NCsQueen

:thumbup: oh whats this??? looks like i'm the winner...again! LOL

I'm sorry to hear that you haven't lost anything but its still good that you haven't gained anything. The first couple pounds we lose is mainly Water weight which is why it comes off so fast. Just don't get discouraged. I read on another post that if you increase your Protein it will help to get the weight off faster. She was a slow loser and she said once she increased her protein intake the weight just fell off.. I hope that helps! As for my weigh in I've lost 7lbs according to my scale.

W-i-n-n-e-r!!!!!!

You can do it Babe just one more day!!! i have faith in you!

Its sunday.....and I'm the winner.... hold the applause lol

bow down to the new winner!!!

I rule!!!

winner!!!!!

Good morning losers!!!

I'm number 1!!!! hehehe

Lucky you Babe, I still can't sleep on my stomach at least they way I want to.

Congratulations on your NSV!!!

Oh what's this?? I'm the new winner??? lmao

LilMissDiva that pic was hilarious....but it looks like i'm the new winner

My doctor said we can still drink alcohol but mainly just liquors and mixed drinks that have no carbonation. He said more than likely after the band you will be a light weight but in a way I guess thats good considering how many calories are in alcohol. The main thing we're not allowed to have once banded is carbonated beverages. Everything else depends on you and how serious you want to lose weight. I hope that answers your question and good luck to you!

Congratulations!!! I can't wait to get to Onederland myself. Thanks for the heads up about smoothies. I never even thought to look how many calories they may have.

Congratulations and welcome to bandland!

Pat that is awesome!!! Its so exciting to see everyone getting pounds closer to their goal!!

Thank you!!

:thumbup: Congratulations!!!!

WOW!!! Congrats on your loss!!! Thats awesome!!! I do hope you can get off those meds. It just makes life easier. Congrats again!

Well when my DH was deployed last year, I did Hip Hop Abs for about 3 months and lost about 20 lbs (combined with the eleptical for 20mins at the gym) and I was only working out 3-4 times a week. After he came home for r&r I was so depressed with him leaving again I fell back into my old habits and gained the weight back. :tt2: I know it works if you stick to it, and just like you said its a lot of fun and Shaun T is hilarious. I never tried Zumba but I may have to look into that now. I honestly don't watch the biggest loser that much, but can you explain why you shouldn't fall below 1000 calories? And how many should I be taking in at this point considering the only physical activity I can do right now is walk. Oh and congrats on you weight loss!! 50 lbs in 6 months!! Thats a dream for me! I figured it out that if I do everything like I'm supposed to I could reach my goal by the end of the year. :thumbup:

Healthforlife: I love Hip Hop Abs! :thumbup: I've had mine for about a year. I just recently had my surgery last monday so I can't do it for a couple more weeks. I'm so glad to hear that, that helped break your plateau. I'll be honest, I'm so scared of hitting a plateau because I know myself, I'll get really depressed. I want to lose me weight so badly that my DH said I'm being too hard on myself. For instance, my doctor said I can start mushies this week so yesterday I had a bowl of progresso soup (the weight watchers kind) and I was still hungry so I ate some vienna sausages...well I didn't realize just how many calories are in vienna sausages until after I had already eaten them. When I saw it, I started crying! 120 calories per 3 sausages!!:tt2: So basically my 70 calorie soup turned into a 430 calorie lunch! And I'm only on week 2!! I mean I'm still taking in less than 1000 calories a day but I just want to do good on this so bad. So if you have any advice for a freshman bandster I'm all ears!!!

First of congratulations on your weight loss. Your gyno is an idiot. If I were you, I would get a new one. Preferably one who knows a little bit more about that band than her. (I know that will be hard to find) She obviously is confusing the band to gastric bypass. My doctor told me the same thing that the band wouldn't affect any of the pills I was taking, just to take them one at a time about 5 mins apart and with warm liquid. Good luck to you.

Thank you Jachut!! I was really worried for her just because I know the doctor's stress not to get pregnant for at least the 1st year. I'll let her know what you said.