indianlight

Hi Guys,

Sorry i've been missing...not been feeligntoo good...i'm sad I missed my valentine challenge and i think i have put on weight in the last few days!!! so i will get weighed tomorrrow and add to the challenge then. Trouble is I REALLY need a fill but because of the problems i've been having they won't give me one at the minute...and I have little restriction wiht a craving for all things bad for me...

I'l return tomorrow with my weight etc.... well done to all who met the challenge and you're all doing really well xxxxx

Hi everyone,

Just checking in, everyones doing sooo well, i'm so proud of you all!!

I don't think i'm going to make my challenge this time , but today I have acheived a personal challenge. I'm in the Uk and we go by stones and pounds to measure our weight and i REALLY wanted to be able to say I am 18 stone something by valentines, well today I am 18 stone 13.5lbs!! woohoo (14lbs in a stone) so although I havent managed to reach my target here, I do feel as if I've acheived something!!

oh, I have a NSV!! i bought some new jeans in size 22 from my mams catalogue and as they fit I asked her to order a size 20 for me as well, they arrived last week and they FIT!!! making me realise that the size 22 is too big.....i only had them 2 weeks!!

Elizabeth - I was told not to drink with my meals as it pushes food through the band and you get hungrier quicker, I have tested this and it is true! However, if I am really hungry i drink a glass of Water before my meal to stop me overeating, I also wait half hour after meals before drinking. I think everyone is told something different time wise but drinking with a meal is a definite NO NO.

I never drink fizzy drinks, but i had stopped that before I was banded as I noticed my tummy swelling and feeling bloated each time I drink it. oh no, I'm telling lies .....I sometimes have diet coke with Vodka!! but I put plenty ice in it to get rid of the fizz before i drink it...

Good luck everyone, and I dont mind what challenge we do next...it's my 40th birthday in may so i need to set a goal for that (well secretly i'd love to be in a size 18 by then, not too bothered about weight but thats between us!! lol) Lets go for it....I love these challenges as they keep me focussed...

Name....................Current Weight......Valentine's Goal......To Go

Juliegeraci................237.................... .10................Done! 5lbs Bonus

Lapbandit.................231..................... 20..........................4

Libra....................... 251......................20....................... ...6

Indianlight................ 266......................20....................... ...7

JulieNYC.................. 215.....................215...................... ....0

Elisabethsew............ 282 (-12)..............282..........................0

Wheetsin,

Excellent!! for me it's all worth while when something like that happens.....

Name....................Current Weight......Valentine's Goal......To Go

Juliegeraci................237.................... ..10................Done! 5lbs Bonus

Lapbandit.................235..................... .20..........................8

Libra....................... 253......................20....................... ...8

Indianlight................ 268......................20....................... .9

JulieNYC.................. 218......................215...................... ...3

Elisabethsew............ 283 (-11)...............282........................1

WOOHOO!!! my weight is really moving now!!! at long last......don't know if i'l make my valentines target but i had a NSV today...I ordered a size 22 jeans knowing they would too small but tha they might fit in a couple of weeks..but they fit perfect!!! can't believe it!!! so now i've ordered a size 20....hopefully in a few weeks they might fit.....

WOOHOOO!! it's official my weight is now moving....hopefully I will still have a chance to reach my valentines goal!!

I need help!!! What have they done with the tickers?? since they put a pin number on I cant get in to change mine or create a new one!! Can anyone help??

Name....................Current Weight......Valentine's Goal......To Go

Juliegeraci................237.................. ..10................Done! 5lbs Bonus

Lapbandit.................240..................... .20..........................13

Libra....................... 254.......................20...................... .....9

Indianlight................ 277...................... 20...................... ..14

JulieNYC.................. 218.......................215.................... ....3

Elisabethsew............ 283 (-11)...............282.........................1

MOLLY - I'm so sorry for your loss, my thoughts are with you and your family. Take care of yourself, remember the band is for life! you can take a break from thinking about it to concentrate on other important things...

I went for a fill on thursday..but instead got an unfill. Ive had throat/voice problems ever since i had my first fill 3 months ago and my gp kept telling me i had a virus, but around christmas time my surgeon rang me to come into hospital immediately. Anyway after a barium meal and lots of check ups theyve discovered that my gullet is twice its size and that my band had self tightened, the food was staying in the pouch for too long causing all sorts of problems. So they unfilled me slightly. I was very upset but since then i feel better in myself, they think my gullet will go back to its normal size and once it does they will review if i need another fill. I'm really pleased I have good team behind me and that they reacted quickly.

Anyway, since thursday, ive been on sloppies and when he unfilled me completely all the food in the puch went emptied so I feel better and my toilet need increased!!! so when i got weighed today i've lost 3lbs...but im not updating anythign until ive had it confirmed tomorrow, and my TOM is due...so maybe i'l make my valentines target after all!!

Hi guys, well done Tann..its a great feeling isnt it...

I at long last after many complications am getting my much needed 2nd fill on thursday this week, so that should help with the valentines day challenge. THe christmas challeng I felt i did really well at and am failing miserably at this one, so hopefully this will be the kick in the butt i need...

Well done Molly, keep up the good work!!

I take rice cakes to work for lunch and find they go down easily, but i also have with them some chicken and low fat mayo, so I get some Protein too, or sometimes with some low fat spread....I can usually eat 2 sometimes 3 on a hungry day..

Good post Mary!!

And you're right we do have to stop and re evaluate ourselves, especially after the christmas season and all its goodies....it's very easy to slip back into old habits and work 'around' the band not with it... i know I have been, i'm ready for a fill (in fact more than overdue), and am hoping that will get me back on track...

Lapbandit - Thank you for noticing I haven't been around much, it makes me feel like i'm not alone goignthrough this and I have some true friends in my bandsters!!

Waterlily - I am soooo sorry about your mum, I will send healing thoughts to her , you and all your family. I fyou do feel you need that lift and want to turn to chocolate don't deprive yourself, just have a little bit.....easier said than done, but it does work sometimes!!

Well, all the exercise at the wekend and the after effects of my barium meal have helped restart my weightloss, i'm down another 2lbs today...long may it continue (the weightloss not the aftereffects!!) and if I get a fill next week then all the better..

Hi everyone,

I've been having a tough time since before christmas, my surgeon thought I had a problem with food being stuck in my pouch and wanted to unfill me just before xmas, I pleaded with him not to as I didnt think that was the problem. Anyway, he didn't but I wasn't allowed a fill (which I'm desperate for) until after i'd had a barium meal under xray. I had that yesterday and everything is ok..as I said it was!! so now I have to wait for a fill date hopefully next week!

This has meant that my weight is has hardly moved since the end of october...so, although my total weight loss is good, it could be much better and I find that frustrating!! Here in the Uk they are very slow with fills, so after my surgery I waited 6 weeks without any weightloss before my first fill and now I've waited approx 10 weeks since needing a fill, so I have been banded approx 26 weeks and out of that I have been losing weight only 16 of those. That means I have lost an average of 5lb per week then if I had had the fills when needed I would/could be down another 50lbs!! WOW

I know this sounds like I'm rambling but it's a real possibility....and its driving me mad!!

Anyway, next week i should be able to get back to exercising and I did a lot of walking at the weekend so that might have helped, so hopefully my weight will start moving again......

Name....................Current Weight......Valentine's Goal......To Go

Juliegeraci................243.5.................. .....10..........................5.5

Lapbandit.................240..................... ..20..........................13

Libra....................... 257.......................20...................... . ...12

Indianlight................ 277.......................20...................... ...18

JulieNYC.................. 221........................215.................... .....6

Elisabethsew............ 289 (-5)................. 282..........................7

Teresita,

I haven't posted in a while and was just catching up with whats been happening, but when I read your post I HAD to reply!!

Your doing SOOOO well, this is just a hiccup!! think of the time when you wouldn't have even thought of wanting running shoes and see how far you have come.....one day those pink running shoes will run towards you with a nice pink running suit to match!!! and at the end of the day 'girlie' who wants to be girlie??? hmmmm we do!!!! and we will ALL be able to have those sexy girlie clothes that we so admire.....we just got to keep going.....GO GIRL GO!!

I'm a big girl as most of us who get banded are..and overweight men don't usually turn me on....I went on a date with a really nice guy, he was a very large, lovely bloke but ...nothing!! I felt no attraction to him whatsoever...

then i went on a date with another guy, who's also overweight...and WOW...i am sooo attracted to him, like him a lot...

So wots the difference???? I asked myself that and the answer is personality - who they actually are!!

My conclusion is it doesnt matter what size they are its who they are that matters, and its a shame that I didn't meet a guy who thought the same until after I was banded...not that i'm regretting getting banded, not at all!! but even if this doesn't last at least I know that there are guys out there who think the same as me.....

HAPPY THINNER AND HEALTHIER NEW YEAR MY BANDSTER FRIENDS!!

Well guys, I haven't posted in a while, I've been christmas busy...but also guilty like the rest of us of being overindulgent foodwise over the festive period (or in my case just plain GREEDY)

So I need a new focus for the new year...so how about this new challenge we talked about pre xmas??

Was it for Valentines day?? I need all the help I can at the moment to get me back on track so a challenge will help...are we going for it??

If so, it's 6 weeks away...so I want to lose 20lbs by then (it might be difficult as im stuck at the moment and waiting for a fill!)

Who will join me????

Oh Libra....thats not good!!! I agree with not being on liquids at christmas..I'm due a fill 18th december and want to postpone until the new year... Don't worry though you can keep it off, you've worked so hard so far you won't want tp let it slide!!

Keep up the good work everyone.....and lets have a bandster christmas, remember a little of something is not a bad thing..just have a taste!!

OMG!! I forgot to post....I've hit my target!!! C'mon Libra..how about another 7lbs by xmas??? you up for it???

Christmas Goals

A1ikou...............240...............XX

Aza....................299...............XX

BPM..................230...............37

candy444...........299.................09

Elisabeth.............275.................16

Ericsmom...........250................12

Indianlight...........280.................-1 WOOHOO!!

