fatmikeslim

ladytonya , I am more than 40 lbs heavier than you now , and i have been banded for 2 months , truefully i havent weighed till today in years , I have lost 4 pant sizes in two months (from a 54 to a 46 as of today).And i did have to go to mexico to have it done.(i am a full time student and unemployed ) so i dont have any insurance .I would have walked to the moon if i had to to be banded , and would do it again since i have had it done . i am glad to see that you made an apt.for the dr. Get it done . i wish i would have done this 10 years ago .

kimmason , i know how hard it is to feel so alone , i have lots of friends and a big family , but very few peoplr actually know how it is to feel so alone , i can really sympathise with you . I actually am very interested with this particular lady and we spend a lot of time together , but the second i leave her house i feel like a drop in the ocean .she has a boyfriend and i dont think she has any plans to break any thing off with him and i dont want to press the issue , but i know as thing chang e in my life i will become more outward and find someone if she doesnt realize what she has in front of her .Sorry about venting i dont get to very often .....I do feel like a pebble in a hill alot of the time , so that is where i am getting a lot of my strength

Just a word of i have been there . 1st i drove from houston texas to laredo (350 miles) and from laredo to MONTEREY on a bus , By myself. Then the next morning i had the surgury ,by myself.then after the surgury (2 hours) i got up and got dressed completely dressed sock, shoes and underwear. by myself .the next morning i was released to go back to the hotel , i caught a bus and rode from MONTEREY to laredo and got back in my car (30 hours after my surgury)and drove from laredo to houston (5 1/2 hours ) by myself , so you definetly could make do with your situation i promiss. Now if anyone ever talks $h!T about me not having will power i could tell them where to put it .after i got home (everyone told me that they would help me )i was ALONE all by myself yet i am here typing this message for you . I never thought i had that much strength . but i do .and now that i am getting thinner and better , i really can look back and say I didnt want any help ............

dont let it fool you , i had my band done on may 27 and by the time i got back home on the 30th of may i felt like i was invincible.Now almost 2 months later i am having lost of trouble .I started the atkins diet as soon as i could and had lots of success , on the 4th of july i began to feel irritated after i began to eat . Then as the weekend progressed it got worse by the week of the 10 i was back to a liquid diet .I spoke with my doctor in mexico he told me my stomach was swollen .So i am back on a liquid diet ,and feeling better maby a week or two more i can start introducing mushed up foods back into my diet . The whole idea of this post is to tell you that do what the dr tells you .stay on the liquids for the allotted time and such , i didnt and i am paying the price .I have lost a good bit of weight , i dont know how much because i had over 200 lbs to lose , so i am not that worried about how much i have lost yet . I have a cruise in september and i will weigh before the cruise ......

i have ate sushi , but instead of 6 or 7 pieces it is more like 2 pieces so make it count , lots of wasabi and ginger on both pieces ....

i am almost 4 weeks into my banding (may 27 DR. Arturo Rodriguez Monterey MEX,) and i am doing the atkins diet .i am haveing no problems with Tuna salad (tuna mayo salt and pepper ) egg salad (same subbing tuna for egg )i also snack on sunflower seeds, and cheese . I also like scrambled eggs .It is funny i dont have a fill but i can only eat about 4 or 5 ounces of food ....if i am just about to die for a sweet ill take cool whip and freeze it and have carb friendly ice cream that is delicious ...