♥Amy♥

That's amazing! Great job! :thumbup:

Thats so awesome! Congrats! I can't wait till I'm getting into MUCH smaller jeans! :thumbup: Fill #2 went very well. My surgeon put in 2ccs but that made me too tight so she took out .6cc and that gave me good restriction I now have a total of 2.9ccs in my band. She said apparently i get pretty tight with small fills so I'm guess that will be a good thing in the long run. :tt2:

That is ALL wonderful news! So happy things are looking up and your mom is doing better! :ohmy: I'm going for my 2nd fill in an hour! :Dancing_biggrin: YAY!

Thanks for the replies, Leigha, Jen and Kelsey. :thumbup: It's nice to have because you don't have to plug in your BB to see how much you've burned during the day. I find it to be a great motivator. It will tell you how many calories you are burning per minute so it motivates me to bump up the intensity because I like to watch ALL the numbers jump up. :confused: Now that I have it I would be lost without it. You also don't have to wear it as a watch. It comes w/ a clip that you can use to attach it to your clothes, maybe even on your bra/sports bra where no one can see it. It's not bad looking but it's also not the most stylish looking thing, either. I do wear mine as a watch, though. Doesn't matter to me either way.

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I wasn't able to weigh myself yesterday morning and I didn't even realize there was a spreadsheet :confused: but I surpassed my goal of 10 lbs. I'm at 245.7 right now.

I was approved in less than 5 hours! I was completely amazed.

Ugh! I'm so annoyed! We went to a Yankee game on Saturday and in the morning my husband took the battery for the digital camera off the charger and turned the camera on and said "Honey! The memory is full." So I told him that everything on it was already uploaded to the computer. After he handed it to me and I deleted all the pics I remembered I hadn't uploaded my "before" pics

I have a 10cc AP also.

Just call 407-WDW-DINE and ask. I'm sure they'll tell you everything you need to know. Hubby and I are going in November and we're doing the deluxe dining plan. Thats only because each person cant do different dining plans and hubby wants to go to some dinner shows. Plus, he's not the one w/ the weight problem

Does this sound right? I burn more calories doing a Walk Away The Pounds video for an hour than I do on the ellptical at an average of 4.2 mph? The elliptical said I burned 600 something calories and my BB said I burned like 400 something calories. I guess I should believe my BB before I believe the elliptical?

Also, being put on a respirator can cause some fluid in the lungs. Did your surgeon give you instructions for deep breathing exercises to keep you from getting pneumonia? The next 2 days after surgery I was coughing up green stuff and my surgeon told me that was common after being on a respirator and to keep doing my deep breathing and coughing to get it all out so I dont get sick.

CONGRATS!!

I try to mix it up. Everyday at work I walk out in the parking lot (it's huge!) during my 15 minute break and my 30 minute lunch break. Then in the evening I will either do a 55 minute Walk Away The Pounds video, walk on my treadmill or go to the gym and do the elliptical and/or treadmill and a few weights. Now I'm seriously considering buying the Zumba Fitness collection to add to the variety and keep it interesting. But regardless of what I do in the evening, the routine Monday-Friday and on the Saturdays that I do 8 hours of OT, never changes. If it's raining I walk in the building, which is also huge, thankfully.

I've lost 40lbs and I've got about 89 more to lose but so far I've gotten rid of my daily acid reflux and the fear that I will be fat for the rest of my life. :thumbup:

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone! I really appreciate it! :wub: I guess I should have waited one more day before freaking out because the scale moved for me this morning. I'm down another 1.5lbs :laugh: I'm not going to change my ticker until Friday, which is my Bodybugg weigh-in day. Hopefully I'll be down a little bit more than that by then :smile2: I know, I'm gready. :wink5: I hope Anne is doing well!! Today was the big day, huh?!

I dont think you're being silly and I doubt it will happen, but on the off chance that it does, just remember that it will be the last time it ever happens. You're going to do great with your band and there will come a day when that thought won't ever cross your mind again. If anything it will cross your mind and you will smile and think "I'm so glad I don't have to worry about it anymore!" :smile2:

Edited because I didnt realize what part of the message board I was in. My apologies :smile2:

I know exactly what you mean. My pouch might not be hungry anymore but even after a meal, especially lately, my "big stomach" will still be growling :laugh: If you figure out how to handle that let me know :smile2:

Good luck tomorrow, Anne! Can you believe it's here and it's finally happening?! Even after surgery I still couldn't believe what was going on. I'm so happy I did it, though and I'm sure you will be, too. :glare: I called my surgeon's office to see if they could squeeze me in for a fill somewhere between the 1st and the 4th. I originally was given an appointment for the 8th but was hoping for the 4th since that would have been 4 weeks exactly since my 1st fill but the 8th was the soonest they could give me. Well, when I called today I told the receptionist how hungry I have been and she squeezed me in at 10:30 am on the 4th! :thumbup: So hopefully only 10 more days of bandster hell! That is, until it comes back again before my 3rd fill. :biggrin:

Do you have any Vitamin Shoppe stores near you?

Cookies n Cream is my favorite out of all of them. :biggrin:

Thank you SO much! I needed that. :biggrin: I brought a bunch of hard-boiled egg whites to work with me today to grab when the hunger demon strikes. So far it's helping. I do need to run out and get some cheese sticks, though. I'm wondering if maybe I'm eating too much or maybe too little. I try to keep a calorie deficit of between 1000 and 1200/day but I'm taking in about 1400 calories/day. Maybe that's too much for me. Could my deficit be too large? This stuff is all so damn complicated. I just hope I can get it right one of these days. *sigh*

This site has all the info everyone needs. Including where to buy them :biggrin: Pure Protein - Eat Good. Look Great.

I have a bag of it sitting in my pantry for a while now. I bought it but I'm afraid to try it. I did see on Dr. Oz, they made turkey meatballs and used quinoa instead of breadcrumbs. Maybe I'll try that.