TracyinKS

Morning I'm ALWAYS tight! Later in the day is better........ Crack(ers) go down toooooooo easy! I am at my sweet spot and have been since my latest fill.... Nearly 4cc's in a 4cc band........ Tried steak, tried chicken... NO LUCK......... what goes down consistantly is ground beef and ground turkey, tuna, ... chips and salsa.......... and the damn crackers!

What is wrong with me??????????????? I just went shopping at lunch and bought some open toed low kitten heels……………… THIS IS NOT TRACY They were 75% off ……….. I also bought two size 16 work blouses to get me through this awkard between size stuff……. 2 blouses and 1 pair of fancy shoes for $24.00………. at Maurices in our little mall! WHO KNEW And get this…………… I didn’t eat food???? Me??? miss a meal???????????

STRESS is inflating your band! LOL!!!!!!! Way to go on the two pounds lost! I hope your sis responds to the meds.. that is so scary! Ms_Jen: Hang in there woman! Jennifur: Want to come clean my house next?????? My mouse guy is a bunch of traps and POISON! as soon as the weather gets colder.. them little varmits find every hole in my OLD OLD house! Ok.. gotta go.......... back later

WELCOME BACK TERRY! Thanks everyone for the comments on my pics.......... The upside is that I will be A LOT thinner for our NEXT ceremony! That was my mom and my sis............ they were both excited to be able to be there.... My sis is disgusted by her pic she said she looks SOOOOOOOO fat! (she is at the heaviest she's ever been except for pregancy) but still......... 148lbs.. I'll TAKE IT! My mom has also had a lifelong battle with her weight............ up and down... just like me........ sadly, she won't even discuss the band with me.. says she doesn't want any more surgeries..... These are my two best friends....... I will be lost without them... both have already had bouts with cancer...... I love them so much. OH and I forgot...... for the ceremony I shoved my grandma's ring on my finger... it had gotten too small but NSV... I am wearing it right now........... yeah my fat fingers look like sausage, and my nails are peeling off... but I am wearing it! (kind of visible in my goofy pic above) I'm eating my WC oatmeal............... must drink water today Have a great day everyone!

Ahhhhhhhhhh my son has been screaming for the last hour in his room...... and I'm trying to watch the biggest loser! I updated my blog before BL... but here are some special pics just for my Violet Sistahs (and lurkers)

WOW you go LAURA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Squeaky wheels and all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!.. you have revision surgery in a few days! Make sure you give the doctors office the guys name and make sure they know YOU WILL BE FOLLOWING UP! (so that they don't put it to the back burner) SQUEAK!SQUEAK! It is storming here ..... totally black outside....... spoooooooky I'm making chicken on the george foreman tonight........ I've been bouncing all week from 220.6 to 224... another week in the 20's............. I did buy a cute blouse in size large (on clearance) .... today it went over my boobs...... NSV for this blouse is still a couple weeks out or more.... OH... and did I tell everyone that I have my moms original wedding dress from when she married my dad (1968) it was hand made for her... I'm going to try it on tonight and see how far I've come.. (the first time it wouldnt go over my hips.............

Jane: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 100 lbs! YOU ROCK! Smly: I have had 4 fills and am definately at FULL restriction.... I have nearly 4cc's in my 4cc band........ I can only eat 1/2 to 1 cup depending on the liquid content of the food. Judy: you are so funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Terry: WE MISSED YOU LAST WEEK! Haydee: Feeling better yet? Jenn: How about you????? You need some sunshine or a date! Laura: after this revision is over with...... you need to get a new doc..... just looking from the outside in... HE SUCKS! Michelle: How is the dingdong scale today? LOL TracyK: In my current house.......... the bathroom was HORRID.... I know the EXACT color of GREEN you are talking about! My bathtub, the sink, the toilet.................. GREEN........ and the tile on the walls were yellow and blue.................. the upper portion of the walls were painted hunter green to try and force the blue in the tiles to look green! We ended up redoing the bath............ it was such an eyesore! Kat: waiting for a check in Denise: hows nannatobe today?............ (your a nanna to be) Ms_Jen: you've been aweful quiet lately.... you must be busy! Pam: :eyebrows: OK.. gotta get back to work.......... If I missed anyone it wasn't on purpose

Laura: that is a bunch of crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GOOD MORNING! OMG - Pam you are sooooooooooooooooooo bad! LOL especially because we were asleep by 9:00 p.m. NO wedding night fun...... My sis did take some pics so when I get them downloaded I will post a few. I am married and no I don't feel any different.. I guess it does take the pressure off the March Ceremony. My son had to go with us since his daycare closes at 5p..... he sat with grandma and she explained to him that Mommy and Charles were "just practicing" It seemed to work, because he didn't say anything about it......... We went to dinner where I tried to eat a steak................. WRONG.. I am just too tight... so I have leftover filet mignon.. cooked rare.... ANYTakers??? So we get home and there were a bunch of balloons shoved in our door with a gift...... I thought it was my mom and sis, but no it was from my work bud (the only ONE at work that knows I'm banded) and her daughter.... it was SOOOOOOOOOOO cute........ a card, sexy underwear for him, a THONG for me (yeah right) toothpaste, tooth brushes, body spray, chocholate and a box of those white "fancy cakes" (they had planned on making a wedding cake out of them but it was too warm and windy............. SOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute and so thoughtful a complete suprise....... I did eat a fancy cake and I had a glass of wine with dinner................ OH and I wore my WWJD bracelett so my violet sistahs were WITH me!

