Shanyab

just got back on here, you got your band ?? Congrats !

When do you get your surgery ? Slow and steady wins the race for me, I cant take it off too fast because of my heart otherwise I would have prob. had gastric bypass to do it as quickly as possible.

You look wonderful anyways big or small and I am glad to have met you.

Hey there, I am doing good. I just hit my first goal of losing 31 lbs so I am pretty happy

I have those moments too, I found that I have to work really hard at keeping track of what I am eating and how much I eat at one time. I just have too much on my plate at the moment with Kids, home, marriage and everything else falling to pot all at the same time.

I havent gotten my fill yet but I have heard that you have to play around at times to get to that sweet spot.

I am having a moment this week, a good friend died, marriage issues and I am not losing a FUCKING pound.? I am really wondering wtf did I do this to myself for ?

How are things going????

Hi there Toml... how far are you out on your band so far? I saw a post by you that you were banded by Dr. Teng? I think hes wonderful. Do you go to the support group meetings?

Hey Sunshine... how are you doing? Im having a week here, kids are on a roll for some reason and determined to make me lose my ever loving mind. Want to get together sometime this week and do tea or something?

Hi there, I saw a post from you on here and noticed that we are about the same height and starting weight. I was just banded on March 12 and am doing pretty good so far.

Hey Jodi... I am in the Northwest as well. I saw your post on the Vegas board. How are you doing so far?

Congrats on your loss so far, I saw your ticker!! I really need to update mine sometime soon. I am down 20 ish too !!!

Just saw your message, I was banded 3/12 and I am down just about 20 lbs so far. I stopped and hovered between 16-18 for the last week and in the last 2 days lost 4 lbs so I am pretty happy, eating the right stuff is hard, my hubby is on the bandwagon with me here so its a win win situation for us.

Do you need a ride or do you have kids that need to be watched ? I have AIM or Yahoo if you do and we can chat on there. Shanyalv on aim and Aynahsbdd on Yahoo.

Hi Poma, Thanks for the friend request. How are you doing? I have my first support group meeting today and I am looking forward to it. I see you got banded not too long ago too.

Congrats on your weight loss so far !

Great, I will be there with bells and whistles on. I have no clue as to what you look like so please do say HI !!

Hi there, I am in Vegas too and wanted to see when the next meet up will be, I just had surgery on March 12th and would love to meet some locals who are banded too.

Shanya

Do you still go to the support meetings

? I have to go to the first on on the 30th. Looking forward to it too.

Hi there ... I am in Vegas as well. Who was your Dr. Congrats on the weight loss so far, I was banded on March 12. lost 18 then gained back 4 ... its a little irritating but I am sure once I get things moving the loss will start again.

Hey there.

I was banded the same day, congrats to you.

Thanks for the message, I lost the original 150 by what I called the I got left for a 20 yr old diet and I am so broke that I can only afford to feed my kids !! lol. I saw a video of myself on the beach and I really felt like a beached whale.

It actually really just took a look at the foods that I was eating at the time, my ex and I had always eaten at ayce buffets even our local hot dog place had an all you can eat night and I just gorged myself. I just decided that it was time to change that.

Walking was the best thing I did, then drinking lots of water.

Have you gotten your approval yet ?

As of today I am down 18, but I stalled for the last day I guess I need to get over being so sore and just get my a$$ back to moving.

I wont get my fill until May but hopefully I can talk my Dr. into giving me one a little sooner.

I am so freaking tall that even the 18 lbs really does not show that much yet ( crap ) once I hit 240 though its all on. Congrats on the drop in sizes, I know that feeling is Fantastic !

yeah that sounds good too, I just made my kids and hubby Runza/Bierock for dinner ( cabbage, ground beef and onions baked in dough ) needless to say I just had to look at it, I am now eating a sugar free jello cup !

Being a foodie I cant stand the taste of the Isopure or most of the drinks. I actually can eat beef tendon ( yeah gross ) but I can get it at a Vietmanese restaraunt here and it goes down great and each portion has like 36g of protien for 3 ozs and only 150 calories which just rocks for me. I will look into that stuff that you reccomended. Once I hit 30 things just changed with my body and even though I am glad that I am losing fast the moment I hit 240 ( my sweet spot for weight ) I plan on hitting the gym to work out at the same time to keep myself nice and toned. Congrats once again ..

I tried posting pics of myself but I cant get it to work, however I have photos in my albums.

I just got banded, I used to weigh 350- got down to 200- then back up to 290 - now working my way down, I am down 18 lbs since my band 9 days ago so I am just pushing to lose it and keep it off at this point.

Congrats on the loss. I am down 16 lbs since I got my band last week and I feel GREAT ! Much luck to you in the coming months !!