TracyinKS

I've been holding my sweet spot for a month! My experience is almost verbatum Kayce..... no more than a half cup of food but if it is meat it is a few bites...... I had 3 bites of moist meat loaf for lunch and maybe 1/4 of a slow cooked pork steak for dinner........... but I can easily eat a full portion of Weight Control oatmeal made with at least a cup of milk every morning..... I can eat ice cream till the cows come home so I TRY to stay away from it.......... I can eat 5-7 chips with salsa and then ruin my taco..... I am so glad that I can not eat pizza because I would....

Woooooooooooohoooooooooooo!!!!!!

Hey all! I'm watching Greys in my room and decided to log on! WOW! Thanks for all the awsome compliments.. I'm humbled... I'm no expert bandster by any means.. I'm just trying to keep my paws out of the ice cream in the freezer! :car: Julie: I did that my last time down the scale... lost 80 lbs and someone said.......... damn you must of been a BIGGGGGGGGG woman!...... I just shook my then size 12 ass at them and said.. yeah and I STILL GOT IT! Well I got even BIGGER before getting banded.......and I can NOT WAIT to have a size 12 ass again! Ang and Andagain......... HELLO from LCF! Again.. everyone thanks for all the kind words! I had always planned on outing myself eventually.......... I have a little WLS guide with all the exact criteria they need to meet... Today I told the gal to start her own research and then she'd be ready to go January 1, 2007...........

LOL thanks, and so true!!!!!!!! Today everyone was gorging themselves on really evil looking pastries and I heated up my Weight Control oatmeal, and smirked to myself.....

I LOVE THE SHOW Big Medicine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Garth also does LapBands, they have shown a few and I think the plan is for more banded patients to be featured in season 2.

I just put a post out on the main board........ I've been OUTED at WORK! I'm sure the entire nursing floor is gobbling up the news that I'm banded.

OK... so many of you reading this post know that I am a big mouth online, but at work NO ONE except ONE person knows about my surgery.. I'm now down 54 lbs and I am looking very good in my old clothes... enough to where people are really noticing my weight loss...... I know it also shows in my smile and attitude.... I LOVE MY BAND. So I also am the HR Benefits rep, and also the "approachable" one in my office.................. I just got off the phone with one of our employees that wanted to know if our insurance covered the lapband............... hhhmmmmm personal dilema.......... Do I break my silence to HELP this person and tell her how stinking EASY it is for us to get it covered?? .......... Do I EXPLAIN the band???? Do I tell her my secret so that they know that I KNOW from experience what I'm talking about???? and for the greater good of all the obese people I work with??????? HELL YES! I spilled my beans... and I'm sure right about now it is spreading like wildfire that Tracy has the lap band.............. Lord save me from the pound police.......... (Tracy how many lbs have you lost now, and now, and now...... and now) and lord help THEM if they tell me I took the easy way out..........

OK..... here's today.... I am at my sweet spot. early am: coffee w/sf creamer 8:30 am: Weight control oatmeal w/milk 12:00p: 5 bites of moist meatloaf w/ketchup sn: MAYBE, I am still stuffed.... but I brought in some Sweet Freedom Yogurt D: around 5:p: slow cooked pork steak in ragu roasted garlic alfredo sauce with extra garlic and onions...... (cooking at home right now) the pork will be so tender it will melt in my mouth... I really hope that I can eat it.... I've been really trying to focus on Protein and Water... because my hair and fingernails are showing that I've been slacking.

I veiw it like this.............. IF down the road my band needs revision or replacement, I will say... "HEY DOC, hook me up with the NEW and IMPROVED version!" Bands and tecniques to INSTALL the band are being improved upon all the time... just like my violet sistah.. Laura23 above... she had an issue come up and now because of HER port/tubing issue... her doc has now changed the placement of the ports for ALL OF HIS PATIENTS...... I LOVE MY BAND!

HAPPY BANDVERSARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 60 lbs is GREAT! better than 1 pound per week.. Where are the pics????

Is being registered at a porn shop the same as having a VIP card????? :rose: (oh that crazy year of being single....... sigh) Laura: That is horrible about your sis.... I hope she takes your mom up on the offer to move home for a while. I really need to get my WC oatmeal ... so I'll be back to catch up.

Unless you want us to all to start sending you texts every day at 4:00 p.m. saying HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? You better get your ass to the gym! p.s.. anyone have Terry's cell number??? :deadhorse:

Jennifur: I set the camera on the chest of drawers and point it toward my closet........... usually I'm thinking of MY VIOLET SISTAHs when I'm taking the pic, which is why I usually have a goofy ass smile!

Good morning Violets! Today is Denise and My 5 month Bandversary! I took these before work.... this is one of the garage sale dresses! Dress size xl Jacket size 16

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Laura!!!!! Man oh man… I went home at lunch to stir my veggie beef soup (that has been simmering in the crock pot since this morning) and the house smelled SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD! With the cool weather (60 degrees right now), I just wanted to put on my sweat pants and curl up on the couch with a hot bowl of soup!

GOOD MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I went to the store last night and bought all the ingredients for both the Chicken Tortilla and the Veggie Beef soups...... I had a big beef roast thawing out yesterday so this morning I put it in the crock pot with all the veggies.... and set it on low... today it is dark and storming a high of 69... so it should be a perfect evening for soup! I have to get out all the employee Open Enrolment Packets today so I wore black jeans....... (my black levis size 16 that actually have some room in them!) Glad Judy and Haydee's fills went well! Terry: I LOVE The pic! I have the pain in the ass crease between my brows that I get teased about by dh.... (my dad has it too... and after watching all these ps shows I'm wondering if I could get some kind of injection to make it go away without looking like a clingon Jennifur: I'm going to kick some guys ass for you! (I met DH off Yahoo personals, and I also did Eharmony and met some nice guys) Maybe you need to get out of your normal circle, take some pics where you are SMILING and get out there! Pam: Enjoy the no kids days! TracyK: Hope you are feeling better! Gina: You are doing great! Kat: As always.... your posts make me smile, it almost like I can picture your life and your spunk.......... I betcha SIL doesn't have a rack like yours! Laura: I sent you a PM.. Who have I missed???????? Have a great day! WWJD

peeking in to see pics............... Hope you are feeling better!

October is looming Diane! I'm so excited for you!

:faint::eyebrows: also WTG TracyK on the 12/14's!

I SWEAR I didn't see it on this page! I even went 3 pages each way...

GREAT GREAT GREAT reminder! I take all mine in my bed room... set the camera on top of the Chest of drawers and stand in front of my closet door..... Same distance, same background, same camera! Which reminds me.... its time for me to take new ones!

Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I Love This!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where is the veggie soup recipee???????????? how many pages back???

Done it many a time grasshopper! It does work as long as you stick to it..... (meaning it works for me) but Low Carb ALWAYS works for me.... it's in my body chemistry. Also.... a good mushie is the "Mock Danish" 1 egg, 1 oz cream cheese, dash of cinn, 1-2 packets of splenda.... stir and pop in the microwave for 1 minute (a bit more or a bit less) makes like a custard type concoction........ there are as many variations as their are ideas......... it is warm, it is full of protien, it is filling..........