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Well I am self pay and I chose a surgeon close to home who has done well over 1000 bands and is considered one of the best. I had to pay 18,500 but I am glad I paid more and know I have the follow up care. I know lots of perople go to Mexico but frankly it scares me to have surgery in another country.

Yay, I am so happy for you, you are doing a great thing! Taking control back to reach your goal.

I have been in many wrecks, one very serious. This one wasn't bad and am feeling pretty good today so far. I was kind of holding my breath wondering if I'd get whiplash, but yay, none of that going on I wish I had something great to report on my weight loss but alas I have nothing to report, this heat wave is making me retain Water like crazy!

LOL Julie!!! Start freaking out because I am indeed 33! LOL weird coincidence. Bad day today :think my carpool got rear ended on the way home. Now I wish I had the re-fill on my vicadin form surgery.

Ouch Yoda, I am so sorry your having to deal with this I hope it goes better next time.:grouphug:

We will all make it to Twoterville Julie, about your scale being stuck, remember that in the heat we can tend towards retaining more Water, no matter how much of it we drink, also sometimes we are losing inches and then boom one day the lbs catch up, so don't get frustrated, just take a few days away from the scale and relax, indulge yourself in something, sometimes my scale won't move till I have a day where I take in a few more calories (a spoonful of Peanut Butter is great!) Those little soft serve cones are pretty low in calories and on a hot day they really taste good :Banane56: Josette, I have a friend who is a size 12/14 who talks about how fat she is. I would love to be in that small of a size! and she complains. I wish more people had a broader perspective. But to her those 30 pounds are as much of a frustration to her as our 100+ pounds are to us, let's meet those skinny girls half way Have any of you tried positive self talk? Everytime I try to think positive about my weight loss journey I drop a pound. I go to bed at night and say to myself, I lost weight today, smile and go to sleep. In the morning sure enough the scale agrees(I don't do this everyday, because that is just unreasonable, especially if I ate something I shouldn't have). When I need a fill and am hungry I tell myself that that is just my body burning fat, it's a good thing. When the scale doesn't move I... I am still working on that one. I want to start focusing on that part, hmm...

Yay, I am so glad there is a group of us As for depression, there is a little of that everyday, knowing how far I have left to go, watching my friends and family enjoy things I can't have and or shouldn't have. Watching the scale stay stuck. Ah well, they will move and there will be glorious days ahead. Let's all focus on what we have accomplished :success1: 37.5lbs here and a total of 8" off of my hips waist and bust! yay :party:

Oh gosh yes, there are some days I am a snipety little snot. I had to go on BC pills to regulate my period after surgery and yeah, skin looking less than normal and generally, hormone fluctuation city. It's pretty bad when people you work with ask if you are pms'ing. Nuff said. We are here with you, it is supposed to get better as our weight goes down further. I was told that hormones are stored in fat, lose the fat the hormones are released and fun time begins

Wow lapbandit you have lost a lot!!! :clap2: As for possible, anything is possible, 5 pounds per week is a lot, but if you are a chunky loser like some on here it could very easily happen if your body cooperates. I am looking at 18 in 4.5 weeks and not sure if I can make it, but I sure am gonna try All we can do is our best, but dangit it sure is nice when our bodies cooperate and lose like they are supposed to Hmm, currency exchange, not sure, it's been so long, whoever gets there first tell the rest of us

Pfunkem, I am with you on the before's, I hated cameras still. It will be a while before I am comfortable with them and then look out! I am in cosmetology school right now and the hardest thing is having to see myself in all those mirrors! EEK!!! But it is getting better.

Well, my last supper was 3 days before surgery and was approved by my surgeon as it was my anniversary. I had a steak and baked potato and potato skins and lots of other appetisers, and cheesy garlic bread and lots of it. I think I ate around 5000 calories that night, oh and don't forget the chocolate cake. I was not on a liquid diet but an 800cal diet. He did say not to go overboard, but I did anyway :eek: I did have 3 days in between though where I was on my diet between last supper and surgery. I had very little gas pains, I instead had a lot of pain from the fixing of my haeatal (sp?) hernia.