I take the SF calcium soft chews and like Diane.. they are like candy to me. I've been eating the Weight Control oatmeal in the mornings and it seems to be going through just fine. I'm guessing you are not getting enough protien in........ I can really feel a difference in my energy level when I don't get enough........

30 minutes and I'm leaving the office....... I can NOT concentrate. I hope everyone has a great rest of the day........ Welcome to all the newbies. I AM on my 3rd glass of water though...........

genetics, age, Water intake, smoking........ all factors.... who the heck knows if you'll need it or not............ only time will tell I think I'm going to do a search on the thread Diane mentioned above about massage for my batwings............ flap flap :confused:

I don't know of anyone who converted from the band to the RNY, however I know people who got banded after gaining all their weight back after the RNY.

Yes... but that is me

Midwestern gal here too............................. and a Malley fan........... lots and lot of docs in the KC area

Good luck! Find a seminar or two and start your research!

Time for a fill................... I've had 4 agressive fills in just 4 months and now that I'm at my sweet spot.. I want it to stick with me! Also... I would think your doc would be better at explaining your band long term.. but if he/she's not................. then you need to be proactive and start learning how to USE it!

Way To Go Bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what's a calorie?????????????? LOL Seriously........ I don't count them... what I try to focus on is getting enough Protein and Water.... calorie smalorie. Also you need to RETHINK normal. What YOU think is normal might be freaking absurd to me or to the person in the next cube. I have a houseful of boys and we go to buffets and all the places we always did before....... The first time I actually LOOKED around at the skinny people at the buffet I realized that NOT everyone was gorging themselves on 5 plates of food........ there were actually people there eating one plate and then pushing away the plate............. I'm RETHINKING Normal and I invite you to do the same. I wrote on my blog the other ........................ it used to really annoy me to hear skinny people say..... "ohhhhhhh silly me I FORGOT to eat today!" (I was ... yeah right... )................ well... it happened to ME last Monday... I was in a rush and the next think I knew it was 4p.m. and I had NOTHING except my ritual coffee.......... ME... forget to eat? I would of NEVER believed it possible........ but it did... and no.... I have no idea how many calories I ate that day, most likley less than 800......... Today... I've had coffee w/sf creamer B: 1 packet of Weight Control oatmeal L: I tried to eat some meat sauce for lunch but I'm stressed to day so after two bites I was full. w/ 3 wheat thin crackers 40 oz's of water and counting............... and it's 1:22 p.m. and I'm not hungry.......... I LOVE MY BAND! I LOVE MY BAND!

Good luck with your approval!

boy oh boy;.... I should of KNOWN not to eat ANYTHING today........ my stomach is still doing flip flops..I decided that I should at least go find a new blouse or SOMETHING... so I went to the ONLY non-Mart store in this town........ I tried on 10 shirts all varying colors and styles of red..(someone told me last week that RED was MY color).......... I knew shopping wouldn't be good while I'm in between sizes and sheesh.. wedding day and all............. so I guess the good news is that the 14/16's did FIT, albeit a little snug............. but all I did was get stressed... so I went home to take a bite of lunch......... WRONG... spit it all right back up....... I changed to black slacks and flats so maybe I'll try a MART right after a leave to see if anything strikes me.

smly: WELCOME... all you need to do is post! Because of the changes to the new board layout.. my original post has to be left alone.. or else it puts all kinds of formating language in it.... We are just about as diverse as you can get.............. the only rule is to be nice to each other..........

Welcome Back Terry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will be all done with Bandster Hell by the holidays....... WHOOHOO A) My insurance required me to stay overnight. A) Surgery on Thursday, back to work the following Monday (desk job and I made myself walk, walk, walk, walk, in the hospital) A) As long as you don't take a handfull at once, a pill at a time has always been fine for me. A) Follow your docs rules especially for the first 6 weeks so that your band can (cement into place) i.e. scar tissue and your likelihood of a slip is greatly reduced. A) From KC.. so I don't know anything about your doc. Get your gasX meltstrips, Get your liquid Tylenol, Get your supply of Soup, and get ready to join us on the other side...... Take a pillow for the car ride home (to hold against your belly) Wear slip on shoes, oh............. and take some Hard Candy for the hospital....

Morning Violets! I have a busy day.......... no water all weekend and I bounced this morning.... I kinda have an announcement............... ummmm.......... lemmesee df, me, my mom, my sis........ are going to the courthouse.. we have an appointment with the judge.... not making a big deal out of it because the Wedding is still planned for March that one is for the boys, the family and us............... today is a legality issue..... but my stomach is still doing flip flops... I had weird dreams all night........ I'm happy, but waiting for the other shoe to drop..... (isn't it sad to be scared for feeling happy) I've built such a defensive wall... trying to act like it doesn't mean anything, but it does...... OK, there I said it.