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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Hope you are doing better, read my post on July Bandsters, not sure you got the reply about what I am eating! Lots of Fish, Shrimp, Chicken and Salads, High Protein and Whey Protein Shakes, and I joined a Gym to tone! Losing and almost to ONEderland! Below 200! My New Years Goal! Best of Luck!

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!

You continue to amaze me! You look great! My wish for you is to have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Keep thos good photos and reports coming!

You look amazing Renee! Thanks for checking in! I have started a Blog at www.thegoldendayz.blogspot.com, please follow me on my journey! The weather here is most beautiful all the time, but a little crazy lately. I would die in 12 degrees, it was 22 in Tallahassee, Florida last night! We live in the Panhandle, near Destin, Panama City Beach and Pensacola Beach, White Sand Beaches, just a beautiful place, but a bit cold for this time of the year! I have been watching you when you post your photos you look amazing!

So I am confused, did you get banded yet? I hope so and that all went well for you. You already look great and have such a pretty face in your profile. It took two months for me to get that chin back! LOL Have a Merry Christmas and a Happier (leaner) New Year! God Bless You!

So happy for you. I know you are looking forward to your new Birth day. The Band Day! I will be rooting for you and praying that all goes well. You will NEVER regret this decision you are making. I am in size 14's and some tops and jeans 16's but I was in 24's and 26's, and that seems so long ago now. God Bless

Wow 183!!!! You look simply amazin! I am so happy for you! It is nice to get to feel pretty for a change! Right? I still am over 200, but it is GOING TO COME OFF! I think my body is so use to this weight it doesn't want to let go of it! Tough! LOL Happy 2010! It is going to be a great year for the bandsters!

I too know a lot who have just thrown in the towel and had that I don't care attitude. But I look every day for ways to stay positive and focused and look forward to a life of lean and keeping this weight I have lost off! Good Luck to you.

Hi! Happy New Year! I found out how to add the photo to the Blog. Go into your profile and add a custom Avatar-that is what it is called! Browse and upload a photo to your BLOG! Best Wishes.

You are so welcome, I know this is priority in my life, but we do experience LIFE as it is and as it was before the band, and we have to FIT into our lives. Good for you, what difference will a week have, when we have the rest of out lives with the band? Have fun and enjoy! Praying for you to WIN!

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!

Good Morning, TGIF! I almost dread the weekends because I don't lose weight over the weekends, too much time on my hands and with all the rain, I sit in and much on too much! I have hit a Plateau with a loss of 64 lbs. now, but I know I will get that going soon, gonna try real hard this weekend to be more active! I found a cute red dress at Beall's yesterday, but did not have time to try it on, I am going to wait a week and then go back, if it is still there I am getting it! Clothes are so expensive! We own a Consignment Store, so I have been really buying all my clothes there! So how are you doing since the fill? Can you feel the restriction? I hope all is going good with you. I knew the weight loss would slow down a little at some point with me, and it is not really healthy to lose and avg of 10-12 lbs every month, but I really want that goal by Valentines, so I am going to add a little bit more exercise to kick my body into fat burning again.

:thumbup:Hey Girl! Don't be discouraged, it is just LIFE happening. You will get through this and God will help you, he is there always. He knows the things that will happen to us before we do. I never did get acid reflux after the surgery, but I sure did before. I have heard others that have had a lot of it afterwards. A friend of mine had pneumonia and was vomitting a lot and that will cause the band to slip or move and may cause surgery so you don't want that! You will overcome this and be strong and get that added weight back off again, I just know it. I will keep you in my daily prayers and want to see you well and in good spirits soon.

Something I want to share with you.

Lord, I trust you. I have said, "You are my God", My life is in your hands. Psalm 31:14-15 NCV

Lord I place my seconds, minutes, hours and days in your hands. God I thank you for restoring my hope for the future and Lord build up my friend today and give her strength for tomorrow and the future. AMEN

Meant to say Munch on too much! I have a beautiful Black Dress I bought for my cruise last NOV. Let me know and I'll send it to you!

Love the Profile pic, I think your gorgeous! Glad you are doing well, going to have a blast leave in about an hour for the plane, then to Seattle WA and onto Alaska! VERY EXCITED! Will post pics when I return, keep up the good work!

Good Friday Morning! TGIF! I found the dress, may go back next week and buy it! I will post pics too! I sorta hit a Plateau, eating right, just not going down much, but I think I have done ok, so I just hold on right now and wait, gonna add some exercise in the weekend now that the rain has stopped here. We have roads that are flooded over! It is depressing when you get that much rain and I can't go anywhere do anything, I want to sit, watch TV and eat! So got to get moving to get those lbs to go away! Sunshine is out today. Love your Blogs, keep them coming and I am going to check out your new page too.

Thanks for the nice words Minnie~ Going to leave in about an hour for the plane, super excited!!! Hope all is going well for you and you are losing lots of lbs.!

Thanks so much for your always sweet and encouraging words. I too was so scared, but now with the weight off, I am very excited and super hyped about trying NEW and scary things. I am a risk taker when I NEVER would have been before. Will post lots of pics when I return! God Bless You!

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.

What beach was your wedding on? Love the dress and the B/W theme too.

That Is a great Idea for a Social Group!!! Lindora really helped me and I still try to stick as close to that plan as is possible.

I love nuts, so I keep two oz of almonds, or peanuts, any kind of cheese and a few wheat crackers, string cheese is the best. I just have to keep something that I can get to every three hours or so because if I get too hungry I tend to eat too fast when I eat and then I can not get it to stay down. I like the fruit snacks too. I keep an orange or apple (small) when I have them, I have to peel the apple so I keep a small folding knife in my purse too, this always gets me when I fly, I have to remember to take it out of my purse. Oranges are better for the juice but I don't eat the peth, It layers over the opening to my stomach if I eat too much of it, I think I am very tight for my restriction and I am being very careful now.

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!

Haven't logged on in awhile, been busy with lots of things, one was my 40 year Class Reunion. It was a blast, I was in a size 18 jeans, (Not a 24W!) It felt so good. Down about 33 lbs since surgery, about 40 if you count the 10 days pre-diet for the surgery! Feels so good! I am having a hard time visualizing myself any smaller. Then I looked at your photos and I can see how the change has taken place in your life. You look amazing, I know you must be so proud! Thanks for posting those photos!