you... and I started a blog about my journey and todays post was written for you! go check it out! Seriously... i posted it and read your post and I was like wow.... click the link below...and this is my reply and encouragement to you!!! you CAN do this!!!!! :thumbup: Bandster Banter ...the Lap Band Journey!

Hey guys If you are lacking in your bandster mojo today ...or just need some encouraging tales from the trail of one bandster on her way to a skinny new wedding body check out my new blog! I promise to spill my guts to all of you about all the dirty details....and give you strength and a smile for the road.... so join me on my journey.... food is our only comfort...and gradually revert back to our addictions! Well no more Bandster warriors!!!!!! These are OUR days and OUR lives!!! When you wake up in the morning claim today as a good day before it even starts...and even if ....EVEN IF you do sayyyyy eat something wrong....or eat to much ITS STILL YOUR DAY!!! Finish strong! Fight the fight guys!!! We all deserve our skinny bodies .... and by God I want my ...yes MY rockin hot body for my Wedding day!!!!! So step number one in Good day #1 of the Born again Bandster Slimdown 2009? WORK OUT!!!! So... this chunky girl is off to the gym to strut her stuff in her workout pants that are SLIGHTLY smaller than when I started....but SLIGHTLY smaller is still something to be proud of .... Have a good day guys!!!!! LoVe you ALL!!! We can do this!!!

I will live and die by the praise Jesus pose to unstick my stuckness put your arms over your head and move around that does it every time for me

My long incision is my port site...they put your band in through that and then your port goes there......im assuming ... i had the same thing...the funny thing was that 3 months after surgery i felt this huge "knot" in my stomach and I was convinced i had some sort of growth because it was 4 inches higher than my port incision....haha... i went to my doc and he laughed and said it was my port and APPARENTLY when you loose weight your skin moves....hahaha if my skin is going that far south this quickly....God help us all

I discovered the most AMAZING sports bras at Walmart I want to say that they are danskin maybe? I'm not sure BUT they way that you can find them for sure is they are white and they say HIGH IMPACT on them....they are WONDERFUL!!!! In fact I love them so much I wear them all the time with my regular bras to make my back and sides smooth get them... you will love them

I have the realize band I love mine....its 14cc and I actually find the tools useful

I have never had one under Xray...never saw the need my doc does not do it ..it just costs way more and its safer to do it gradually anyway.... i have had 4 fills and i am finally at my sweet spot 8cc in a 14 cc band...its so nice to finally have restriction!!!

Hey guys Its been a few months since i have been banded I have lost 25 lbs in the 2 months since I have been banded but I have fallen a tad bit off the band wagon :bananalama: Im pretty sure that the TOM cravings were the culprit:blush: BUT~! I am going to saddle back up the horse and keep going WHO IS WITH ME!!!! If you have fallen off the wagon and want to get back on... introduce yourself and we will keep each other accountable! Lets do the thing!!!:cheers2::thumbup:

Hey guys! I hope your all doing well and sticking with things... i am doing better ... i have had 3 fills since i last posted...so that puts me to ..... i think 6ccs in a 14 cc band and I am going for another on monday which I am hoping will put me at my sweet spot....i am also getting ready to start this like biggest looser thing that they are doing in my town... my wonderful boyfriend who comically enough is basically 10 pounds from being mr 6 pack again...lol...is doing it with me along with some of his co workers he talked into it! So keep us updated!!! :scared2:

Hey Michelle! We share the same B-day the 16th and my name is also michelle! Wow huh! Any...i delt with kinda the same thing....there are a couple of different things i was told..gas....OR the possibility that the surgery had irritated a nerve that leads to your shoulder neck area...mine was AWEFUL for about 2 weeks and then went away....i got relief by putting my arm over my head and resting it there ...weird i know...but anywhoo hope this helps....we should keep in touch and keep up with each other!!

yup this happend to me too!!! i was banded a little over a week ago and holy stink about a week post op i was like I GOT BAMBOOZLED!!! I DONT EVEN HAVE A BAND!!! but the more solids you eat ... it makes a difference.

Well I am one week post op and feeling really good except for minor soreness. I am down about 20 lbs from 2 days before surgery which is good. I got up this morning and had put 4 back on I am wondering if Its because of the fact that I ate potato soup broth last night...made with skim..but it had butter in it :thumbup: I am worried that when I start eating solids again and the more that I work my way back into real food I am going to stop loosing and gain! What in the world!!!! And how do i get all this water in.... holy stink! I just dont want to be one of the post ops who looses 20 pounds and thats it! Anybody else have this freak out! Is it legit?!