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Hi I wanted to recommend a great tasting shake. Whey Protein had 52 g of protein and it is the Wal-Mart Body Fortress Mix. About $13.00 per container. I have a shake in the AM and one at night too. I have not lost my hair or my eyebrows thank God! We do have to have the drinks. Strawberry and Chocolate are good and you can mix them together for a diff taste. They just came out with Cookies and Creme! I have to get some, sounds wonderful and this one does not taste Chalky to me, EAS did.

Hi Jenny! Happy New Year to you too! We are going to make it the best year yet! Right? I am looking forward to more changes!

Hi Kdee! I am so happy I got on Lindora online. They list it for free on the LapBand.com Website. If you are a LapBand AP patient. It gives me a daily chapter for motivation. A pep talk recording, just all sorts of things. Are you following that?

Hi Ken, Glad to have you on board, this is such an inspiration to us all to have the great opportunity to have the LapBand AP surgery. Soooo much better than Gastric Bypass! It seems you are doing great, and hey thanks for all the great compliments. 2010 IS my year to be THIN and yours too, I say we name it and Claim it! It is some work involved in this Journey, but an easier Journey it is with the assist of our bands! Welcome aboard, keep in touch!

Hi Lucky Five 101, thanks for the friend invite, I will need all the help I can get to stay in this fight against being fat all my life! I was so tired of dieting, I just refused to get on another one, I always gained the weight back. But after a vacation to the mountains, and I could barely catch my breath when walking I made up my mind to go ahead with my surgery. I am so happy that I did. Your photos are very encouraging thank you for posting. You look amazing. How much more weight are you going to loose?

Hi mary, you look great! I feel the same way, when I get to a 10-12 size, I may want to stop taking off the weight, I don't want to lose all my butt! LOL My husband says I will have a case of the Gone A**, he might be right, but for now, I like losing every month! (And not gaining it back!)

Hi Nana09, I would like to be your friend here on LapBandTalk! Befriend me. I had my surgery on July 29th, 2009 and left the hospital on July 30th, 2009 to start my journey. I have lost 31 lbs too!!!!! I hope it is 32 in the morning! I have been on the three day protien diet and have taken off 3.5 lbs in three days. Tomorrow I start eating a few more carbs! I think you look great! We should help each other. I thought I was not doing so good, as I have heard about others loosing more weight faster, but I feel like I am right on track, I was in a size 24-26 and now in an 18W. Feels Great! You are looking good, what size are you in now?

Hi Sage, I love your pics, really show you have lost a lot of weight. When did you have your surgery? I had mine in July on the 29th. I have lost a total of 45 lbs as of today. 13 weeks, and I am blown away. I went to a Funeral today and some people I saw last summer did not even recognize me! It was wonderful. I wore a size 3x shirt and shorts to the outing last summer and swam in it, Now this summer, I will wear a swimsuit again. Good luck to you, keep me posted ok?

Hi so glad to add you as a friend. I love seeing someone who has had the band a while on here to talk with. I also love your Quotes, robbed a few, hope it is ok! LOL You look awesome too, I love your photo with the blue dress and your man! WoW!

Hi Subie66! Glad to have you as a friend here on LBT! Love this site, it helps me so much. I look forward to logging on at nite.

Hi There! Back from the cruise and through with Christmas! No loss no Gain from the cruise. But Christmas was a different story, I gained 2 lbs. and then I lost back down and now I am at 204.8! Hoping to get to Onderland by New Year! January will be a good month for us.

Hi Vanessa, You and I had our surgery on the same day! I would love to chat with you!

Hi when were you banded? You look amazing in your profile photo! Here we go~all the way to goal weight in 2010! Happy New Year!

Hi you are going to be a beautiful SKINNY person! You are so beautiful already. I sent you a reply to your private message tonight, hope you got it, but when I went out and came back to this site, it did not show my reply. So let me know ok? Sounds like you are on your way and I am so happy for you!

Hi, Following your Blog! My daughter is also a Teacher. I have another daughter getting married in October and I have to get busy losing some more weight and order my dress. I have to challenge myself some more. I need to get back to writing the food I eat down and more water too.

Hi, got your reply to the post. I put a Quote over my sun visor in the car that tells me every day " If you want to change your body, you must first change your mind" I slip every now and then, but get right back on track! The head still tells me I WANT that! But my stomach stops me with the LapBand, I am very happy about that. And you like me, did not put this weight on overnight, it took many years and many miles and things going on in our lives. I was a stress eater, and I LOVE to cook, but limit myself in the kitchen now. Now when I am stressed I just don't want to eat and I drink Protein drinks all day. I don't want to cook when I am depressed either. A total turn around. I was 259, and knew I had to stop and get that band! I did and I am never looking back, My whole life changed! I wear makeup now EVERYDAY, got my hair cut and frosted and a new younger style, new clothes too, what fun shopping! Had to get new underwear twice! LOL I had more confidence than I had

Hi, Hope you are doing well. I am slow go, but still going!

Hi, How are you? Hope you are doing great! I am down 34 lbs since I made up my mind to have this surgery. 25lbs since the day of the actual surgery, but I have to count the lbs I lost in the week or so before the surgery on my pre-op diet. It's all pounds and all gone. Are you excersising? I am just walking because I broke a toe and did not join a gym yet because of that, but it is almost healed and I am just about ready to join a local gym that has Zumba at it. They say that is a real workout.

Hi, I hope all is well with everyone today. I did not have a very active day today. I have good intentions to walk, but then the day got upset with elderly mother and elderly father-in-law, stress, OMG, and the day was a bust. Just about the time I had a little daylight to walk, I took off my heels, got out my tennis shoes and here comes one of my customers just killing time, yes my time to go walk. So I left work barefoot feeling defeated and drove home that way. I got home fixed dinner for my husband and myself, then weighed. I usually don't weigh till morning after checking my ketosis. I was down a whole pound on a night weight!!!! A great end to a not so great day. I think I will committ to join the Gym, I know if I do I will go because I will be paying for it! LOL I have a luncheon tomorrow and one on Wed. for my Class Reunion Planning. I plan to eat before I go and munch on a salad with low fat dressing and water afterwards! I am looking forward to the reunion!

Hi, It is under your statistics page I think, find avatar and change it or add a photo from your browser. You can click on the question mark and I think it will also prompt you to ask you for a change or add a photo.

Hi, It may have been the purpose of timing that gave you a reall good "replacement" walking buddy today. You had good alone time with God! We are all on the same journey in life, this is a good path for us!

HI, Thanks for checking out my Blog. Have you had the Surgery yet? When is your scheduled date? I wish you much success!

Hi, Thanks for the kind words and compliment. I have added you as my friend! I am so excited for you and wish you the very best! Praying for you on the 11th!

Hi, Thanks for the sweet comments and Bandiversary Wishes. I feel so blessed, and I love this site. Ya'll really inspire me!!! I just turned 58 and sure wish I had done something in my 40's too. The band was not available in the US and I did not want the Gastric Bypass it was so dangerous at that time. I would love to have enjoyed more activities with my children, that being heavy prevented me from doing, or I was too ashamed of my body to do with them. I was an active Mom with them, but reserved. I feel so glad that I have a chance to do some of those things with my grandchildren, they will think I am a silly granny, but fun here I come! Have a wonderful day!

Hi, Thanks so much Shonette, it is going to be so great we are very blessed! I will post photos for you all to see, she is as sweet as she is beautiful!