Josette................340.................25

JulieNYC............235...................6

Koala.................275..................24

Ladydi................270 .................33

LapBandit...........250..................7

Libra...................270................0 (woohoo!)

Mariguita.............290.................XX

NatesMommy.....275.................XX

Waterlily1072.....275..................23

Muggle,

I'm really sorry you seem to have had a bad band experience....can I ask what problems you have had/are having?

Hi Guys,

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in USA!!

I just had to share a NSV!! well, 2 actually

I went to see my endroconolgist today adn he looked at me and then checked my notes and said 'since you were banded you have lost a PHENOMINAL amount of weight'.....WOWEE!! I felt great!! and he hopes to be able to discharge me in february if all my bloodworks come back as he hopes they will...this is after 20 years!!!

also, I went to the dentist tonight and i had a lot of room either side of me in the chair and when I sat upright to spit in the 'spit thing' my breasts and tummy werent in the way!! I actually didnt get any of it down my top!!!! I am sooo happy at the moment!!!!

I'm like Sunta, I never deprive myself of any food, i eat whatever I want that I can physically eat, the difference with the band is whereas before I would maybe eat a few chocolate bars in addition to my very large unhealthy meal...now if I eat a chocolate bar I would have to miss my meal...but I only do this occasionally...

To me the band is my safety net and its here to stay...

I've been thinking maybe Valentines day is too early, its only about 7 weeks into the new year...although we could adjust our expected losses to suit...what do you all think??

Hi everyone....your all doing so well!!

Stephanie - I had the same thing happen a couple of days ago about my weight, I have NEVER revealed how much I weigh...but told friends in casual conversation and they were soo shocked...I'm 285lbs now and thats after losing loads and one friend thoguht I was 210lbs at the most!! (i wish!!) this is how we end up in this mess, cos we and people around us don't realise our true size.....

Beth - I'm so sorry about your dog but it sounds like ti was best to let him go...

Chris- all I can say is WOWEE!! you look fab.....I bet all the girls are running after you...and thats good exercise!!

I like the idea of a Valentines challenge, and lets decide what our goals will be for valentines before the xmas break...to keep us focused when theres lots of goodies around...what do you think?

I'm updating again!!...I shouldnt complain as its a good feeling!!

I might even increase my goal for xmas...I'l decide next week!!

Christmas Goals

A1ikou...............240...............XX

Aza....................299...............XX

BPM..................230...............37

candy444...........299.................09

Elisabeth.............275.................16

Ericsmom...........250................12

Indianlight...........280.................5

Josette................340.................25

JulieNYC............235...................9

Koala.................275..................24

Ladydi................270 .................33

LapBandit...........250..................7

Libra...................270................8

Mariguita.............290.................XX

NatesMommy.....275.................XX

Waterlily1072.....275..................23

Hi Guys,

Whats happened to the xmas goals??? I updated ages ago only needing to lose 8lbs and now it says I need 10lbs!!! does somebody know something I don't yet??? lol

I'm updating it again!!

Christmas Goals

A1ikou...............240...............XX

Aza....................299...............XX

BPM..................230...............37

candy444...........299.................09

Elisabeth.............275.................16

Ericsmom...........250................12

Indianlight...........280.................8

Josette................340.................25

JulieNYC............235...................9

Koala.................275..................24

Ladydi................270 .................33

LapBandit...........250..................13

Libra...................270.................9

Mariguita.............290.................XX

NatesMommy.....275.................XX

Waterlily1072.....275..................23

WOW..it feels soo good to update this christmas challenge..

Whats our challenge going to be after christmas? any thoughts??

Christmas Goals

A1ikou...............240...............XX

Aza....................299...............XX

BPM..................230...............37

candy444...........299.................23

Elisabeth.............275.................16

Ericsmom...........250................12

Indianlight...........280.................8

Josette................340.................25

JulieNYC............235...................11

Koala.................275..................24

Ladydi................270 .................33

LapBandit...........250..................13

Libra...................270.................9

Mariguita.............290.................XX

NatesMommy.....275.................XX

Waterlily1072.....275..................23

Hi guys,

well done kari and everyone else....onderland; I wonder what that will be like!! I've just arrived in twoterville but have my sights set on onderland...

Jane - its interesting what you were saying about 'your voice being heard' my weightloss has affected me in a different way, I actually asked someone to take a photo of me last week ! I normally hide when the camera comes out, and I find that for the first time since I got it years ago I'm actually LOOKING in my full length mirror!! girls you've probably all have done it in the past, a quick glance at yourself but not a proper look!! now I'm studying my body checking the shape change and its amazing that i'm not frightened of that anymore... I'm also getting more interested in clothes and am not just buying something 'cos it fits!!

heres a question for my Julyster friends, I've had 3ml in a 9ml band 6 weeks ago and although i'm still losing I can eat a lot more now than I could straight after the fill, i'm losing approx 2lbs a week which I know my dietician is happy with but i'm not!! I have had a virus all during that period and havent been able to exercise, do you think the reason i'm not losing more is because of the lack of exercise or should I ask for a little fill? what do you think? I am tight in the morning, but it slackens a lot through the day... I'd appreciate your thoughts on this!