Wow pfunkem :omg: That is a dramatic difference!!!!! Good job :clap2: and thanks for sharing the pics :eek:

Josette grats on being banded :eek: And welcome to our little group Wheetsin can we make this a sticky maybe? The onderland folks have a sticky....:guess Yay, ok so shall we make a format for a progress chart for our signatures? Or do we just want to post our progress on this thread? Give me feedback. Ok so I was 317, then my tom happened (too much ice cream) and yoyo'd between 317 and 320 for a week and a half!!! Ok so I am back on the losers track and am back to 317 yay !!! It's all progress from here, I am hoping to make good progress in the next 4 weeks. I want to be in twoterville come august.

Yay, 2 pounds in 2 days!!! Last week was TOM so it really messed up my losing streak I kept losing and gaing the sam three pounds and ended on the high :eek: But now I am back at the low after several days of hard work on to make progress today Grats Mari, you are doing great Wheetsin, your loss is absolutley amazing:clap2: welcome ofps We are glad you are here. This group has been a little quiet the last couple of days, but usually we chat quite a bit

Wow Elisabeth, you are getting close to twoterville Join us on the other thread for the official quest for twoterville

Yay I'm glad you are all with me, this is gonna be a great ride with a shopping trip at the end

Great see you both over on the other thread

Grats to Wheetsin, a great choice :eek:

Well it seems there are several of us who are currently trying to get to twoterville. So if you are one of us trying for it please tell us your goals and we can support each other as we try to get our tricksy scales to be nice and cooperative. NOTE: So many of the people who participate in this thread have made it in to twoterville that we have really morphed to include passing thru twoterville as well as into it. This has happened over time, we keep growing, lol, but in a good way :eek:

Well the restriction is easing up a bit but definitely getting close, sounds like we all have the VG 10 or 11 cc's I don't remember. There is only one of them though so we have the same one. I think I need another fill to get good restriction, but at least I have restriction!!! I hear avg on the VG is 6.5 to 7cc's for good restriction in the beginning, of course not everyone is average :eek: Not getting on the scale yet, waiting a few days. Upped my water intake too :fish: For all you bandsters that want to let's start a Road to twoterville thread for us :tsk: I will start it.

OK folks, I have 18lbs to "Twoterville" I just got a second fill bringing me up to 6.5cc's in my 10cc band. I seem to be holding the restriction, last time the swelling went down 2 days later and this is day 4 today (crossing my fingers and toes) Yesterday was my first day of full on solid food after the fill and if this level of restriction stays I will be very happy. My goal is to get to twoterville in the next 4 weeks, making a total loss of 50lbs !!! Just putting my goal out here so I can't fudge on it later, I am committed to it. PS I know that is a lot to lose in 4 weeks, but I like to dream big and think positive. Besides if you shoot for the stars you know you will at least hit the moon

I experienced some strange stomach growling as well. From what I was told it is actually the water and other liquids you are drinking working their way through the stoma which is pretty swollen right now. It is different than hunger growling, or at least mine felt different. And congratulations on getting banded!

Cottage cheese is great! Also they have low carb yogurt now, it still has some but is very reduced. Also careful with the egg salad, I can't do eggs unless they are scrambled, the whites by themselves are too rubbery, everyone is different though. You can try thickening up some soup with things like cream cheese or corn starch (lower in carbs than flour)

Wahoo! Got my second fill this morning! Cross your fingers and wish me luck that I will finally have good restriction. I now have 6.5cc's in my 10cc band. I hope this works ....

Hey Terisita, Hehe, I am rather sunshiny in the morning and yes I feel very different with that 37lbs gone. My back pain is minimal and that is with starting cosmetology school (career change) which is notoriously hard on your back. Having issues with dehydration though. Going for a fill on Monday and asking for a note from them so I can drink water in the classroom at school. Dumb school rule. Missed a day and a half due to dehydration. I just can't get enough in on our little breaks and at lunch I have to eat so no time to drink much then. And then I get home and am exhausted and already dehydrated and as much as I drink when I get home, I just can't get enough to make up for the hours I missed, especially with getting physical excersize pretty much all day on our feet. Anyway, time to go finish my hair and face. Have a great day :girl_hug: