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Anyway, I just want to say that I truly look forward to your ideas, I wish I had some ideas to share, but right now, I'm just hanging by a thread! Take Care and hopefully we can keep each other motivated!

Can you see my ticker?

Congratulations on your success! Wow a comercial? You so deserve it! You look so cute in your pictures!

Congratulations on your weight loss. Thanks for the compliment!

Do I have to copy and paste the ticker every time I want to post a weight change, or is there a place I can go in the settings to make it come up automatically? And again, what is PERMALINK?

Don't worry about getting online right now. I was just a little worried when I didn't hear a confrimation that you were alright. You need to just concentrate on getting better. I am soooo excited for you! You are going to look amazing for Christmas!

Girl, I am all over the place with this new layout! I kind of like it. It reminds me of facebook and myspace. I was upset abou the removing my profile picture, but I think I will leave it that way since I was considering removing my pictures anyway. So, how was your Thanksgiving? Mine went very well. I don't usually eat during the holidays and this one wasn't any different. lol! Keep in touch!

Had another fill this past Friday! I was still a little tight from the last fill! Now I'm really tight! Am I missing something with this site? I am unable to respond to any of my messages. I thought I was going to like this new site, but it's really getting on my nerves now.

Hey Guys, yesterday was a challenging day. They had my appointments all mixed up.... I'm just not going to even try to make any sense of the mix-up! Anyway, when I went in yesterday, I weighed 252lbs! lol! I hope I weighed enough for my insurance to approve on. To my surprise, and for the first time in my life, my blood pressure was a little elevated!!!! lol! This was like an extra bonous! So I am thinking, with the acid reflux(lol!) depression(lol!) extreme weight gain(lol! lol!) I just hope my insurance company will pay. Oh! my visit today consisted of blood work. Today I will talk to the psyc and nutr. Tommorow, I am scheduled for an upper G I(?) can someone fill me in on this? What are they going to do to me? Is it going to hurt?

Hey, It's been a while. I'm just trying to come to terms with these vitamins that I'm taking. I hate taking pills and now that I have to take the calcium 4x a day, iron 2x a day and a one a day?. All of these everyday for the rest of my life.... I swear this is a hard pill to swallow (literally speaking!) I'm going to check with the pharmacy today to see if I can get any of these in a liquid form. I feel like I still have the calcium pill from this morning stuck somewhere! I've had this terrible feeling ALL Day! It just won't go down. I keep taking deep breaths and now after 9 hours, I feel like I am going to vomit. I just don't want to vomit! Any suggestions? I know this wasn't a good idea, but at 3pm, I took the one a day and an iron knowing that the calcium still felt as though it was stuck! But I went ahead and took it because my day was running out and I had all of these other pills to take.... I am so sick of this! The same thing happened to me on yesterday and the day before.

Hi and thanks for the comment. You look great in the above photo. How have you been since the surgery? I'm 5'9 too and I too want to be around 175lbs. What are you studying? I am so impressed with you going to school. Once I get this weight thing under control, I am going back to school too. Good luck to to with your weight loss and your studies! Keep in touch.

Hi Jamie, I'm just checking on you.... I hope you are doing well. Take care.

Hope you are doing well Jamie!

How's thing going with you these days? Your pictures are soooo beautiful! You are truly an inspiration! You really carry your weight well. Most of the time when people lose weight, the weight just come off and they are left without curves and end up looking disproportionate. Your weight is really coming off gracefully. You do not look like you are any where near 300 lbs. Are you exercising? What do you eat on a regular? Keep in touch! I love your pictures. I will post some soon.

I also thought about instead of joining a gym, to just go ahead and start purchasing my own equipment. I already have a treadmill, 5 lbs weights. trampoline and new bike (bought it during the summer and never been on it) I don't know what to do, but I know I have to do something. My fiance has our family signed up at this great gym where he works, but the drive has stopped me from enjoying it. Walmart has an elliptical machine in there for $200. I want that thing soooo bad, but with the exchange student here, all my extra money is being spent on entertainment and plus, I have to start saving to send my daughter to Germany. I just hope they are as good to my daughter as I am to theirs! lol! Anyway, keep hope alive ladies and stay in touch with reality.... I don't know where that came from! lol!

I am determined that I am going to get banded. Monday, I will re-weigh. Wish me luck guys! They are really stressing over 6-lbs!

I am so happy to hear that you are doing well. I have been stalking the internet to see if you had posted an update on your status. Take care an keep us posted.

I am so pissed! I finally went in today for my initial visit and the doctors told me that I don't weigh enough! I am so sick of this! I really need to have my surgery before July so that I won't have to pay a deductible of $600! I know this sounds stupid, but is it possible to gain 30lbs in about a week or two weeks at the most? The doctors kept saying that they weren't telling me to go out and gain weight and that if I still wanted to have the surgery in the future to come back if my weight changes. He also said that if my weight was where it needed to be today that they could have had me schedule for surgery in the next couple of weeks! I just wonder, just how much weight can I gain in one week. My BMI is at 35, he said that it needed to be at 40. I don't really understand how they calculate BMI, but this is so depressing! What can I do guys to gain about 30lbs in the next week or so? Or should I just give up on trying to have this surgery submitted to my insurance company by July?

I eat what I'm suppose to eat, when I'm suppose to eat it and I wait until there are clear signs that I am hungry before I put food into my mouth. When my 4hrs are up and I'm not hungry, I usually drink 3oz of protein just to have something in my system in order to keep my metabolism in check and also it's an alternative way to get my protein in. In the mornings, I always have two plain eggs. I am no where near as hungry as I thought I was! I have at the most, three small meals a day. In between time I rely on the protein drinks to fill in the gaps when I'm not hungry (but know that it's time for me to eat something). I have a small piece of meat and 1/2 cup of vegetables at every meal. It's all I need to fulfill the hunger. I've started preparing my meals for the week and freezing them to make it more convenient to stay on track. I have decided to follow the low carb high protein diet. Once I get where I need to be, I will simply watch my calories.

I had to come up with a system that worked for me because I had gotten overwhelmed/off track and was really picking up some bad habits. I figure, if I am going to eat when I'm not hungry, then the band really can't help me. I have to help myself by realizing that I am the star in this weight loss journey and the lap band is my co-star!

I have a new appointment on June 29, 2010. I am going to make sure that my bmi is where it needs to be! you look great in your pictures. I tried to send you a private message. Didi you get it?

I just had to get back on here just to let you guys know that, that the pills just went down! They JUST went down! I was so miserable ALL DAY! Every pill I take from now on is going to be cut in half. If it's a really large pill like the one a day, I'm going to cut it 3 times. If I ever get another pill stuck, I will start crushing them! This was so scary and it ruined my entire day and almost cost me an ER visit. You Guys, please be careful with these pills after the band. Take care and good night.... FINALLY, I CAN GET SOME SLEEP!

I posted the updated pictures. Look at them and tell me what you think. Do I look like I've lost 28 lbs?

I sang with Jeffery Osborne Thursday night at the NC State Fair! I can't believe he walked off stage and chose me to sing! I have a permanent cheesy smile on my face!!

I see you haven't posted anymore pictures! darn it! lol! I know you hated not getting that fill. I hope I get a fill everytime I go.... that is if I'm not at my goal weight. I have another appointment in 6 weeks, I hope to be a little over 1/2 way there then (around 23lbs down). I still have my dream of being at my goal weight by Christmas! Do you have a goal weight before the holidays? Take Care and keep us posted