nawlinzlady

If you like the taste of the red punch flavored gatorade....isopure alpine punch tastes very similar, i love it very cold.

Do you have an Iphone? I use an app called loseit! It's convenient since I always have my phone with me, I was even able to setup reminders so my phone will beep to keep me from forgetting to log. I am 14 mos since being banded & it is one of best tools!

Hey everyone, today is my Bandiversary. WOOT WOOT! I am so close to goal now. I have to have knee surgery oct.15th and I think that is going to slow me up from losing those last 8 lbs. Honestly, I am very happy right where I am right now. I have never been able to sustain weightloss for a whole year. Whenever I want to give up and throw in the towel, my band is there. I am very pleased with my decision. :wub::w00t::alien:

Look how far you have come! -85 lbs, WOW! Under your goal? You may even be more since you have another month to go, Congrats to all the Sexy Septembers!

I really believe that those of us who continue to blog and check in here, have been odds of keeping it off :scared2:

I am attending a get together in Chicago of several others who are at different levels of this jouney. Have you tried blogging ? I find that keeping a blog/journey of my days is helping me to stay focused. It is difficult to believe our bandiversary is almost here already!

Cala I think you are looking for the September 2010 thread, good luck with your banding!

This is our lives we are fighting for, do whatever it takes.

50 Today is a day of celebration for me. I have lost 50 lbs and now only 9lbs from my goal weight. :w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t:

I had family history of diabetes that my doctors office used to convince my insurance company to cover with my low bmi.

Here I am, little over a month away from my Bandiversary and it has been a wonderful ride. I am about 10 lbs away from my goal weight. I hope to reach it before the end of the year. On New Years Eve I want it to be the first year that losing weight will NOT be one of my resolutions. That is my big goal. How is everyone else doing now that our Bandiversary is approaching?

I went through UHC, I was a low bmi patient (bmi around 39) with other health problems, hypertension, sleep apnea and a family history of diabetes. I had to take a psych test and provide 5 year history of being obese. They also asked me to list all the diets i had tried. It took 9 months from the day I applied to the day of my surgery. My doctors office has a patient advocate who helped me through the whole process, she knew exactly what they were looking for.

The real answer comes from knowing how long before you get hunger pains. The beauty of the band is that food stays longer hence no hunger pains. You should be able to eat a cup to 1-1/2 cups and stay full 3 1/2-4 hrs. Before you know it you will look up and 4 hours have passed and you felt no hunger....that is sweeet:tongue:

There are no forbidden foods with my band. I do low carb because I am simply full from my Protein and veggies. If I honestly want to eat a carb, I eat it. When you have good restriction you will only be able to eat small amounts of carbs anyway. In may case I have to be extra EXTRA careful with most carbs because the risk of being stuck is greater than with Proteins and veggies.

I think in my case, low carb is the only way I CAN eat. If I am to get in all the necessary protein in my diet, I have to eat my protein (meat) first, then if i am still not full I do veggies and last is the carbs.....i never make it to the carbs :thumbup: