Shanyab

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 !

Congrats on your band... give it time, your going to go through every single weird body emotion that you can think of in the next few weeks.

I got mine March 12 09 and after trying mushies today I am about ready to go back to liquids because I just did not tolerate them too well.

Do you still go to the support meetings

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

Hey there.

I was banded the same day, congrats to you.

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 !

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

I feel ya, I had scrambled eggs today too, then tried oatmeal ( NO GO ) then a boiled egg, ugh. Creamed Chicken double ugh. 1 steak fry went down with lots of malt vinegar but after that I was just done with trying to find anything mushy to eat. I may just pop open a tub of my baby food peaches and call it a day.

I am down 13 lbs though so thats always a good thing. How are you ?

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 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.

Im doing good. A little under the weather today but otherwise here and alive.

I'm down 16 lbs since I was banded last week, I think my poor body is wondering wtf is going on!

oh wow you already have something in your band ? I dont get anything until May. How did you manage that ?

I am feeling lots better now. I went to sweet tomatoes ( salad place ) with my hubby and was able to eat alot of different types of soup today which was WONDERFUL. I even had a little bit of tapioca ( one teaspoon full ) and a tiny ice cream cone which just hit the sweet tooth spot for me.

How did you get fluid in your band so quickly ? I have restriction too but its just natural for the moment, and alot of will power.

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 ?

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.

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 ..

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 !!

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

Congrats... I was just banded 3/12/09 looking forward to being able to wear a nice swimsuit again !! You look beautiful

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.

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 !!

Hey Dan ... How are you holding up so far ? We have a day apart in bandays.

Hey I am local to Vegas too. Sorry to hear that your having a hard time. Have you been going to support group meetings at all ?

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

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?

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

Hey you. How are you doing ? I had my surgery on the 12th and wow what a difference this is lately !!