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Good luck ! the best thing you can do for yourself is to make sure you are getting enough protein, walmart sells protein bullets that work great, that and walking, I walk around 4-6 miles a day, I know that is extreme but if you can get out and walk as much as you can it is the best way to burn calories, drink tons of water or G2 this is key too, I have been banded since Jan and have lost 60 pounds so far, you can do it just keep your chin up and dont get down on yourself when you hit plateaus, oh yeah, throw your scale away, only weigh yourself when you go to the Dr's office, just rely on how your clothes fit and take tons of pics so you can see yourself progress ! well good luck !

SPEED

hey chica... long time no speak ! how are you doin ? I go tomorrow for my first fill with Sandy... well hit me up, later

ps get some more pics !

hey, nope not yet, waiting on ins approval, you know how that goes... so your doin ok ? I was trying to get in before the end of the year but January is close at hand so I think I can wait a little longer... good luck to you.

Jason aka SPEED

say hi to Sandy for me...

hey, welcome to LBT ! and lapband world ! ha! how far into your program are you ? I am five months into my six month ins required dr visits, time flys by so if you have to do that dont get discouraged ! it will go fast !

take care !

SPEED

also look at www.band2gether.net, it is a good site as well.

hiya ! thanks for the compliment, you are doing awesome ! you look like a bandster pro !

SPEED...

Jan 14th / fort myers florida, yeah no living that down.. lol

thanks guys, I cant wait, should be getting mine @ the first of the year, thanks for the support.

speed

ugh, thats not good, thats a tough place to be in, I pray everything works out for you... my wife is my biggest support, my mom and brother live close by too but are no help to me either so I know that can be frustrating... well you should feel good that you are investing in yourself and not putting up with cheating, no one deserves to be cheated on.. imho anyway...

(( )) yeah Im a real smart ass... lol just messing with ya ! ha ha ha!

ha ha... well Im glad it was ok for you !

ah yeah that is a tough one... sorry, I hope everything works out for you !!

ah yeah, they are rough until you get used to them, I have only tried fruit punch, I hear orange is ok too, I do a oj chaser when I take them, plus I knock it back like a shot of ( insert fav bev here ) ... but no matter what they are a little rough but quick...

ahhh.... here and there... mostly on B2G... how have you been ?

ask away......

aww shucks maam lol...

best advice I can give you is get off caffiene and pop ( soda if your from the south ) now because they are not good for you and you cant have pop once you are banded... this is a hard one but so worth it, if my eyes were open I had a mt dew in my hand and when I slept I had a mt dew IV in so trust me when I say I know how hard this one is.. but now on this side of the band I dont miss it... another good habit to get into now is chewing your food... when you think yuo have chewed it up good chew it up again... this is a painful lesson to learn once you are banded so learn it now good luck !

congrats !! I am waiting on my approval still, BCBS, you should psend alot of time here, I have learned so much from the people on here, no hype, just reality. Good Luck !

congrats !! you look great !

congrats on your anniversary !

congrats, sounds like your on your way to a new you !, I take a G2 Gatorade with me everywhere I go now, you can have anything cabonated because your new stomach wont be able to handle the gas from it, same with white bread, rice etc, anything that expands... along with my fav DO-NUTS !! but the way I figure it is those are part of the things that made me so fat to begin with so I figure I will live the second half of my life eating things that are good for me and help me lose weight instead of gaining it !

congrats, you look great !

dang Im impressed ! way to go give yourself ten pats on the back ! congrats on all of your hard work and determination !

duh nuh ( jaws theme ) lol

glad to hear your so close.. congrats ! I have to go to the hospital tomorrow and get my port tube fixed, I went Monday and they tried to move it around so it would open up but no go so its back to the OR table for me... its just an outpatient procedure though so Im hoping its no big deal... good luck to you let me know how it goes !